2007 PONTIAC G5 Complaints

MY VEHICLE IS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE RECALL OF GM VEHICLES DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES CAME TO LIGHT MONTHS AGO, AND I GOT A RECALL NOTICE THE BEGINNING OF MARCH. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERS TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT WAS TOLD THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE RECALL PARTS YET AND I WOULD BE NOTIFIED ONCE THEY WERE SENT. AFTER NOT HEARING ANYTHING FOR OVER A MONTH I CALLED THE DEALERSHIPS AGAIN TODAY AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN SENT. THIS IS BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE. PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND GM CLEARLY DOESN'T CARE. HOW A SAFETY RECALL COULD BE INITIATED AND PARTS STILL NOT BE AVAILABLE MONTHS LATER IS MIND BOGGLING. IF GM DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR DRIVERS SAFETY HOPEFULLY YOU DO. *TR

I NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WHEN ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I CALLED GM MY REFERENCE # [XXX] THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE AIRBAG DUE TO THE WARRANTY OVER 4,000 MILES OVER. I FINALLY GOT THEM TO PAY FOR 1/2 THE AIRBAG AND IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY NEVER SAID WHAT WAS WRONG I AM FINDING OUT NOW THAT THE RECALL MAY BE PART OF THE PROBLEM I HAD EARLIER. IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN GET BACK THE MONEY I SPENT ON A NEW AIRBAG THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO THIS RECALL WITH THE IGNITION? I AM WORRIED NOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAG PROBLEM I HAVE GREATER POTENTIAL OF THE IGINITION PROBLEM AS WELL. GM DID NOT WANT TO HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM AND AFTER SEVERAL DAYS AND PERSISTANCE THEY FINALLY WENT HALF ON THE COST WITH ME, BUT I FELT THEN THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T CARE. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT LAST YEAR AND THE SAFETY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE THERE HAS BEEN A RECURRING OCCASIONAL PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVING AND THE VEHICLE JUMPING FORWARD WHEN IN THE STOPPED POSITION(STOPPED BUT IN "DRIVE"). WHEN MY FOOT IS AT THE UPPER RIGHT EDGE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL THIS OCCURS. MY FOOT DEFINITELY HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS CLOSEST TO THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST 6.5 YEARS BUT NOT FREQUENTLY ENOUGH FOR ME TO REPORT IT BEFORE NOW. I CONSIDERED IT AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC I OWNED FOR A YEAR WHICH DID SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN A MORE PRONOUNCED WAY. THE RECENT RECALL OF MY PONTIAC FOR AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM HAS BROUGHT THE ISSUE OF VEHICLE SAFETY AND MANUFACTURER VIGILANCE TO THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND. *TR

I SAW ON THE INTERNET RE-CALLS FOR GM CARS AND FOUND THAT MY PARTICULAR MODEL/YEAR CAR WAS BEING RECALLED. THE MORE READING I DID ON THE SUBJECT I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO HAVE FIXED ON MY CAR WAS BEING RECALLED. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GETTING MY AIRBAGS, MY STEERING COLUMN, MY BRAKES, MY COMPUTER SENSORS, THE STEERING HARNESS, ETC. FIXED ON THIS CAR ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN RE-CALLS. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE 'LOCAL DEALERSHIP' TO FIND A 'GOOD USED' STEERING COLUMN FOR MY CAR SINCE MINE IS BREAKING DOWN AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T GET ONE. I ALSO OWN A GMC S-10 IN WHICH THE KEY FITS INTO MY CAR AND TURNS IT ON. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT I KNEW THERE WAS A RECALL RECENTLY AND THAT EVERYTHING I'VE HAD FIXED ON THAT PONTIAC G5 IS NOW BEING RECALLED. HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME.

AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2013 I NOTICED A DISTURBING NOISE WHEN I STARTED MY CAR. IT WAS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND THAT LASTED ABOUT 3 SECONDS WHEN CRANKING MY CAR. TO MY SURPRISE THE TIMING CHAIN HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. ON OCTOBER 20-21, 2013, THE TIMING CHAIN SET WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED BY A TRUSTED MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT I WAS LUCKY THE ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN DAMAGED. MY COMPLAINT IN QUESTION IS WHY AT ONLY 54,540 MILES DID THE TIMING CHAIN SNAP IN HALF? MY NEXT QUESTION IS HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS MADE BY OTHER OWNERS OR MANUFACTURERS OF THIS MODEL RELATING TO THIS ISSUE? I WAS FRUSTRATED AS IT WAS HAVING TO HAVE THE SET REPLACED AT ONLY 54,540 MILES, BUT I AM EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LATEST RECALLS ON MY CAR (13454 AND 14063). ESPECIALLY WHEN I LEARNED GM HAD KNOWN THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS RECALL FOR AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME. I LOVED THIS CAR WHEN I GOT IT, BUT NOW I HAVE BEGUN TO QUESTION THE ENTIRE INTEGRITY OF MY VEHICLE STRUCTURALLY, ELECTRICALLY, AND MECHANICALLY. EVEN IF NOTHING RESULTS FROM FILING THIS COMPLAINT, HONESTLY ALL I WANT IS A HUMAN RESPONSE THAT GIVES ME SOME SORT OF BELIEF THAT SOMEONE GIVES A[ XXX] ABOUT THIS MATTER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SAME ISSUE AS CADILAC RECALL FOR PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE DEFECT..WILL NOT DETECT PASSENGER PRESENCE IN SEAT, PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS OFF...AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER PERFORMED AN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE AIR BAG FAILURE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,052.

SEEMS TO ME SEARCHING ONLINE ITS A COMMON THING TO HAVE THE GAS TANK CRACK. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF RECALLS ALREADY FOR THE CAR ONE INCLUDING THE FUEL SYSTEM BUT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE GAS PUMP WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE BUT WANTED TO CHARGE OVER 1,000 FOR THE CRACKED FUEL TANK WHICH BY THE WAY HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN ON A PRETTY RECENT CAR AND I AM NOT ALONE. THE SMELL ITS PRETTY STRONG AND I AM SURE ITS NOT SAFE BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE THROUGH JUNKERS BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD THE 1000 FOR SOMETHING THAT CAME DEFECTIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED NOR DIAGNOSED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGERS SIDE BACK WHEEL LOCKS UP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED NOR DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120000. DYD