2006 Pontiac GTO complaints

I PURCHASED NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO. WITHIN 300 MILES I NOTICED DEGRADED HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND VEHICLE UNDERCOATING WASHED ONTO MY DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSATION. I RETURNED VEHICLE A SECOND TIME AFTER INSPECTING MYSELF AND FINDING OIL LEAKING FROM BOTH FRONT STRUTS. *NM

HAD VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN A WEEK. FRONT END NOISE AT 300 MILES. REPLACED THE TWO FRONT STRUTS. VEHICLE DRIVEN TO SHOP 7-1-06. DIDN'T RECEIVE VEHICLE BACK UNTIL 7-24-06. AFTER REPLACING THE FRONT SHOCKS UNDER WARRANTY I AM STILL GETTING FRONT END NOISE. *JB

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE STRUT IS LEAKING FLUID ALL OVER WHEEL AND GARAGE FLOOR. CAR HAS ONLY 430 MILES ON IT 3 WEEKS OLD. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD TRY TO SEE ME THURSDAY JULY 27TH. *JB

PURCHASED BRAND NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO AND AFTER ONLY 500 MILES THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT STARTED TO LEAK AND MAKE ALOT OF NOISE. I TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AT ABOUT 1000 MILES ONCE THEY GOT THE PART IN STOCK AND THEY DECIDED TO ONLY REPLACE THAT ONE. NOT SURE IF THEY REPLACED ANY BUSHINGS FROM THE OIL BE ALL OVER THEM. *NM

I PURCHASED A BRAND PONTIAC GTO AFTER ONLY 300 MILES I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STRUTS!!! I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE 10 DAYS & FOR THE LAST SEVEN OF THOSE DAYS ITS BEEN IN SERVICE WITH NO PROMISE OF GETTING OUT ANYTIME SOON! I TRADED IN A PREMIUM MODEL VEHICLE FOR THIS JUNK!! IM ALSO CONCERNED THAT AFTER THE PROBLEM IS FIXED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *NM

LEFT FRONT STRUT STARTED MAKING CLUNKING NOISES AND LEAKING ALL OVER MY PARKING LOT. *NM

1) NO EVENTS 2) STRUTS LEAK, CAR BOUNCES IN FRONT, VERY HARD TO CONTROL AT 200 MILES. 3) REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY HOWEVER NO RECALL ON THE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE FAILED ON THE SAME CAR. *NM

2006 GTO WITH 850 MILES, BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAK OIL. BUSHING FOR SWAY BAR TO CONTROL ARM HAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF OIL EXPOSURE. DEALER WILL REPLACE BOTH STRUTS. HAVE READ THAT CARS WITH BUILD DATE OF JAN OR FEB 06 ARE AFFECTED. *NM

CAR HAS 700 MILES ON IT, AND THERE IS A TERRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT STRUT IS LEAKING. *NM

I BOUGHT MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH 17 MILES ON IT. I FOUND OUT THROUGH A WEB FORUM, THAT THE 2/06 GTO'S MAY HAVE HAD A BAD BATCH OF STRUTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT WHEN I TOOK MY CAR ON A SHORT TRIP WITH MY FAMILY, THE CAR STARTED TO LEAK FLUID FROM THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT. I THINK THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PUT OUT AT LEAST A TSB OR RECALL THESE CARS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME AT THE TIME. *NM

FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT STRUT LEAK. SEVERE SUSPENSION FAILURE. LOUD METAL CLANKING SOUND OVER ANY FORM OF UNEVEN GROUND/BUMP. 850 ORIGINAL MILES ON CAR. OWNED FOR 4 WEEKS. *NM

2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH A BUILD DATE OF FEB 2006 HAS HAD A FRONT STRUT FAILURE SINCE DELIVERY OF THE CAR ON 7/3/06. THE FRONT STRUTS LEAK OIL ALL OVER THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND GARAGE FLOOR AND STRUT DAMPENING ABILITY HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED CAUSING UNSTABLE HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BATCH OF MONROE SHOCKS PUT ON THE FEB 2006 GTO'S. *JB

HAVE NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT. RIGHT FRONT STRUT BEGAN LEAKING AND AFTER A FEW DAYS HAS FAILED COMPLETELY -- I CAN SEE THAT THE SEAL HAS SLID DOWN THE SHAFT AND IS RESTING AGAINST THE BOTTOM LINKAGE. BROUGHT IT TO THE PONTIAC DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW...WAS PUT ON SOME KIND OF LIST. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALER SAID "I DON'T KNOW." *JB

FRONT STRUT FAILURE. THE FRONT STRUTS ON THE 06 PONTIAC GTO WITH A BUILD DATE 02/06 SEEM TO HAVE STRUT FAILURE. THE CAR MAY LOSE CONTROL. *JB

(1) CAR BOUGHT NEW. PROPER BREAK IN PROCEDURE BEING FOLLOWED, NO HARD DRIVING! (2)BOTH FRONTS STRUTS ARE LEAKING OIL AND FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES MECHANICAL CLUNKING NOISES, ESPECIALLY GOING OVER BUMPS. (3)DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS DURING THE COURSE OF TWO VISITS. *JB

1. NONE, MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND I ONLY GOT TO ENJOY IT 600 MILES BEFORE PARTS FAILURE. 2. BOTH FRONT STRUTS FAILED, RESULTING IN NO FRONT BODY MOVEMENT CONTROL AND OIL ALL OVER. THE OIL ALSO CAUSED THE BUSHINGS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO FAIL RESULTING IN HORRIBLE NOISES. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. 3. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS AND THE FRONT STABILIZER. DAYS LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS CLUNKING AND LEAKING OIL AGAIN. THE OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING MY NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO FOR MORE THAN A WEEK WHEN I NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT STRUT WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 500 MILES ON IT, AND WAS NOT ABUSED DURING THAT TIME. I ANTICIPATE THE DEALER WILL BE REPLACING THE STRUT UNDER THE WARRANTY OF THE CAR. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING OIL. PASSENGER SIDE MUCH WORSE THAN DRIVER SIDE. BOTH THE CAR AND THE STRUTS HAVE BUILD DATES OF MARCH 06. PROBLEM FIRST NOTICED WITH ONLY 120 MILES ON THE CAR. *JB

STRUT FAILURE ON MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO (WITH 67 TOTAL MILES). STRUTS ARE LEAKING FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR AND OIL IS GETTING ALL OVER THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING BY 1000 MILES. BUILD DATE 2/06. *JB

WITH FEWER THAN 900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER SINCE NEW, MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO BEGAN LEAKING OIL FROM THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND ALONG THE UNDERBODY OF THE CAR. THE STRUT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE WITH IDENTICAL PART#.*JB

MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO BLEW 2 FRONT MACPHERSON STRUTS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 6-6-06. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE NEW STRUTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. THEREFORE, THE DEALERSHIP PULLED STRUTS OUT OF A NEW GTO ON THE LOT AND INSTALLED THEM IN MY CAR. ONE WEEK LATER THEY BLEW OUT AS WELL. DURING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLOWN FRONT STRUTS IN THEIR 2006 GTO' S. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GTO'S THAT HAVE A COMPLETION DATE OF EITHER JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2006. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM HAS CONTACTED GM TO FIND OUT IF THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND THEIR RESPONSE HAS BEEN TO SEE HOW HARD AM I DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THEY ARE NOT ADMITTING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR STRUTS. THIS IS A PERFORMANCE CAR AND AS SUCH PEOPLE WILL DRIVE THEM LIKE A PERFORMANCE CAR AND IF THEY HAPPEN TO BLOW A STRUT DURING A RACING MANEUVER IT COULD BE DEADLY. I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD ALERT THE CONSUMER OF THESES VEHICLES WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN TO INSPECT THESE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY VEHICLES. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS TO GO TO A GTO FORUM ONLINE TO SEE PEOPLES RESPONSES I.E. LS2GTO.COM OR NEWAGEGTO.COM ARE A COUPLE. FOR GM NOT TO ADMIT A PROBLEM WITH THESE STRUTS IS AGGRAVATING. YOU DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR NO REASON AT ALL. IT TOOK 2 1/2 WEEKS FOR BRAND NEW STRUTS TO COME IN FOR MY GTO. I ALSO HAD TO WAIT FOR OTHER PARTS THAT WERE BACK ORDERED BECAUSE OF ALL THE OIL THAT LEAKS OUT OF THE STRUTS CAUSES PROBL

LEFT FRONT STRUT LEAKING OIL. *JB

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING THE STRUT LEAKED, AT 600 MILES ON NEW PONTIAC GTO. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS!!! COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGH SPEED. DEALER SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL A STRUT CAN BE FOUND!! GTO FORUM ON INTERNET SAID THERE HAVE BEEN 26 COMPLAINTS SO FAR!!!!!!!! *JB

MYSELF ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 2006 GTO MANUFACTURED IN FEB 2006 HAVE LEAKY FRONT STRUTS AND POOR RIDE QUALITY. IT SEEMS THAT GM SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND PERFORM A RECALL TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO -- 250 MILES-- FRONT STRUTS ARE DEFECTIVE ALL FLUID HAS LEAKED OUT ON TO WHEELS, BRAKES, SUSPENSION PARTS AND RUBBER BUSHINGS AND GROMMETS. NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. POSSIBLY DAMAGED DURING SHIPMENT FROM AUSTRALIA. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO FRONT STRUT FAILURE. THERE IS FLUID LEAKING OUT OF MY FRONT STRUT AND ALSO A CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. HANDLING IS VERY LOOSE AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. I'M BRINGING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT LEAKING FLUID. BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW ON 6/30/06, HAS 298 MILES ON IT. NOTICED OIL IN GARAGE FLOOR UNDER FRONT DRIVER'S WHEEL ON 7/11/06 AT ABOUT 270 MILES. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO BOTH FRONT STRUTS BLEW AT 100 MILES COVERING ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE AND WHEEL WELLS WITH OIL THIS IS HAPPENING TO 1000'S OF VEHICLES AND GMC IS NOT NOTIFYING DEALERS OR CONSUMERS OF THIS. THIS ISSUE CAN LEAD TO SUSPENSION FAILURE AND OR VEHICLE FIRE. THE OIL IS ALSO DESTROYING FRONT BUSHINGS AND STABILIZER BAR. AND BRAKES ARE ALSO AFFECTED. PONTIAC IS IGNORING ISSUE AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *JB

LEAKY FRONT STRUTS

LEAKY FRONT STRUTS. *JB

BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE NEXT DAY STARTED TO MAKE OCCASIONAL NOISES IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING. FOUND LEAKING FLUID ON GARAGE FLOORS ON BOTH SIDES WHERE THE STRUTS ARE. TOOK INTO THE DEALER TODAY AND THEY ARE REPLACING THEM. *JB

FAILURE OF FRONT STRUTS ON 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH 3,000 MILES. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT LEAKING AFTER ONLY 200 MILES. *JB

LEFT FRONT STRUT FAILURE AND LEAKAGE 06 PONTIAC GTO. *JB

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2006 SPICE RED METALLIC PONTIAC GTO ON JUNE 30, 2006. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I NOTICED TWO SMALL PUDDLES OF OIL LOCATED NEXT TO EACH FRONT TIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. I NOTIFIED MY DEALER AND IT WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE DAMAGED EITHER THROUGH SHIPPING OR JUST BAD EQUIPMENT FROM THE FACTORY. THE DEALER ORDERED NEW STRUTS BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEM AS OF YET. *NM

PURCHASED 2006 PONTIAC GTO FROM A DEALERSHIP ON 6/30/06. AFTER 400 MILES I FOUND THE FRONT LEFT MACPHERSON STRUT LEAKING OIL. THE CAR IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPLACED ON 7/11/06. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

BRAND NEW PONTIAC GTO WITH 300 MILES. OWNED 6 DAYS. BOTH FRONT SHOCK STRUTS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER THE PLACE AND MAKING A MESS. REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE WEEKS TO SHIP FROM AUSTRALIA. MEANWHILE I'M PAYING $500 A MONTH FOR A 6 DAY OLD BROKEN CAR AND I TRADED IN MY OLD CAR TO THE DEALER THAT SOLD ME THIS BROKEN CAR. *NM

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT STRUTS ARE LEAKING. VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 200 MILES, PURCHASED 5 DAYS AGO. PONTIAC GTO BUILT IN JANUARY 2006. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *NM

PURCHASED A NEW PONTIAC GTO, CAR WAS BUILT IN FEBRUARY OF 2006, TOOK DELIVERY IN LATE MAY. AFTER ~3100 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING, A POPPING SOUND STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE SOUND WAS CAUSED BY A FAILING MACPHERSON STRUT THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON OTHER GTO'S BUILT IN FEBRUARY 2006. *NM

WITHIN A DAY OR TWO AFTER TAKING DELIVERY, I NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM NEAR THE FRONT (DRIVERS SIDE) TIRE. DEALER SERVICE CONFIRMED THE LEAK IS COMING FROM THE STRUT AND THAT THE PART WOULD BE REPLACED. PART HAD TO BE ORDERED AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS OK TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL PART COULD BE REPLACED. OIL IS NOW ON MY GARAGE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOES NOT HANDLE AS WELL AS IT SHOULD. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE REGARDING FAILED/LEAKING STRUTS WITH THE GTO. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ON ANY VEHICLE I'VE EVER OWNED. *NM

FRONT STRUT SEAL FAILURE RESULTING IN OIL PUDDLE ON MY DRIVEWAY UNDER STRUT AS WELL AS UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE. *JB

NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO RIGHT FRONT STRUT LEAKING AND DEFECTIVE. DEALER SERVICE REPLACED STRUT. *NM

THE FRONT STRUTS WERE DEFECTIVE WITHIN THE FIRST 300 MILES. BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKED ALL THEIR CONTENTS AND BOTH FRONT STABILIZER BUSHINGS COLLAPSED WITHIN 2 DAYS OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. *NM

THE FEB 06 BUILD OF THE 2006 PONTIAC GTO. BOTH OF MY CAR'S STRUTS HAVE FAILED AFTER 1200 MILES AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. APPARENTLY MANY PEOPLE WHO'S GTO WAS BUILT ON THIS DATE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. RESULTED IN A CLATTERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING, THE PARTS IN QUESTION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *NM

2006 PONTIAC GTO DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT FAILURE. *JB

FRONT PASSENGER STRUT IS LEAKING ALL OVER TIRE, INNER WHEEL WELL, AND BUSHINGS. HAVE BEEN DOING A GENTLE BREAK-IN ON THIS CAR SO THIS WAS COMPLETELY AN UNEXPECTED FAILURE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 258 MILES. AM AWAITING WORD FROM DEALER ON TIME TO ORDER/INSTALL PART. NONE ARE IN STOCK. *JB

CAR WAS PARKED. AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND BACKING OUT OF THE SPACE THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR TO FIND THAT ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION, THE STRUTS HAD DUMPED THEIR OIL OUT (FAILED) AND HAD GOTTEN ALL OVER THE BUSHINGS WHICH CAUSED THEM TO ALSO GO OUT (FAILED). HAD TO DRIVE MY 3 WEEK OLD CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (THEY WOULD NOT TOW IT) TO GET THEM TO LOOK AT IT. CHECKED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND SAID THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS TO FIX IT. FINALLY GOT THE CAR BACK 10 DAYS LATER WITH REPLACEMENT PARTS. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT FAILED ON 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW THE DAY BEFORE FAILURE. *JB

RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION STRUT BLEW A SEAL LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND BODY SIDE. *JB