2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

TWO TIRES KEEP LOSING AIR. ONE SEVERELY ENOUGH THAT IT IS BELOW 20 LBS OF PRESSURE EVERY MORNING REQUIRING ME TO ADD AIR WITH A HAND PUMP EVERY DAY OR DRIVE ON ONE OR MORE TIRES DANGEROUSLY LOW ON AIR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC SAYS THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION. A GOOD YEAR TIRE AND AUTO CENTER AND A DISCOUNT TIRE CENTER BOTH SAID THAT THE CHROME ON THE INTERIOR OF THE RIMS IS FLAKING OFF, CREATING SLOW AIR LEAKS BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE RIMS. PRESUMABLY THE AIR IS LEAKING ALL THE TIME AND APPEARS TO BE WORSE WHEN PARKED WITH THE TIRE IN A PARTICULAR POSITION. I HAVE HAD A TIRE GO COMPLETELY FLAT (SMOOSHED AND REGISTERING NO AIR PRESSURE) PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR A FEW DAYS.

AN ALERT ON THE DASH TO SERVICE AIR BAG CAME ON. APPARENTLY A SWITCH WENT CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO FAIL TO ACTIVATE PROPERLY. THIS LIGHT WAS WHEN STATIONARY AND WHEN DRIVING. THE REPAIR WAS OVER $700 AT PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC.

PASSENGER AIR BAG SEAT CUSHION SENSOR FAILED AFTER 47,000 MILES. I RARELY HAVE A PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT.

I WAS DRIVING ON I-10 GOING EAST. I ENTERED THE FREEWAY AT THE 3RD ST RAMP. FROM THE POLICE REPORT, I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES, MY CAR TURNED FACING SIDEWAYS AND WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN I WAS HIT I WENT UNDER THE SEMI AND SLAMMED THE EMBANKMENT AND MY CAR WENT BACK UNDER THE SEMI AND FACED ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD A COLLAPSED LUNG, BROKEN RIBS, AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR 3 DAYS. I HAVE MEMORY LOSS AND LACK OF SOME EMOTIONAL FEELINGS. I DID MOVE AND DID NOT HAVING FORWARDING ADDRESS AND THUS NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. I DID HAVE A KEY CHAIN I CARRIED WITH SEVERAL KEYS ON IT. THERE WERE MORE THAN 3 PARTS THAT WERE AFFECTED. THE CAR WAS MARKED AS TOTALED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT BRAKE SPECIALIST WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES, CAUSING THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP TO MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000...UPDATED 11/05/15 *BF *CN

THE AIR BAG / SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE, MY WIFE WAS IN THE SEAT AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 100LB. I'M TOLD THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAG, WHICH IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND WITH ONLY 26000 MILES ON THIS CAR SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM. IT WAS REPAIRED ON 9/3/15 AND COST $1130.21

THE 'SERVICEAIRBAG' LIGHT BEGAN TO APPEAR AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR SHORT PERIODS. I THE GM DEALER SAID THAT THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE SERVICE LIGHT BE ON CONTINUOUSLY. JULY OF 2015 THE LIGHT DID STAY ON AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE 'MODULE' HAD SHORTED. A REPLACEMENT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $450.

PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR FOR AIRBAGS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, NOW IT'S COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR PONTIAC SOLSTICE AND SATURN SKY OWNERS (ACCORDING TO THE FORUMS). BUT GIVEN THE LOW NUMBER OF VEHICLES PRODUCED BY GM, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING RECALL STATUS...

THE PASSENGER (SERVICE) AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND REMAINS ON AT ALL TIMES. THE LIGHT WHICH SAYS THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG HAS BEEN ARMED NO LONGER ILLUMINATES. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE, IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR WHICH MUST BE REPLACED. THE PART IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND BREAKS EASILY. I AM WORRIED THAT NOT ONLY IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT BUT THAT IF I DO GET THE PART REPLACED, IT WILL SOON BREAK AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY! THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART, WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY GOES OUT ON EVERY CAR, FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE IGNORED!

THE AIR BAG / SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE, MY WIFE WAS IN THE SEAT AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 100LB. I'M TOLD THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAG, WHICH IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND WITH ONLY 26XXX MILES ON THIS CAR SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM.