Pontiac G5 Complaints

381 consumer complaints on file.

#10870603May 24, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870022May 20, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE A FUEL LINE LEAK BETWEEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND THE REAR WHEEL WELL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AT THE ENGINE IS DIFFICULT TO START. NOW THERE IS FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863756May 7, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED ASPEN TOURING AS TIRES IN 12/2014. 20,000 MILES ON TIRES AND SIDEWALL HAS BUMP. I TOOK VEHICLE TO MERCHANTS TIRE CULPEPER VIRGINIA AND TAHEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME $57.00 TO REPLACE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE TIRE. WAS ONLY $60.00 TIRE TO BEGIN WITH. THEY WERE PRORATING TIRE AND CHARGING ME ANOTHER FEE FOR ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY ON TIRE WHICH I HAD PURCHASED ON ALL TIRES AT TIME OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. HAS THERE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH DEFECTIVE SIDEWALLS ON THESE TIRES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859943April 17, 2016
STEERING
HAVE NO POWER STEERING AT TIMES WHEN I START THE CAR. I HAVE TO CUT IT OFF AND RESTART IT. ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AFTER PURCHASING FROM A CAR LOT, WHICH I STILL PAY ON AT THIS TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855065April 12, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
REFERENCE NHTSA ID NUMBER10850549--LOSS OF LEFT FRONT SPEAKER CHIMES AND RADIO SOUND --OK AFTER BOTH SPEAKERS WERE REPLACED--AFTER A WHILE PROBLEM RETURNED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE LEFT FRONT SPEAKER AGAIN-- FINALLY HAD AN "EPIPHANY" AND REMOVED CORROSION ON THE HARNESS PIGTAIL CONNECTOR WHICH PUSHES ONTO THE LEFT FRONT SPEAKER LUGS USING Q TIPS, SMALL SCREWDRIVER AND GREAT CARE USING CONTACT CLEANER LIQUID FROM A SMALL 2 OUNCE SPRAY CAN OF DEOXIT-D100 MADE BY CAIG LAB INC OF POWAY, CAL.--WEBSITE WWW.CAIG.COM--I GOT MY CAN FROM YOU-DO-IT ELECTRONICS IN NEEDHAM MASS.-TEL:781-449-1005--SUGGESTION-AFTER REMOVING THE PIGTAIL CONNECTOR FROM THE SPEAKER PLACE AN OLD TOWEL BETWEEN THE PIGTAIL CONNECTOR AND THE SPEAKER TO PREVENT OVERSPRAY FROM LANDING ON ANYTHING BUT THE PIGTAIL CONNECTOR--FORTUNATELY THE CAN HAS A METERED "ONE SHOT" TYPE SPRAY EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE CAN--AFTER WETTING THE HARNESS PIGTAIL CONNECTOR THOROUGHLY I PUSHED IT ONTO THE LEFT SPEAKER CONNECTOR AND REMOVED IT AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES--THEN REPEATED THIS PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES----THAT WAS THE END OF THE PROBLEM!! THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS THE NEED TO REMOVE THE LEFT FRONT DOOR PANEL TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SPEAKER BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT SINCE I LISTEN TO THE RADIO A LOT. MOSTLY JAZZ!! GOOD LUCK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851932March 28, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED IN 2014. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON APPROXIMATELY SIX OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850549March 19, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALL CHIMES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. FRONT SPEAKERS OUT AS WELL. NOTICED FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT WHEN THE SPEAKERS KICK OUT (MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF DRIVING OR STATIONARY), THE CHIMES STOP WORKING. NO "KEY IN THE IGNITION" ALARM, NO TURN SIGNAL CLICKING, NO SEAT BELT ALARM, ETC. WHEN IT DOES WORK, EVERYTHING WORKS. WHEN IT GOES OUT, IT ALL GOES OUT AT ONCE. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TURN SIGNAL ASSY. BECAUSE THE INTERNAL WHITE PLASTIC PIECE THAT KICKS OFF THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS IS BROKEN. I HAVE SEEN MANY POSTS FOR THE ALARM CHIME ISSUE FROM DIFFERENT BLOGS, BUT GM STILL INSISTS THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. I AM NOW AT 99,765 MILES ON A 10 YEAR OLD CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850171March 17, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839633March 3, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839536March 2, 2016
STEERING
THE STEERING SEEMS TO STALL OR STICK AFTER TURNING THE WHEEL. I HAVE TO STEER THE CAR BACK TO THE FRONT OR IT JUST STAYS TURNING POSITION. THE STEERING DOES NOT COME BACK TO THE FRONTAL POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836680February 17, 2016
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. YOU WILL JUST BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, CITY STREET OR INTERSTATE AND THE CAR WILL DING," THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON" AND YOU ARE WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THE PREVIOUS 2 TIMES, MY SON STATED HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES, TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE SINCE 2/10/2016, THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL BUT I AM TOLD IT IS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT IS DOING EVERYTHING THE RECALL STATES, IT IS ONE OF THE MAKES AND MODELS SPECIFIED AND YET I AM BEING TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL? THIS IS MY SON'S CAR, HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING, IT TAKES GREAT EFFORT TO TURN AND YOU DEFINITELY CANNOT MAKE ANY TIGHT TURNS, IT WAS ALL WE COULD DO TO GET IT HOME. MY SON STATED IT HAS DONE THIS TWICE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823189January 29, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO THE STORE. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW A PUDDLE OF FUEL FORMING ON DRIVERS SIDE IN FRONT OF REAR TIRE. LOOKED AT THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND SAW A STEADY FUEL LEAK COMING FROM THE FUEL LINE BENEATH THE SILVER HEAT SHIELD WRAP. I REMOVED THE WRAP TO FIND THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AROUND THE PLASTIC MOUNTING CLIP. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AS THE FUEL LINE RUN INCHES FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE HENCE THE MANUFACTURERS HEAT SHIELD WRAP ATTEMPTING TO SHIELD THE FUEL LINES FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS IS A POOR DESIGN AS IT IS LOCATED JUST IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THE HEAT SHIELD WRAP GETS SATURATED FROM WATER FROM THE TIRE THEN HAS NO PLACE TO GO, ACCELERATING CORROSION. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAD HAPPENED. REQUEST GM CORRECT THE DESIGN AND REPAIR MY VEHICLE THUS ELIMINATING FUTURE OCCURRENCES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10817081December 30, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER NOTICING A GASOLINE SMELL AND A PUDDLE COLLECTING UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS IN PARK, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP THEN INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS SERIOUSLY LEAKING FUEL. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL LINE FROM THE TANK TO THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THE PRICE TO REPLACE THIS PART IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND I AM HIGHLY UPSET THAT NO ONE HAS TOLD ME THAT THIS PART WAS STARTING TO RUST FOR THE LAST YEAR. MY CAR IS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 100,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A HIGHLY UNSAFE ISSUE THAT REQUIRES THE COMPANY TO DO A RECALL ON BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE DRIVING THEIR VEHICLE WHEN THERE IS A FUEL LEAK!!!! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816694December 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807320November 29, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR IS FAULTY, CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO BE ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. SENSOR WILL NOT DETECT SOMEONE SEATED, CAUSING THE AIRBAG NOT TO DEPLOY IF IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806981November 17, 2015
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2008 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE 12V-459 ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ABOVE RECALL. HOWEVER, HE DID RECEIVE RECALL NOTICES 14V047000 AND 14V171000. AFTER SMELLING FAINT GASOLINE FUMES OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO NOTICE A SMALL GASOLINE PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS PARKED. ON OCTOBER 21, 2015, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NON-GM DEALER REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WAS $ 630.42. IT WAS THE REPAIR SHOP WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL. GM INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY WOULD ONLY HONOR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST UNDER THIS RECALL THAT WERE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30, 2014. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788037November 3, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN THE CAR, THEN HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR. AFTER A FEW DAYS THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF LIQUID UNDER MY CAR AS I LEFT THE GROCERY STORE. FUEL SMELL WAS EXTREMELY STRONG. GOT HOME AND LOOKED UNDER CAR AND FOUND A FUEL HOSE LEAKING GAS. TOOK INTO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND THE WHOLE FUEL LINE TO BE ROTTED! ITS A 7 YEAR OLD CAR WITH SLIGHTLY OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR ISN'T A RECALL ISSUED ON THIS. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY HARMED MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN HAD A FIRE STARTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786402October 27, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND THE TORQUE SYNTHESIZER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER IN 2010. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,620.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785549October 23, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785610October 23, 2015
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO OBSERVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 02/12/2016*LJ UPDATED 02/17/16.8JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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