2009 PONTIAC G5 Complaints

LAST NIGHT MY VEHICLE COULD TURN NORMALLY, BUT THIS MORNING THE NOTIFICATION SCREEN SAID POWER STERING. SO ITS REALLY HARD TO TURN NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

FUEL LINE IS LEAKING UNDERNEATH,BEHIND DRIVERS DOOR & IN FRONT OF REAR WHEEL.ALONG WITH THE CHEVY COBALT (THE EQUIVALENT TO MY PONTIAC G5), THIS AN ALL TOO COMMON PROBLEM AS I HAVE RESEARCH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME LEAK FROM THE SAME LOCATION. THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD & I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING THE REPLACEMENT FUEL LINES.

I WENT IN TO GET AN OIL CHANGE DONE FOR MY CAR AND ONE OF THE WORKERS SAID THAT THEY HAD TO STOP BECAUSE THEY WERE SMELLING GAS COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR OF MY CAR. I THEN LATER FIND OUT THAT MY CAR HAS A FUEL LINE LEAK. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONE AS IT ALSO HAPPENS TO CHEVY COBALTS, WHICH MY CAR IS PRETTY MUCH A COPY OF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A FUEL ODOR EMITTED THROUGH THE VENTS. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM EITHER THE FUEL PUMP OR THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

CAUSE UNKNOWN. NOTICED PROBLEM SOMETIME IN 2017. CAR RATTLES (IN FRONT OF CAR) OFF AND ON. DETERMINED IT'S NOT THE WHEELS OR TIRES. RATTLING COMES AND GOES. DRIVER CAN MAKE THE RATTLING GO AWAY BY CHANGING SPEEDS OR WITH A SLIGHT TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. (E.G. LANE CHANGE) DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NEITHER A TIRE NOR RACK AND PINION PROBLEM.

THE ACCESS WATER FROM THE A/C UNIT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR IS LEAKING INTO THE ELECTRICAL UNIT SYSTEM AND INTO THE A/C COMPARTMENT. NOW WE HAVE NO RADIO NO A/C OR HEATER IN THE CAR THE WINDOW WILL NOT DEFROST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (AUTONATION CHEVROLET SOUTH CLEARWATER, 15005 US HWY 19 N, CLEARWATER, FL 33764) WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. THE DEALER WANTED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-222-1020 AND STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. CASE NUMBER: 8/343/2735498 WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

CRACKED FUEL RETURN LINE AT FUEL PUMP. THIS ISSUE WAS REPORTED AND RECALLED ON THE 2007, 2008, AND SOME 2009 G5 MODELS. SYMPTOMS: WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF, FUEL STARTS DRIPPING ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR.

VEHICLE STATIONARY - EXPERIENCED A HARD START POST DRIVING, AFTER DRIVING I SMELLED A STRONG GASOLINE VAPOR. BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS AND THE MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, THIS APPEARS TO BE A FUEL LEAK OF SOME SORT CAUSED BY A DETERIORATING PLASTIC TUBE IN THE FUEL LINE WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY RECALL HTTPS://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2012/09/29/GENERAL-MOTORS-RECALL/1602747/