Pontiac GTO Complaints

615 consumer complaints on file.

#10191135May 18, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
TIRE/STRUT RUB - TOOK 2005 GTO WITH 24000 MILES TO THE LOCAL DEALER TO FIX A LEAK ON THE FRONT SEAL OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND WAS INFORMED WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP THE CAR THAT THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WAS GETTING BALD ON THE INNER SIDE, AND THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS DOWN TO THE BELT AND COULD BLOWOUT AT ANY TIME. DROVE IT STRAIGHT HOME AND LOOKED AT THE TIRES AND COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. UPON AN INTERNET SEARCH FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER GTO OWNERS WITH THE SAME TIRE/STRUT RUB, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. GM NEEDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE T AND FIX THIS PROBLEM NOW! THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS PROBLEM AND GM WAS LUCKY THAT THIS WAS CAUGHT BEFORE ANYONE WAS KILLED. THIS NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW!! *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191139May 18, 2007
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I AM AN OWNER OF A DEFECTIVE 2004 PONTIAC GTO. I AM ALSO AN AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNER AND ENGINEER. MY WIFE AND I FIRST LEARNED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PROBLEM ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THROUGH OUR COMPANY OWNED WEBSITES. WWW.AEDCENTRAL.COM. PROPER ROTATION TECHNIQUES WERE USED ETC TO INSURE THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH OUR VEHICLE. UNDER MY FIRST INSPECTIONS THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT DETECTED. YESTERDAY MY, WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING IN THE 2004 PONTIAC GTO IN THE RULE AREA, CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS, AND DISCOVERED THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM IN THE MOST FRIGHTENING MANNER. WHILE DRIVING AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT 55 MPH THROUGH CURVES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VEHICLE HAD ALMOST DRIFTED RIGHT OFF A CLIFF'S EDGE. REALIZING THAT WE WERE HEADING IN THIS DIRECTION , OFF THE CLIFF, I WAS FORCED TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SLIDE THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM GOING OFF THE CLIFF. TWO LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO THIS ENGINEERING OVERSIGHT. THE OUTER RUBBER LAYER ON THE INNER EDGES OF THE FRONT TIRES STARTED TO ROLL OFF THE INNER SUB-TRAIT, THUS ALLOWING AN UNCONTROLLABLE LATERAL SHIFT IN THE CAR'S VECTOR/DIRECTION. RIGHT AND LEFT INNER SIDEWALL SECTION OF BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE CLEARLY FRICTION-CUT OR RUBBED CLEAN THROUGH FROM CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING PAD ON THE LOWER END OF THE STRUT ASSEMBLY. THE PACKAGING TOLERANCE COMPLIED WITH THE FACTORY TIRE CHOICE HAS CLOSED THIS REQUIRED SPACE TO AN UNSAFE DIMENSION AND WITH TIME, BOUND TO AN EMINENT PRE-MATURE COMPONENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE PONTIAC DEALER , STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS TIRE WEAR AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME , AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY. AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191209May 18, 2007
TIRES, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
2005 PONTIAC GTO PURCHASED IN 6/2005 HAD TIRES ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES. AFTER 19,000 MILES IN 2/200 2 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO STRUTS SCRAPING INSIDE WALL OF TIRES. AFTER 22,000 MILES IN 5/2007 OTHER 2 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF SAME PROBLEM. PONTIAC DEALER CHARGED ME $50 FOR FRONT ALIGNMENT TO MOVE STRUTS AWAY FROM TIRES. TIRE COST OF $120 B.F. GOODRICH TIRES, SIZE 24545ZR17+$21 INSTALLMENT +TAX=$152 EACH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190980May 17, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
I HAVE 14000 MILES, AND HAD A VIBRATION FROM 55 TO 70 FOR MONTHS. I TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER A COUPLE TIMES , AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE DRIVESHAFT BOLTS CAME LOOSE OR SHEARED OFF AT THE DIFFERENTIAL 3 SEPARATE TIMES. THE FIRST 2 TIMES THE DEALER TIGHTENED OR REPLACED THE BOLTS, AND IT STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, IT CAUSED THE PINION SEAL TO LEAK, WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. I AM A MECHANIC, AND PUT THE CAR IN THE RACK TO INSPECT IT. THE DRIVESHAFT WAS NOT RUNNING, CAUSING THE BOLTS TO VIBRATE LOOSE AND SHEAR OFF. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF THE DRIVESHAFT COMES OFF. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR, AND AM CONTACTING PONTIAC ABOUT REPLACING THE DRIVESHAFT. I KNEW OF SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191020May 17, 2007
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
2005 PONTIAC GTO. STRUT RUB/ DEFECTIVE FACTORY ALIGNMENT. CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR TO FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 1200 MILES. NOTICEABLE RUBBING ON STRUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191077May 17, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
FAILURE OF UPPER STRUT BUSHING ON 2005 PONTIAC GTO CAUSED FRONT TIRES TO RUB AGAINST THE STRUTS , LEADING TO IRREGULAR WEAR AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF FRONT TIRES. PONTIAC REFUSED TO REPAIR STRUT BUSHING AND CHARGED CUSTOMER FOR FRONT END ALIGNMENT WITH NEGATIVE CAMBER TO COMPENSATE FOR STRUT RUB.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190879May 16, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
RIGHT FRONT TIRE IS RUBBING AGAINST FRONT STRUT, WEARING OUT SIDE OF TIRE. VEHICLE IS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIR. BASED ON WIDELY KNOWN INFORMATION, CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS A REPETITIVE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190971May 16, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
TIRES RUBBING STRUTS AND WEARING THE INSIDE OF TIRES DOWN. TIRES THEN SHRED AND BLOW. STRUTS ARE ALSO LEAKING FLUID. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ,AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE A VEHICLE BLOWS A TIRE AND FLIPS AND KILLS SOMEONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190773May 15, 2007
TIRES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GTO. THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVENLY. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER IS BRIDGESTONE, THE TIRE LINE IS POTENZA, AND THE SIZE, 235/40/18. THE REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED AT THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF 12,000 AND FAILED AGAIN AT 19,000 MILES; HOWEVER, THE FRONT AND REAR ARE WORN. THE DOT NUMBER IS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WILL ADD THE ADDITIONAL TIRE INFORMATION THAT IS MISSING WHEN HE RECEIVES HIS COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST HIM WITH THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,800.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190629May 14, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
BOTH FRONT TIRES RUB AGAINST THE MACPHERSON STRUT ,CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, THE RESULTING TIRE WEAR COULD RESULT IN TIRE FAILURE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190547May 11, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
2005 PONTIAC GTO HAS STRUT RUBBING ,THE UPPER STRUT BUSHING IS WORN. THE UPPER STRUT BEARING ALSO FAILED. THUS ALLOWING THE FRONT TIRES TO CONTACT THE FRONT STRUTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING PERCH. DEALER HAS DONE AN ALIGNMENT. THEY SAID STRUT BUSHING PASSED TEST. THEY WILL NOT REMOVE STRUT TO INSPECT BUSHING. I HAVE ORDERED THEM, AND WILL REPLACE THEM MYSELF. CAR ONLY HAS 5354 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. NHTSA INVESTIGATION NUMBER IS PE07010. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190324May 9, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, TIRES
THE 2005 PONTIAC GTO WITH 18,000 MILES WAS TAKEN TO TIRE SERVICE STATION FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS OF POTENTIAL NAIL PENETRATION TO FRONT PASSENGER TIRE ON APRIL 14, 2007. SLOW LEAK IN TIRE AFTER WINTER STORAGE IN GARAGE CAUSED THE TIRE TO BE FLAT. UPON REMOVAL FROM CAR THE DEFECTIVE TIRE DETERMINED THE ENTIRE INNER RIM WAS WORN OUT, EXPOSING WIRES. STATED I WAS LUCKY THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW,OUT AND RIP MY FENDER OFF, AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DAMAGED AS WELL, NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON, BUT NOT AS BAD AS THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE. SOMETHING WAS SEVERELY WRONG WITH CAR TO CAUSE THAT MUCH DAMAGE. PAID FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. RESEARCHED INFORMATION ON INTERNET THROUGH FORUMS IN REGARD TO STRUT RUB ISSUE. DROPPED CAR OFF AT MOORMANS PONTIAC IN DAYTON, OHIO ON 05-07-07, AND SHARED STRUT RUB INFORMATION WITH THEM, AT WHICH TIME THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TIRE RUBBING ON THE STRUTS, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ALIGNMENT AND NEW TIRES SINCE I HAD EVIDENTLY CAUSED THE PROBLEM MYSELF DUE TO MY DRIVING HABITS. QUOTED COST OF REPAIRS WOULD BE $881 PLUS TAX. ACTUAL INFORMATION ENTERED IN SERVICE TICKET READ CUSTOMER STATED TIRES WERE RUBBING FRONT STRUTS AND WEARING OUT THE TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190127May 8, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, TIRES
MECHANICAL CONTACT BETWEEN RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND SUSPENSION STRUT, EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMBER OF WHEEL ASSEMBLY, RESULTED IN ACCELERATED UNEVEN AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. IF NOT CORRECTED ,THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO SUDDEN AIR LOSS DUE TO MECHANICAL WEAR OF THE TIRE AGAINST THE STRUT, OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO EXCESSIVELY WORN TIRES. THIS ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED IN NHTSA PRELIMINARY EVALUATION, PE07-010.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189914May 6, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, SUSPENSION
HAVE 04 GTO AND HEARD ABOUT THE FRONT TIRES (INSIDE) RUBBING ON THE STRUTS (5/5/07)...READ INTERNET ARTICLES ABOUT TIRE FAILURES AND THE ONE ACCIDENT IN CLEVELAND. I CHECKED THE CONDITION (5/5/07) ON MY CAR BY REMOVING BOTH FRONT WHEELS AND DISCOVERED SERIOUS TIRE DAMAGE AND RUB MARKS ON THE STRUTS..I HAVE "GROUNDED" THE CAR DUE THE THIS CONDITION, PENDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO CORRECT THE CONDITION AND RELATED COSTS. NEITHER GM NOR MY DEALERSHIP CONTACTED ME TO FLAG THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONDITION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189931May 6, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES WEARING BADLY ON THE INSIDE EDGE. AT 14K MILES, I ROTATED THE TIRES. WHEN I REMOVED THE FRONT TIRES, I NOTICED THE TIRE WAS HITTING THE STRUT ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE VISIBLE RUB MARKS ON BOTH FRONT STRUTS. NOW, AT 20K MILES I REMOVED THE TIRES FOR INSPECTION. THE FRONT 2 TIRES HAD ONLY BEEN ON FOR APPROX 6K MILES (SINCE ROTATION). BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN ON THE INSIDE TO THE POINT THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED/SPLIT AND YOU COULD SEE THE INNER CONSTRUCTION OF THE TIRE! I'M AFRAID IF I HADN'T CHECKED THESE TIRES WHEN I DID, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLOWOUT ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SEVERE INJURY.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189879May 5, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT, WHEELS
IN REFERENCE TO RECALL CAMPAIGN PE07010. "STRUT RUB" WEAR MARKS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON THE STRUT TOWERS OF MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO. THE FRONT TWO TIRES ARE RUBBING AGAINST THE STRUT TOWERS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES I HEARD A "POPPING" SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. NOTHING WAS DONE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE SYMPTOM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REPRODUCED AND NO ACTUAL PROBLEM HAD BEEN OBSERVED. AT 25,000 MILES THE ORIGINAL TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO UNEXPLAINED IRREGULAR WEAR. AT 45,000 MILES WHILE UPON BRAKES SERVICE CLEAR WEAR MARKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE STRUT TOWERS. ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS AT SPEED THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS ABERRANT STEERING BEHAVIOR. E.G PULLING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT FOR NOW CLEAR REASON. THE FRONT TIRES OF THE VEHICLE ARE ABNORMALLY WORN ON THE INNER TREADS FROM HITTING THE STRUT TOWERS. THE PROPOSED REPAIR AT THIS TIME IS: 1) REPLACEMENT OF THE GAS STRUTS. 2) REPLACEMENT OF THE STOCK WHEELS WITH NARROWER WHEELS SIZED 235/18. 3) REPLACEMENT OF THE POSSIBLY FAILED STRUT BUSHINGS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189882May 5, 2007
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, SUSPENSION
REFER TO CLAIM # 10116796, 2004 PONTIAC GTO TIRE CONTACT WITH SUSPENSION HAS CAUSED FRONT TIRE FAILURE WHICH IS A RISK TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. ALL TIRES AND WHEELS ARE OF ORIGINAL OEM SPEC. AFTER REPLACING FRONT TIRES ONCE THE SECOND FRONT SET BEGAN TO DETERIORATE. INITIAL DEALER VISIT TO QUESTION TIRE WEAR SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. (2.22.07) I PULLED TIRES AND INSPECTED MYSELF AND BROUGHT PICTURES OF CONTACT POINTS WHERE TIRES RUBBED PAINT FROM STRUTS. (3.1.07) THEY THEN SAID THEY NEEDED SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM ZONE REP TO ALIGNMENT FRONT END. THREE THOUSAND MILES LATER THE TIRE FAILED LAST NIGHT. THERE IS A CUT IN THE EDGE OF THE TIRE AND BECAUSE OF TIRE WEAR THE CORDS HAVE SEPARATED. THE CORDS TEARING FROM THE TIRE WERE CONTACTING BRAKE HOSES AND ANTI-LOCK SENSORS AND CAN RISK BRAKE FAILURE. CONTACTED PONTIAC TO FILE COMPLAINT AND THEY PROVIDED #. THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO RETURN CAR TO DEALER FOR SERVICING. ALL 4 TIRES ARE WEARING ON THE INSIDE EDGES AND WILL NEED REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIP MADE NO RECOMMENDATION FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189889May 5, 2007
TIRES, SUSPENSION:FRONT
CAMPAIGN # PE07010 FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING THE STRUT HOUSING AND WEARING PREMATURELY AND UNEVENLY. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT ~18,000 MILES AND A FRONT-END ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. THE NEW TIRES ALSO RUBBED THE STRUT HOUSING AND WORE PREMATURELY AND UNEVENLY AND WERE REPLACED AFTER 10,000 MILES. SPACERS WERE PLACED BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ROTOR TO STOP THE TIRES FROM RUBBING THE STRUT HOUSING, BUT THE REAL PROBLEM SEEMS TO EITHER BE A DESIGN FLAW OR SUSPENSION PARTS WEARING PREMATURELY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189493May 2, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
FRONT TIRES RUBBING STRUTS. CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TIRE DAMAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189273April 30, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) FRONT STRUTS AND TIRES SHOW EVIDENCE OF INTERFERENCE. ALSO, FRONT SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT EXHIBITS EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMBER WHICH HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON INBOARD EDGES. 2004 PONTIAC GTO VIN: [XXX]. MILEAGE: 17,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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