Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE | |||||
| 0804 | 08/01/2004 | 10014405 | Colored instrument clusters. *nm | 05/02/2005 | |
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||||
| 09072004 | 09/07/2004 | 10013191 | Paint peeling from the front or rear fascias. *eh | 04/12/2005 | |
| 040842008 | 05/01/2004 | 10012608 | Headlamp aiming. *eh | 03/08/2005 | |
| 040858001 | 01/01/2004 | 10011140 | Wind rush noise from outside rear view mirrors. *tt | 01/03/2005 | |
| 3143 | 01/01/2004 | 10010112 | Paint peeling from the front or rear fascias. also to include pontiac gto 2005. *tc | 11/04/2004 | |
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||||
| 03292004 | 03/29/2004 | 10009193 | Owner complaint of a knocking noise from the rear of the vehicle during hard or aggressive accelerations or during manual shifts. bulletin 040309003 advises dealerships to install two rubber insulators above the rear cross member to correc | 09/17/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE | |||
| 07/06/2004 | 7 | 1 | 07/06/2004 |
| There is a silver trimming in the center of the dashboard that extends to the top of the dashboard until it touches the bottom of front windshield. this causes a reflection on half of the front windshield whether the vehicle is being driven in the day or night. this reduces the driver's visibility. there is no solution to correct this problem. *ak *nm | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 01/01/2010 | 1 | ||
| Both drivers and passenger doors leak water during a hard or extended rain. they leak to the point where the water overflows, soaking the floors, both front and back. carpeting soaked, producing a moldy odor. googled the issue and discovered it's a common problem for gto owners. there's no visible leaks and dealers will point that out to you. meanwhile, soaked, moldy carpeting & eventually rotting floorboards. *tr | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - HOOD | |||
| 10/08/2004 | 4500 | 1 | 10/08/2004 |
| I recently purchased a gm certified slightly used (4,500 miles )2004 pontiac gto i was given a 110 point inspection check list that noted items that had passed inspection and other details about the condition of vehicle. after looking over the list i negotiated a price and bought the car. within 10 days of purchase i found out what was wrong with the car. the hood had not been fully painted and in certain light you could see the primer gray. when i notified the dealer anderson chev. los gatos ca they said this was a warranty issue and had nothing to do with them even though they had inspected and passed the hood. when i took it to a pontiac dealer the service manager and body shop mgr. informed me that the only thing they could do was to repaint the hood. however it was advised that if the hood was repainted it would be more likely to chip and fade in time due to the fact that they cannot duplicate the factory paint job. i am now stuck between a rock and a hard place, live with the defective paint job or have it repainted and wait for paint problems to happen. this is not what i bargained for and is not a problem that i want to live with. a defect that cannot be fixed correctly. the dealer,and pontiac are trying to hold me to this car. is there any help for me in this case? *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - ROOF AND PILLARS | |||
| 01/25/2005 | 2800 | 1 | 11/08/2004 |
| The design of the roof puts it into too close proximity to the driver and passengers heads. the covering of this area is also extremely hard. i have encountered bumps that cause the car to rock sideways, and have consequently struck my head on this area of the roof that connects the a and b pillars. i've had to pull off the road to regain my senses before continuing on. also this roof area design prevents the use of the sun visor to block bright sunlight from the side window. the distance between ones head and the roof is insufficient to place the visor between ones head and the side window. i feel this is a serious design defect and it cannot be fixed. a softer covering would have helped lessen the blows to my head that i receive daily in this automobile. *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 04/18/2005 | 8000 | 1 | 09/13/2004 |
| Dt: the consumer won a vehicle in which she thought was new, however she was involved in a minor accident. when the consumer took the vehicle to have it repaired she was told there was no possible way that a minor accident could have caused so much damage. the consumer was told the frame was bent. *jb | |||