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: 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
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
WHEN I GO TO SLOW DOWN EITHER BY COASTING OR LIGHT BRAKING WHEN MY CAR GETS TO ABOUT 20MPH IT FEELS LIKE IT SUDDENLY BRAKES OR DOWN SHIFTS BUT IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE SEAT BELT IT WOULD SEND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS INTO THE WINDSHIELD!! IT IS TERRIFYING!! I AM A MASTER MECHANIC AND I VERIFIED THAT IT WASN'T THE BRAKES GRABBING BY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE IT SLOWED TO 20 MPH AND WHEN Y... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
WHEN I GO TO SLOW DOWN EITHER BY COASTING OR LIGHT BRAKING WHEN MY CAR GETS TO ABOUT 20MPH IT FEELS LIKE IT SUDDENLY BRAKES OR DOWN SHIFTS BUT IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE SEAT BELT IT WOULD SEND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS INTO THE WINDSHIELD!! IT IS TERRIFYING!! I AM A MASTER MECHANIC AND I VERIFIED THAT IT WASN'T THE BRAKES GRABBING BY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE IT SLOWED TO 20 MPH AND WHEN Y... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2013
SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE AND AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR IS NOT DETECTING WHEN SOMEONE IS ON THE SEAT. SYSTEM STOP WORKING FOR NO REASON. WONDERING IF THIS MALFUNCTION IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE SENSOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Incident date: Apr 15, 2014
THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON, AND STAY ON, WHILE DRIVING AND GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. (EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE WAY IT SHOULD) WHEN PARKED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON UNLESS THE BRAKE IS FULLY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. (SOMETHING THAT CAN NOT BE DONE WHILE DRIVING) ONCE IT IS RELEASED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON, EVEN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AN... Read more
Incident date: Apr 15, 2014
THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON, AND STAY ON, WHILE DRIVING AND GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. (EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE WAY IT SHOULD) WHEN PARKED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON UNLESS THE BRAKE IS FULLY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. (SOMETHING THAT CAN NOT BE DONE WHILE DRIVING) ONCE IT IS RELEASED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON, EVEN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AN... Read more
Incident date: Apr 15, 2014
THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON, AND STAY ON, WHILE DRIVING AND GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. (EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE WAY IT SHOULD) WHEN PARKED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON UNLESS THE BRAKE IS FULLY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. (SOMETHING THAT CAN NOT BE DONE WHILE DRIVING) ONCE IT IS RELEASED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON, EVEN WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AN... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITH A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME AS NORMAL. THE FAI... Read more
Incident date: May 12, 2014
MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN GOING OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. IT USED TO JUST GO OUT ON OCCASION. I DRIVE THE INTERSTATE ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I THINK IT SHOULD BE SINCE IT GOES OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE.
Incident date: Sep 25, 2013
ON THE WAY BACK HOME FROM FAMILY VACATION WE STOPPED ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A BREAK WHEN I CAME OUTSIDE FROM THE FACILITIES THERE WAS SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD I OPENED IT TO FIND FLAMES AFTER PUTTING THE FLAMES OUT AND INSPECTING THE DAMAGE I REALIZED MY HEADLIGHT AND WIRING HAD MELTED FROM THE FLAMES NO IDEA WHY IT HAPPENED BUT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LIGHTBULBS IN BOTH HEADLIGHTS MORE ... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Sep 25, 2013
ON THE WAY BACK HOME FROM FAMILY VACATION WE STOPPED ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A BREAK WHEN I CAME OUTSIDE FROM THE FACILITIES THERE WAS SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD I OPENED IT TO FIND FLAMES AFTER PUTTING THE FLAMES OUT AND INSPECTING THE DAMAGE I REALIZED MY HEADLIGHT AND WIRING HAD MELTED FROM THE FLAMES NO IDEA WHY IT HAPPENED BUT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LIGHTBULBS IN BOTH HEADLIGHTS MORE ... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Mar 1, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT EQUIPPED WITH DUNLAP SIGNATURE 2 TIRES, SIZE 235-65R16 AND DOT NUMBER TJ46JU1R3512. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOUR TIRES FAILED PREMATURELY. THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE TIRES TO BECOME FLAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,039. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOW... Read more
Incident date: Apr 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. A PRIVATE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE MILEAGE WAS 185,091.
Incident date: May 2, 2013
IGNITION SWITCH IT STICK AND SOMETIME DOSE NOT WANT TO TURN OFF. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - ENGINE
May 12, 2014
Incident date: May 5, 2014
LAST MONDAY I WAS GOING TO THE BALL FIELD TO WATCH MY NEPHEW PRACTICE BASEBALL. I PULLED IN, SHUT MY CAR OFF AND WENT TO GET THE STROLLER OUT OF MY TRUNK FOR MY DAUGHTER. I STARTED TO SEE SMOKE, AND THEN I STARTED SMELLING IT ALSO. I HURRIED AND GOT MY DAUGHTER INTO THE STROLLER AND THEN SAW THE SMOKE STARTING TO GET HEAVIER. I POPPED MY HOOD AND OPENED IT AND IT WAS IN FLAMES. I TRIED TO GET WATE... Read more
Fire
Incident date: May 10, 2014
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS WHEN I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT TURNING LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL JERK PULLING RIGHT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL JERKING. MY CAR ENDED UP ON THE SIDEWALK OF LOWE'S TREES. I WAS SO AFRAID BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SO HARD TO TURN. RIGHT THEN MY CAR BECAME UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I CALL THE TOW TRUCK TO TOW MY CAR HOME. THAT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENC... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: May 10, 2014
AIRBAG FAULT COMES ON WITH A VEHICLE CHIME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE LIGHT BLINKS A FEW TIMES THEN STAYS ON THE SCREEN FOR A RANDOM AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. AT THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD AROUND 45MPH WITH NO ACCELERATION. I HEARD THE CHIME AND AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON. IT WENT A WAY AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN FOR NO REASON. *TR
Incident date: Apr 22, 2014
THE 2006 PONTIAC'S BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE, AND THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. I'M NOT SURE THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS IS SCARY!!!!!! *TR
Incident date: Apr 22, 2014
THE 2006 PONTIAC'S BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE, AND THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. I'M NOT SURE THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS IS SCARY!!!!!! *TR
Incident date: Apr 22, 2014
THE 2006 PONTIAC'S BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE, AND THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. I'M NOT SURE THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS IS SCARY!!!!!! *TR
Incident date: Dec 17, 2013
INITIALLY MY SERVICE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD MALFUNCTION THEN WORK. FINALLY IT HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER ABOUT THE DATE NOTED. I CURRENTLY HAVE NO EVIDENCE IF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL WORK OR NOT AS THE SENSOR IS NOT WORKING TO SHOW OCCUPANCY IN THE SEAT. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. MAYBE WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE DIE OR ARE INJURED GM WILL ADMIT IT IS A FAULTY SEAT WIRE ... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DELAY WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TAKE TOO LONG TO POP UP AND THAN WIPE, DESIGN SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED, THE COUPLE OF SECONDS IT TAKES FOR THE WIPERS TO MOVE FROM OFF POSITION TO WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON IS LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON A DAY AFTER IT RAINS WHERE YOU ARE PASSED BY A VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE, CANNOT SEE, AND COULD POSSIBLY INJURE SOMEBODY. CONSTANTLY LOSING POWER ST... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DELAY WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TAKE TOO LONG TO POP UP AND THAN WIPE, DESIGN SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED, THE COUPLE OF SECONDS IT TAKES FOR THE WIPERS TO MOVE FROM OFF POSITION TO WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON IS LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON A DAY AFTER IT RAINS WHERE YOU ARE PASSED BY A VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE, CANNOT SEE, AND COULD POSSIBLY INJURE SOMEBODY. CONSTANTLY LOSING POWER ST... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DELAY WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TAKE TOO LONG TO POP UP AND THAN WIPE, DESIGN SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED, THE COUPLE OF SECONDS IT TAKES FOR THE WIPERS TO MOVE FROM OFF POSITION TO WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON IS LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON A DAY AFTER IT RAINS WHERE YOU ARE PASSED BY A VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE, CANNOT SEE, AND COULD POSSIBLY INJURE SOMEBODY. CONSTANTLY LOSING POWER ST... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2009
PASSENGER PRESENCE AIRBAG SENSOR FAILED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. IT IS A THIN SENSOR MAT AND THE BREAK IN THE COPPER IS VERY CLEAR TO SEE. *TR
Incident date: May 5, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IN THE SEATS NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V344000 (AIR BAGS). THE ... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IN THE SEATS NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V344000 (AIR BAGS). THE ... Read more