Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER | |||
| 05/15/2003 | 70000 | ||
| Engine. poor gasket/coolant design allowed coolant to leak into engine causing cam bearings to sieze causing my cam shaft to break. vehicle is still 1,500km away at a dealership who is currently replacing with new engine. my cost= engine+labour+extra week holiday for being stranded+plane ticket to return home {and to fly back to pick it up once everything is repaired} i checked the internet on a hunch and was absolutly amazed at the extreamly high amound of people having the same problem. the smacks of a bad design/ insufficient testing/ and cover-up on gm's part even with their bullitens for this available on the internet. | |||
| 12/15/2002 | 124000 | ||
| Heat & engine low coolant light on;heater blower inop at some speeds(replace intake gasket and blower fan resistor paint paint bubbled on hood transmission harsh shifting (faulty pressure control solenoid) wheel noise in bearing (replace wheel hub assembly) brakes a.b.s light always comes on(loose wires;disconnected wire faulty sensor)ongoing problem not fixed(rear wiper motor;passenger mirror keeps shifting;no heat control in position half window half floor | |||
| 07/15/2003 | 44982 | ||
| Intake manifold leaking coolant into the engine oil on my 3.4 liter engine. after complaining to pontiac & the bbb, gm offered to pay 50% of the repair cost. faulty oxygen sensor & leaking fuel pressure regulator oh december 16, 2003. since original complaint, keyless remote failed on 7/15/03 & seat belt pretensioner failed causing airbag light to go on, july 28, 2003 | |||
| 12/15/2002 | 35000 | ||
| Engine: intake manifold gasket leaking. i followed thru with a complaint to the bbb and to pontiac's 800 number. i was told i needed to have the van diagnosed at a gm dealer before anything could be done by pontiac. my dealer quality pontiac in cocoa, florida looked at the van and agreed the intake manifold gasket was leaking (november 2002). quality informed me it would be about $500 to repair. a phone call to pontiac's 800 # put pressure on the dealer and they performed the work for $100 plus extra for a coolant flush. the total was around $180. supposedly the work came with a 12 month 12000 mile warranty. i think the van had 58000 miles on it when this work was performed. looking back i have a feeling it started leaking earlier. today we have 70500 miles on the van and the check engine light is coming on. the codes indicate that engine cylinder 5 is misfiring. we had new spark plugs put in and will now try new spark plug wires. if that doesn't fix it then we may need to put in new fuel injectors. my complaints to date with this vehicles are: 1. original tires wore out at 24000 miles $500 2. battery died in the first two years. $0 3. drivers side seat belt retractor failed $ 156 - airbag light came on. 4. intake manifold gasket failed $180 5. sliding power door module failed 4 times. $0 6. front brakes drums warped at ~35000 miles $250. front rotors cut and pads replaced. 7. windshield buzzed from the day we bought it (2 years) and took us threatening the lemon law to get it fixed. | |||
| 10/01/1999 | |||
| Purchaused used (6 months old) have now owned auto for 2 years. at 38000 miles transmission starting shifting harsh at times, had to replace transmission. engine has started acting as if it is going to stall for no apparent reason. radio has been replaced 3-4 time, due to garbbled display. most recently however, i had door locks repaired, and was told that the wires to the locks were damaged due to the water intrusion caused by the air conditioning leak into the auto instead of outside the auto.*ak | |||
| 04/08/1999 | 3 | 12/01/1998 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||