Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 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 2,215,138 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 39,107 complaints for PONTIAC
Incident date: May 16, 2014
PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR NOT KNOWING WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED. FOR A LONG TIME, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT, AND THEN WHEN I'D TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THEY'D SAY THEY WERE WORKING PERFECTLY. I'VE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER LIGHTS ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. ALSO, MY CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY. TODAY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION TELL... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — AIR BAGS
May 16, 2014
Incident date: Oct 11, 2013
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT GOING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HIT A BRONCO I KNOCKED HIS TIRES OFF COMPLETE TOTAL OF MY VEHICLE THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED I HAVE PICTURES OF MY CAR THE AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF AND I HIT MY HEAD PRETTY HARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL I'M GLAD IT WAS JUST ME AS MY KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED BUT MY CONCERN IS WITH THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING EVEN THE COP ON SCENE SAID THEY SHOULD ... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 17, 2014
WHEN I TURN TO THE LEFT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL LOCK UP.
Incident date: Jan 1, 2014
WHEN THE ISSUE STARTED TO HAPPEN, THE DISPLAY OCCASIONALLY WOULD DISPLAY POWERSTEERING. NOTHING SEEMED WRONG OTHER THEN THE MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY SCREEN. THEN ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AND MY POWERSTEERING WHEN OUT GOING 45MPH ON MY WAY TO WORK. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND START IT BACK UP IN ORDER FOR THE POWERSTEERING TO WORK. THIS SINCE HAS GOTTEN WORSE. POWERSTEERING IS DISPLAYED EVERY TIME I T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2012
MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, LOSS OF STEERING, ALSO AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF. I AM UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR. IT JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AGAIN. IT IS DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING! MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED 2 MONTHS LATER THAN THE RECALL IS THROUGH. OBVIOUSLY, ALL CARS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED APPROPRIATELY. *TR
Incident date: Mar 5, 2012
MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, LOSS OF STEERING, ALSO AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF. I AM UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR. IT JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AGAIN. IT IS DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING! MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED 2 MONTHS LATER THAN THE RECALL IS THROUGH. OBVIOUSLY, ALL CARS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED APPROPRIATELY. *TR
Incident date: May 16, 2014
THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY LIT WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THEY TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2013
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CHANGED THE BULB, DID NOT HELP. CHECKED THE WIRING AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BULB AND THE WIRING WAS MELTED. REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH SOLVED THE ISSUE FOR A MONTH. ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS ON THE FEMALE TERMINAL OF THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE ASSEMBLY HAS CORRODED AND CAUSES THE LIGHT TO SHORT. THIS HAS MADE ... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2013
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CHANGED THE BULB, DID NOT HELP. CHECKED THE WIRING AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BULB AND THE WIRING WAS MELTED. REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH SOLVED THE ISSUE FOR A MONTH. ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS ON THE FEMALE TERMINAL OF THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE ASSEMBLY HAS CORRODED AND CAUSES THE LIGHT TO SHORT. THIS HAS MADE ... Read more
Incident date: May 16, 2014
IN PARK, WHILE REVERSING, POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING. HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *TR
Incident date: May 24, 2008
SINCE DAY 1 I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BEING DRIVEN ALONG WITH A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END SUSPENSION. MULTIPLY ITEMS WERE REPAIRED BOTH UNDER WARRANTY AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. ISHAFT, BEARINGS, ALIGNED 22 TIMES, TIRE BALANCED, NEW WHEELS PUT ON. SAME PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. TOE CLIPS KEEP POPPING OFF. CAR STILL SHAKES WITH EVERY F... Read more
Crash
Incident date: May 24, 2008
SINCE DAY 1 I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BEING DRIVEN ALONG WITH A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END SUSPENSION. MULTIPLY ITEMS WERE REPAIRED BOTH UNDER WARRANTY AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. ISHAFT, BEARINGS, ALIGNED 22 TIMES, TIRE BALANCED, NEW WHEELS PUT ON. SAME PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. TOE CLIPS KEEP POPPING OFF. CAR STILL SHAKES WITH EVERY F... Read more
Crash
Incident date: May 24, 2008
SINCE DAY 1 I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BEING DRIVEN ALONG WITH A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END SUSPENSION. MULTIPLY ITEMS WERE REPAIRED BOTH UNDER WARRANTY AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. ISHAFT, BEARINGS, ALIGNED 22 TIMES, TIRE BALANCED, NEW WHEELS PUT ON. SAME PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. TOE CLIPS KEEP POPPING OFF. CAR STILL SHAKES WITH EVERY F... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 24, 2014
I EXPERIENCED THE VERY PROBLEM THEY ARE SEEING WITH NO POWER STEERING ON MY PONTIAC G6. IT AT TIMES WOULD WORK AND THEN IT WOULD JUST QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING DIDN'T MATTER THE SPEED. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL GMC DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY POWER STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE PART THAT FAILED WAS PART OF THE COLUMN. I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THEM DO THE WORK WHICH ENDE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2014
MY POWER STEERING FAILED. ISN'T ON THE POWER STEERING FAILURE RECALL NOTICE. THE NOTICE NEEDS EXPANDED. *TR
Incident date: Nov 18, 2013
LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR HITTING A WALL ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. INSTEAD, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. INSTEAD, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 26, 2013
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING SOMETIMES BOTH. HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS SEVERAL TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE OTHER NIGHT TRAVELING HOME IN THE DARK BOTH LIGHTS WENT OFF I HAD TO PULL OVER AND "SMACK" THE LENSES TO GET THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. I SEE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. HOW LONG AND HOW MANY LIVES WILL IT TAKE TO GET A ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 12, 2013
SOMETIMES AROUND 40 TO 55 MPH THE CAR BEGINS TO JERK, AND THAN WHEN I GIVE IT GAS THE CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENS SOMETIME AT LOW SPEED TOO. I TOOK THE CAR TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS. ONE GM COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THEY SAID IT WAS TRANSMISSION. BUT I COULDN'T GET IT FIX THERE BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER A PONTIAC/GM DEALER. TO GET IT FI... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR HAVE HAD TO BE FIXED OR REPLACED EVERY 4-6 MONTHS. THE ENTIRE CAR SHAKES WHEN BREAKING FROM SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40MPH. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS REPEATEDLY TO NO AVAIL. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ALIGNED AND ROTATED REGULARLY YET THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. THE BRAKES ON THE 2007 PONTIAC G5 ARE FAULTY! PLEASE HELP!! *TR
Incident date: May 10, 2012
PASSENGER AIR BAG DO NOT WORK WHEN PASSENGER IS IN SEAT. *TR
Incident date: May 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V162000 (VISIBILITY). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, THE DOOR GLASS BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BECOME STUCK. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REGULATOR WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.... Read more
Incident date: May 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V162000 (VISIBILITY). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, THE DOOR GLASS BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BECOME STUCK. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REGULATOR WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
VARIOUS LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASHBOARD, I FORGET NOW EXACTLY WHICH LIGHTS, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ABS LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. THIS HAPPENS ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES IN A MONTH OR SO. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE ABC, VSC, AND TRACTION CONTROL DO NOT WORK (I TESTED IT IN A SNOWY PARKING LOT). I WENT TO SALENTINE PONTIAC A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE IT IS SO IN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
VARIOUS LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASHBOARD, I FORGET NOW EXACTLY WHICH LIGHTS, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ABS LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. THIS HAPPENS ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES IN A MONTH OR SO. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE ABC, VSC, AND TRACTION CONTROL DO NOT WORK (I TESTED IT IN A SNOWY PARKING LOT). I WENT TO SALENTINE PONTIAC A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE IT IS SO IN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
VARIOUS LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASHBOARD, I FORGET NOW EXACTLY WHICH LIGHTS, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ABS LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. THIS HAPPENS ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES IN A MONTH OR SO. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE ABC, VSC, AND TRACTION CONTROL DO NOT WORK (I TESTED IT IN A SNOWY PARKING LOT). I WENT TO SALENTINE PONTIAC A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE IT IS SO IN... Read more
Incident date: Mar 11, 2014
I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN IGNITION BROKE AND THEN THE ENGINE LOCKED. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS IN THE RECALL. OR SHOULD I GET A LAWYER? *TR
Incident date: May 12, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE REDUCED IN POWER AFTER PRESSING ON THE GASOLINE PEDAL. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, STATING ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000. RK
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
I STARTED MY CAR AND WENT TO PUT IT IN REVERSE. I THEN FOUND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING THEN WORKED. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2012
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS SINCE MAY 2012, THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BULB, SO I REPLACED IT. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER, THE BULB QUIT AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE BULB AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS. IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, I WAS REPLACING A BULB AGAIN AND NOTICED THE BULB SOCKET AND WIRING WAS STARTING TO MELT. I... Read more
Incident date: Apr 2, 2014
I NOTICED A GASOLINE SMELL SOMETIMES AFTER I WOULD GET OUT OF MY CAR. NOW THE SMELL IS VERY STRONG. I AM GOING TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR TILL I CAN GET IT FIXED. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL DONE ON THE PONTIAC G5 FOR THIS SAME THING. GM NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE G6 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR WORSE KILLED DUE TO THIS HAZARD PROBLEM. MY PROBLEM ALSO IS I DO NOT... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
ON 3-31-14 I HAD A WRECK AND THE AIR BAGS WASN'T HOOK UP AND I ALMOST COULD HAVE DIED HAD I NOT KNOWN THAT THOSE AIR BAGS WASN'T HOOK UP AND ALSO THEIR WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE KEY IGNITION TO WERE MY KEYS DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT AND THAT HAPPEN AROUND IN LATE FEBRUARY OF 2014. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
ON 3-31-14 I HAD A WRECK AND THE AIR BAGS WASN'T HOOK UP AND I ALMOST COULD HAVE DIED HAD I NOT KNOWN THAT THOSE AIR BAGS WASN'T HOOK UP AND ALSO THEIR WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE KEY IGNITION TO WERE MY KEYS DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT AND THAT HAPPEN AROUND IN LATE FEBRUARY OF 2014. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Feb 6, 2013
WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD IT APPEARS THAT I AM PRESSING ON THE BRAKES WHEN I REALLY AM NOT. THEN WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKES, THE LIGHTS DO NOT GO OFF. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO MY CRUISE CONTROL GOES ON AND OFF WHENEVER IT WANTS. I HAVE LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ONLINE, AND IT HAPPENS TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE PONTIAC G6 AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. *TR
Incident date: Jun 6, 2013
MY HEADLIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR CONTINUALLY GOES OUT EVEN WITH A NEW BULB. NEW BULBS LAST MAYBE TWO WEEKS AND THEN THE LIGHT SHUTS OFF, AND WILL TURN ON ONLY IF I HIT THE LIGHT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER G6 OWNERS AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT. I HAVE A 2009 G6 GT WITH APPROXIMATELY 118K MILES. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APPROXIMA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2013
MY HEADLIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR CONTINUALLY GOES OUT EVEN WITH A NEW BULB. NEW BULBS LAST MAYBE TWO WEEKS AND THEN THE LIGHT SHUTS OFF, AND WILL TURN ON ONLY IF I HIT THE LIGHT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER G6 OWNERS AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT. I HAVE A 2009 G6 GT WITH APPROXIMATELY 118K MILES. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APPROXIMA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2013
2009 PONTIAC G6 GT SEDAN. INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING FOR THE LAST YEAR: BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN ACCELERATING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKING (DOING OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING). CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM BOTH KEEP GOING OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE CRUISE CONTROL, OTHER TIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TURNS OFF FIRST WHICH IN TURN DISABLES THE CRUISE CONT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2013
2009 PONTIAC G6 GT SEDAN. INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING FOR THE LAST YEAR: BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN ACCELERATING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKING (DOING OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING). CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM BOTH KEEP GOING OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE CRUISE CONTROL, OTHER TIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TURNS OFF FIRST WHICH IN TURN DISABLES THE CRUISE CONT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2013
2009 PONTIAC G6 GT SEDAN. INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING FOR THE LAST YEAR: BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN ACCELERATING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKING (DOING OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING). CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM BOTH KEEP GOING OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE CRUISE CONTROL, OTHER TIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TURNS OFF FIRST WHICH IN TURN DISABLES THE CRUISE CONT... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
May 15, 2014
Incident date: May 14, 2014
LOW BEAM LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THEN BACK ON AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS. HIGH BEAM WORKS FINE. *TR
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
WARNING LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON FOR AN AIR BAG PROBLEM (INDICATES PASSENGER BAG IS OFF) WHILE MY WIFE OF ABOUT 150 LBS. WAS IN PASSENGER SEAT. IT WENT OUT BRIEFLY AND THEN CAME BACK ON PERMANENTLY. IT HAS REMAINED ON ANY TIME THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, AND THE WARNING LIGHT IN THE SPEEDOMETER WARNS THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM NEEDS MAINTENANCE. FROM READINGS ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A COMM... Read more
Incident date: Aug 29, 2013
YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE COLUMN MAKES NOISES AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE WHEEL ON PASSENGER SIDE FEELS LIKE IT IS SHAKING ...I TOOK IT THE SHOP AND HE SAID IT WOULD DO NO GOOD TO CHANGE THE COLUMN BECAUSE IT WOULD GO BAD IN A FEW MONTHS THESE CARS ARE KNOWN FOR THAT...AND SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN MY KEY TO START THE CAR IT IS LIKE IT STAYS ON LIKE I'M TRYING TO START IT AND I'M NOT TOUCHI... Read more
Incident date: Aug 29, 2013
YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE COLUMN MAKES NOISES AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE WHEEL ON PASSENGER SIDE FEELS LIKE IT IS SHAKING ...I TOOK IT THE SHOP AND HE SAID IT WOULD DO NO GOOD TO CHANGE THE COLUMN BECAUSE IT WOULD GO BAD IN A FEW MONTHS THESE CARS ARE KNOWN FOR THAT...AND SOMETIMES WHEN I TURN MY KEY TO START THE CAR IT IS LIKE IT STAYS ON LIKE I'M TRYING TO START IT AND I'M NOT TOUCHI... Read more
Incident date: Jan 6, 2014
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. *TR
Incident date: Apr 27, 2014
I PURCHASED A USED 2006 PONTIAC G6 (179,000 MILES) FOR MY SON ON APRIL 26, 2014. A FEW TIMES SINCE THEN THE POWER STEERING HAS LOCKED UP ON HIM, CAUSING HIM TO HAVE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE CAR OFF, AND RESTART THE CAR SO THE STEERING WILL AGAIN WORK.SAME ISSUE HAPPENED WHEN I DROVE THE CAR ON MAY 11, 2014. I LOOKED UP ON-LINE TO INQUIRER IF THIS WAS PART OF RECALL, BU... Read more
Incident date: Sep 8, 2011
DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. *TR
1 injured
Incident date: May 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER STALLING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY RESTART AFTER BEING TURNED OFF FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS N... Read more
Incident date: May 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER STALLING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY RESTART AFTER BEING TURNED OFF FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS N... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE START POSITION. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ... Read more