Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE Y HAD SUDDEN AND UNCONTROLLED WIDE-OPEN THROTTLE FOR ABOUT 1 SECOND, THEN THE VEHICLE RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IN THE LAST (3) YEARS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP TO TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. NUMEROUS ITEMS HAD BEEN REPLACED (THROTTLE POSITION SENS/EGR VALVE AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING OWNER SPORADICALLY HEARS A CLICKING, AND THE BRAKE PAD GOES TO THE FLOOR . DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES WITHIN 33,000 MILES, DUE TO PREMATURE EXCESSIVE WEAR, MADE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVLEING ABOUT 25 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK
AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL.
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL WILL SUDDENLY GO TO FLOOR, CAUSING INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES ALSO GRAB, CAUSING ABRUPT STOPPING, VARIOUS SPEEDS. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT. DUP OF 812439, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 45MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
OWNER WAS HIT IN THE FRONT END OF THE CAR AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DELPOY. *AK
ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE. ROTORS WARPED WHILE BRAKING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT SAFELY SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER OR SPEED, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO LOSE PRESSURE.
FILE # 96165275 WITH MANUFACTURER, CONSUMER HAS CHANGED BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. FIRST TIME ON JULY/96 AND SECOND TIME ON DEC./96. VEHICLE IS IN REPAIR SHOP TODAY FOR BRAKE PADS. COMMUNITY PONTIAC PH.# 562-698-8191 IS DOING THE WORK FOR THE THIRD TIME. *AK
TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 3TIMES FOR BRAKE ROTORS AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS EVERY TIME. DEALER INDICATED THAT THE ROTORS ARE EATING UP THE BRAKE PADS, BUT CONSUMER THINKS THAT IT IS AN DESIGN PROBLEM. PADS SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT THAT FAST, EVERY 2-3 MONTHS. *AK
CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THE CAR DIDNT STOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DEALER INSISTS THAT THERE IS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK
AT 52,927 THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAS COMPLETELY FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHAKE AND MAKE LOUD NOISES. THE DEALER WILL HAVE TO DRILL NEW HOLES AND REPLACE THE BRACKETS. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AT 52 927 MILES THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE COMPLETELY SEPRATED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHAKE AND MAKE LOUD NOISES. THE DEALER STATES THAT NEW HOLES WILL BE DRILLED AND BRACKETS WILL BE REPLACED.*AK
COMING ACROSS BRIDGE, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT PONTIAC HEAD-ON, ROADS WERE ICY, TOOK GRILL OFF VEHICLE, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHEN THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR TOOK TO DEALER SAID THE ABS MODULE NEED TO BE REPLACE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY DEAELER SAID MANUFACTURE WILL NOT REPLACE IT .
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 25 MPH, HOOD POPPED OFF AND SMASHED INTO WINDSHIELD. *AK
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT SPEEDS OF 40MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
HORN INOPERATIVE DUE TO LOOSE WIRE.
WHEN THE DOOR IS LOCKED IT IS VERY HARD FOR TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AGAIN. THE DOOR SEEMS LIKE IT IS JAMMED. HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER YET. *AK
TIRE JACK TWISTED AND BENT SLIGHTLY GIVING WAY ALLOWING VEHICLE TO CRASH ONTO PAVEMENT.
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLING INTO LANE, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES STILL FADE. *SLC
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISIONS.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION.
INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS..
DRIVER'S AIR BAG COULD NOT REACH DRIVER BECAUSE OF HER SMALL SIZE AND LIGHT WEIGHT; SHE IS 5'1" AND WEIGHS 94 LBS. *AK
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, CONSUMER WAS INVOVLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES, THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR; ALSO, THEY GRIND. PLEASE DESCRIBE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR AND ALSO THAT THE BRAKES GRIND WHEN APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT TRACK, WHEN DRIVING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT DOES NOT LOCK, CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *AK THE LATCH AT THE BACK OF FRONT SEATS DOES NOT CATCH, THIS ALLOWS THE SEAT BACK TO FOWARD AT ANY TIME, THE MANUFACTURER CALIMS THIS IS A FEATURE DESIGN CALLED EASY ENTRY.*JB
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, SHORTING OUT LEFT FRONT SPEAKER.
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP 5 TIMES.
RECALL WORK NOT COMPLETED DUE TO MANUFACTURER PROBLEM ON THE FAULTY ELECTRO LOCK UNIT.
CHILD SEAT RESTRAINT BELT DETACHED FROM THE ANCHOR.
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE STEERING WENT OUT.*AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN WET.
POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE ABS BRAKES MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND. ALSO A VIBRATION IS EXPERIENCED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APLLIED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AK
FAULTY STRUTS CAUSE STEERING DIFFICULTY WHEN DRIVER HITS POTHOLE OR BUMP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
TIRES SPLITTING.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THEY ARE USUALLY FINE , THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE IS TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN PUMPING THE BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENS, CONSUMER HAS TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK
DURING A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 70 MPH, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, PULSATE AND MAKES A NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS/BURNS/BRUISES/SWELLING INJURY TO DRIVER, ALSO KEPT SEAT BELT FROM WORKING.
WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE PULLS RIGHT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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