Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 03/03/2011 | 77000 | ||
| Purchased pontiac 2008 g5 coupe brand new in 2008. in 2011 i was informed by a coworker that i was driving into work with my brake lights on all the way. he also mentioned that when it looked like i tried to apply the brakes i would have no brake lights on at all. it seemed that my brake lights worked in reverse. this was an intermittent electronic problem that was hard for the dealership to replicate. eventually, they replaced the brake light switch. however, no one ever stopped to mention to me that my pontiac g5 2008 was still having the problem. in 2012 once again a different co worker informed me of the same problem as they traveled behind me into work. the dealership decided that they installed an defected brake light switch and replaced it. a year later the same problem in 2013 by another co worker that my brake lights stay on and when i apply my brakes i have no brake lights at all. i have scheduled another appointment to get another brake light switch installed again for march 19, 2013. this is a serious safety issue that needs to be addressed along with a recall it also seems to show up in pontiac g6 as well. i don't want to be blinding people with my brake lights or confusing them especially in bad weather. the pontiac g5 should be able to have a operating feature such as brake lights when brakes are being applied. i do not wish to be killed in an accident or cause one because of this issue, my brake lights should be working properly so that people behind me know that i'm slowing down or stopping before they rear end me. it seems that replacing the brake light which may not be helping at all. by human nature not to many people will put forth the extra effort to confront an individual to inform them that there vehicle has a malfunction they just want to go about there own busy schedules so who knows how long this brake light issue has really been going on. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 06/22/2008 | 1 | ||
| Approaching a busy intersection, my pontiac g5's brakes failed to work. i could tell the hydraulics systems was working as i could hear metal on metal but it did nothing to slow down the vehicle. the vehicle's cdr showed the vehicle accelerating at full throttle although i know my foot was on the brake pedal as evidenced by the metal on metal sound. plus a witness saw smoke coming from my vehicle. i was able to turn prior to going through the intersection and aimed for a fire hydrant to try to slow down. it did nothing to slow the vehicle, i tried to turn right to join the traffic direction, but the steering did not work. i then hit another vehicle. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 06/15/2009 | 5000 | 1 | |
| Paul mutersbaugh's 2008 pontiac g-5 was t-boned. he remembers trying to stop the car by pressing the brake, to no avail. the air bags in the back seat did not deploy. after impact, the car caught on fire. the fire spread so quickly that there was only enough time to get the occupants from the back seat out. not even enough time to save anything in the car. the car burnt to the ground. nothing but a shell is left. i met a gentleman at the las vegas truck show on june 25th. he said you could send someone out to look at the car to see what happened. the insurance carrier is keeping the car at: copart salvage yard, lot 13749849, 1475 bluff city blvd., elgin, il. 60120. we would greatly appreciate someone verifying that the air bags did not deploy, the car should never have burnt to the ground with out something being defective with the car and to see if the brakes failed. thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter. *tr | |||