2005 PONTIAC GTO Complaints

MY 2005 PONTIAC GTO IS SHOWING EXCESSIVE FRONT TIRE TREADWEAR ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL AND TREAD. ALSO GETS SEVERE VIBRATION/SHIMMIE FROM THE FRONT WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH. *AK

FRONT TIRES WERE WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING ON A 2005 PONTIAC GTO WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES ON IT. HAD I NOT NOTICED THIS. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPEN. THE TIRES WERE ONLY WORN ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE TIRE. I BELIEVE THE TIRES WERE RUBBING ON SOMETHING, BUT I COULDN'T TELL ON WHAT. THE VEHICLE SET NORMALLY AS BEST AS I COULD TELL. THE WHEELS DIDN'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY INWARD OR OUTWARD ANGLING THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS. *AK

REPLACED 2 RIGHT REAR TIRES FROM SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. 2005 GTO WITH 25000 MILES, FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAD INNER WEAR. LEFT REAR AND RIGHT FRONT WERE CUT TO THE WIRE AND WERE ABOUT TO BLOW. HAVE PICTURES OF THE WEAR AND OF THE LACK OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN FRONT STRUT AND TIRE. DEALER TOWED VEHICLE TO THEIR SHOP. REPLACED ALL TIRES, BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS,AND ALIGNED. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT FRONT OF VEHICLE. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, I ASKED TO SEE THE CLEARANCE OF THE TIRES AND STRUTS ON A MODEL IN STOCK. CLEARANCE WAS LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT THAT CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR DRIVERS AND THEIR SAFETY. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY AND NOT JUST KEEP REPLACING PARTS UNTIL THE WARRANTY IS UP. *JB

INNER TIRE WEAR ON 2005 PONTIAC GTO. ONLY 17K AND INNER FRONT TIRES ARE GONE. *JB

DURING INSPECTION OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION, NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING AGAINST A METAL PLATE ON THE FRONT STRUTS. THIS CAUSED THE PAINT ON THE STRUB TO WEAR AND THE RUBBER TIRE WILL EVENTUALLY BE DAMAGED BY CONSTANTLY RUBBING AGAINST STEEL. *JB

ALIGNMENT IS BAD OUT OF THE FACTORY AND THE TIRES ARE RUBBING AGAINST THE FRONT STRUTS. COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUMS. TIRES ARE WORN TO THE BELTS ON THE INSIDE. CAR ONLY HAS 17000 MILES.*AK

TIRES RUBBED TO THE CORD ON THE INSIDE SEEMINGLY FROM THE STRUT ISSUE I HAVE READ ABOUT ONLINE. ONE TIRE WORE ITSELF FLAT. I WENT IN TO REPLACE THE TIRE, AND FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED REPLACEMENT. REPLACED ALL FOUR B.F.GOODRICH TIRES WITH SIMILAR TOYO TIRES.AK

WHEN ROTATING MY TIRES AT 6000 MILES, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS PAIN MISSING ON THE FRONT STRUTS BY THE TOP OF THE TIRES. ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL BUILD UP OF RUBBER ON THE STRUT AND VISIBLE WEAR ON THE TIRE. I LOOKED UP ON A GTO FORUM AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND INFORMED THEM OF THE INFORMATION I FOUND ON THE INTERNET. THE DEALER REALIGNED THE FRONT WHEELS BECAUSE THEY HAD TOO MUCH NEGATIVE CAMBER. THE PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS THINK THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE FRONT STRUT BUSHINGS HAVE COLLAPSED FROM BEING TIED DOWN DURING TRANSPORTATION FROM AUSTRALIA. TIME WILL TELL IF THE REALIGNMENT FIXED MY PROBLEM BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE FRONT STRUT BUSHINGS WILL COLLAPSE EVEN MORE OVER TIME AND THE TIRE RUB ISSUE WILL BE BACK.*AK

REAR SPRINGS ARE WEAK CAUSING REAR HEIGHT TO BE 1" OUT OF SPEC CREATING ACCELERATED REAR TIRE WEAR. REQUEST NEW REAR SPRINGS TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *JB

RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAS EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INSIDE. THIS WAS NOTICED AT EACH TIRE ROTATION AND NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 18000 MILES AND IS SHOWING MORE WEAR THAN SHOULD BE. *JB