Pontiac Solstice Complaints (2007)

290 consumer complaints on file.

#10852620March 31, 2016
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SAT DOWN AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON . VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN A PARKING LOT .DEALER SAID $800.TO REPAIR, NOW AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851414March 24, 2016
AIR BAGS
THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THAT DETECTS A PASSENGER AND ACTIVATES THE AIR BAG SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT IS BROKEN. NOW, WHENEVER THERE IS A PASSENGER, THE AIR BAG FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOWS AS OFF. MY VEHICLE IS AN '07, BUT HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES. THE SENSOR APPEARS TO BE VERY THIN AND FLIMSY. WITH THIS ITEM BROKEN, IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. A SIMILAR RECALL WAS MADE ON THIS ITEM FOR THE CADILLAC LINE. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837672February 23, 2016
AIR BAGS
OUR VEHICLE IN MOTION TURNING LEFT FROM TURN LANE WITH GREEN ARROW WHEN WE WERE HIT BY DRIVER WHO RAN RED LIGHT. OUR CAR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL FRONT END DAMAGE (TOTALLED) BUT NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10824426February 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
I PLACED A GROCERY BAG ON FRONT SEAT, THE RED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, NOW ITS GLOWING ALL THE TIME. DEALER WANTS 600 TO REPAIR THIS . NOW MY PASSENGER AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821966January 25, 2016
SEATS, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE IN PARK, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MODULAR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 04/07/16*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821361January 21, 2016
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG SENSOR: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SOLSTICE OWNERS SUCH AS MY SELF, DRIVING WITH THE SEAT BELT SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT SENSOR AND DEALERS WANT UP TO $1,500 TO REPLACE THE SEAT SENSOR. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM SHOULD HANDLE THRU A VOLUNTARY RECALL. IT IS A PROBLEM KNOWN WORLD-WIDE REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820409January 15, 2016
AIR BAGS
THIS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN A YEAR THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR HAS FAILED. LAST TIME I HAD THE DEALER (GARY LANG AUTO GROUP) DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH AND RESET THE NEW SENSOR WHICH I PURCHASED FORM A GM VENDOR AND INSTALLED MYSELF. IT STILL COST ME $600 !!!! SINCE THEN I HAVE MET A GM TECH WHO WILL RESET THE NEW SENSOR WHICH I WILL AGAIN BUY AND INSTALL, AND HAVE HIM RESET THE SENSOR AS A TECH 2 IS NEEDED TO DO SO. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU ARE NOT INVESTIGATING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT OTHER KAPPA COMPLAINTS YOU WILL SEE IT IS WIDESPREAD, CONSIDERING HOW MANY WERE BUILT FROM 2006 TO 2009. EVEN THOUGH NOW I HAVE A GM TECH AS A FRIEND, IT IS STILL GOING TO COST ME ALMOST $500 TO REPAIR. RIDICULOUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10819527January 11, 2016
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR IN SEAT FAILED. 70K MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808416December 4, 2015
AIR BAGS
AN ALERT ON THE DASH TO SERVICE AIR BAG CAME ON. APPARENTLY A SWITCH WENT CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO FAIL TO ACTIVATE PROPERLY. THIS LIGHT WAS WHEN STATIONARY AND WHEN DRIVING. THE REPAIR WAS OVER $700 AT PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808418December 4, 2015
WHEELS
TWO TIRES KEEP LOSING AIR. ONE SEVERELY ENOUGH THAT IT IS BELOW 20 LBS OF PRESSURE EVERY MORNING REQUIRING ME TO ADD AIR WITH A HAND PUMP EVERY DAY OR DRIVE ON ONE OR MORE TIRES DANGEROUSLY LOW ON AIR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC SAYS THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION. A GOOD YEAR TIRE AND AUTO CENTER AND A DISCOUNT TIRE CENTER BOTH SAID THAT THE CHROME ON THE INTERIOR OF THE RIMS IS FLAKING OFF, CREATING SLOW AIR LEAKS BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE RIMS. PRESUMABLY THE AIR IS LEAKING ALL THE TIME AND APPEARS TO BE WORSE WHEN PARKED WITH THE TIRE IN A PARTICULAR POSITION. I HAVE HAD A TIRE GO COMPLETELY FLAT (SMOOSHED AND REGISTERING NO AIR PRESSURE) PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR A FEW DAYS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782319October 15, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIR BAG SEAT CUSHION SENSOR FAILED AFTER 47,000 MILES. I RARELY HAVE A PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10767496September 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING ON I-10 GOING EAST. I ENTERED THE FREEWAY AT THE 3RD ST RAMP. FROM THE POLICE REPORT, I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES, MY CAR TURNED FACING SIDEWAYS AND WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN I WAS HIT I WENT UNDER THE SEMI AND SLAMMED THE EMBANKMENT AND MY CAR WENT BACK UNDER THE SEMI AND FACED ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD A COLLAPSED LUNG, BROKEN RIBS, AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR 3 DAYS. I HAVE MEMORY LOSS AND LACK OF SOME EMOTIONAL FEELINGS. I DID MOVE AND DID NOT HAVING FORWARDING ADDRESS AND THUS NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. I DID HAVE A KEY CHAIN I CARRIED WITH SEVERAL KEYS ON IT. THERE WERE MORE THAN 3 PARTS THAT WERE AFFECTED. THE CAR WAS MARKED AS TOTALED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763176September 11, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT BRAKE SPECIALIST WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES, CAUSING THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP TO MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000...UPDATED 11/05/15 *BF *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10761524September 4, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG / SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE, MY WIFE WAS IN THE SEAT AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 100LB. I'M TOLD THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAG, WHICH IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND WITH ONLY 26000 MILES ON THIS CAR SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM. IT WAS REPAIRED ON 9/3/15 AND COST $1130.21
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758624August 23, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE 'SERVICEAIRBAG' LIGHT BEGAN TO APPEAR AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR SHORT PERIODS. I THE GM DEALER SAID THAT THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE SERVICE LIGHT BE ON CONTINUOUSLY. JULY OF 2015 THE LIGHT DID STAY ON AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE 'MODULE' HAD SHORTED. A REPLACEMENT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $450.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758518August 22, 2015
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR FOR AIRBAGS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, NOW IT'S COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR PONTIAC SOLSTICE AND SATURN SKY OWNERS (ACCORDING TO THE FORUMS). BUT GIVEN THE LOW NUMBER OF VEHICLES PRODUCED BY GM, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING RECALL STATUS...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10750141August 20, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE PASSENGER (SERVICE) AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND REMAINS ON AT ALL TIMES. THE LIGHT WHICH SAYS THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG HAS BEEN ARMED NO LONGER ILLUMINATES. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE, IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH MUST BE REPLACED. THE PART IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND BREAKS EASILY. I AM WORRIED THAT NOT ONLY IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT BUT THAT IF I DO GET THE PART REPLACED, IT WILL SOON BREAK AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY! THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART, WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY GOES OUT ON EVERY CAR, FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE IGNORED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749126August 17, 2015
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG / SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE, MY WIFE WAS IN THE SEAT AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 100LB. I'M TOLD THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAG, WHICH IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND WITH ONLY 26XXX MILES ON THIS CAR SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748861August 15, 2015
ENGINE
WHEN I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN OR ENGAGE THE BREAK, THE CAR WILL JERK FORWARD . IT'S GOTTEN WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT DAILY SINCE I NOTICED IT, TO THE POINT WHERE I'M TOO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AT ALL ANYMORE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10748115August 12, 2015
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING CAME ON DIC. RESEARCHED SEVERAL PONTIAC SOLSTICE, AS WELL AS SATURN SKY AND OPEL GT, FORUMS THAT ADDRESS THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM MODULE, GM P/N 19124219, AS THE COMMON FAILURE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR A WELL DOCUMENTED HIGH FAILURE RATE SAFETY PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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