2008 PONTIAC G5 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A DITCH. DURING THE CRASH, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION AND UPPER TORSO TRAUMA AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED NECK, VERTEBRAE, AND A CONCUSSION. BOTH OCCUPANTS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. WHILE MERGING TO THE RIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

2008 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ORIGINAL IGNITION RECALL WAS FIXED IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2014, AFTER THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ANOTHER FAILURE ON JANUARY 20, 2015. IT WAS TOWED THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS NEEDED. HOWEVER, THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *JB

MY DAUGHTER IS A COLLAGE STUDENT, SHE WAS DRIVING HOME, WHICH IS 180 MILES FROM HOME, SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, POWERSTEERING GAVE OUT, ALMOST HAD A WRECK 3 TIMES WITH SAME SITUATION, HAD TO MUSCLE IT TO PULL OVER......... I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NOTICE TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS ALSO HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN SHE STARTS HER CAR. HAS LEFT HER SITTING IN A PARKING LOT LATE AT NIGHT, HAD TO KEEP TURNING CAR ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD ACT RIGHT!! SHE HAS ONLY HAD THIS CAR ALMOST 2-YEARS!!! DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIX THIS TILL I GET THE NOTICE!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL FUMES EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $900. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 6/18/15*CN

WHEN WE FILL UP THE FUEL TANK THE CAR HAS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE CAR AND SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THE CAR AND FOUND A PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER THE CAR. ONCE THE TANK IS 1/2 DOWN THE SMELL SUBSIDES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID WE NEEDED A NEW GAS TANK, LINES AND PUMP.AND SEAL. THE CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. THERE ISN'T ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE TANK AND WE FEEL THAT IT AHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE MANUFACTURER AS IT SEEMS TO BE AN ERROR IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE TANK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *JS

I WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT THEN SLAMMED THEIR BRAKES, I HIT THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE IT WAS A 2011 FORD FOCUS THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT. MY VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS AND I SUFFERED A NECK/BACK/SHOULDER INJURY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A NECK AND HEAD INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.