2009 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

2006,2008,2009 PONTIAC G6 AND SOLSTICE HAS RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES ON ALL THREE VEHICLES AND CARS HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED YET. *TA THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND HE WOULD BE PLACED ON A LIST. *JB

MY SOLSTICE IS PART OF THE IGNITION RECALL ID # 102546 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. DURING THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED OCT 13 2014.AND AFTER THE CAR WAS BROUGHT OUT TO ME I NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAD CAME ON. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER THAT THE LIGHT WAS ON THEY RAN A DIAGNOSES AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAG SENSOR GM MODULE KIT HAD FAILED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THAT NEITHER SIDE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY SHOULD I HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I'M TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WILL COST ME $900 TO REPLACE PART NUMBER 19124219. MY RESPONSE WAS THAT I WOULD BE CONTACT GM ABOUT THIS AS IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE BEFORE THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION RECALL. AFTER CONTACTING GM THEY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY A PART OF THE COST, HOW MUCH I WAS NEVER TOLD. AS WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM, MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE FAULTY IGNITION HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON THE PROPER OPERATION AND SAFETY OF THE AIRBAGS. NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WILL NOT PASS A STATE INSPECTION UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED. HAD I NOT BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE FAULTY IGNITION I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT INSPECTED AND BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. AS OF NOW IF I DON'T PAY THE FEE FOR THIS REPAIR THE VEHICLE IS RENDERED USELESS AND UNSAFE. AND MY INVESTMENT IS WORTHLESS EXCEPT FOR PARTS I FEEL GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY SENSOR AT THEIR COST. I HAVE READ IN SEVERAL FORUMS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT SOMETHING AS EASY AS PLACING A KNEE ON THE SEAT CAN CAUSE THE SENSOR TO FAIL THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! *TR

MY SOLSTICE IS PART OF THE IGNITION RECALL. PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE AUG. 2014. IGNITION REPLACED TODAY 10/8/14. DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT I HAVE A FAULTY AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THAT NEITHER SIDE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY SHOULD I HAVE AN ACCIDENT. FIRST I'M TOLD IT WILL COST ME $800 TO REPLACE. MY RESPONSE WAS THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTING GMC ABOUT THIS. THEN I'M TOLD TO HOLD OFF THAT THEY WOULD PUT THEIR "GMC CALCULATOR" ON IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT GMC SAYS. A FEW MINUTES LATER I GET A CALL SAYING THAT GMC WOULD COVER $500 OF THE $800 CHARGE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE FAULTY IGNITION HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE AIRBAGS. THIS CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. IN 2010 I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACED "WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY" BECAUSE THE CAR WOULDN'T TURN OFF AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION TO OFF. THE SECOND FAULTY IGNITION HAS NOW AFFECTED THE SAFE OPERATION OF MY AIRBAGS WHICH, SHOULD I HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER AIRBAG WILL NOT EVEN OPEN. I FEEL GMC SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY SENSOR. SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO ME BEFORE THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED, I HAVE ESCALATED THIS INFORMATION TO MY FAMILY AND LEGAL COUNSEL. *TR

AIR BAG FAULT LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY ADVISED IT WAS THE SENSOR MODULE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS FAILED NO RECALLS AND NO WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ON A PART THAT HAS FAILED ON EVERY SOLSTICE I AM AWARE OF , THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BY GM OR DO MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INJURED BEFORE THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT! SEEMS TO BE A MONEY GRAB BY THE DEALERS AS THEY CHARGE $900 + WHEN THE PART IS A $ 350 ITEM NOT IMPRESSED BY GM. *TR

MY FATHER-IN-LAW,[XXX] RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH TO HAVE HIS IGNITION REPLACED BY GM DUE TO FAULTY SWITCHES. HE HAS GONE IN MONTHLY SINCE THEN AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS. IN THE MEANTIME HE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM. HE IS 84 YEARS OLD AND FEELS LIKE GM IS GIVING HIM THE RUNAROUND. THE DEALER IS VALLEY AUBURN BUICK GMC IN AUBURN, WA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SERVICE SRS LIGHT CAME ON, FAULTY AIRBAG SENSORS IN PASSENGER SEAT. VERY COMMON FAILURE FOR KAPPA VEHICLES. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR

REAR DIFF HAS LEAK AFTER 22000 MILES THE SAME AS THE 06/07'S. CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT RANDOMLY TURNS ON WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. *TR

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO DIAGNOSIS. THE WARNING LIGHT WAS RESET. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. THE VEHICLE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,500.

THEY IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE CAR KEPT RUNNING EVEN WHEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. *TR