2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED SHE HAD RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE RECALL HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT AND PASSENGER SEAT ISSUES. CONSUMER HAS ANOTHER VEHICLE COMPLAINT IN ARTEMIS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON, WHEN THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE CONSUMER HAVE THE AIR BAG SYSTEM REPLACED. ON AUGUST 15, 2013, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHERE THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE DEALER, BROUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM THE SERVICE BAY, THE CONSUMER HAD A PASSENGER SIT IN THE VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. THEY HAD A GM REPRESENTATIVE WEIGHING 145 POUNDS SIT IN THE SEAT AND IT WOULD COME ON PERIODICALLY. BUT, ONE HAD TO MANIPULATE THE KEY TO HAVE IT COME ON. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THE CUSHION BE REPLACED. *JB

EVERY TIME I START MY CAR, I'M TOLD MY AIR BAGS NEED TO BE SERVICED. MY DEALER SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST ALMOST $900 TO FIX. AFTER SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SEAT SENSOR MECHANISM IS APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS MORE THAN EXORBITANT. I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING MYSELF AND/OR MY PASSENGERS AT RISK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE CONFIRMEDLY INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE AIR BAGS ARE DEFECTIVE OR NOT. *TR

MY VEHICLE RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING. THEY REPAIR SHOP (WILKINS BUICK--RICHIE HWY, GLEN BURNIE, MD)SAYS THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED THE REPAIR SHOP KNOWS THAT THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF THE POOR BUILD/WORK FROM THE GM MANUFACTURER, AND IS UNWILLING TO REPAIR FOR FREE. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE--CAN I GET MY ENGINE PROBLEM FIXED ON GM. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, AND NOW I AM UNABLE TO FIX MY CAR DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF THE REPAIR. *TR

SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING STAYS ILLUMINATED, PASSENGER AIRBAG IS NOT ENGAGED WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. I HAVE SEEN MANY CASES REPORTED BY OTHER CUSTOMERS. VERY SURPRISED THAT THIS IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST. DEALERSHIP STATES NOT A DEFECT. FAILURE CAUSED BY WATER GETTING TO THE UNIT (IE COFFEE SPILL ON PASSENGER SEAT?). PERSONALLY, I HAD NO COFFEE SPILL, BUT DEALERSHIP "DETAILED" MY CAR TWO TIMES. IF THIS IS SO COMMON, PERHAPS THE UNIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED AGAINST WATER CAUSING AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO MALFUNCTION. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL DUE TO THE AIR BAG SAFETY SYSTEM INTENDED TO SAVE LIVES COMMONLY MALFUNCTIONS. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR FOR 2 MONTHS DUE TO THE FACT I CANNOT GET A STICKER AND IT WILL COST $1,000 TO FIX AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE. SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY WIDE-SPREAD EVENT THAT GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS MAKE/MODEL AND AFFILIATED CARS (I.E. SATURN SKY). *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD ABOUT A MILE FROM OUR HOME AND THE ROAD CURVED BUT THE CAR DIDN'T AND SHE HIT A SIGN THEN A PINE TREE THAT STOPPED HER. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND THE CAR WAS TOTALED. WE NEVER COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL THE IGNITION PROBLEM CAME TO LIGHT. SHE NEVER DROVE AGAIN AND DEVELOPED MULTIPLE INFECTIONS UNTIL SHE DIED FEB. 24,2013 AT AGE 57. NOT KNOWING THE WRECK WAS NOT HER FAULT. *TR

SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE AND AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR IS NOT DETECTING WHEN SOMEONE IS ON THE SEAT. SYSTEM STOP WORKING FOR NO REASON. WONDERING IF THIS MALFUNCTION IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE SENSOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHEN I GO TO SLOW DOWN EITHER BY COASTING OR LIGHT BRAKING WHEN MY CAR GETS TO ABOUT 20MPH IT FEELS LIKE IT SUDDENLY BRAKES OR DOWN SHIFTS BUT IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE SEAT BELT IT WOULD SEND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS INTO THE WINDSHIELD!! IT IS TERRIFYING!! I AM A MASTER MECHANIC AND I VERIFIED THAT IT WASN'T THE BRAKES GRABBING BY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE IT SLOWED TO 20 MPH AND WHEN YOU DO THAT THE CAR WILL NOT SUDDENLY JERK STOPPED. IT SETS MANY CODES TCM ETC. I HAD THE TCM REPLACED AND SYNCED AT DEALERSHIP BUT THE CAR IS STILL DOING IT. THE CODE NOW READS THAT "COMMUNICATION TO THE TCM IS LOST" I WAS TOLD BY GM WHEN SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT THE LATEST RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT THEY SAID IT COULD BE RELATED BECAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL AFFECTS THE CAR SHUTTING OFF, ROLLING AWAY AND THE AIRBAG INOPERATIVE LIGHT. MANY OTHER PONTIAC SOLSTICE OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS GOING TO CAUSE ACCIDENTS IF NOT FIXED. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE GXT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE NECESSARY PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT COMPLETED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.