2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE LOCATED IN PASSENGER SEAT FAILED. THIS CAUSES THE PASSENGER AIR BAG TO BE TURNED OFF. FAILURE WAS AT 17000 MILES. GM REPLACED THE MODULE UNDER THE GM GOODWILL PROGRAM. NO COST TO ME. THE REPLACEMENT MODULE HAS FAILED AFTER ONLY 13000 MILES. THIS TIME GM SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF THE FAILED PART. REPLACEMENT COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR IS 700.00

AIR BAG LIGHT ON. DIAGNOSED AS AIR BAG SWITCH ON PASSANGER SEAT. AIR BAG INOPERABLE WHILE LIGHT IS ON. SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE KAPPA BODY THROUGH MULTIPLE YEARS.

AS I BEGAN TO BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP, MY CAR JERKED REALLY HARD. AT FIRST I WONDERED IF MY BRAKES WERE NOT APPLYING. THIS HAPPENED MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE MORE THAT DAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD NEW BRAKES INSTALLED. BUT I TOLD THEM THE ISSUE THAT I WAS HAVING. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE GETTING WORSE SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THEY GAVE ME A LAUNDRY LIST OF ISSUES TOTALING IN THE EXCESS OF $1,800.00. NONE OF THE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. THE JERKING HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I SOUGHT OUT THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE FORUM AND FOUND THAT THE POWER TRAIN PINION ISSUE (RECALL # 07204) IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY CAR. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH GM BUT THEY ARE SAYING THAT I WILL NEED TO PAY TO HAVE THE CAR DIAGNOSED TO SEE IF THIS ISSUE IS A RECALL ISSUE AND THAT THE CAR IS PAST THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND I MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO. I AM PAYING A MONTHLY NOTE. A POWERTRAIN ISSUE IS LIABLE TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE. FURTHERMORE IN READING ABOUT THIS RECALL, I AM ALMOST AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE, APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE...IN 2008. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE? THIS IS A LOW MILEAGE CAR SO EITHER IT IS A CONSISTENT ISSUE OR IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR CAME ON INDICATING AIR BAG(S) ARE NOT OPERABLE- *TR

PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED. DEALERSHIP ESTIMATES REPLACEMENT COST IS OVER $800. *TR

PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS FAILED, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST GM. I NEVER SEEN AN AIRBAG SENSOR FAIL ESPECIALLY WITH SO FEW MILES. *TR

2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE WITH JUST OVER 20,000 MILES ON IT, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I AM MEMBER OF PONTIAC FORUM, I KNOW OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM AND YOU HAVE THEIR INFO. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. PASSENGER AIR BAG ON LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON, STAYS OFF WITH PASSENGER. , SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE ON DIC.. *TR

THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG OCCUPANT SENSOR HAS FAILED, DISABLING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO THIS CAR, AND A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR OURSELVES AND ANY PASSENGERS. WE REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL TO REPAIR THIS KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE REVIEWING THE GM RECORDS FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD AS REPLACEMENTS WILL REINFORCE MY COMPLAINT. *TR

2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE MODULE OR SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND SIDE AIRBAGS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVEN OF A COLLISION. THE DEFECT WAS CONFIRMED WHEN DIAGNOSED BY A LOCAL GM DEALER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE MY CAR JERKS HARD WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 20-30 MPH. WHEN THE CAR DOWN SHIFTS WHILE SLOWING DOWN IT FEELS LIKE MY CAR IS BRAKING HARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS GEARS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING!!! WHILE DRIVING TO WORK OR WITH MY CHILD I NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN AND I KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL LEAD TO ME OR ONE OF MY LOVED ONES BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED!!! I CANNOT AFFORD A NEW VEHICLE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. HOPEFULLY GM CAN HELP ME AND FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THERE VEHICLE THEY SOLD ME. *TR