Pontiac G5 Complaints

381 consumer complaints on file.

#11220960June 18, 2019
STEERING
LAST NIGHT MY VEHICLE COULD TURN NORMALLY, BUT THIS MORNING THE NOTIFICATION SCREEN SAID POWER STERING. SO ITS REALLY HARD TO TURN NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11217095May 31, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2008 G5 HAS A STRONG GAS SMELL BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS AND SAW THAT 2008 G5'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR A FUEL LEAK DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP MODULE BUT ONLY IN HOTTER STATES. I'M IN SC AND WE CERTAINLY SHOULD QUALIFY AS A HOTTER STATE WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 90'S IN THE SPRING. GM RECALLED THE '06 AND '07 G5'S IN SC FOR FUEL LEAKS SO THEY SHOULD RECALL THE '08 MODEL TOO SINCE IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM (RECALL 09V-419) MY CAR HAS ONLY 31,903 MILES ON IT SO I SHOULD NOT BE STUCK WITH THE COST OF REPAIRING AN ONGOING FUEL LEAK PROBLEM THAT GM HAS HAD WITH '06-'08 MODELS. MY MOTHER BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND DRIVEN VERY LITTLE. GM SHOULD REPAIR ALL THE 2008 G5'S THAT ARE LEAKING FUEL, NOT JUST THE ONES IN A SELECT FEW STATES. FUEL LEAKS ARE DANGEROUS AND COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IN ANY STATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193270April 2, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARTED TO SMELL A STRONG FUEL ODOR IN GARAGE. NOTICED ABOUT A FOOT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE DRIPPING GASOLINE FROM FUEL LINE NEXT TO THE PLASTIC CLIP THERE. THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND VERY DANGEROUS. WENT ONLINE AND SAW SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HOW THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED RECALL BUT ONLY FOR 5-6 STATES. NOT SURE WHY ONLY THESE STATES WERE LISTED BUT IN LINE WITH MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THE PLASTIC CLIP HOLDING THOSE FUEL LINES WAS HOLDING SALT AND BRINE OF THE WINTER MONTHS AND CAUSING CORROSION AT THAT SPOT. TAKING THE CAR IN TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND AM FULLY EXPECTING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FUEL LINE AT $600-1000 SIMILARLY TO THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I SAW. IF THIS ISSUE WAS ALREADY RECALLED FOR SOME STATES THEN IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR ALL OF THEM AS IT IS CLEARLY AN ONGOING AND PERSISTENT ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11192484March 29, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULTY BUT MY CARS VINYL DOESN'T BRING UP A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL IS OUT FOR OTHER MAKERS AND MODELS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190392March 21, 2019
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
BROKEN PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR. BROKEN SEATBELT RETRACTOR= AIRBAG NOT WORKING=DEATHTRAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11176299February 11, 2019
AIR BAGS
I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON 02/06/19 PASSANGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS OFF AN WILL NOT COME ON WHEN AN ADULT SITS IN THE PASSANGER SIDE .ALSO WILL NOT ALOW YOU TO TURN IT ON THATS WHEN I STARTED LEARNING ABOUT THE RECALL. TAKATA RECALL
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11173638February 2, 2019
STEERING
WHEN IN IDLED PARK I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AND IT'S HARD. I JUST LEASED THIS CAR BEGINNING 12/07/18. BUT WHILE DRIVING IT'S FINE UNTIL I MAKE A TIME AND IT AND IT STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO CENTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150375November 9, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. PERIODICALLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ODOR WENT AWAY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A FUEL LEAK IN AN UNKNOWN PART OF THE VEHICLE AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE FUEL LINES BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,915.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11138917October 7, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY STARTED LEAKING GASOLINE FROM FUEL TANK AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11133290October 4, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11132019September 27, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE IS LEAKING UNDERNEATH,BEHIND DRIVERS DOOR & IN FRONT OF REAR WHEEL.ALONG WITH THE CHEVY COBALT (THE EQUIVALENT TO MY PONTIAC G5), THIS AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM AS I HAVE RESEARCH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME LEAK FROM THE SAME LOCATION. THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD & I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING THE REPLACEMENT FUEL LINES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11129639September 15, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
CAR SPEEDS UP WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PETAL AND IT'S HARD TO STOP IT WHEN IN MOTION ON INTERSTATE IT STOPPED OUT OF NOWHERE AND TURNED OFF WITH AN 18 WHEELER BEHIND ME LIKE TO HAVE KILLED ME GOT CAR IN NEUTRAL FINALLY FORCEFULLY PRAYING THAT JESUS PROTECT ME BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. DRIVING DOWN ROAD STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP CAUSES ENGINE TO SHAKE WHOLE CAR AND BACKFIRES MY CAR RIDES REALLY ROUGH. MESSED UP POWER STEERING HAS CAUSED MY BLINKERS NOT TO WORK NOW. I'M REALLY SAD. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME I PUT GAS IN MY CAR. THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP AND WHEN DRIVING MY CAR IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN SO IT JERKS REALLY BAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11119854August 14, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL:. I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED THAT TOTALED MY CAR AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY..I HAVE SEVERE WHIPLASH.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11115380August 2, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE STEERING WHEEL OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TUBE CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11114186July 27, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG FUEL SMELL. FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11113910July 26, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WENT IN TO GET AN OIL CHANGE DONE FOR MY CAR AND ONE OF THE WORKERS SAID THAT THEY HAD TO STOP BECAUSE THEY WERE SMELLING GAS COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR OF MY CAR. I THEN LATER FIND OUT THAT MY CAR HAS A FUEL LINE LEAK. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONE AS IT ALSO HAPPENS TO CHEVY COBALTS, WHICH MY CAR IS PRETTY MUCH A COPY OF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11113232July 24, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE RUSTED AT RETAINING BRACKET AND LEAKING FUEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110024July 7, 2018
ENGINE
ON THE26TH OF JUNE 2018 I WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN ALL IF A SUDDEN WHEN I STARTED IT UP THERE WAS BAD KNOCKING COMING FROM ENGINE WHEN INCREASING RPM'S. I TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND REQUESTED MY OIL TO BE CHANGED AND TO CHECK WHY IT WAS KNOCKING. AT THAT POINT I WAS TOLD THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OLD OIL AS WELL AS FILTER. I WAS SHOWN THIS BY THE MECHANIC. HE STATED BERRINGS WERE GOING AND I WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD OR REPLACE THE ENGINE. CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC. UPON RETURNING HOME ABOUT 30 MIN LATER I NOTICED FRESH OIL UNDER MY CAR. I TOOK IT BACK AND WAS SHOWN A MAJOR OIL LEAK AT THE TIMING CHAIN COVER. TURNS OUT THE BOLT CAME LOOSE. HE TIGHTENED AND OIL STOPPED LEAKING. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF BEARINGS GOING OUT. THIS WAS A SUDDEN ISSUE AND NOT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE CAR HAS 45K ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. HOW CAN THIS BE? 10 YEARS OLD BUT ONLY 45K MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102208June 15, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CAR IS LEAKING G FUEL BY DRIVERS DOOR AND TIRE.MY CAR WAS IN THE RECALL BUT NOT MY STATE. MAKES NO SENSE. MY CAR WAS A RENTAL FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT . WHY IS MY VIN# NOT IN RECALL.. IF I BLOW UP SOMEONE WILL LET YOU KNOW. THANKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11096752May 18, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
DOOR LATCH IS CAUGHT, AND DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. NEITHER HANDLE (INSIDE OR OUTSIDE) WILL OPEN DOOR. CAR WAS IN PARKING LOT AT WORK AND HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS. IT HAS BEEN RAINING FOR ABOUT A WEEK STRAIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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