2004 Pontiac GTO complaints

I NOTICED ALL TIRES WERE WORN ON INSIDE PAST THE TREAD AT 14,000 MILES ON CAR. I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AND TOOK THE CAR FOR ALIGNMENT. MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE HITTING THE STRUT MOUNTS WHEN HITTING A BUMP WHEN SPRINGS COMPRESSED OR DURING HARD CORNERING. A GROOVE WAS ALREADY WORN IN MY NEW FRONT LEFT TIRE. ALIGNMENT WAS WITHIN SPECS. I WENT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT MORE CAMBER WOULD KEEP FROM RUBBING. DEALERS ALIGNMENT READINGS WERE DIFFERENT THAN ALIGNMENT SHOP. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED MANY OTHER 2004-2006 GTO OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REMAINING THREE TIRES WERE ALSO GOING TO BLOW OUT. THE TIRES DISPLAYED CORDS AND AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AT 15,000 MILES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 23,000.

PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE. FRONT TIRES RUBBING THE STRUTS NEAR THE TOP. CAR HAS 36,000 MILES ON IT. 10 TIRES PURCHASED, FRONT END HAS BEEN ALIGNED BY DEALER 7 TIMES (AT MY EXPENSE) IN LAST 22,000 MILES TO CORRECT. I AM AWARE THAT THIS ISSUE EXISTS WITH THIS CAR AND CLOSELY MONITOR THE TIRES AND REPLACE THEM WHEN THE RUBBED AREA GETS VISIBLY WORSE.

I TOOK THE 2004 GTO TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION TO COLONIAL TIRE NEAR MY HOME THEY FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT INSIDE OF THE TIRE WAS WORN DOWN TO THE BELTS AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. ALSO, THEY FOUND A REAR TIRE MISSING ABOUT 3" OF TREAD AND THAT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. I HAVE NOT READ THAT THIS YEAR AND MODEL GTO HAD A STRUT PROBLEM THAT CAUSED IT TO RUB AGAINST THE FRONT TIRES, AND THAT THE TIRES CHUNKED EASILY. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY INVOLVED. IT COST ME $437. *AK

AS A 2004 GTO OWNER I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES 3 TIMES PREMATURELY, 15,000-20,000 MILES ON A TIRE RATED AT 35,000 DUE TO FRONT END STRUT RUB. I HAD TO SPEND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX A PROBLEM GM CREATED. I HAVE BEEN TO GM DEALER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION ,AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN SPECS. I LITERALLY HAD TO BUY A LIFETIME ALIGNMENT POLICY ON THE VEHICLE TO CONSTANTLY STAY AFTER THE ALIGNMENT SITUATION THAT WAS CAUSING STRUT RUB. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED EVERY BUSHING IN THE FRONT END WITH AFTER MARKET, AND THE UNAFFECTED REAR END), AND THE SHOCKS AND STRUTS TO CURE THE PROBLEM THAT GM REFUSED TO FIX. AFTER THE NEW SUSPENSION AND TIRES BOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME, AND OVER 5,000 MILES ON IT , I HAVE NO MORE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AS OF THIS POINT. THE DATE BELOW WAS THE APPROXIMATE DATE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AS THERE WAS NO INCIDENT. *AK

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

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

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

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

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

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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE. AFTER OBSERVING THE VEHICLE THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE PEELED INTO STRIPS. THE TIRE WAS A B.F. GOODRICH. THE ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000. *AK

I PURCHASED A 2004 PONTIAC GTO AND PERFORMED ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS TIRE ROTATION. THE INSIDE WALLS OF THE FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED FROM RUBBING OR STRIKING AN OBJECT INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL. IT APPEARS THAT IT IS RUBBING THE FRONT SUSPENSION. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, ALL 4 TIRES SHOW THE SAME WEAR, BECAUSE OF THE TIRE ROTATION. FIRST NOTICEABLE INDICATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR HAS ONLY 25,000 MILES WITH REGULAR USAGE. *JB

SUSPECTED STRUT RUB HAS WORN THE INSIDE EDGE OF DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE BALD. ONLY DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE IS AFFECTED, AND THIS OCCURRED WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES ON TIRES. PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED IN NOVEMBER 2006, TIRE WEAR WAS NOT VISIBLE WHEN TIRES WERE ROTATED IN APRIL 2006 (4,000 MILES EARLIER). AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED IN DECEMBER 2006 SEEMS TO HAVE PREVENTED FURTHER TIRE WEAR. *TR

NOTICED FRONT TIRE STRUT RUB RECENTLY AFTER FINDING AN ARTICLE DONE BY CLEVELAND NEWSNET 5. *TR

MY 2004 GTO-I PURCHASED NEW IN 12/04. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY WORK AT 2880 MILES, AND THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED AN ALIGNMENT. THE CAR NOW HAS 18634 MILES AND NEEDS 4 NEW TIRES. THE BELT IS SHOWING ON THE RIGHT FRONT AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP, CENTURY BUICK/PONTIAC), AS WELL AS GM INSIST THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO-IT' IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE,JUST NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I BABY THIS CAR AND KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THESE TIRES,ACCORDING TO THE B.F. GOODRICH CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE THAT I TALKED TO TOLD ME ONE COULD EXPECT 30000 TO 40000 MILES. I TOOK THE CAR TO TIRE KINGDOM, AND THEY SAID SOMETHING WAS RUBBING ON THE TIRE TO CAUSE THIS PREMATURE AND UNUSUAL WEAR. I NOW KNOW FROM RESEARCH OF MY OWN THE GM PUT LARGER TIRES ON THE 2004 GTOS ,AND SINCE THEN HAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM ON THE 2006 VEHICLES. .THIS DOESN'T SOLVE MY PROBLEM, AND I DO NEED NEW TIRES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STRUT IS RUBBING AGAINST THE NEW TIRES THE SAME PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AGAIN. SHAME ON GM AND PONTIAC FOR DECEIVING ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. NOT ONLY DO THEY EXPECT US TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,THERE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. PLEASE MAKE THEM DO THE RIGHT THING.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. WHILE SURVEYING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STRUTS WERE RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRES. THIS FAILURE CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR OUT TO THE WIRE. THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED, AND 3,000 MILES LATER THE TIRES BEGAN TO WEAR OUT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOUR DEALERS, AND NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN THE TIRE WEAR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.*AK

HAD NOISES COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION, TOOK VEHICLE TO GM DEALER THEY REPLACED STRUT AND DID ALIGNMENT UNDER WARRANTY. BUT HAD TO REPLACE FRONT TIRES ON MY OWN WITH LESS THAN 30,000 ON THE TIRES. THE SET I REPLACED ON THE FRONT HAD BOTH COME IN CONTACT WITH THE STRUTS AND WORE THE INSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL OUT, CUT A GROOVE INTO THE DRIVER' S SIDE THAT BLEW THE TIRE OUT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 36,000 MILES, AND NOW HAS 8, 000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE SHOWING THE SAME KIND OF SIDEWALL WEAR TO THE FRONTS. HAD THE FRONT OF THE CAR ALIGNED AGAIN AND IT WAS TO SPECS. NO WORN OUT SUSPENSION PARTS WERE FOUND. THE TIRE STORE HAD NOTICED THIS BEFORE ON OTHER VEHICLES THE SAME AS MINE, AND HAD THEM CHANGE TIRE SIZE TO GIVE THE TIRES CLEARANCE FROM THE STRUTS. SO AGAIN ANOTHER TIRE CHANGE.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WHEELS WERE VIBRATING. THE STEEL BELTS WERE EXPOSED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES LATER HE NOTICED TIRE WEAR ON THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 19,000 MILES. *AK

I DROPPED OFF MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON ABOUT 3/21/07 FOR A NUMBER OF WARRANTY ISSUES. ONE OF THE "ISSUES" TO BE CHECKED WAS A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T DRIVE THE CAR IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, AVOID POTHOLES, AND THERE WAS NO PULLING TO EITHER SIDE. AS I HAD ONLY 15,589 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I DECLINED THE ALIGNMENT & TIRES WHEN CALLED BY THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. UPON PICKUP, THE REP INDICATED THE TIRE WERE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POINTED OUT HOW THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE REP INDICATED THAT TIRE REPLACEMENT ON THIS VEHICLE WAS COMMON FOR THAT MILEAGE. RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET DISCLOSED THESE TIRES HAVE A 35,000 WARRANTY AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS RELATED TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON 2004 AND 2005 GTOS. COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED STATING THE TIRES WERE RUBBING THE STRUTS, PRIMARILY FRONT LEFT, CAUSING THE PREMATURE FAILURES. TODAY, MARCH 30, I PULLED THE FRONT LEFT TIRE OFF THE VEHICLE TO LOOK AT THE TIRE AND STRUT. THERE ARE OBVIOUS WEAR MARKS ON THE STRUT AND A GROOVE CUT INTO THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE DUE TO REGULAR TIRE ROTATION. IT APPEARS GM MISALIGNED THE WHEELS AT THE FACTORY AND INSTALLED TOO LARGE OF TIRES CREATING A SITUATION OF INADEQUATE SPACING BETWEEN THE STRUTS AND THE TIRES. I HAVE REQUESTED GM RECTIFY THE SITUAT

I HAVE A 2004 PONTIAC GTO WITH 26,000 MILES ON IT. EVERY TIRE HAS ABNORMAL WEARING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IS RUBBING ON THE SUSPENSION BECAUSE A PART OF THE SUSPENSION IS RUBBED CLEAN AND THE REST OF IT IS DIRTY. I HAVE CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW OF THERE BEING ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. I SAW ON THE NEWS AND THE NHTSA WEB SITE THAT THERE IS A PENDING INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD LIKE MY VOICE TO BE HEARD. THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. *JB

NOTICED STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AT 50 MPH AND ABOVE. TOOK TO DEALER TO HAVE LOOKED AT BECAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED. ONCE DEALER WAS DONE I WAS TOLD THE TIRES HAD SOME WEAR AND NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. AT THIS TIME I ONLY HAD 13,334 MILES WAS THEN PARKED THE CAR FOR WINTER. OVER WINTER I HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS ABOUT TIRE RUB ON THE GTO AND CARS HAVING BLOW OUTS. SO NOW AT 15,000 MILES MY TIRES ON THE FRONT ARE COMPLETELY WASTE AND THE STEEL BELT IS SHOWING THROUGH THE TIRE. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME AND CAR IS GOING BACK TO DEALER AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THIS GTO INTO THE DEALER FOR MULTIPLE REASONS OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. *JB

REFERENCE: 2004 PONTIAC GTO STOCK CORRECT SIZE FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING ON THE STRUTS. CONFIRMED BY PONTIAC DEALER. TIRES WORE OUT ON THE INNER SIDEWALL DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE STRUT.*AK VICTORY PONTIAC, CALERA, ALABAMA 205-664-0046 WILL NOT CORRECT THIS AFTER BEING HANDED THE NHTSA PAPER ADRESSING THIS ISSUE. JUST CONFIRMED IT WAS A PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING THAT I MUST PAY TO FIX. THE 2004 PONTIAC GTO IS UNDER FULL GMAC WARRANTY AS WELL AS AN EXTENDED PLATINUM WARRANTY.*AK

THE TWO FRONT TIRES OF MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO HAD WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. ONE TIRE WAS CUT WITH METAL EXPOSED. TIRES WERE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED AND WAS VERIFIED ALL WAS WELL WITH IN OEM SPECS. HAVE ALL PAPERWORK TO PROVE THIS, INCLUDING TIRES TAKEN OFF VEHICLE.*AK

ON JULY 5 2006, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE PONTIAC DEALER FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A HUB BEARING. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A TIRE NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME. I THEN HAD A OIL CHANGE DONE A WEEK LATER WHEN THE TECH TOLD ME MY PAS FRT TIRE HAD THE INNER TIRE CORDS EXPOSED. I THEN CALLED BACK THE PONTIAC DEALER AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE WRITER. I ASKED HIM WHY I WAS NOT TOLD MY TIRE WAS UNSAFE. HE SAID THE TECH TOLD HIM IT WAS JUST A TIRE NOISE AND DID NOT KNOW THAT THE STEEL BELTS WERE EXPOSED. I WAS THEN TOLD I NEEDED A ALIGNMENT AND A TIRE. I THEN BOUGHT A NEW TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ALIGNED.THE TECH AT THE GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURES SPEC AND THERE WAS A LITTLE WEAR ON THE STRUT. THE VEHICLE THEN HAD 19764 MILES. MY VEHICLE NOW HAS 30284 MILES AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES ARE WORN ALMOST TO THE BELTS AND BOTH STRUTS HAVE WEAR MARKS. TODAY'S DATE IS MARCH 17, 2007. I HAVE CALLED GM CUSTOMER COMPLAINT LINE AND TALKED TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT THAT GAVE ME A REF#71-494955481. SHE INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND THAT SHE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS. SHE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER. I MAD MY APPOINTMENT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE DEALER . THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY ALIGNMENT AGAIN AND NEVER HEARD OF THIS . I BROUGHT YOUR INVESTIGATION NUMBER INTO THIS PROBLEM AND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM LS1GTO.COM. I SHOWED THEM PICTURES AND WHAT TO CHECK FOR FROM A GM TECH ON THAT SITE. I

2004 PONTIAC GTO, EXPERIENCING EXTREME UNEVEN INSIDE TIRE WEAR ON LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT FRONT TIRES DUE TO STRUT RUB.

TL*-THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO THA THE PURCHASED ON APRIL 28 2004 WITH 0 MILES, CURRENTLY WITH 17200 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT TWO TIRES ARE RUBBING AGAINST THE STRUTS OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. HOWEVER, THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE TIRES WERE .F. GOODRICH, 245/45R17. *AK

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN, I'M WRITING ABOUT MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO FRONT TIRE & STRUT RUB ISSUE! SINCE PURCHASING THE GTO IN 2004 I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT TIRES 3 TIMES DUE TO THE STRUT RUBBING AND TEARING THE INSIDE OF MY TIRES APART. PLUS, LAST NIGHT 3/13/07 AFTER A DRIVE I CHECKED THE TIRES I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER '06 AND LOW AND BEHOLD THEY ARE COMPLETELY SHREDDED DOWN TO THE THREAD. SO ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO CALL AND ORDER NEW TIRES AND SPEND MORE MONEY ON A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN ADDRESSED FROM THE START. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE A FAMILY AND AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IF I'M DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OR JUST AROUND TOWN THAT MY TIRES WILL EXPLODE AND WILL CAUSE ME OR WHOEVER IN MY FAMILY IS DRIVING THE CAR TO LOSE CONTROL AND PERHAPS LOSE THEIR LIFE. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH PONTIAC BEFORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES! *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO, AND HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES AT 21,000 MILES BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE RUBBING THE FRONT STRUT AND PREMATURE TIRE WEAR DEVELOPED ON THE INSIDES OF THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TRIED TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE TIRES FROM THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THE CONTACT SINCE THEY BOUGHT THE TIRES AT AN INDEPENDENT TIRE SHOP. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23000. *AK CONSUMER STATED NO LONGER OWNS VEHICLE. UPDATE 4/9 *TR

STRUT TOWER RUBBING ON TIRES CAUSING DANGEROUS AMOUNT OF WEAR. THE TIRES ON MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO SHOW SEVERE WEAR ON THE INSIDE CORNER EDGES, EXCESSIVE WEAR AND CUPPING ARE PROMINENT. TIRES HAVE UNDER 30,000 HIGHWAY MILES, NORMAL COMMUTE DRIVING (THIS IS MY DAILY DRIVER NOT A RACE CAR). EVEN WITH REGULAR ROTATION, THE TIRES ARE SO BADLY WORN THAT THE BELTS ARE ALMOST EXPOSED. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE 2004 GTO PROBLEM OF STRUT TOWER RUBBING. CONTACT WITH THE STRUT TOWER IS VISIBLY EVIDENT ON THE STRUT. I MENTIONED THIS TO MY GM DEALER WHO PERFORMED SERVICE ON MY VEHICLE AND THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE GTO. *JB

MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO REVERSE. TRANSMISSION WILL ALSO OCCASIONALLY POP OUT OF A GEAR WHILE DRIVING. IN ORDER TO PUT TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE I HAVE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO ANOTHER GEAR FIRST, THIS WORKS OVER HALF OF THE TIME, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PUT IT IN 3RD, 4TH, THEN GO UP TO REVERSE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I FIRST PICKED UP THE CAR. HAD DEALER LOOK AT IT, THEY CLAIMED THERE WERE NO TSB'S OR RECALLS FOR THE 2004 GTO SO THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SENT ME ON MY WAY SAYING "AT LEAST YOU HAVE REPORTED IT, THAT MAY COVER YOU IN THE FUTURE IF IT FAILS." ALSO, DEALER DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM TELLS THEM TO USE THE SAME FLUID THAT GOES INTO FRONT DRIVE AUTOMATICS, THIS COULD CAUSE GTO MANUAL TRANSMISSION TO BURN OUT FASTER.*JB

2004 GTO SEVERE TIRE RUB ON THE FRONT STRUT TOWER AND SEVER CUPPING OF TIRES DUE TO IMPROPER FRONT ALIGNMENT ON TIRES. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE WORN DUE TO ROTATION. *JB

AT 16,000 MILES, I NOTICED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE FRONT TIRES OF MY 2004 PONTIAC GTO. WITH THE TIRES REMOVED, THERE IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE TIRE RUBBING UP AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE STRUT WHEN MOUNTED AND IN MOTION. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. *JB

1) RIGHT FRONT TIRE RUB ON THE STRUT. 2) EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR DOWN TO THE CORDS, THE ONLY REASON I NOTICED THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE I CHANGE MY OWN OIL. IF I HAD NOT NOTICED THE PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE HAD A BLOWOUT ANY DAY. I HAVE PICS OF THE TIRES AND RUB MARKS ON THE STRUT IF NEEDED. 3) I HAVE ORDERED NEW TIRES AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I AM GOING TO CALL THE DEALER AND HAVE THINGS LOOKED AT REGARDING THE STRUT RUB & ALIGNMENT. *JB

WE HAVE A 2004 GTO WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. 2 WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND I HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A 8 INCH BY 2 INCH PIECE OF RUBBER THAT HAD PEALED OFF OF THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST SOMETHING MAKING THE NOISE. 1 WEEK LATER ANOTHER PIECE ON THE SAME TIRE HAD PEELED LOOSE AND WAS KNOCKING UP AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL OF THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO CLASSIC PONTIAC AND THEY TOLD ME TO LEAVE THE CAR OVER NIGHT SO THAT THEY COULD GET A BETTER LOOK AT IT AND THAT IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I WAS THEN TOLD BY A CO-WORKER THAT SHE SAW SOMETHING ON CHANNEL 5 NEWS THAT GTO'S WERE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES RUBBING UP AGAINST THE SHOCKS. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING IN THE MAIL FOR A RE-CALL ON MY CAR. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT CLASSIC PONTIAC DOES TO REPAIR MY CAR. *JB

ERRATIC GAUGE READINGS. NO RPM WHEN STARTED, NO SPEEDOMETER WHEN MOVING, GAS GAUGE SHOWS OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT REALLY IS. IE FULL TANK SHOWS EMPTY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TEMPERATURE; BUT NO CODES PRESENT. COOLANT GAUGE READS HOT WHEN CAR IS JUST STARTED....COLD. *JB

I HEARD "TIRE RUBBING" WHILE ROLLING INTO THE GARAGE. WHEN I CHECKED FOR THE NOISE I FOUND BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD THE INSIDE EDGE CHEWED OFF, DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. *JB

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY VEHICLE TO THE COMPLAINT LIST ABOUT THE '04 PONTIAC GTO TIRE WEAR PROBLEM WHERE THE FRONT TIRES CONTACT THE STRUTS. I BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AT 20,000 MILES WHEN I WAS DOING MY 5,000 MILE TIRE ROTATION AND FOUND BOTH FRONT TIRES WITH ABNORMAL WEAR WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALER AND DIRECTED THEM TO SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS IDENTICAL TO MINE AS SHOWN ON GTOFORUM.COM. THEY SAID THEY NEW OF NO SERVICE BULLETINS RELEASED YET. I REMOVED THE ORIGINAL WHEELS FROM THE CAR AND REPLACED THEM WITH PROPERLY OFFSET ONES. THE DEALER DID AN ALIGNMENT AND FOUND ONE WHEEL WAS IN CAMBER LIMITS AND THE OTHER WAS SLIGHTLY OUT. BOTH INDICATED WEAR, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT BY .3 DEGREES WAS WORN DOWN TO METAL STRANDS. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED OTHER THAN THAT TO MY ORIGINAL TIRES AND WALLET FOR REPLACEMENT. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS OWNS 2004 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING ON THE STRUTS. THE CAR SHOOK VERY BADLY DUE TO THE TIRE RUBBING AGAINST THE STRUT. THIS HAPPENED WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON THE TIRES, AND THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HE REPLACED THE TIRES, AND THE NEXT SET OF TIRES DID THE EXACT SAMETHING. THIS HAPPENED ONLY WITH THE FRONT TIRES. THE CONTACT SOLD THE VEHICLE FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME HE WAS REFUSED THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26000.*AK UPDATED 03/30/07. *JB

SINCE 2004 ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY PONTIAC GTO I HAVE PUT 3 SETS OF FRONT TIRES ON THE CAR. THE INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRES WEAR AWAY GM TOLD ME IT WAS ALIGNMENT I HAVE BEEN ALIGNING THE FRONT NOW SINCE AND I STILL PUT FRONT TIRES ON. NOW I HEAR THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION PLEASE HELP SEND ME INFO ON INVESTIGATION. *NM

FRONT TIRE RUBBING ON STRUT TO CAUSE FAILURE. TIRE BLEW, NO ONE HURT. WAS FIXED FOR FREE/ REIMBURSEMENT. BACK IN DEALER TOTAL OF 4 TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF $389.72. FOUND OUT FROM NEWS CHANNEL 5 IN CLEVELAND , OHIO ABOUT GOVT INVESTIGATION ON THE 04 AND 05 PONTIAC GTO'S. CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVING RIGHT EVER SINCE, STILL HAVE PROBLEMS AND VERY TIRED OF FIGHTING WITH DEALERSHIP. *JB

STRUT RUBS ON BOTH TIRES - PONTIAC DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM

UNUSUAL WEAR ON TIRES REQUIRING EARLY REPLACEMENT FROM STRUT RUBBING ON TIRES. *NM

I OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. ABOUT 6 -8 MONTHS AGO I HAD A RIGHT FRONT TIRE THAT WAS GOING FLAT I WENT TO A TIRE SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED WHEN THE MECHINAC NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS HITTING THE STRUT. I BOUGHT NEW TIRES (STOCK SIZE) AND WHEN I WENT DOWN THE ROAD THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS SMOKING. THE BRAND NEW TIRE HAD A SLICE DOWN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE FROM THE STRUT HITTING IT. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP TO BE REPAIRED. THE MECHINAC AT THE DEALER SHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR IT UNDER WARENTY AND BLAMED ME FOR THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE STATING THAT I HAD TO OF HIT SOMETHING WHICH I DID NOT AND TOLD THEM THAT. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE ANTHOR NEW TIRE AND THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT REPLACED. THE DEALER SHIP STATED THAT I HAD TO OF HIT SOMETHIGN AND BENT THE STRUT THERE HAVE BEEN NURMOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IF I WOULD OF BEEN AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED I COULD OF LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICAL. I DO NOT KNOW THE CORRECT DATE AT THIS TIME I MAY HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM MY INSUANCE COMPANY TO SEE IF I PAID OUT OF POCKET OR FILED A CLAIM ON THIS ONE AND TO GET THE CORRECT DATE OF THE INCDEINT. *NM

2004 PONTIAC GTO TIRES RUBBING ON FRONT STRUTS. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GTO. THE FRONT 17 INCH PASSENGER AND DRIVER TIRES RUBBED AGAINST THE STRUTS AND CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING BUT IT NO LONGER OCCURRED AFTER THE ALIGNMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,808. THE CONTACT READ ON THE INTERNET RELATED COMPLAINTS, AND WAS AWARE OF THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION. ALSO, HE WAS AWARE THAT THE TIRE FAILURE COULD CAUSE A BLOWOUT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES AND ALIGNED THEM AT NO COST TO HIM. THE CONTACT OWNS B.F. GOODRICH TIRES, TIRE LINE NAME GFORCE T/A KDWS, TIRE SIZE P245/45/17W. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *AK THE DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT JERKED. UPDATED 03/30/07. 8JB

2004 GTO, ORIGINAL OWNER, TIRES WEARING ON THE INSIDE 1-1/2 TO 2" TREAD DUE TO RUBBING ON STRUTS. AT 19,000 MILES, SURPRISED TO FIND NEXT TO NO TREAD ON THE INSIDE EDGES. REPLACED TIRES WITH SAME ORIGINAL SPECS. WHEELS ARE ALIGNED BUT STILL RUBBING ON STRUT TOWERS. ON-GOING PROBLEM. PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. *JB

FRONT TIRES RUB AGAINST STRUT WEARING DOWN THE INSIDE WALL OF TIRE TO WHERE METAL WIRES IN TIRE SHOWING. HAD TO REPLACE ALL TIRES. *JB

TIRES WEAR EXCESSIVELY DUE TO THE TIRE RUBBING THE STRUT OF THE CAR, FRONT TIRES ONLY. I HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH 2 SETS OF TIRES AND 2 ROTATIONS COMBATING THE PROBLEM FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. ONE OF THE TIRES THAT WAS ROTATED FROM THE FRONT BLEW OUT WHEN IT WAS ON THE REAR. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AS THERE ISN'T A SOLUTION. *JB

I OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GTO IN WHICH THE FT STRUTS RUBBED THE INSIDE OF TIRE AND CAUSING A FLAT TIRE DURING A PANIC STOP. I GOT A BLOW OUT, GOT IT TOWED TO SHOP THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN RUBBING FOR A WHILE NOW AND ACTUALLY CUT THE TIRE TO STEEL CORD. THIS IS UNSAFE AND HAD TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES AT 18000 MILES. *NM