2007 PONTIAC TORRENT Complaints

CANNOT REMOVE IGNITION KEY WHEN CAR IS PARKED WITH SHIFTER IN PARK POSITION. KEY CAN GO NO FURTHER THAN ACCESSORIES. AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES KEY IS EVENTUALLY RELEASED. THIS SEVERAL MINUTE DELAY COMPELS ME TO SOMETIME WALK AWAY WITH THE KEY IN THE ACCESSORIES POSITION AND THE CAR UNLOCKED. I HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER WHICH WAS NO HELP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

YEARS AGO WE STARTED SMELLING GASOLINE AROUND THE VEHICLE, WE ASSUMED THAT WAS NORMAL, BUT TWO MONTHS AGO THE ODOR STARTED SMELLING EVEN INSIDE THE CAR CAUSING US HEADACHES. I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, I FOUND NOTHING; LATER I DECIDED TO INSPECT UNDER THE CAR. IT WAS THEN THAT I NOTICED FUEL WAS COMING OUT FROM THE UPPER SIDE OF THE TANK FUEL DOWN INTO THE WIRING CONNECTORS, WHICH WERE SOAKED IN FUEL. AT THIS POINT I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR.

VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE RAW GASOLINE AND LEAKS FUEL IF TANK IS FILLED --NOTICEABLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE --WHEN STORED IN GARAGE THE WHOLE AREA SMELLS LIKE RAW GASOLINE--THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ISSUE OF THE CRACKED FUEL LINE FROM THE TANK--WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2016 FROM THE GM DEALER IN WAHOO SID DILLON IT WAS USED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 217,059.

ON 11/5/17 MY 2007 PONTIAC STEERING LOCKED AND I WAS IN A MAJOR CAR CRASH. THE STEERING LOCKED AS I TRIED TO LEAVE A GAS STATION AFTER GIVING A STRANDED PERSON A JUMP. I TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. PROCEEDED HOME AND GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 45 MINUTES THE STEERING LOCKED AGAIN AS I WAS CHANGING LANES, I HIT THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND MY CAR LOST CONTROL. MY CAR WENT ACROSS LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND FLIPPED AND RAN OFF THE ROAD.

THE LAST 2 MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A DECREASE IN POWER WHEN I AM ON THE FREEWAY TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR SHAKES DUE TO THE LOSS IN POWER. I NOTICED THERE WAS A PAST RECALL FOR FUEL PUMP ISSUES.

THERE IS FUEL LEAKING FROM SOMEWHERE ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK OR THE GENERAL AREA AND DRIPPING TO THE GROUND. IT LEAKS WHILE IN MOTION AND ALSO PARKED

GAS LEAK I CANT LOCATE BUT FILLS THE CAR WITH VERY STRONG GAS FUMES AND CAN ALSO BE SPELLED AS YOU APPROACH THE VEHICLE (APPROX.5 YARDS AWAY). THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE AND NO ONE CAN FIND A LEAK BUT CAN SMELL THE GAS ODOR STRONG. I PURCHASED A NEW GAS CAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP EITHER. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE ISSUE I AM HAVING BUT THE DEALERS TELL ME THAT SINCE I AM NOT IN THE STATES LISTED I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY TO FIX MYSELF; WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD AND IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION FOR MYSELF AND MY 2 1 YEAR OLD GRANDCHILDREN. I NEED HELP PLEASE

PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR IS FAULTY. IGNITION SWITCH IS LOSE. GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING TRACTION CONTROL STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ARE ALL ON. LOSES POWER AND DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE SOMETIMES.

THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING STARTING AT BETWEEN 35-50 MPH AND ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. IT ALSO DOES IT AT AROUND 65 MPH. IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T WANTING TO CHANGE GEARS. THIS ISSUE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I AM ACCELERATING SLOWLY. IF IT STARTS HAPPENING, AND I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL DOWN A BIT FURTHER, THE CAR REVS UP PAST THE PROBLEMATIC SPEED AND IS FINE. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED, THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED, AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED. NONE OF THESE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.