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: Jun 11, 2014
THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I ASSUME ARE THE CAUSE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEMS. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS HAS STAYED OFF, REGARDLESS OF PASSENGERS BEING PRESENT SINCE 2014, I BELIEVE. USING THE KEY DOES NOT CHANGE THE AIR BAG STATUS. ALSO THIS MAY BE PART OF THE ELECTRICAL AREA, BUT AT AROUND THE SAME TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN I REALIZED BOTH THI... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2014
THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I ASSUME ARE THE CAUSE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEMS. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS HAS STAYED OFF, REGARDLESS OF PASSENGERS BEING PRESENT SINCE 2014, I BELIEVE. USING THE KEY DOES NOT CHANGE THE AIR BAG STATUS. ALSO THIS MAY BE PART OF THE ELECTRICAL AREA, BUT AT AROUND THE SAME TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN I REALIZED BOTH THI... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2014
THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I ASSUME ARE THE CAUSE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEMS. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS HAS STAYED OFF, REGARDLESS OF PASSENGERS BEING PRESENT SINCE 2014, I BELIEVE. USING THE KEY DOES NOT CHANGE THE AIR BAG STATUS. ALSO THIS MAY BE PART OF THE ELECTRICAL AREA, BUT AT AROUND THE SAME TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN I REALIZED BOTH THI... Read more
Incident date: Jun 10, 2017
REPEATEDLY THIS CAR IS WORKED ON DUE TO SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS SHORTED OR BURNED BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECALL (MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES). NOW AIRBAG SENSORS SHORTED OUT AND WIRING WAS BURNED. THAT WAS JUST REPLACED HOWEVER MECHANICS CAN'T FIGURE OUT CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN THAT CAUSES CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR CONDITIONING TO TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 10, 2017
REPEATEDLY THIS CAR IS WORKED ON DUE TO SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS SHORTED OR BURNED BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECALL (MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES). NOW AIRBAG SENSORS SHORTED OUT AND WIRING WAS BURNED. THAT WAS JUST REPLACED HOWEVER MECHANICS CAN'T FIGURE OUT CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN THAT CAUSES CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR CONDITIONING TO TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 10, 2017
REPEATEDLY THIS CAR IS WORKED ON DUE TO SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS SHORTED OR BURNED BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECALL (MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES). NOW AIRBAG SENSORS SHORTED OUT AND WIRING WAS BURNED. THAT WAS JUST REPLACED HOWEVER MECHANICS CAN'T FIGURE OUT CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN THAT CAUSES CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR CONDITIONING TO TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 27, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR WITH A DEALER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR MONTHS AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 13, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR 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 (LOU BACHRODT PONTIAC/GMC/BUICK IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS) CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE F... Read more
Incident date: Mar 3, 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 LAYMENS CHEVROLET CITY DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY DUE TO... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (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. THE TOTH BUICK PONTIAC DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER W... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 19, 2017
Incident date: Jun 12, 2017
MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUTS OFF ON MY WHILE DRIVING. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOST IN HOT CLIMATE TEMPERATURES AND IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF, I START TO LOSE STEERING AND BREAKING WHICH IS A BIG CONCERN WHEN I AM HEADING TO WORK IN THE MORNING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL START UP RIGHT AWAY AFTER I HAVE PULLED CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROADWAY. OTHER TIMES I... Read more
Incident date: Jun 16, 2017
VEHICLE STATIONARY - EXPERIENCED A HARD START POST DRIVING, AFTER DRIVING I SMELLED A STRONG GASOLINE VAPOR. BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS AND THE MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, THIS APPEARS TO BE A FUEL LEAK OF SOME SORT CAUSED BY A DETERIORATING PLASTIC TUBE IN THE FUEL LINE WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY RECALL HTTPS://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2012/09/29/GENERAL-MOTORS-RECALL/1602747/
Incident date: May 31, 2017
ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DRIVER UNSURE IF CAR IS OK OR NOT. BOTH LITES AT THE SAME TIME. ALSO, SEATBELT WARNING LITE/CHIME DO NOT GO AWAY EVEN WHEN BUCKLED.
Incident date: May 31, 2017
ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DRIVER UNSURE IF CAR IS OK OR NOT. BOTH LITES AT THE SAME TIME. ALSO, SEATBELT WARNING LITE/CHIME DO NOT GO AWAY EVEN WHEN BUCKLED.
Incident date: May 31, 2017
ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DRIVER UNSURE IF CAR IS OK OR NOT. BOTH LITES AT THE SAME TIME. ALSO, SEATBELT WARNING LITE/CHIME DO NOT GO AWAY EVEN WHEN BUCKLED.
Incident date: Jun 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PINKERTON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (801 GRAVES MILL RD, LYNCHBURG, VA 24502) WHERE IT WAS DIAG... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 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 MCNEIL CHEVROLET BUICK DEALER WAS CONTACTED AT (877) 565-8169 AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. TH... Read more
Incident date: Mar 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 STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE COLE VALLEY DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY.... Read more
Incident date: May 23, 2016
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (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 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (GATEWAY BUICK GMC LOCATED AT 11438 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY, DALLAS... Read more
Incident date: May 30, 2017
MY ODOMETER HAS BEEN STUCK AT 299,999 FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS AND I HAVE PUT OVER 600 MILES ON MY CAR IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
Incident date: Jun 5, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON A WET ROAD DOWN A HILL, THE CONTACT HIT A WET PATCH OF ROAD. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RAIL WAS FRACTURED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND BRUISES T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 5, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON A WET ROAD DOWN A HILL, THE CONTACT HIT A WET PATCH OF ROAD. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RAIL WAS FRACTURED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND BRUISES T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 16, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM W... Read more
Incident date: Jun 14, 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 CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (SISBARRO GMC LOCATED AT 1115 S VALLEY DRIVE LAS CRUCES, NM 88005) AND W... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V127000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (IDAHO CENTER AUTO MALL IN CALDWELL, ID, (208)467-7000) AND WAS INFORMED THAT TH... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V061000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AT 813-359-5000 AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/08/17*LJ *TR
Incident date: Apr 3, 2017
WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION, THE SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING DISPLAYS, THE BELL WARNING SOUNDS THAT PASSENGER SEAT BELT ISN'T FASTENED WHEN THERE IS NO PASSENGER PRESENT AND NOTHING ON PASSENGER SEAT, INDICATING A FAULTY PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY BUT IS OCCURRING WITH INCREASED FREQUENCY.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 12, 2017
Incident date: Mar 13, 2008
THIS CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL WRECK IN MARCH OF 2008.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 7, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE, VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL, ALL WHEEL DRIVE, AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (JONES BUICK GMC TRUCK LOCATED AT 1335 MANHEIM PIKE, LANCASTER, PA 17601; (717) 394-0711) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY OF THE I... Read more
Incident date: Jun 7, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE, VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL, ALL WHEEL DRIVE, AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (JONES BUICK GMC TRUCK LOCATED AT 1335 MANHEIM PIKE, LANCASTER, PA 17601; (717) 394-0711) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY OF THE I... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 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 RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE VIN W... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2017
I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY LIGHT THAT STOPS FUEL FROM GETTING TO THE INJECTORS. HAVE TRIED TO RESET THE PASSWORD BUT IT CONTINUES TO DO IT. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOSE POWER AND NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. WE HAVE BEEN LATE OR MISSED APPOINTMENTS AND WE ARE AFRAID TO GET INTO THE CAR BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE IT WILL FAIL US. TURNS CAUSE IT TO LOS... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS) AND 10V024000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXP... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS) AND 10V024000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXP... Read more
Incident date: Jan 26, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 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. THE LOCAL DEALER (THREE-WAY CHEVROLET CADILLAC, 4501 WIBLE RD, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93313, (661) 283-3300) ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2017
ELCTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILING HIGH WINDING SOUNDS WHEN THE STEWRONG WHEEL IS TURNED AND FAILING ELECTRONIC SYSTEM VEHICLE SAYS VENT VALVE SELENOID IS BAD, CHANGED IT OUT AND CLEARED THE CODE AND ERROR STILL COMES BACK, ALSO. RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS ARE DIMLY LIT AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF VOLTAGE PROBLEM GOING ON?
Incident date: Jun 1, 2017
ELCTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILING HIGH WINDING SOUNDS WHEN THE STEWRONG WHEEL IS TURNED AND FAILING ELECTRONIC SYSTEM VEHICLE SAYS VENT VALVE SELENOID IS BAD, CHANGED IT OUT AND CLEARED THE CODE AND ERROR STILL COMES BACK, ALSO. RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS ARE DIMLY LIT AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF VOLTAGE PROBLEM GOING ON?
Incident date: Jun 8, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFTER DID NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK GEAR UNLESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY DAY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2017
TAKATA RECALL AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON AND WON'T GO OFF. INFORMATION CENTER SAYS CHECK AIRBAG .TELL ME WHAT TO DO
Incident date: Jun 7, 2017
MY WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING I HAD A HARD TIME STEERING THE CAR TO GET IT BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY I BELIEVE IT MAY BE RELATED TO GM RECALL 14772 SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RECALL LETTER
Incident date: Jun 1, 2016
1) POWER STEERING UNIT SEEMS TO BE GOING IN OUT WHILE DRIVING. AFTER IT ACTS UP THERE IS A LOT OF PLAT IN THE STEERING UNTIL THE CAR IS SHUT OFF. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON SAME YEAR MODEL OF G6'S FOR SAME ISSUE. STARTED LAST SUMMER THEN STOPPED OVER THE WINTER, THEN STARTED AGAIN THIS SPRING. 2) PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR DOESN'T WORK ALL OF THE TIME, OR WILL SHUT OFF WHILE SOMEONE IS SITTING IN ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2016
1) POWER STEERING UNIT SEEMS TO BE GOING IN OUT WHILE DRIVING. AFTER IT ACTS UP THERE IS A LOT OF PLAT IN THE STEERING UNTIL THE CAR IS SHUT OFF. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON SAME YEAR MODEL OF G6'S FOR SAME ISSUE. STARTED LAST SUMMER THEN STOPPED OVER THE WINTER, THEN STARTED AGAIN THIS SPRING. 2) PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR DOESN'T WORK ALL OF THE TIME, OR WILL SHUT OFF WHILE SOMEONE IS SITTING IN ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 22, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STOPPED HARD AND JERKED. WHEN THE FAILURE FIRST OCCURRED, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CAVENDER BUICK GMC (LOCATED AT 17811 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78233), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT STATED THA... Read more
Incident date: Jan 26, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V061000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (HENDRICK BUICK GMC, 115 TEAM HENDRICK WAY, CARY, NC 27511, (919) 439-5933) DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 27, 2017
A RECALL NOTICE ON THE AIR BAG WAS ISSUED IN MARCH 2017. IT IS NOW JUNE 7, 2017 AND PONTIAC STILL HAS NO RESOLUTION IN PLACE AND HAS NOT DISTRIBUTED PARTS TO THE DEALERS TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I CANNOT USE THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR SO I CANNOT DRIVE MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS ANYWHERE. I RENTED A CAR FOR A WEEK OR SO AROUND EASTER TO TAKE A 4 DAY TRIP WITH FAMILY, WHERE I HAD ... Read more
Incident date: May 21, 2017
I HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GENERAL MOTORS TO SEEK A RESOLUTION TO NO AVAIL. I HAD TO REPLACE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN OCTOBER 2016 IN ORDER TO PASS MY NEW YORK STATE EMISSION FOR ANNUAL VEHICLE INSPECTION. HOWEVER, SINCE I DID NOT DO IT AT THE DEALERSHIP, GM WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME EVEN THOUGH I AM STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY. FURTHERMORE,... Read more
Incident date: Jun 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER (BAYIRD CHEVROLET, 3299 US-51, COVINGTON, TN 38019, (901) 476-2277) SERVICED A MANUFACTURER RECALL, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR FLASHING AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN REVERSING. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (PINKERTON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC LOCATED AT 801 GRAVES MILL RD LYNCHBURG, CA 245... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2017
MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 HAS HAD RECALLS FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EVEN AFTER TAKING IT TO HAVE THOSE RECALLS CORRECTED, WE ARE STILL HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH OUT 2010 PONTIAC G6. HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WANTING TO STAY ON, YOU HIT IT AND IT COMES ON, HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR HEADLIGHT OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT WANT TO START... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2017
MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 HAS HAD RECALLS FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EVEN AFTER TAKING IT TO HAVE THOSE RECALLS CORRECTED, WE ARE STILL HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH OUT 2010 PONTIAC G6. HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WANTING TO STAY ON, YOU HIT IT AND IT COMES ON, HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR HEADLIGHT OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT WANT TO START... Read more