Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim, NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,245,377 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports, when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report, that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints, specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened, feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 39,131 complaints for PONTIAC
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: May 20, 2014
THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL COIL MODULE, WHICH ALSO CAUSED FAILURE/SHORT OF THE FUSE BLOCK. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED TO THESE PARTS. THE CAR WAS FIXED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS NO LONGER ACTIVATED. *TR
Incident date: May 17, 2014
TRAVELING NORTH ON I-81 NEAR BRISTOL, VA. HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON, DRIVING IN LEFT LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE COUGHED AND SPUTTERED AND I LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND DRIFT OFF THE NEXT EXIT, THANK GOD! THE DEALER IN BRISTOL SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM AND WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THEY CALLED LATER TO SAY THEY HAD TO REPL... Read more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED MORE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXTREME FORCE TO STEERING THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER. 10V073000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER W... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
Jun 6, 2014
Incident date: Jun 3, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND C... Read more
Incident date: Jul 14, 2011
WE OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WONDERING WHY IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GM RECALL. WE HAVE HAD 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING WHERE WE LOST POWER AND THE CAR WAS HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING AND LUCKY FOR US HE WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING EXTREMELY SLOW OR IT COULD HAVE KILLED HIM IF HE WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPE... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 5, 2014
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE REDUCED ENGINE, STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WATER PENETRATED INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE TECHNICIAN SEALED THE AREA B... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Jun 5, 2014
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE REDUCED ENGINE, STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WATER PENETRATED INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE TECHNICIAN SEALED THE AREA B... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE . THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14E021000 (IGNITION SWITCH). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART THE NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED.
Incident date: Apr 22, 2014
MY VEHICLE RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING. THEY REPAIR SHOP (WILKINS BUICK--RICHIE HWY, GLEN BURNIE, MD)SAYS THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED THE REPAIR SHOP KNOWS THAT THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF THE POOR BUILD/WORK FROM THE GM MANUFACTURER, AND IS UNWILLING TO REPAIR FOR FREE. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE--CAN I GET MY ENGINE PROBLEM FIXED ON GM. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, A... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE CRASH THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE THERE WAS ONE INJURY REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REP... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: May 24, 2014
MY CAR KEEP STALLING WHEN I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT ACTS LIKE IT DON'T WANT TO GO ANYMORE. LATER ON WHEN I DRIVE IT AGAIN ITS OK AND PICKS UP LIKE NORMAL. I REALLY WAS UPSET THAT I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC TO GET CHECK OUT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 3000 TO GET IT FIXED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN TURNING ON AN OFF INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. WE HAVE ALSO MORE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR STARTING AND A SMELL OF GAS. ON 5/30/14 WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER WHO INFORMED US OF THE RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND ALSO A RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER PRESSURE SENSOR (PPS). WE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER, GAINESVILLE BU... Read more
Incident date: May 22, 2014
I HAVE A PONTIAC G6 2006, I WAS DRIVING AT OR AROUND 25 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, WHEN I CAME TO A STOP I TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. BEFORE IT SHUT OFF I HEARD SOME SORT OF SCREECHING SOUND. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. I BOUGHT IT PREOWNED WITH 63,000 MILES. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINE WOULD DIE AFTER 73,000 MILE... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2013
THE PROBLEM CAME ABOUT SLOWLY AT FIRST, BUT HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR EVEN WITH MINIMAL DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. AT FIRST IT WAS HARD ONLY TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHEN GOING SLOW (LESS THAN 10MPH) AS IF THERE WAS LITTLE HELP FROM THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. IT PROGRESSED TO THE POINT NOW WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL AT SLOW SPEEDS IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT IS A SE... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO ILLUMINATE. BOTH BULBS WERE CHANGED AND FUSES EVALUATED BUT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COMBINED WITH A STEERING PROBLEM NOTED IN A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT MAKES THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO ILLUMINATE. BOTH BULBS WERE CHANGED AND FUSES EVALUATED BUT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COMBINED WITH A STEERING PROBLEM NOTED IN A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT MAKES THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Jun 4, 2014
THE POWER STEERING LOW CAME ON THE DASH BOARD A COUPLE HOURS LATER THE CAR WASNT ABLE TO TURN THIERS A RECALL FOR THIS ON G6 BUT SAY ITS NOT MY MODEL. *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2014
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED PASSENGER HEADLIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES SEVERE LEAKING INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WHEN RAINS. *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2014
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED PASSENGER HEADLIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES SEVERE LEAKING INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WHEN RAINS. *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2014
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED PASSENGER HEADLIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES SEVERE LEAKING INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WHEN RAINS. *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2014
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED PASSENGER HEADLIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES SEVERE LEAKING INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WHEN RAINS. *TR
Incident date: Nov 8, 2013
WHEN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH 3 BEEPS WERE HEARD AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAID POWER STEERING. RIGHT AFTER THAT THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF THE POWERSTEERING. WHEN THE CAR IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF AND THE CAR RESTARTED POWERSTEERING WAS RESTORED FOR UP TO 10-20 MILES. THEN THE BEEPS WERE AGAIN HEARD AND MESSAGE AGAIN APPEARED AND THE POWERSTEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN. WE HAD TO O... Read more
Incident date: Nov 8, 2013
WHEN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH 3 BEEPS WERE HEARD AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAID POWER STEERING. RIGHT AFTER THAT THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF THE POWERSTEERING. WHEN THE CAR IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF AND THE CAR RESTARTED POWERSTEERING WAS RESTORED FOR UP TO 10-20 MILES. THEN THE BEEPS WERE AGAIN HEARD AND MESSAGE AGAIN APPEARED AND THE POWERSTEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN. WE HAD TO O... Read more
Incident date: May 27, 2014
TWO WEEKS AGO, IT BECAME INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION AFTER PUTTING MY KEY INTO PARK. AT TIMES, IT MAY TAKE UP TO 5 MINUTES TO REMOVE MY KEY. WITHIN A WEEK, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. LAST SUNDAY, (JUNE 1, 2014) I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THEN DRIVE. WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS, IT WAS AS I... Read more
Incident date: May 27, 2014
TWO WEEKS AGO, IT BECAME INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION AFTER PUTTING MY KEY INTO PARK. AT TIMES, IT MAY TAKE UP TO 5 MINUTES TO REMOVE MY KEY. WITHIN A WEEK, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. LAST SUNDAY, (JUNE 1, 2014) I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THEN DRIVE. WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS, IT WAS AS I... Read more
Incident date: May 27, 2014
OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WHILE DRIVING OR BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY MY STEERING HAS LOCKED UP MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. THE CAR DINGED AND ON THE RADIO DISPLAY IT SAID POWER STEERING SO I THOUGHT I JUST NEEDED SOME FLUID SO I WENT TO AUTO ZONE THINKING POWER STEERING FLUID WHERE I LEARNED IT WAS ELECTRONIC MY CAR DOESN'T TAKE FLUID. I GOOGLED TO FIND WHERE TO TAKE IT WHEN I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2013
IGNITION SWITCH STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED AT HOME. I HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 19, 2014
WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS GAGE AND MPH NEEDLES DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE CAR COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. THERE WAS ALSO AN "ERROR" NOTICE FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. IT LASTED FOR A FRACTION OF SECOND BUT KEPT DOING IT ABOUT EVERY 20-30 SECONDS. I REALIZED THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER STARTNG THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN I WENT OUT YESTERDAY THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT WAS NOT ON AFTER STARTING TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 19, 2014
WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS GAGE AND MPH NEEDLES DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE CAR COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. THERE WAS ALSO AN "ERROR" NOTICE FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. IT LASTED FOR A FRACTION OF SECOND BUT KEPT DOING IT ABOUT EVERY 20-30 SECONDS. I REALIZED THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER STARTNG THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN I WENT OUT YESTERDAY THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT WAS NOT ON AFTER STARTING TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 19, 2014
WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS GAGE AND MPH NEEDLES DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE CAR COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. THERE WAS ALSO AN "ERROR" NOTICE FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. IT LASTED FOR A FRACTION OF SECOND BUT KEPT DOING IT ABOUT EVERY 20-30 SECONDS. I REALIZED THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER STARTNG THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN I WENT OUT YESTERDAY THE THEFT PROTECTION LIGHT WAS NOT ON AFTER STARTING TH... Read more
Incident date: May 3, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SEIZE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD REACHED OUT TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT THE DEALER FAILED TO... Read more
Incident date: May 3, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SEIZE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD REACHED OUT TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT THE DEALER FAILED TO... Read more
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
MY VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A NOISE AND THE STEERING WAS SLUGGISH/LABORED. THE MECHANIC I USE TEST DROVE AND STATED IT WAS PROBABLY THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. HE THEN WENT ON THE SAY THERE WAS A GM RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AND MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. HOW DO I KNOW IF AND WHEN I SHOULD BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RECALL? THANK YOU *TR
Incident date: May 18, 2014
HAVE SENT THIS LETTER TO THE CEO OF GENERAL MOTORS ON 6/3/14. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY. AS IT IS STATED, IN THIS SITUATION WHERE GAS AND ANTIFREEZE WERE MIXING IN THE ENGINE, DUE TO EITHER A SLOW LEAK OR A GASKET BLEW, THE TORRENT WAS NOT BUILT WITH A SENSOR TO TURN ON THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT TO NOTIFY THE DRIVER OF A POTENTIAL SERIOUS SITUATION-TOTAL MECHANICAL FAILURE-LEADING TO POTENTI... Read more
Incident date: May 18, 2014
HAVE SENT THIS LETTER TO THE CEO OF GENERAL MOTORS ON 6/3/14. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY. AS IT IS STATED, IN THIS SITUATION WHERE GAS AND ANTIFREEZE WERE MIXING IN THE ENGINE, DUE TO EITHER A SLOW LEAK OR A GASKET BLEW, THE TORRENT WAS NOT BUILT WITH A SENSOR TO TURN ON THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT TO NOTIFY THE DRIVER OF A POTENTIAL SERIOUS SITUATION-TOTAL MECHANICAL FAILURE-LEADING TO POTENTI... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2010
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY ALSO HAVE HAD A IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM LIKE LATER MODELS. I BELIEVE THAT LOOKING INTO THESE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN EARLIER MODELS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS I HAVE JUST EXPLAINED MY DAUGHTERS ACCIDENT AS JUST AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, BUT AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE CRASH SCENE PHOTOS FROM A NEWER VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THEY SEEM TOO FAMILIAR T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Oct 22, 2010
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY ALSO HAVE HAD A IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM LIKE LATER MODELS. I BELIEVE THAT LOOKING INTO THESE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN EARLIER MODELS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS I HAVE JUST EXPLAINED MY DAUGHTERS ACCIDENT AS JUST AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, BUT AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE CRASH SCENE PHOTOS FROM A NEWER VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THEY SEEM TOO FAMILIAR T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Oct 22, 2010
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY ALSO HAVE HAD A IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM LIKE LATER MODELS. I BELIEVE THAT LOOKING INTO THESE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN EARLIER MODELS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS I HAVE JUST EXPLAINED MY DAUGHTERS ACCIDENT AS JUST AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, BUT AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE CRASH SCENE PHOTOS FROM A NEWER VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THEY SEEM TOO FAMILIAR T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Jul 16, 2010
I HAD 2 KIDS IN THE CAR,THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,CAR KEPT SPEEDING UP.. I WAS USING BOTH FEET ON BRAKE & ER BRAKE AS WELL!! I WAS SWERVING IN & OUT OF TRAFFIC,RUNNING RED LIGHTS & PRAYING FOR OUR LIVES,WE GOT UP TO 85 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35MPH ZONE!! THE CAR WAS REVVING OUT OF CONTROL & BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD! I MANAGED TO SLAM IT INTO PARK & WE ALL JUMPED OUT & RAN,VERY... Read more
Incident date: Jul 16, 2010
I HAD 2 KIDS IN THE CAR,THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,CAR KEPT SPEEDING UP.. I WAS USING BOTH FEET ON BRAKE & ER BRAKE AS WELL!! I WAS SWERVING IN & OUT OF TRAFFIC,RUNNING RED LIGHTS & PRAYING FOR OUR LIVES,WE GOT UP TO 85 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35MPH ZONE!! THE CAR WAS REVVING OUT OF CONTROL & BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD! I MANAGED TO SLAM IT INTO PARK & WE ALL JUMPED OUT & RAN,VERY... Read more
Incident date: Jul 16, 2010
I HAD 2 KIDS IN THE CAR,THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,CAR KEPT SPEEDING UP.. I WAS USING BOTH FEET ON BRAKE & ER BRAKE AS WELL!! I WAS SWERVING IN & OUT OF TRAFFIC,RUNNING RED LIGHTS & PRAYING FOR OUR LIVES,WE GOT UP TO 85 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35MPH ZONE!! THE CAR WAS REVVING OUT OF CONTROL & BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD! I MANAGED TO SLAM IT INTO PARK & WE ALL JUMPED OUT & RAN,VERY... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Jun 4, 2014
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT. THERE WAS NO POWER THE CAR.
Fire
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Jun 4, 2014
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT. THERE WAS NO POWER THE CAR.
Fire
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 4, 2014
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT. THERE WAS NO POWER THE CAR.
Fire
1 deaths