2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

THE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON THAT IS AN "AIR BAG SERVICE WARNING LIGHT" AND SAYS TO SERVICE THE AIR BAG. I JUST LOOKED UP OTHER CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND FIND A LOT OF SIMILAR OR EXACT PROBLEMS. THIS SHOULD BE A FACTORY RECALL IN MY OPINION DUE TO BEING SUCH A SAFETY HAZARD. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE DEALERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT AND ARE WILLING TO CHARGE YOU FOR ATTEMPTED REPAIRS ONLY TO MAKE YOU SPEND MORE TIME AND MONEY TO BRING IT BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND KEEP TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS TYPICAL OF MANY NEW CAR DEALERS ON OTHER SERVICE AREAS TOO. PLEASE ASK THEM TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE HUMAN LIFE IS GREATLY AFFECTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ON-OFF INDICATOR IS ALWAYS OFF WITH AN AIR BAG WARNING IDIOT LIGHT AND DIC MESSAGE. I ASSUME THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, AND THE REPAIR COST FROM GM IS EXTREMELY HIGH. SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE, WOULDN'T GM WANT TO VOLUNTARILY ISSUE A RECALL. IF THEY DON'T, CAN THEY BE FORCED TO DO THIS BY THE NHTSA? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR A RECALL (SAFETY RISK, % VEHICLES AFFECTED, PRODUCTION NUMBERS)? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY FOUND A MELTED WIRE ON THE CLOCK SPRING. TWO HOURS AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO ASSISTED THE CONTACT WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,220 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,241.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON BY ITSELF. SENT THE CAR TO THE DEALER, AND IT IS SAID THE AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE IS BROKEN AND IT COSTS AROUND $700 TO FIX. SEARCHED THE INTERNET, AND THERE ARE A HUGE BUNCH OF COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MANUFACTURE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IT. THE AIR BAG IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SAFETY. THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD RECALL THIS PART BEFORE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO COMPLAIN THIS. AND I AM SURE THERE ARE STILL MANY OTHER PONTIAC SOLSTICE OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO REPORT AND COMPLAIN THIS PROBLEM. THE FOLLOWING ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE ONLINE FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE REPORT THIS ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.SOLSTICEFORUM.COM/FORUM/F12/DIC-SERVICE-AIR-BAG-FAMILIAR-ANYONE-69046/ I REALLY HOPE THIS PROBLEM CAN BE APPROPRIATELY SOLVED BY THE MANUFACTURE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY SOLSTICE ON THE HIGH WAY AT 55MPH IN THE LEFT LANE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT SEEMED LIKE THE MOTOR DIED I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AT A RAPID SPEED, DOWN TO 25MPH IN A BLINK OF AN EYE. I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDDLE AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND RATTLE IT ALSO WAS JOLTING FORWARD. AS I WAS PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE HIGH WAY THE CAR AGAIN JUMPED FORWARD CAUSING ME TO CLIP THE CURB WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND SCRATCH THE DOOR. IT WAS ONLY AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT THAT ANY OF THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT GM KNEW ABOUT A CATASTROPHIC CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE BACK IN 2009 AND WOULD FIX IT AT NO CHARGE. WHY DID THEY NOT MAKE A RECALL AND FIX THIS AT THAT TIME? AFTER CONTACTING THEM BY TELEPHONE THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE SCRATCH ON MY CAR. HOW ARE THEY NOT AT FAULT? IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND ME AND CRASHED INTO ME AND KILLED ME, WOULD THEY HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE? IT WAS THEIR PART THAT FAILED, AND YET I AM STUCK BAILING THEM OUT ONCE AGAIN. *JS

PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR TURNED OFF, THEN BACK ON, THEN OFF AGAIN WHEN SOMEONE OVER 100# WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THEN, IT STAYED OFF, AND THE DASH LIGHT "SERVICE AIR BAG SOON" NOW STAYS ON. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,430 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 25,400.

AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES WITH AN UNUSUAL NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, I WAS INFORMED THIS VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY REAR END AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. PONTIAC DID ISSUE A RECALL AND INSTALLED A NEW REAR END. THE VEHICLE IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE BUT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A GM DEALERSHIP THAT IT WILL NOT BE REPLACED AGAIN. IF IT IS FAULTY I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE RECALL WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE SECOND DEFECTIVE PART. *KB

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A SLAMMING STOP JOLTING BODY AND TRANSMISSION TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN PROCEEDING TO NORMAL DRIVING MODE UNTIL APPLYING BRAKES AGAIN. TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR SAME REPAIR. CODES P0013, P0014, P0700 & P2637 ON DIAGNOSTIC REVEALED ALL 4 TIMES WHEN SERVICE DEPT. CHECKED FOR ISSUES. ALSO, POWERTRAIN DIFFERENTIAL IN REAR MAKES DRAGGING NOISE SINCE DAY ONE.