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.

2,245,377 Total Complaints
140,173 Reported Crashes
56,794 Reported Fires
8,580 Reported 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

PONTIAC G5 (2008) - AIR BAGS Mar 21, 2019
Incident date: Mar 19, 2019
BROKEN PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR. BROKEN SEATBELT RETRACTOR= AIRBAG NOT WORKING=DEATHTRAP.
PONTIAC G6 (2006) - STEERING Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Mar 20, 2019
I'VE CONTACTED GM REGARDING THE ISSUE I'M HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY POWER STEERING. MY VEHICLE WHEEL BECOMES HARDS TO TURN WHEN REVERSING CAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED, I'VE BEEN TOLD MY EPS IS BAD. I TOOK MY CAR TO A GM DEALERSHIP IN 2014 AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE ABOUT TORQUE RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING. I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY POWER STEERING, I WAS TOLD... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - SUSPENSION Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Feb 20, 2019
THE POWER STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE'S A STRUGGLE FOR ME WITH EVERY TURN, AND NOW THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BAD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. VERY SCARY GETTING FAMILY AROUND ON DAY TO DAY BASIS.
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - STEERING Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Feb 20, 2019
THE POWER STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE'S A STRUGGLE FOR ME WITH EVERY TURN, AND NOW THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BAD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. VERY SCARY GETTING FAMILY AROUND ON DAY TO DAY BASIS.
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Feb 14, 2018
WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT RANDOMLY. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST TURN OFF FOR NO REASON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE DRIVING. AND WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY.
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - STEERING Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Feb 14, 2018
WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT RANDOMLY. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST TURN OFF FOR NO REASON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE DRIVING. AND WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY.
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Feb 14, 2018
WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT RANDOMLY. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST TURN OFF FOR NO REASON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE DRIVING. AND WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY.
PONTIAC TORRENT (2007) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Mar 14, 2019
THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY TORRENT BUT MY CAR IN POWER REDUDE MODE AND I HAD IT FIXED THEN I CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND STABILITYTRAK AND TRACKING CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS I FIX IT AND THEY COMES BACK
PONTIAC TORRENT (2007) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Mar 14, 2019
THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY TORRENT BUT MY CAR IN POWER REDUDE MODE AND I HAD IT FIXED THEN I CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND STABILITYTRAK AND TRACKING CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS I FIX IT AND THEY COMES BACK
PONTIAC TORRENT (2007) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Mar 14, 2019
THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY TORRENT BUT MY CAR IN POWER REDUDE MODE AND I HAD IT FIXED THEN I CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND STABILITYTRAK AND TRACKING CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS I FIX IT AND THEY COMES BACK
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - STEERING Mar 20, 2019
Incident date: Mar 18, 2019
POWER STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL SHAKES IF YOU TURN IT OFF THEN ON IT DOES THE SAME THING
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS Mar 19, 2019
Incident date: Jan 1, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE BEING REPLACED, IT WAS DETECTED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SOCKETS WERE BURNT AND MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,349. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
Fire
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - STEERING Mar 19, 2019
Incident date: Dec 15, 2018
I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR AND AIR FILTER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, HAVE FOUND THAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING EVERY ISSUE TH'S TO HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS GM VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VIN NUMBER SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED HAS HAVING HAD THOSE ISSUES ALTHOUGH IT CURRENTLY IS EXPERIENCING T... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM Mar 19, 2019
Incident date: Dec 15, 2018
I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR AND AIR FILTER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, HAVE FOUND THAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING EVERY ISSUE TH'S TO HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS GM VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VIN NUMBER SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED HAS HAVING HAD THOSE ISSUES ALTHOUGH IT CURRENTLY IS EXPERIENCING T... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 19, 2019
Incident date: Dec 15, 2018
I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR AND AIR FILTER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, HAVE FOUND THAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING EVERY ISSUE TH'S TO HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS GM VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VIN NUMBER SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED HAS HAVING HAD THOSE ISSUES ALTHOUGH IT CURRENTLY IS EXPERIENCING T... Read more
PONTIAC VIBE (2007) - AIR BAGS Mar 18, 2019
Incident date: Mar 4, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KENNY ROSS CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (11250 US-30 IRWIN, PA 15642, (724)-863-9000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHI... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - STEERING Mar 18, 2019
Incident date: Mar 4, 2019
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. EVERY TIME I WOULD START THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING WORKED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN I WOULD HEAR A FAINT SOUND LIKE A FUSE OR SENSOR GOING OUT, POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WOULD BEGIN FLASHING REPEATEDLY ON THE DASH AND MY POWER STEERING WOULD STOP WORKING. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 18, 2019
Incident date: Mar 4, 2019
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. EVERY TIME I WOULD START THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING WORKED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN I WOULD HEAR A FAINT SOUND LIKE A FUSE OR SENSOR GOING OUT, POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WOULD BEGIN FLASHING REPEATEDLY ON THE DASH AND MY POWER STEERING WOULD STOP WORKING. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Mar 18, 2019
Incident date: Mar 4, 2019
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. EVERY TIME I WOULD START THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING WORKED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN I WOULD HEAR A FAINT SOUND LIKE A FUSE OR SENSOR GOING OUT, POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WOULD BEGIN FLASHING REPEATEDLY ON THE DASH AND MY POWER STEERING WOULD STOP WORKING. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - SERVICE BRAKES Mar 17, 2019
Incident date: Mar 17, 2019
LOSE BRAKE LIGHTS AND TRACTION CONTROL WHILE DRIVING . REPLACED BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR RELEARNED SENSOR AND IS STILL LOSING BRAKE LIGHTS WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT AFTER 5 MINUTES OF SITTING AND IT RESETS THE BRODY CONTROL MODEL AND WORKS FOR A DAY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL IT COULD CAUSE A CRASH AND IK THE 2007 PONTIAC G6 ARE RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING I... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - STEERING Mar 17, 2019
Incident date: Mar 15, 2019
POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN MY VEHICLE OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AND THAT USUALLY FIXES IT BUT ONLY TEMPORARLY.
PONTIAC G6 (2010) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 17, 2019
Incident date: Mar 15, 2019
POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN MY VEHICLE OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AND THAT USUALLY FIXES IT BUT ONLY TEMPORARLY.
PONTIAC G8 (2009) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS Mar 15, 2019
Incident date: Mar 1, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. BUICK, GMC, CADILLAC DONOVAN AUTO & TRUCK CENTER (5800 W KELLOGG DR, WICHITA, KS 67209, (316) 768-4891) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT HAD NOT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V172000 (SERVICE BRAKES, AIR, TIRES) AND MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERS:... Read more
PONTIAC VIBE (2003) - AIR BAGS Mar 15, 2019
Incident date: Mar 1, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. WALSER BUICK (2775 LONG LAKE RD, ROSEVILLE, MN) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
PONTIAC TORRENT (2008) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Mar 14, 2019
Incident date: Mar 12, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 2008 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT (WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC) STATED THAT THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) VALVE FAILED AND SHUT OFF THE ABS. ALSO, THE DISABLE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR VALVE FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAVE SHUT OFF THE ABS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE EGR V... Read more
PONTIAC TORRENT (2008) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) Mar 14, 2019
Incident date: Mar 12, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 2008 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT (WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC) STATED THAT THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) VALVE FAILED AND SHUT OFF THE ABS. ALSO, THE DISABLE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EGR VALVE FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAVE SHUT OFF THE ABS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE EGR V... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2006) - STEERING Mar 14, 2019
Incident date: Feb 25, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED PERIODICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATEL... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Mar 13, 2019
Incident date: Mar 8, 2019
TRACTION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON WITH PRESSING THE TRACTION BUTTON. WHILE BRAKING THE CAR PULLS QUICKLY TO THE LEFT, IT'S REALLY BAD WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SPEED. WHILE BRAKING TO GO AROUND A CURVE THE STEERING PULLS THE OTHER DIRECTION THEN WHAT YOUR TURNING SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - WHEELS Mar 13, 2019
Incident date: Mar 8, 2019
TRACTION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON WITH PRESSING THE TRACTION BUTTON. WHILE BRAKING THE CAR PULLS QUICKLY TO THE LEFT, IT'S REALLY BAD WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SPEED. WHILE BRAKING TO GO AROUND A CURVE THE STEERING PULLS THE OTHER DIRECTION THEN WHAT YOUR TURNING SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - SERVICE BRAKES Mar 13, 2019
Incident date: Mar 8, 2019
TRACTION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON WITH PRESSING THE TRACTION BUTTON. WHILE BRAKING THE CAR PULLS QUICKLY TO THE LEFT, IT'S REALLY BAD WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SPEED. WHILE BRAKING TO GO AROUND A CURVE THE STEERING PULLS THE OTHER DIRECTION THEN WHAT YOUR TURNING SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - STEERING Mar 13, 2019
Incident date: Jan 11, 2019
2008 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR POWER STEERING REPAIRS. *LD *TR
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - STEERING Mar 12, 2019
Incident date: Mar 12, 2019
WHEN DRIVING MY CAR WILL LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND THEN A WARNING MESSAGES ABOUT THE POWER STEERING COMES ON. IF I SHUT CAR OFF AND BACK ON POWER STEERING IS RESTORED THEN THE WHEEL SHAKES AND IT GOES OUT AGAIN, RESEARCH IT AND FOUND A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR THAT DESCRIBES THE EXACT ISSUE I AM HAVE AND WHEN I CONTACT PONTIAC OR A GM DEALER THEY TELL ME BASED ON MY VIN I HA... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - SERVICE BRAKES Mar 11, 2019
Incident date: Feb 18, 2019
I OWN A 2007 PONTIAC G6. I WAS DRIVING A COUPLE WEEKS AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ACROSS MY RADIO WITH BEEPS, WITH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WHEN IN STATIONARY AND DRIVING AND THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES I WOULD SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER STEERING. I WOULD PULL OVER AND TURN CAR OFF AND TURN BACK ON AND IT WOULD WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN ONCE AGAIN SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER STEERING. THE LAST 5 DAYS... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - STEERING Mar 11, 2019
Incident date: May 15, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH, THE STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED. THE ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V046000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER AND ... Read more
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - STEERING Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Mar 6, 2019
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR WILL LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND THEN A LIGHT ABOUT THE POWER STEERING COMES ON IF I SHUT CAR OFF AND BACK ON POWER STEERING IS RESTORED THEN THE WHEEL SHAKES AND IT GOES OUT AGAIN THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND WHEN IT DOES I CAN'T STEER THE CAR IT NEEDS FIXED OR IT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (2002) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Feb 6, 2019
MY CAR WOULDN'T START SO I CALLED AAA. THE MAN TRIED TO START THE CAR BEFORE HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP IT. WHEN HE TURNED THE KEY, THE CAR EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THANK GOODNESS HE HADN'T OPENED THE HOOD BECAUSE I WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE CAR AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THE FLYING DEBRIS. WHEN WE OPENED THE HOOD TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND IN PIECES. ... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC VIBE (2009) - POWER TRAIN Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Mar 8, 2019
CAR SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS COMPLETELY AT RANDOM. AFTER PLACING IN PARK, REMOVING KEY, RE-INSERTING KEY, RESTARTING, ALL IS FINE FOR A WHILE. PROBABLY FAULTY ECM.
PONTIAC VIBE (2009) - ENGINE Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Mar 8, 2019
CAR SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS COMPLETELY AT RANDOM. AFTER PLACING IN PARK, REMOVING KEY, RE-INSERTING KEY, RESTARTING, ALL IS FINE FOR A WHILE. PROBABLY FAULTY ECM.
PONTIAC G6 (2007) - STEERING Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Mar 5, 2019
SUDDEN LOSE OF POWER STEERING. AFTER CAR STARTS UP, POWER STEERING IS PRESENT, HOWEVER AFTER VEHICLE IS MOVING, SUDDEN LOSE OF THE POWER STEERING OCCURS AND NOTIFICATIONS ON DASHBOARD. GM STATES THIS IS NOT RELATED TO NHTSA BULLETIN 15V064000, HOWEVER IT IS FOR THE SAME EXACT MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, AND PART THAT IS AFFECTED. THE GM RECALL NUMBER IS 14772. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS I CAN NO LON... Read more
PONTIAC GRAND AM (2005) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 8, 2019
Incident date: Feb 18, 2019
THE CAR WILL NOT START UNLESS A PASS LOCK RESET IS PERFORMED.
PONTIAC G6 (2006) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING Mar 7, 2019
Incident date: Jan 11, 2018
7 DIFFERENT MAJOR ISSUES
PONTIAC G6 (2006) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER Mar 7, 2019
Incident date: Jan 11, 2018
7 DIFFERENT MAJOR ISSUES
PONTIAC G6 (2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 7, 2019
Incident date: Jan 11, 2018
7 DIFFERENT MAJOR ISSUES
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - STEERING Mar 7, 2019
Incident date: Mar 5, 2019
POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHEN DRIVING AND AT IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A HALF AN INCH.
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 7, 2019
Incident date: Mar 5, 2019
POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHEN DRIVING AND AT IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A HALF AN INCH.
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - STEERING Mar 6, 2019
Incident date: Mar 6, 2019
MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN DISABLED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST IT WOULD DISABLE UPON IGNITION. I AT TIMES RESTART 3X BEFORE IT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. NOW IT'S GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS! CURRENTLY AT 71,000 MILES. I DRIVE CITY STREETS AND FREEWAY TO AND FROM WORK.
PONTIAC G6 (2008) - STEERING Mar 6, 2019
Incident date: Mar 6, 2019
RANDOMLY MY CARS POWER STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN I START MY CAR. AT TIMES I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET IT TO UNLOCK. TODAY IT TOOK ME 5 TIMES STARTING AND SHUTTING IT OF AND RESTARTING BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN. IT HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES AND TODAY WAS JUST THE LATEST.
PONTIAC G6 (2009) - STEERING Mar 5, 2019
Incident date: Dec 2, 2018
WONT STEER VERY HARD
PONTIAC TORRENT (2007) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM Mar 5, 2019
Incident date: Dec 31, 2018
FUEL SMELL AFTER DRIVING. GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. STABILITRAX SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER THE CODE WAS CLEARED BY A CERTIFIED GM MECHANIC.
PONTIAC TORRENT (2007) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Mar 5, 2019
Incident date: Dec 31, 2018
FUEL SMELL AFTER DRIVING. GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. STABILITRAX SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER THE CODE WAS CLEARED BY A CERTIFIED GM MECHANIC.
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