2005 PONTIAC GTO Complaints

THE TREAD IS RE-WINDING ON THE INSIDE OF ALL 4 TIRES (BFGOODRICH) OF MY 2005 PONTIAC GTO, TO THE POINT THAT THE METAL CORDING IS SHOWING, AND HAS CAUSED A BLOWOUT. TIRES HAVE BEEN REGULARLY ROTATED AND ARE NOT SHOWING WEAR. 30,000 MILES & STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HELP ME. CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL TIRES ARE REPLACED. *TR

WHEN I WENT AND HAD THE LAST TWO SETS OF TIRES ON MY GTO REPLACED I NOTICE TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE FRONT TIRES. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS UNDER INFLATE TIRES AND MADE UP ANOTHER EXCUSE OR TWO. I REALIZED I WAS GOING TO GET NOWHERE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO SWORE THERE WAS NO RECALL OR SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE TIRE RUB. I THEN WENT HOME AND REMOVED THE TIRES THAT HAD ONLY BEEN ON MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS A REALIZED THEY TOO WERE RUBBING ON THE STRUT. *TR

PURCHASED A NEW '05 GTO AND AT 20K DISCOVERED ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR/ALIGNMENT/STRUT RUB. TIRES WERE SHREDDED AND BESIDES THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO MY 2005 PONTIAC GTO. I HAD NOTICED EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF MY FRONT TIRES. I THEN FELT BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE STRUT AND THERE IS ONLY ABOUT 1/8" OR LESS CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE STRUT AND THE TIRE. THE FRONT STRUTS RUB ON THE FRONT TIRES EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE ROLLS OVER ANY SMALL BUMP. THIS IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND SENDS SHOCKS THROUGH THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN DRIVING. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE STRUT TOWERS WERE FLIPPED OVER HELP WITH THE CLEARANCE. THIS WAS TOTAL NONSENSE , ESPECIALLY WHEN I JACKED UP THE CAR THE NEXT DAY AND NO PARTS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CAR AND THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE STRUT WAS THE SAME. *TR

TIRES RUBBING ON FRONT STRUTS WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON TIRES IVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THEM. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GTO WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES (MODEL UNKNOWN). WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE FRONT TIRES RUBBED AGAINST THE STRUTS AND CAUSED A FLAT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,774. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER IS BAD. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE PONTIAC GTO'S. GM NEEDS TO STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS PROBLEM. I'M BEING TOLD MY PART WONT BE IN INTO DECEMBER THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. THANKS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE LEANING AGAINST THE STRUTS OF THE VEHICLE. HE NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE COMPLETELY BALD AND WERE WEARING UNEVENLY IN THE INNERSIDE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN IN FOR INSPECTION ON AUGUST 21, 2007. NO TIRE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 15,904.

AT APPROX. 18,000 MILES MY INNER TREAD OF ALL FOUR TIRES HAS PREMATURE WEAR. WOULD HAVE NEVER NOTICED THIS WEAR HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FAULTY WORK ON THE REAR COIL SPRING HOUSING TO THE AXLE (LEFT SIDE) BEEN MAKING CLICKING SOUNDS. IT REQUIRED AN INSPECTION ON A LIFT AND IT WAS NOTICED THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO WELD THE HOUSING TO THE AXLE WHICH IN MY OPINION SEEMS DANGEROUS TOO. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GTO. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE MORE AS THE MPH INCREASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STRUTS WERE RUBBING AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAS REPLACED THREE SETS OF TIRES IN TWO YEARS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,000.