2006 PONTIAC TORRENT Complaints

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT MY HEATING SYSTEM STARTED GETTING INTERMITTENT THE END OF WINTER LAST YEAR 2011 I DID RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER IN. THE MAIL FROM GM ABOUT THERE HEARING SYSTEM SWITCH BUT NOTHING ABOUT THERE HEATING SYSTEM SEEMS LIKE AFTER READING UP ON THIS ISSUE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT IS HAVING HEARING SYSTEM PROBLEMS I SPOKE TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT THEY SAID THAT IF ITS NOT BE SWITCH ITS NOT HERE PROBLEM FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT GM HAS MORE THAN JUST A SWITCH PROBLEM !!!! THE ECONOMY SUCKS ENOUGH I CAN'T SPEND 1000'S OF DOLLARS TRYING TO ELIMINATE A OBVIOUSLY EXISTING PROBLEM !! WHO IS THERE TO BAIL OUT WHO? *TR

THE UPPER TAILGATE SPOILER FLEW OFF. THIS IS NOT AN ADDED ACCESSORY.THIS IS A HEAVY BODY COMPONENT. THERE WAS NO IMPACT THAT CAUSED IT. FORTUNATELY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE BEHIND ME WAS INJURED.I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS MISSING UNTIL I DISCOVERED IT DAYS LATER. I JUST WENT OUT ONE MORNING AND NOTICED IT WAS GONE. I HAVE READ ON LINE WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DANGEROUS AND I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST ON THE CHEVY EQUINOX AND PERHAPS MORE VEHICLES FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

BLENDER DOOR BROKEN, HVAC, HEATING & COOLING ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR, NO DEFROST!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE FUEL LINE. THE FUEL LINES WERE MADE WITH DEFECTIVE PLASTIC THAT WAS NOT HEAT RESISTANT, CAUSING THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE TO CRACK AND LEAK. THE FUEL PUMP AND LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUELPUMP). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

THE HEATER AND THE DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. I FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DURING THE WINTER TIME BECAUSE THE DEFROST DOES NOT WORK. EVERYONE ONLINE SAYS THE REPAIR IS AROUND $1200.00 BECAUSE OF HOW HARD IT IS TO GET TO THE PART. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL! *TR

AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT WORKING AND FAN ONLY BLOWS WARM AIR. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE TEMPERATURE AIR DOOR WAS BROKEN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ACTUATOR THAT MOVES THE DOOR OVEREXTENDS AND BREAKS THE DOOR. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VISIBILITY PROBLEM SINCE THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK. *TR

I PARKED OUR CAR IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WHEN I WENT TO GET IN IT ON SUNDAY MORNING THE WHOLE INSIDE WITH COVERED IN YELLOW DUST. THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT WAS OPEN BUT THE DASH WAS INTACT. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPT AND ALONG WITH THE HAZ MAT TEAM FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY DETERMINED THAT IS WAS THE AIR BAG AND SOMEHOW IT EXPLODED AND RIPPED OPEN WITHIN THE DASH CAUSING ALL THE DUST THAT WAS INSIDE OF IT TO COME OUT THROUGH THE VENTS AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. MY ENTIRE CAR ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK WINDOWS IS COVERED BY THIS POWDER. ALSO WHEN THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER LOOKED AT IT HE STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS NOT SHOWING THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG! THIS IS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC! MY AUTO INSURANCE IS NOT GOING TO COVER IT AS IT IS MECHANICAL AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM PONTIAC. *TR UPDATED 09/05/12*LJ UPDATED 09/10/2012 *JS

THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ACTUATOR THAT MOVES THE FLAP IN THE HEATER/AC CASE. THIS CAUSES THE HEAT NOT TO BE RELEASED INTO THE CAR, JUST COLD AIR. THIS ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT GM NEEDS TO SEE THIS ISSUE AS A FAULT OF THE PART. THE REPAIR FOR THIS UNIT REQUIRES COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE DASH BOARD. I HAVE GOTTEN QUOTES FROM 900-1500 TO REPAIR THIS PART AND THEY DO NOT SAY THAT ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD A STRONG FUEL SMELL AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED, I THINK THE FUEL CAP IS NOT GOOD ANYMORE AND I BOUGHT A NEW ONE, BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SMELL, I WAS CHECKING IN THE INTERNET IF SOMEBODY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND WITCH WAS MY SURPRISE, THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR YEAR 2006 AND 2007 HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM THAT MORE OF THE PEOPLE REPORT WHEN THEY WENT TO THE GMC,PONTIAC AND BUICK DEALER OR REPAIR SHOP, THEY FOUND THE FUEL LINE HAD CRACKED AT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL WAS SPRAYING FROM THE FRACTURE. *TR

HAVING TO REPLAY A ACUTOR THAT IS NO MORE THAN 145.00 IN MY VEHICLE THAT WILL COST ME A TOTAL OF 1200.00 IS NOT FAIR TO THE BUYER AND IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT G M SHOULD TAKE CARE OF. I WILL NOT BUY AND OTHER TORRENT AGAIN FROM G M OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE.THANK YOU. *JS