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: Dec 7, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (PATRIOT BUICK GMC, 933 E PHILADELPHIA AVE, BOYERTOWN, PA 19512 (610) 367-8800) WAS CONTACTED ... Read more
Incident date: Nov 21, 2017
IGNITION KEEP GETTING STUCK IN ACCESSORY MODE OR THE KEY GET STUCK IN IGNITION
Incident date: Dec 2, 2017
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND CAR BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING MY CAR TO WOBBLE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE COULDN'T GET IT REPAIRED WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON CAR AND PARTS. ALMOST WREAKED MY CAR WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY 18 WHEELER HAD TO CALL FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST TO GET CAR HOME. UNABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY.
Incident date: Dec 2, 2017
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND CAR BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING MY CAR TO WOBBLE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE COULDN'T GET IT REPAIRED WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON CAR AND PARTS. ALMOST WREAKED MY CAR WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY 18 WHEELER HAD TO CALL FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST TO GET CAR HOME. UNABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY.
Incident date: Dec 2, 2017
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND CAR BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING MY CAR TO WOBBLE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE COULDN'T GET IT REPAIRED WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON CAR AND PARTS. ALMOST WREAKED MY CAR WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY 18 WHEELER HAD TO CALL FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST TO GET CAR HOME. UNABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY.
Incident date: Dec 5, 2017
CARS BATTERY CONSTANTLY RAN DOWN. BATTERY WAS CHECKED AND WAS OK AS IT WAS THREE MONTHS OLD. REPAIR STATION SAID THE HORN WAS SHORTED AND THE AIR BAG IS PART OF THE HORN SWITCH AND MUST BE REPLACED.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2003) — ENGINE
Dec 5, 2017
Incident date: Dec 3, 2017
THE CAR HAD A RECALL. THE ENGINE OIL DRIPPED INTO THE MANIFOLD AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE CAR IS TOTALED NOW. I WAS INSIDE OF A WALMART AND THE CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE.
Fire
Incident date: Dec 5, 2017
TAKATA RECALL RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE DANGEROUS PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JAN 2017 ! I KEEP RECEIVING NOTICES TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO GET PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL COMPLETED !!. IT IS ALMOST ONE YEAR SINCE RECALL RELEASE AND I KEEP GETTING NOTIFIED OF RECALL NOT COMPLETED BUT DEALER KEEPS ADVISING ME THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE YET TO COMPLETE THE SA... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. PERFORMANCE CHEVROLET IN ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAIL... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V061000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. BOCH CHEVROLET DEALER (391 PROVIDENCE HWY, NORWOOD, MA 02062) CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2017
APPROX. 8MO AGO IT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO PUMP GAS INTO MY VEHICLE. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT GAS STATION HAVING SAME PROBLEM. TAKES 5MIN. TO PUMP $5 GAS. THE OVER FLOW SMELLS INSIDE CAR.
Incident date: Nov 27, 2017
SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FIRST HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DURING THANKSGIVING AND HAS STAYED ON THRU TODAY DEC. 3 2017
Incident date: Nov 27, 2017
SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FIRST HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DURING THANKSGIVING AND HAS STAYED ON THRU TODAY DEC. 3 2017
Incident date: Nov 27, 2017
SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FIRST HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DURING THANKSGIVING AND HAS STAYED ON THRU TODAY DEC. 3 2017
Incident date: Oct 9, 2017
UPON ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND ALL ELECTRICAL BEGINS TO FLICKER AND SHUT OFF. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK FROM DRIVERS HANDS AND SEIZE UP UNLESS ACCELERATION STOPS. INFREQUENT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS NO LONGER WORK EVEN AFTER BULB REPLACEMENT.
Incident date: Oct 9, 2017
UPON ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND ALL ELECTRICAL BEGINS TO FLICKER AND SHUT OFF. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK FROM DRIVERS HANDS AND SEIZE UP UNLESS ACCELERATION STOPS. INFREQUENT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL AND DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS NO LONGER WORK EVEN AFTER BULB REPLACEMENT.
Incident date: Dec 1, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE OVER A YEAR AGO. THE DEALER (CHAMPION CHEVROLET OF AVON, 183 S COUNTY RD, 525 E, AVON, IN 46123 (317) 350-1023) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. BRITTANY CHEVROLET OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO (57 EAST MARTIN STREET) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS W... Read more
Incident date: Nov 30, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS), BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.
Incident date: Jun 25, 2017
RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. TAKATA HAS FILED CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND IT IMPORTANT THAT THE REPLACEMENT IS COMPLETED ASAP. HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL CORRECTED BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO REPLACEMENT PARTS TO MAKE THE REPAIR.
Incident date: Jan 9, 2017
TAKATA RECALL: I BELIEVE ITS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY ALWAYS SAY THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DEALER. IT IS ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS. I HAVE PARKED THE CAR FOR A YEAR BUT CONTINUE TO PAY LICENSE AND INSURANCE. IF THEY CAN'T GET THE PARTS, THEY SHOULD BUY THE CARS BACK AT THE AVERAGE NADA/BL... Read more
Incident date: Jun 19, 2017
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2009 G6 FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION AND PULLED ONTO A VERY BUSY ROAD. AFTER GOING ABOUT 200 FEET, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE CAR WAS NOT "PULLING". OTHER CARS CAME UP BEHIND ME VERY QUICKLY AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR ME TO PULL OVER, AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT HILL AHEAD OF ME. I "PLAYED" WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO TRY TO GET THE C... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Nov 30, 2017
Incident date: Nov 30, 2017
WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TEMP IS UNDER 40 DEGREES. I RANDOMLY GET ERROR WITH TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND KEEPING SPEED. WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS TO GET TO A SAFE SPOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO PULL OFF, WHEN MY SPEED SUDDENLY CHANGES. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS DURING THE COLD MONTHS AND I HAVE GOT ITEMS CLEANED AND SEN... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — ENGINE
Nov 30, 2017
Incident date: Nov 30, 2017
WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TEMP IS UNDER 40 DEGREES. I RANDOMLY GET ERROR WITH TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND KEEPING SPEED. WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS TO GET TO A SAFE SPOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO PULL OFF, WHEN MY SPEED SUDDENLY CHANGES. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS DURING THE COLD MONTHS AND I HAVE GOT ITEMS CLEANED AND SEN... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 30, 2017
Incident date: Nov 30, 2017
WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TEMP IS UNDER 40 DEGREES. I RANDOMLY GET ERROR WITH TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND KEEPING SPEED. WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS TO GET TO A SAFE SPOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO PULL OFF, WHEN MY SPEED SUDDENLY CHANGES. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS DURING THE COLD MONTHS AND I HAVE GOT ITEMS CLEANED AND SEN... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — POWER TRAIN
Nov 29, 2017
Incident date: Apr 1, 2012
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON STREET I WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN A INTERSECTION WHEN A CHEVY MAXI VAN STRUCT ME WHEN RUNNING A RED LIGHT. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. I SUSTAINED BODY INJURIES SUCH AS BACK AND NECK AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. I HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THESE INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — STRUCTURE:BODY
Nov 29, 2017
Incident date: Apr 1, 2012
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON STREET I WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN A INTERSECTION WHEN A CHEVY MAXI VAN STRUCT ME WHEN RUNNING A RED LIGHT. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. I SUSTAINED BODY INJURIES SUCH AS BACK AND NECK AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. I HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THESE INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — AIR BAGS
Nov 29, 2017
Incident date: Apr 1, 2012
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON STREET I WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN A INTERSECTION WHEN A CHEVY MAXI VAN STRUCT ME WHEN RUNNING A RED LIGHT. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. I SUSTAINED BODY INJURIES SUCH AS BACK AND NECK AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. I HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THESE INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — ENGINE
Nov 29, 2017
Incident date: Nov 3, 2017
CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY
Fire
Incident date: Nov 29, 2017
TAKATA RECALL: WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS DANGEROUS, AND THAT "IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLATOR RUPTURE, METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL, STRIKING THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, AND RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH." YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION AFTER RECEIVING OUR AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH, 2017, CALLING EVERY DEALER THAT WE COULD F... Read more
Incident date: Nov 29, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V043000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (SERRA CHEVROLET BUICK GMC, 2340 GALLATIN PIKE N, MADISON, TN 37115) AND CONFIRMED THAT THE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2017
TAKATA RECALL I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL, BUT IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND THERE IS NOT ANY REMEDY FOR IT. MEANWHILE, NO ONE SHOULD OCCUPY THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. WHAT CAN I DO?
Incident date: Nov 28, 2017
TAKATA RECALL; I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION DIRECTING ME TO GO TO KOOL CHEVROLET FOR REPAIRS. PARTS WERE ORDERED AND A SERVICE PERSON CALLED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. THE SERVICE MANAGER JASON IMMEDIATELY CALLED ME TO SAY THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE APPOINTMENT AND WORK ON MY CAR BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT AT KOOL TOYOTA NEXT DOOR RELATING TO INCOMPETENT WORK PERFORMED ON MY 2012 TOYOTA RAV4 TWO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 28, 2017
TAKATA RECALL; I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION DIRECTING ME TO GO TO KOOL CHEVROLET FOR REPAIRS. PARTS WERE ORDERED AND A SERVICE PERSON CALLED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. THE SERVICE MANAGER JASON IMMEDIATELY CALLED ME TO SAY THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE APPOINTMENT AND WORK ON MY CAR BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT AT KOOL TOYOTA NEXT DOOR RELATING TO INCOMPETENT WORK PERFORMED ON MY 2012 TOYOTA RAV4 TWO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 28, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECAL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (DAVE SINCLAIR BUICK GMC, 5655 S LINDBERGH BLVD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63123 (314) 8... Read more
Incident date: Nov 2, 2017
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WONT COME OFF
Incident date: Nov 22, 2017
MY POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT. IT WORKS BUT GOES OUT AFTER DRIVING FOR A LITTLE BIT. OR DOESN'T WORK WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. RESTARTING THE CAR IS A TEMPORARY FIX. THE WHEEL ALSO JERKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN STILL. I SEE THIS IS RECALLED FOR A 07 PONTIAC G6 BUT NOT FOR MY VIN.
Incident date: Nov 25, 2017
MY NEIGHBOR WHO ALSO OWNS A G6 WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK MY CAR WITH HER KEY? HOW DO I GET THIS FIXED?
Incident date: May 1, 2017
RECALL 17036 - I NEED TO GET MY CAR INSPECTED HOW DO I DO THIS WITH THE PPA LIGHT ON IN MY CAR. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT PARTS FOR THE INTERIM REPAIR ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO REPAIR YOUR VEHICLE. I TOOK THE CAR & TO MY PONTIAC DEALERSHIP BUT ALL THEY WOULD SAY IS THERE IS NOT PART AVAILABLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, LIKE I SAID I NEED TO GET M... Read more
Incident date: Nov 27, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V061000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. BOB MOORE BUICK GMC (7410 NORTHWEST EXPY, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73132, (405) 721-6000) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 3, 2017
TAKATA RECALL MY CAR SMELLS A LOT LIKE GASOLINE. EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON IT STARTS SMELLING LIKE A STRONG ODOR OF GAS.IT SMELLS MORE WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE STREET.
Incident date: Jan 31, 2017
TAKATA RECALL - I HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO OCCUPY THE FRONT SEAT OF MY CAR SINCE JANUARY AND THERE IS STILL NO REMEDY IN SIGHT.
Incident date: Jan 10, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (PORTER CHEVROLET, NEWARK, DE, 302-453-6800) AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 16, 2017
POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT AT TIMES, THEN AT TIMES ITS FINE
Incident date: Nov 22, 2017
MY STEERING COLUMN MAKES A VIBRATING NOISE... THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE RED SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON THE LEFT PART OF THE DASH.... ALSO SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JULY THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE KEY NOT STARTING IT RIGHT AWAY USUALLY HAVE TO WAIT TEN SECONDS OR EVEN UP TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE YOU CAN START MY VEHICLE. I'M LOOKING TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENT BEFORE IT OCCURS. I DO NOT WANT MY CAR LOCKING U... Read more
Incident date: Nov 22, 2017
MY STEERING COLUMN MAKES A VIBRATING NOISE... THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE RED SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON THE LEFT PART OF THE DASH.... ALSO SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JULY THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE KEY NOT STARTING IT RIGHT AWAY USUALLY HAVE TO WAIT TEN SECONDS OR EVEN UP TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE YOU CAN START MY VEHICLE. I'M LOOKING TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENT BEFORE IT OCCURS. I DO NOT WANT MY CAR LOCKING U... Read more
Incident date: Nov 22, 2017
OWNER OF A 2006 PONTIAC G6. STRONG SMELL OF GAS COMING FROM THE CAR. IT TAKES A 2ND ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR AS WELL. I'VE SEEN THERE ARE MANY OTHERS OVER THE YEARS WITH THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE BUT NO RECALL EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER YEARS FOR THE SAME ISSUE BUT NOT THE 2006. SINCE WE'RE LONG PAST ANY WARRANTY, I HAD HOPES OF A RECALL BUT SINCE THERE ISN'T, I'M LOOKING AT OVER ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
WHITH ENTINE RUNNING: AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE RADIO SCREEN ILLUMINATED INTERMITENTLY. IT CONTINUED TO DO SO FOR SOME TIME. AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES, IT ILLUMINATES ALMOST ALL THE TIME. NOTICED THAT ON SOME HOT DAYS OVER 105 DEGREES, THE LIGHT GOES OFF. CURRENTLY, ON CONSTANTLY. PHONED DEALERS AND ESTIMATES EXCEED $800 WITHOUT INSPECTION. OUTRAGEOUS. VEHI... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2017
AT 67,000 MILES DURING OIL CHANGE, ATTENDANT NOTICED GAS SMELL AND FOUND FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY HOSE COMING OUT OF GAS TANK TO BE CRACKED AND FUEL RUNNING DOWN FUEL TANK NEXT TO MUFFLER PIPE. DANGEROUS. REMOVED FUEL TANK AND UPON INSPECTION CONFIRMED PROBLEM. HAD FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT COST OF OVER $800 DOLLARS. OUTRAGEOUS.
Incident date: Jun 15, 2015
TAKATA RECALL. RECEIVED RECALL LETTER YEAR OR 2 AGO. FIX WAS TO NOT LET ANYONE RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS A FAMILY CAR. WHAT GOOD IS THAT? CAN'T USE IT FOR WHAT WE BOUGHT IT FOR. STILL NO FIX NOTIFICATION. HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CARS REPAIRED. REQUESTED REPLACEMENT FOR THE AIRBAG. WAS DENIED. SHOULD COME UP WITH A FIX OR COMPENSATE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN ... Read more