Pontiac Solstice Complaints

728 consumer complaints on file.

#10522499June 30, 2013
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR NOT FUNCTIONING. SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING STAYS ON AS WELL AS IDIOT LIGHT ON DASH. LIGHT ON DASH INDICATES PASSENGER AIRBAG IS NOT ACTIVATED. TRAVELING ALONG FREEWAY AND SENSOR APPEARED TO BE WORKING FINE AND THEN LIGHTS AND WARNING WENT ON. CONTINUED TRAVELING AND ONE TIME IT STARTED FUNCTIONING AND THEN WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER MAYBE FIVE MINUTES. TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 4,000 MILES, BECAUSE WE WERE ON VACATION, AND MY WIFE DID NOT AND DOES NOT HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING HER AIRBAG FUNCTIONAL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521268June 23, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE VEHICLE'S PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND BEEN TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $900.00 TO REPAIR AS THE SENSOR HAS FAILED. AFTER DOING ONLINE RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE, AND THE COMMON COMPLAINT IS THAT PONTIAC SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL, BUT DID NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. APPARENTLY, THE MAJORITY OF SENSOR FAILURES WERE AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, BUT THERE ARE ALSO MANY THAT HAD THE SENSOR FAIL WELL BEFORE THAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521109June 21, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE PASSENGER PRESENCE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE IN MY VEHICLE FAILED AT JUST OVER 11K MILES. ANY PASSENGER IN THE CAR FACES ADDED RISK IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR. THE OWNER'S COST TO FIX THIS ITEM IS PROHIBITIVE ($500 - $800), AND THAT THE EARLY FAILURE OF THIS PART IS SOMEWHAT COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516161June 10, 2013
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE APPEARED ON LCD DISPLAY, PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED WITH MY DAUGHTERS SAFETY, I PAID OVER $900 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AND SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL DUE TO ITS DIRECTLY PREVENTING THE FUNCTION OF A CRASH SAFETY SYSTEM INTENDED TO SAVE LIVES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515196June 5, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
INTERIOR DOOR LATCH ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT OPEN LATCH. CHEAP PARTS COMPONENTS FOR AN ESSENTIAL PART ON THE CAR IS WHAT GM IS ALL ABOUT. CAR OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513892May 28, 2013
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIRBAG IS INDICATED ON DASH; PASSENGER AIRBAG 'OFF ' (EVEN WHEN SEAT IS OCCUPIED)--OUR DEALERSHIP FOUND: "PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE FAILED" -- ESTIMATE TO REPAIR, $768. 71. WAS TOLD PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. TRIED TO CHECK ON RECALLS; FOUND MANUFACTURER HAS RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER MODELS (BUT NOT ON SOLSTICE OR SATURN SKY)----THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES. ALSO TRIED CONTACTING THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER (TO NO AVAIL); AFTER PLAYING PHONE TAG FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE; WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HELP US. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OUR LOCAL DEALER; THEY ARE A GOOD FACILITY AND ARE APPARENTLY JUST FOLLOWING THEIR PROTOCOLS. I DO CONSIDER THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AND WISH TO DOCUMENT THIS SITUATION--------- *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512688May 19, 2013
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR FAULT. GM PART NUMBER 19124219. PASSENGER AIRBAG REMAINS AT OFF ALL THE TIME. PASSENGERS ARE NOT PROTECTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510948May 7, 2013
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH THE PASSANGER AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED TO SWITCH FROM ON TO OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER CHECKING ON LINE I FOUND THAT THIS HAPPENS TO MOST ALL PONTIAC SOLISTICE'S. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510233May 1, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508234April 15, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL AFTER REPEATED FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505908April 11, 2013
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE APPEARED ON LCD DISPLAY, PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE IT SEEMS THAT THIS SENSOR FAILURE IS A PERVASIVE ISSUE AND SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL DUE TO ITS DIRECTLY PREVENTING THE FUNCTION OF A CRASH SAFETY SYSTEM INTENDED TO SAVE LIVES. IF THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT FALL UNDER FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR A NECESSARY RECALL, GM SHOULD INSTITUTE A GOOD-CONSCIENCE RECALL DUE TO THE PROHIBITIVE COST OF REPLACEMENT OF THIS SIMPLE SENSOR (<$800). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505023March 30, 2013
EQUIPMENT, AIR BAGS
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SEAT SENSOR IS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE DASH WARNING REFLECTS THAT THE SEAT AIRBAG IS OFF. THE CAR IS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE WITH 16,000 MILES. THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED AND THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503152March 15, 2013
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING INFORMATION LIGHT CAM ON. BROUGHT TO GM DEALER SAID TO BE PAS,SEAT SENSOR WAS BAD OUT OF WARRANTY AND TO REPAIR AT A COST OF 800.00 DOLLARS I THINK THIS SAFETY ITEM SHOULD BE GMS CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500198February 26, 2013
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE PURCHASED OUR 2007 SOLSTICE AND THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER CHECKED AND ESTIMATED $770. FOR REPAIR. IN MY OPINION, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498329February 16, 2013
AIR BAGS
UPON STARTING OUR 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF FEB. 2013 TO PULL IT OUT OF THE GARAGE TO LET IT RUN A BIT SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS DUE TO US LIVING IN AN AREA THAT HAS COLD WINTER TEMPERATURES, I NOTICED THE SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE SHOWED UP ON THE DIC AND DID NOT GO OFF. I SHUT THE CAR OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES AND RESTARTED IT THINKING THE SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT HASN'T. OUR PAMPERED 2006 SOLSTICE ONLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT. NOT SURE WHY THIS MESSAGE WOULD BE SHOWING UP NOW OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN THE CAR WAS JUST FINE WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE 3 MONTHS AGO. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THE SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE IS DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR. HOW DOES SOMETHING ALL OF THE SUDDEN FAIL JUST SITTING THERE NOT BEING DRIVEN? AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND READING HUNDREDS, PROBABLY OVER A THOUSAND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON SAFETY ISSUE THAT I ALONG WITH TOO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD TO HAPPEN TO OUR CAR'S. SEEMS LIKE IT IS A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR PART THAT JUST FAILS RANDOMLY WHICH COULD PUT A PASSENGER IN GRAVE DANGER, AND IT SEEMS FROM WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED GM IS NOT OFFERING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, LEAVING THE OWNERS TO PAY THE HIGH COST TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND REPAIRED. MOST PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE AND SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF A PROCEDURE THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF THESE TYPE PASSENGER SEAT SENSORS FAILING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495701January 30, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
"SERVICE AIRBAG" MESSAGE ON DASH. PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT "OFF" EVEN WHEN THERE IS A PERSON SITTING ON PASSENGER SIDE SEAT. DEALER PERFORMED SCAN TEST. FOUND CODES B0081-71 IN THE SIR. FOUND CODE 1063 IN PP MODULE. DEALER TOLD ME THERE WAS NEED TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER PRESENT MODULE. PART # 19124219, MODULE KI 11.419. COST = $607.73 PLUS LABOR OF $138.28. MILLAGE WHEN REPLACED, 60,500. DATE OF REPAIR SERVICE, 1/25/2013. WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING IS: 1.) DOZENS OF SUCH OCCURRENCES OF SAME NATURE FOR THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA YEAR AFTER YEAR AND STILL NO RECALL. 2.) HOW MANY CARS HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF THE PART AND OWNERS ARE DRIVING AROUND WITHOUT AN OPERABLE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG? THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED FAILURE. IT IS ALSO RELATED TO A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL. THE PART FAILURE AND COST HAS REINFORCED MY LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE GM BRAND. UNLESS I AM EVENTUALLY REIMBURSED, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE. THE ABSENCE OF A RECALL BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REGULATORY MISSION OF THE NHTSA. IF THIS DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR A RECALL, WHAT DOES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495022January 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (THE SECOND DATE WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO), I HAVE HAD TO MAKE VERY HARD STOPS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. BOTH TIMES, THE CAR CAME TO A STOP WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FUNCTIONING PROPERLY (BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATIONS INDICATING CORRECT MODULATION). ONCE THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP HOWEVER, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED COMPLETELY. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH ABSOLUTELY NO BACK PRESSURE. THE CAR BEGINS TO ROLL AGAIN, INDICATING THE BRAKE CALIPER/PADS HAVE RELEASED THE DISK. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO STOP AGAIN WAS TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL, ACTIVATING THE STABILITY CONTROL MODULE TO BOOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS SEEMS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS ISSUE OF BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING ON START-UP DUE TO LOW VACUUM. FOLLOWING A HARD STOP, THE VACUUM BOOST TO THE BRAKES APPARENTLY BECOMES DEPLETED, CAUSING BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL DANGERS THIS PRESENTS, I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS SINCE THE DEALERSHIP SEEMED UNWILLING TO PURSUE THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494979January 28, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE ISSUE STARTED HAPPENING ON A AFTERNOON I ARRIVED HOME WITH A PASSENGER AND THRU OUT THE TIME NO LIGHTS/ MESSAGE CAME ON AT ALL. SO IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. I GOT ON THE CAR SO DID THE PASSENGER. TURNED ON THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. AS IM DRIVING READY TO HIT THE STOP SIGN ALL I HEAR IS THE CHIME, AND THE DIC DISPLAYS "SERVICE AIRBAG" WAS PRETTY FREAKED OUT NEVER HAD I SEEN THAT MESSAGE BEFORE. SO I TURN OFF THE CAR. WAIT FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE. HAVE THE PASSENGER GET OF THE CAR AND I TURN ON THE CAR BACK ON. AND NO MESSAGE CAME ON. SO THE PASSENGER COMES (PASSENGER WEIGHS 140LB) AND SITS DOWN AND WERE DRIVING OFF AND THEN THE MESSAGE COMES ON AGAIN. EVER SINCE THEN THE MESSAGE COMES ON EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE CAR. HONESTLY, ITS ANNOYING. THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS THAT IT WENT OUT AT 29000. HOW SAD IS THAT? NOT EVEN HALF THE LIFE OF THE CAR. IF PLEASE CAN TAKE CONSIDERATION INTO THIS FAULTY PART. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494833January 27, 2013
AIR BAGS
DIC ALERT TO SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM. COMES ON REPEATEDLY AND REGULARLY AND SOMETIMES GOES OFF. MANY OWNERS REPORTED DEALERS DIAGNOSE AS THE FOLLOWING: FAULTY PASSENGER SEAT WEIGHT SENSOR COULD BE DISABLING AIR BAGS WHILE PASSENGER OF APPROPRIATE WEIGHT (ABOVE MINIMUM I.E. CHILD) IS PRESENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494525January 24, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR IN MY VEHICLE TRIGGERED A "MALFUNCTION" LIGHT WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION. THE STOCK PART RESPONSIBLE AND ITS IDENTICAL GM REPLACEMENT PART IS KNOWN TO HAVE A HIGH FAILURE RATE. A PONTIAC SERVICE STATION QUOTED THE REPAIR AT A PROHIBITIVE $800 AND REQUIRES GM SERVICE DEVICE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND READ THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE RATHER THAN PROVIDING ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. DOCUMENTATION ON THIS PART STATES THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO RISK OF ARBITRARY INFLATION OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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