2009 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Complaints

PURCHASED USED 2009 SOLSTICE ON 9/30/13. PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH PREVIOUS OWNER BUT MOSSY MOTORS, NEW ORLEANS,LA SAID MOST LIKELY MINOR PROBLEM. ANY TIME BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR MOVING 0 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON MANY TIMES INTERMITTENTLY, ALONG WITH THE RED WARNING SEATBELT LIGHT. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS DRIVER OR PASSENGER. I DO KNOW THAT PREVIOUS OWNER HAD SAME PROBLEM AS PER CAR FAX. I AM UNSURE IF MOSSY MOTORS IN NEW ORLEANS WILL FIX IT. SMALL CAR WITHOUT AIRBAG PROTECTION AND SEATBELT DEFAULT SPELLS FATALITY IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. GM SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THIS CAR AS THEY HAVE RECALLED SOME 300,000 FOR LIKE AIR BAG/SEATBELT DEFAULTS. THE INTERNET DISCUSSIONS FOR LIKE SOLSTICE PROBLEMS IS INCREDIBLY HIGH WITH REPAIR COSTS THAT ARE NOT AFFORDABLE. PLEASE DO AS YOUR WEB PAGE STATES AND INVESTIGATE THIS SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

RECEIVED A "SERVICE AIR BAG" NOTICE ON THE DASH. IT IS NOT TRIGGERED EVERY TIME THE CAR RUNS BUT IN READING FORUMS TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN BIGGER ISSUE DATING BACK TO 2011. MORE AND MORE SOLSTICE AND SATURN SKY CAR OWNERS ARE ASKING THIS SAME QUESTION. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR CONTROL UNIT UNDER THE SEAT BUT THE FIX IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SEAT. ANY RECALL FOR THIS WOULD BE SAFER FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHERS AS WELL. THANK YOU *TR

PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR NOT FUNCTIONING. SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING STAYS ON AS WELL AS IDIOT LIGHT ON DASH. LIGHT ON DASH INDICATES PASSENGER AIRBAG IS NOT ACTIVATED. TRAVELING ALONG FREEWAY AND SENSOR APPEARED TO BE WORKING FINE AND THEN LIGHTS AND WARNING WENT ON. CONTINUED TRAVELING AND ONE TIME IT STARTED FUNCTIONING AND THEN WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER MAYBE FIVE MINUTES. TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 4,000 MILES, BECAUSE WE WERE ON VACATION, AND MY WIFE DID NOT AND DOES NOT HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING HER AIRBAG FUNCTIONAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS PRESENT AND THE OCCUPANT'S WEIGHT WAS 125 POUNDS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FRONT SEAT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN WHICH A TROUBLE CODE WAS NOT DETECTED; HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS DUPLICATED INVOLVING THE AIR BAG INDICATOR MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,700. UPDATED 11/28/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE/ADVISOR WAS ASKED TO SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE AIR BAG ON/OFF SIGNALED OFF. UPDATED