2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

IN MARCH, 2007, MY 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE HAD A CATASTROPHIC CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65MPH ONE SECOND, AND THE NEXT SECOND THE CAR SLOWED TO 30MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO PRIOR ENGINE POWER ISSUE). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO MY DEALER AT A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 25MPH. THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A SERIOUS HIGH SPEED REAR-END COLLISION. PONTIAC HAS SENT A LETTER TO 2006 SOLSTICE OWNERS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLE TO THEIR DEALERSHIP UNLESS THE CONVERTER FAILS (POSSIBLY CAUSING A SERIOUS CRASH DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED). THERE SHOULD BE A FULL RECALL OF THIS CONVERTER BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE - REAR AXLE LEAK. AXLE REPLACED. PREVAILING WHINE AND CLUNK NOISE AFTER THE FIX. TOOK IN LEFT OVERNIGHT, THEY SAID WOULD TEST DRIVE. NEXT DAY THEY SAID THE NOISE IS NORMAL AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE MILEAGE WAS SAME AS I LEFT IT, SO NO TEST DRIVE WAS TAKEN. FED UP WITH THEM. WILL NOT DRIVE ON HIGHWAYS AND VERY INCONVENIENT, AM MOSTLY USING HUBBY'S VEHICLE. SOON OUT OF BUSINESS, PONTIAC SHOULD NOT BE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE, THE DEALER FOUND A LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,311. UPDATED 06/09/09. *LJ THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. UPDATED 06/10/09.*JB

5/15/06 AT 5200 MILES REAR PINION SEAL IS REPL DUE TO A BAD LEAK, UPON LEAVING THE DEALER SHORTLY AFTER NOTICED A WHINING NOISE&FELT THE REAR END BINDING RETURNED THE CAR SAME DAY 5288 MILES AND WAS TOLD THE WRONG GEAR OIL AND ADDITIVE WAS PUT IN AND THE SEAL HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. 5/23/06 REAR END STARTS LEAKING AGAIN AND NOISE NEVER WENT AWAY DEALER REPL PINION SEAL AGAIN&SAID NOISE IS NORMAL 8/18/06 8655MI LEAKING AGAIN REPL PINION SEAL TOLD NOISE FROM REAR NOW WORSE IS NORMAL. GM STATES THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS ANY FUTURE CLAIMS FOR NOISE CASE CLOSED ITS SUPPOSE TO WHINE AND GIVES ME A BULLETIN STATING THE NOISES WERE DESIGNED ENGINEERING CHARACTERS WHICH I STRONGLY DISPUTED AND VOICE MY CONCERN THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS CLEARLY GOING BAD, GM FLAGGED MY FILE AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY ANY FUTURE CLAIMS AND FURTHER REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY CALLS FROM ME REQUESTING A MEETING WITH THE FIELD MANAGER 10/12/07 GM REFUSES TO ADDRESS LEAK AND NOISE 2/27/08 22079 MI GM ISSUES A SAFETY RECALL 07204 WHICH STATES THE AXLE MAY LEAK, IF ENOUGH FLUID LEAKS BEARING WOULD BE DAMAGED AND MAKE NOISE, BINDING WHEN BACKING, FEELING OF BRAKES APPLIED WHILE DRIVING OR SUDDEN LOCKING OF THE REAR WILL WHILE IN MOTION COULD OCCUR WITH OUT WARNING WHICH THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL AND CAUSE THE CAR TO CRASH. RECALL WAS DONE NOISE STILL PRESENT DEALER STATES ITS NORMAL / 3/17/08 CAR TAKEN TO DIFFERENT DEALER THAT HAS IT A WEEK GM FACTORY CALLS TO TELL ME TO PICK THE CAR UP GAVE ME ANOTHER BULLETIN STATING NOISE IS NORMAL WHICH IS DATED BACK FROM 07/06 PRIOR TO RECALL 02/08 WHICH CONTRADICTS THE EARLIER BULLETIN GM AGAIN STATES WARRANTY HAS BEEN DENIED FOR ANY CLAIMS ON REAR END NOISE ITS NORMAL. I MAKE 2 ATTEMPTS OVER SUMMER TO ADDRESS NOISE DEALER REFUSES ROAD TEST OR LOOK AT THE CAR. TODAY 02/13 WHILE DRIVING ON BELTWAY LOUD BANG W/ NO WARNING LOSS OF CONTROL ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC SLIDING SIDEWAYS BEFORE SKIDDING OVER 300FT WITH REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP VERY SCARY. *TR

OCTOBER 3, 2008, AS I WAS DRIVING NORTH BOUND IN THE SLOW LANE (RIGHT LANE), ABOUT 7:30 PM, WITH THE TOP DOWN OF 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE, I HEARD A LOUD BANG! RIGHT BEFORE I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WAS SWERVING ALL OVER THE TWO-LANE ROAD. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE OTHER LANE OR RIGHT AROUND ME. AFTER I FINALLY GOT THE CAR UNDER CONTROL I PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT A TIRE HAD BLOWN. WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WALKED AROUND IT EXPECTING TO SEE A FLAT TIRE. NONE OF THEM WERE FLAT! I WAS REALLY CONFUSED. IT WAS REALLY DARK WHERE I WAS, NO STREET LIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I WALKED AROUND IT AND FEELING AROUND IT BEFORE I FOUND A HARD PIECE OF RUBBER OR PLASTIC HANGING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S REAR TIRE AND IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. THEN I NOTICED THE TIRE DIDN'T LOOK STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, IT SEEMED TO STICK OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHER TIRES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AT THE DEALERSHIP I COULD SEE THE CAR BETTER IN ALL THE LIGHTS AND UP HIGH SO I COULD LOOK UNDERNEATH. THE DRIVER?S DOOR WAS DENTED, BLACK RUBBER MARKINGS ON IT, THE LOWER CORNER OF THE DOOR HAD THE PAINT SCRAPED DOWN TO THE METAL. THE FENDER WELL DIDN'T LOOK BAD BUT I COULD TELL IT WAS SORT OF OUT OF POSITION A TAD. THE WHEEL WAS LEANING OUT AT THE TOP AND IN. THE BLACK PLASTIC OR RUBBER WHEEL-WELL SHIELD WAS LOOSE AT THE TOP, HANGING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, AND A BIG PIECE WAS MISSING. WHEN MY HUSBAND CAME AND PICKED ME UP WE DROVE BACK TO THE LOCATION TO SEE IF I HIT ANYTHING SINCE THE BANG! WASN'T A FLAT TIRE. IT WAS TOO DARK TO SEE MUCH, BUT EVEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD OR ON THE SIDES ON HIS WAY TO PICK ME UP. THE NEXT MORNING WE DROVE THERE AGAIN, STILL DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, THEN DROVE PAST AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND STILL DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I BELIEVE SOMETHING FAILED ON MY CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AT 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES BEFOREHAND. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 38,000.

TL*THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND THE CONVERTIBLE TOP. SINCE THE CRASH, THE CONVERTIBLE TOP DOES NOT GO INTO PLACE AND LOCK PROPERLY. THE TOP HAS RELEASED AND FLOWN BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER MAKE THE CONVERTIBLE TOP NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,600 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,200.

WHILE ROUTINE DRIVING OF THE CAR A TONE INDICATES AND THE BATTERY/ELECTRICAL LIGHT COMES ON FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. MANUAL INDICATES SERVICE IS REQUIRED. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, YET IT DOES IT AGAIN AS I DRIVE HOME FROM THE SERVICE CALL, AND AGAIN THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. WHEN THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OUT OF HIS GARAGE, HE NOTICED LEAKAGE ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS LEAKING. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V589000 (POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL) WAS REFERENCED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,420 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,199.

FAILURE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN MY 2006 SOLSTICE . HAS BEEN BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS 5 TIMES. THE SYSTEM MAINS FAULTY WITH NO IDEA ON THE PART OF THE MANUFACTURER ON HOW TO REPAIR. *TR