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 13, 2017
STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING AND AFTER EXITING THE CAR. FUEL LEAK TRACED TO A CRACKED PLASTIC ELBOW ON TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. HAD A DEALERSHIP INSTALL A NEW FUEL PUMP. *TR
Incident date: Jan 14, 2017
GM HAS ISSUED A SAFETY BULLETIN IN REGARDS TO A BROKEN FUEL TANK THAT COULD CAUSE EXPLOSIONS, OR FIRE. I HAVE TRIED TO GET THEM TO PERFORM THE REPAIR BUT THEY ARE REFUSING. THE PROBLEM IS FOR ALL YEARS OF THE PONTIAC AZTEK AND BUICK RENDEZVOUS. I HAVE A LEAK FROM THIS LOCATION, THE FUEL INLET, AND AM NEARLY AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT AT A COST OF OVER 2000 DOLLARS, GM IS ALSO INFLATING THE C... Read more
Incident date: Jan 13, 2017
BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHOLE DRIVING AND PARKED, AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH FOUND OUT IT WAS A GM RECALL NO. 09101 & 09046 BUT MY VEHICLE'S VIN DOESN'T FALL UNDER RECALL LIST.
Incident date: Jan 13, 2017
BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHOLE DRIVING AND PARKED, AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH FOUND OUT IT WAS A GM RECALL NO. 09101 & 09046 BUT MY VEHICLE'S VIN DOESN'T FALL UNDER RECALL LIST.
Incident date: Jan 11, 2017
FOUR MONTHS AGO, WE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE POWER STEERING. BORCHERDING BUICK SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THERE IS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING COLUMN, BUT, WAIT UNTIL IT ACTS UP MORE AND THEY CAN FIX IT. JANUARY 11, 2017 THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE BORCHERDING DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A LOANER AND TYPED IN THE REPAI... Read more
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: Apr 5, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MIL... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - ENGINE
Jan 12, 2017
Incident date: Jan 11, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, A PASSERBY ALERTED HIM THAT A FIRE HAD ERUPTED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NEITHER AWARE NOR NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, O... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jan 12, 2017
Incident date: Jan 11, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, A PASSERBY ALERTED HIM THAT A FIRE HAD ERUPTED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NEITHER AWARE NOR NOTIFIED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, O... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jan 11, 2017
THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON MY VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT BUT BEFORE IT CAME ON I SMELLED SOMETHING FUNNY AND THEN THE AIRBAG ICON CAME ON THE DASHBOARD I LOOKED IT UP AND IT SAYS THAT THE AIR BAG IS SUPPOSED TO BE RECALLED BUT ON MY CAR IT IS NOT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE PLEASE A RECALL FOR THE AIRBAG FOR MY CAR SO I CAN GET IT FIXED.P.ST. IT WON'T LET ME PUT THE MILEAGE DOWN I W... Read more
Incident date: Jan 7, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHILE PULLING OFF THE ROAD, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BUMPER OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT FLED THE SCENE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO ... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Oct 1, 2016
FUEL PUMP LEAKING FUEL AROUND SEAL N TOP OF GAS TANK
Incident date: Jan 9, 2017
PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR FAILED ON SEAT BOTTOM AFTER PASSENGER SAT ON SEAT DURING FREEZING WEATHER. APPARENTLY AN ALL TOO COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR. NO FIX OFFERED OTHER THAN REPLACING ENTIRE SEAT BOTTOM AT A COST UPWARDS OF $1000. CAR WAS STATIONARY AND IN PARK.
Incident date: Jan 9, 2017
PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR FAILED ON SEAT BOTTOM AFTER PASSENGER SAT ON SEAT DURING FREEZING WEATHER. APPARENTLY AN ALL TOO COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR. NO FIX OFFERED OTHER THAN REPLACING ENTIRE SEAT BOTTOM AT A COST UPWARDS OF $1000. CAR WAS STATIONARY AND IN PARK.
Incident date: Dec 9, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 212,5... Read more
Incident date: Dec 9, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 212,5... Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13E043000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS ... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jan 11, 2017
Incident date: Nov 1, 2016
THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME OWNING PRETTY MUCH ANY VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE 3800 SERIES II V6, GAUGE CLUSTERS RANDOMLY STOP WOR... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - ENGINE
Jan 11, 2017
Incident date: Nov 1, 2016
THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME OWNING PRETTY MUCH ANY VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE 3800 SERIES II V6, GAUGE CLUSTERS RANDOMLY STOP WOR... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 11, 2017
Incident date: Nov 1, 2016
THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME OWNING PRETTY MUCH ANY VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE 3800 SERIES II V6, GAUGE CLUSTERS RANDOMLY STOP WOR... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jan 6, 2017
STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR WAS REPLACED 2014 AS PART OF RECALL. NOW IN 2016 IT HAS WENT DEFECTIVE AND GM WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ONE FOR THE FIRST 8 YEARS I OWNED THIS CAR. NOW THE STEERING GOES OUT WHILE I'M LEAVING A GROCERY STORE. I TURNED OFF AND BACK ON IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK HOME. ITS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND ITS SUPPOSED TO COST ME, $1400 TO REMEDY? *TR
Incident date: Aug 15, 2016
IN PART DUE TO CORROSION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, IT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN STRUCTURAL FAILURE RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE TO MY VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS WHEN CORNERING AN HITTING A SMALL POTHOLE. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED BY A GM DEALERSHIP AND THE SECOND TIME A FEW YEARS LATER THIS OCCURRED AGAIN AND IT WAS WHEN I HAD TO STOP AB... Read more
Incident date: Aug 15, 2016
IN PART DUE TO CORROSION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, IT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN STRUCTURAL FAILURE RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE TO MY VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS WHEN CORNERING AN HITTING A SMALL POTHOLE. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED BY A GM DEALERSHIP AND THE SECOND TIME A FEW YEARS LATER THIS OCCURRED AGAIN AND IT WAS WHEN I HAD TO STOP AB... Read more
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: 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