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 23, 2016
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS 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 EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS N... 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). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS 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 VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 18, 2008
THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN TO THE OFF POSITION WHEN PARKED. YOU COULD NOT REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET IT OUT. IF I DROVE THE CAR I HAD TO LEAVE KEY IN IGNITION. *AS
Incident date: Dec 18, 2016
MY CAR WAS RUNNING JUST FINE. ALL OF A SUDDEN ON A VERY RAINY NIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT CATCH GEAR IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 5 SECONDS TO RUN SMOOTHLY. ABOUT 8 MINUTES LATER WHEN I GOT TO THE FREEWAY IT DROVE SMOOTHLY. THE NEXT DAY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT STARTED BURNING. I STOPPED TO LET IT COOL AND CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS, EVERYTHING... Read more
Incident date: Dec 18, 2016
MY CAR WAS RUNNING JUST FINE. ALL OF A SUDDEN ON A VERY RAINY NIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT CATCH GEAR IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 5 SECONDS TO RUN SMOOTHLY. ABOUT 8 MINUTES LATER WHEN I GOT TO THE FREEWAY IT DROVE SMOOTHLY. THE NEXT DAY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT STARTED BURNING. I STOPPED TO LET IT COOL AND CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS, EVERYTHING... Read more
Incident date: Dec 18, 2016
MY CAR WAS RUNNING JUST FINE. ALL OF A SUDDEN ON A VERY RAINY NIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT CATCH GEAR IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 5 SECONDS TO RUN SMOOTHLY. ABOUT 8 MINUTES LATER WHEN I GOT TO THE FREEWAY IT DROVE SMOOTHLY. THE NEXT DAY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT STARTED BURNING. I STOPPED TO LET IT COOL AND CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS, EVERYTHING... Read more
Incident date: Jan 6, 2017
TURNING ON CITY STREET-LOST POWER STEERING-CAR VERY HARD TO STEER.
Incident date: Jan 7, 2017
ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE DISABLED AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, IN MY CAR I HAVE NO POWER CAN REALLY MAKE IT UP A HILL DOESN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. AND THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK
Incident date: Jan 7, 2017
ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE DISABLED AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, IN MY CAR I HAVE NO POWER CAN REALLY MAKE IT UP A HILL DOESN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. AND THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK
Incident date: Jan 7, 2017
ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE DISABLED AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, IN MY CAR I HAVE NO POWER CAN REALLY MAKE IT UP A HILL DOESN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. AND THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2001) — ENGINE
Jan 6, 2017
Incident date: Aug 10, 2015
VALVE COVER GASKETS LEAKING OIL CAN GET ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSING AN ENGINE FIRE.
Incident date: Dec 27, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND SEIZED COMPLETELY. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Incident date: Dec 27, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND SEIZED COMPLETELY. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Incident date: Oct 30, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE STATIONARY, THE SERVICE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.
Incident date: Jan 4, 2017
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. T... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2016
FAULT LIGHT ACTIVATION,FAULT CODE STATES IT'S THE PASSENGER SEAT MODULE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE NO AIRBAG ACTIVATION . THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH ALL G8 VEHICLES, DO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM?
Incident date: Oct 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE KEY FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. A YEAR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAIL... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — ENGINE
Jan 4, 2017
Incident date: Dec 19, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BACK VALVE COVER WAS LEAKING ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1998) — ENGINE
Jan 3, 2017
Incident date: Jan 10, 2007
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 50 MILES, IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE SOON AFTER BEING PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION AFTER THE FIRE OCCURRED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V118000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE ... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — ENGINE
Jan 3, 2017
Incident date: Dec 29, 2016
CAR SHUTS OFF T TIMES UNEXPECTEDLY A TICKING SOUND POWER STEERING ISSUES I DON'T FEEL SAFE FOR ME AND MY KIDS DRIVING BUT NOT ALL CAN AFFORD A NEW CAR THESE CARS ARE HIGH RISK AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THIS PAID OFF VEHICLE PLEASE CONSIDER OUR SAFETY AND TAKE THESE DANGEROUS RECALL VEHICLES OFF OUR STREETS. AND SET FORTH ETC. THANKS *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — SUSPENSION
Jan 3, 2017
Incident date: Dec 29, 2016
CAR SHUTS OFF T TIMES UNEXPECTEDLY A TICKING SOUND POWER STEERING ISSUES I DON'T FEEL SAFE FOR ME AND MY KIDS DRIVING BUT NOT ALL CAN AFFORD A NEW CAR THESE CARS ARE HIGH RISK AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THIS PAID OFF VEHICLE PLEASE CONSIDER OUR SAFETY AND TAKE THESE DANGEROUS RECALL VEHICLES OFF OUR STREETS. AND SET FORTH ETC. THANKS *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — STEERING
Jan 3, 2017
Incident date: Dec 29, 2016
CAR SHUTS OFF T TIMES UNEXPECTEDLY A TICKING SOUND POWER STEERING ISSUES I DON'T FEEL SAFE FOR ME AND MY KIDS DRIVING BUT NOT ALL CAN AFFORD A NEW CAR THESE CARS ARE HIGH RISK AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THIS PAID OFF VEHICLE PLEASE CONSIDER OUR SAFETY AND TAKE THESE DANGEROUS RECALL VEHICLES OFF OUR STREETS. AND SET FORTH ETC. THANKS *TR
Incident date: May 23, 2016
TAKATA RECALL MY COMPLAINT IS SIMPLY THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF MY CAR IS USELESS BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIX FOR THE RECALL AND NO ONE CAN SIT IN THE SEAT. THIS HAS HAD A VERY BIG AFFECT ON OUR FAMILY AND AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO SELL THE CAR TOO (FOR WHAT IS WAS WORTH...WHO WOULD BUY IT?) THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG. WE HAVE BEEN PATIENT AND NOW WE ARE REALLY UPSET THAT NO ONE HA... Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2016
"SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH. IT CODES AS A B0081 SYMPTOM 71 PASSENGER AIR BAG
Incident date: Dec 1, 2016
WHILE DRIVING CITY OR HIGHWAY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON. WHEN YOU PUSH BRAKE PEDAL WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE WORKING OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD. WHEN BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING IF YOU TAP BRAKE PEDAL LIGHTS WILL GO OUT FOR 5 SECONDS THEN COME BACK ON. VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING WITH THIS ISSUE. CAR WAS RECALLED IN 2014 AND TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL FIX... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2016
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP LOST POWER STEERING RAN CAR INTO THE MEDIAN TURN THE CAR OFF WORKS FINE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND DID IT AGAIN THIS TIME. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Dec 26, 2016
ON DECEMBER 26TH, 2016 I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I FELT A STRONG JERK AND THE CAR WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THE CAR JERKED INTO THE ADJACENT LANE ALMOST HITTING A CAR WHO BRAKE TO AVOID ME. I PARKED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURNED IT OFF. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE FINE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUES AND NOW I AM UNABLE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 13, 2016
REPLACEMENT PART (CABLE KIT # 23238001) UNDER RECALL 14152 HAS SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AND AS A RESULT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE ORIGINAL SAFETY CONCERN WHICH STATES, "IF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE FRACTURES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTION MAY NOT MATCH THE INDICATED GEAR AND THE VEHICLE MAY MOVE IN AN UNINTENDED OR UNEXPECTED DIRECTION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. ... Read more
Incident date: May 31, 2016
TAKATA RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AIRBAGS TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER IT'S BEEN OVER 6 MONTHS SINCE RECEIVING A RECALL ON MY PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR, AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE PARTS TO REPLACE IT. I PAID $18,000 FOR THE CAR AND WOULD LIKE TO USE THE PASSENGER SEAT. I REALIZE IT'S LOWER PRIORITY THAN DRIVER-SIDE AIRBAGS, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT. PLEASE ASK PONTIAC/GMC AND ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 31, 2016
TAKATA RECALL - PASSENGER AIRBAG PARTS NOT AVAILABLE OVER 1 YEAR AFTER RECALL ISSUED
Incident date: Nov 20, 2016
AT 80,000 MILES AND VERY LITTLE TIME SPENT WITH A PASSENGER, THE AIRBAG SENSOR LOCATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT FAILED. THIS DISABLES THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND CONTINUALLY DISPLAYS BOTH A WARNING ON THE VEHICLE'S DIC AND A LIGHT ON THE DASH. I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE AGE AND USE OF THE CAR. THE SENSOR WAS REMOVED AND EXAMINED TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAULT. A BREAKAGE WAS FO... Read more
Incident date: Dec 24, 2016
VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS HARD THROUGH ALL GEARS. STARTED AS OCCASSIONALLY, BUT PROGRESSIVELY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. UPSHIFTS ARE ENGAGING HARDER AS WELL NOW. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. LOOKING INTO THIS IT APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. IS THIS BEING INVESTIGATED? HOW SHOULD I ADDRESS THIS? SEEMS IT COULD BE DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON WET PAVEMENT.
Incident date: Nov 2, 2016
WHILE DRIVING ON SMOOTH ROAD AT 55 MILES PER HOUR AND NO ONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH "SERVICE AIRBAG" MESSAGE ON INFO SCREEN. HAD A DEALER SCAN CODES AND FOUND PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR BAD. AFTER GOOGLING IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. THE CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT.
Incident date: Jul 1, 2016
TAKATA RECALL OF PASSENGER AIR BAG, JULY 2016. NOT REMEDIED AS YET. MICHAEL ALB ERTS
Incident date: May 23, 2016
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (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 MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 29, 2016
MY CAR HAD A PREVIOUS RECALL OF POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, AND THAT RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN EARLY 2014. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2015, NOW A LITTLE LATER THAN A YEAR, I HAVE THE EXACT PROBLEMS OF THE RECALL. WHICH IS "YOUR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH EPS MAY EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST THAT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING. IF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, A ME... Read more
Incident date: Sep 7, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT NOTICED STRONG FUMES OF FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE FUEL PUMP ABOVE THE FUEL LINES. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM A MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/22/2017*CT *TR
Incident date: Dec 19, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Incident date: Dec 23, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING EPS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEE... Read more
Incident date: Dec 11, 2015
LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING ASS'Y HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF MOAN/ROARING NOISE THAT INCREASES AND DECREASES AS SPEED INCREASES AND DECREASES. NOISE BECOMES NOTICEABLY LOUDER AS YOU MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN - WHICH CAUSES THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN WEIGHT BEARING. ORIGINAL REPLACED @ 78,042 MILES. FIRST REPLACEMENT BECOME SO NOISY THAT IT WAS REPLACED @ 79,264 MILES. NOISE W... Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2016
PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LOCATED IN THE SEAT CUSHION FAILURE !! PLEASE HELP US !! THERE ARE ALOT OF FAILURES !!! CAR WAS IN MOTION. MY CAR IS NOW WORTH A $1'000 DOLLARS AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE !!!
Incident date: Dec 21, 2016
THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF IN ORDER TO FIX IT. I HAD THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR REPLACED BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. WHILE RESEARCHING, I FOUND A RECALL ON THIS VERY ISSUE ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT COME UP WHEN I PUT IN MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER. IT IS RECALL NHTSA # 14V153000. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN GET THIS ISSUE FIXED UNDER ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2015
STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE NOTICEABLE FROM 10 OR MORE FEET AWAY FROM VEHICLE WHEN PARKED OR RUNNING. CANNOT PARK IN GARAGE DUE TO STRONG FUEL SMELL. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OVERFILLED. SMELL HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE FOR MANY MONTHS BUT IS GETTING STRONGER LATELY. RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET YIELDS MANY RESULTS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, FOCUSED ON A DEFECTIVE ELBOW ON THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY.
Incident date: Dec 28, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Incident date: May 23, 2016
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (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. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS P... Read more
Incident date: Dec 27, 2016
PUTTING GAS IN TANK AND IT JUST STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE VAN. THIS HAPPEN AT A GAS STATION AND I WORRIED ABOUT AN EXPLOSION.
Incident date: Dec 25, 2016
HUNDREDS OF PONTIAC SOLSTICE, SATURN SKY, OPEL GT (WHETHER TURBO OR NOT) EXPERIENCE, JUST LIKE MYSELF, SRS FAULTS THAT TURN OFF ALL AIRBAGS IN THE CAR. WHEN I SAY SOLSTICE, I MEAN ALL THE KAPPA PLATFORM, 2 SEATER, SPORTS CARS. DUE TO, THE PASSENGER PRESSURE SENSOR IN THE SEAT THAT TEARS. AFTER THE PRESSURE SENSOR IS BROKEN, THE GAUGE CLUSTER SHOWS A CODE: SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THIS DISABLES ALL T... Read more
Incident date: Dec 26, 2016
TAKATA RECALL: RECEIVED RECALL 150826 (15826) (NHTSA: 16V340) IN JULY 2016. IT IS NOW END OF DECEMBER AND NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADVISED. WARNED NOT TO OCCUPY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH IS UNREASONABLE SINCE THE CAR IS USED FOR FAMILY TRIPS AND WILL OFTEN HAVE PASSENGER(S). SO FAR NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION HAS OCCURRED BUT THE POTENTIAL IS FRIGHTENING. RESPONSE TIME IS UNSATISFACTORY AND NEE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2016
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, BURNING OIL, TO THE EXTENT OF 8 QUARTS BETWEEN ROUTINE OIL CHANGES
Incident date: Dec 26, 2016
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AND TURNING RIGHT DOWN ANOTHER STREET MY DIC FLASHED ERROR MESSAGE POWER STEERING. WHILE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AS OF YET ON 12/26/2016, I HAVE LOOKED INTO THE RECALLS REGARDING ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS OF THE PONTIAC G6 WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ISSUE. IT CONCERNS ME DEEPLY. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND SHE DRIVES IT TO WORK DAILY, TAKES OUR 17 YEAR OLD TO WORK, AN... Read more