Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 07/01/2008 | 15000 | ||
| This car has electrical problem every year!!!! the passenger windows won't work and the car won't start this happens every few weeks!!!! | |||
| 08/04/2012 | 43000 | 1 | |
| The stabilitrak and traction control warnings started coming on last august 2012. the vehicle stayed parked most of 2012 since the problem persist and we didn't have means to pay for a repair like that. we got a letter in october 2012 about a recall due to a faulty plastic part on the fuel tank. we had that replaced and thought the warnings would go away but they haven't. i went back to work in january 2013, and the problem has only gotten worst! this is our primary car now and it's scary when you have two kids in the vehicle and the engine power is reduced while on the freeway! we almost got into a number of accidents because of this problem. just today 02/25/2013, the vehicle started feeling like it was going to die. i had to pull over on the freeway, turn off the car and wait for it to settle down. the vehicle started up as if nothing happened. there is no reason why this should happen in california when the weather conditions are no where near triggering the controls. i've read a lot of reviews of other consumers having the same problem with their 2007 pontiac torrent and i hope gm is prepared for another recall! *tr | |||
| 08/04/2012 | 43000 | ||
| The stabilitrak and traction control warnings started coming on last august 2012. the vehicle stayed parked most of 2012 since the problem presist and we didn't have means to pay for a repair like that. we got a letter in october 2012 about a recall due to a faulty plastic part on the fuel tank. we had that replaced and thought the warnings would go away but they haven't. i went back to work in january 2013, and the problem has only gotten worst! this is our primary car now and it's scary when you have two kids in the vehicle and the engine power is reduced while on the freeway! we almost got into a number of accidents because of this problem. just today 02/25/2013, the vehicle started feeling like it was going to die. i had to pull over on the freeway, turn off the car and wait for it to settle down. the vehicle started up as if nothing happened. there is no reason why this should happen in california when the weather conditions are no where near triggering the controls. i've read a lot of reviews of other consumers having the same problem with their 2007 pontiac torrent and i hope gm is prepared for another recall! | |||
| 05/21/2012 | 1 | ||
| My car started stalling when driving, then after that i started smelling heavy gas fumes while driving and when car is parked its smells like gas really strong. *tr | |||
| 05/21/2012 | |||
| My car started stalling when driving, then after that i started smelling heavy gas fumes while driving and when car is parked its smells like gas really strong | |||
| 12/31/2009 | 29000 | ||
| For approx.2 year i have been having numerous problems with the stabiltrak, abs, and check engine lights coming on. i have had it to the dealer mulitiple times with no resolution. i recently got it back again 2 weeks ago following repair. i now have an issue with the vehicle skipping out and jerking the car like it wants to quit when getting to a speed of 35 to 40 mph. it is again in the shop for repair. i was told that the problem 2 weeks ago was a spark plug and wire, and had to pay to get it fixed, and it is still not repaired. i have been taking this vehicle in for repair for 2 years while it was still under warranty and now it is in the extended warranty which there is a deductible each time. this should have been resolved a long time ago and it is still not repaired. there is only 36500 miles on this car and should not be having such severe issues. why has this not been recalled? it appears many customers are having the same issues for some time now. | |||
| 09/05/2011 | |||
| After driving the stabliltrak comes on, traction comes on, powering engine down comes on..vehicle lose power | |||
| 09/03/2010 | 132000 | ||
| I had a 2007 torrent. in 2010 i had replaced 3 wheel bearings, breaks,and in feburary my power steering module went out. this was the first time. i got in my car to leave a friends and i could not turn my wheel. took it to a dealer and they said the electric power steering module went out. costed 870 and the day they were done fixing that a massive recall was done on most gmc cars for electril power steering modules except mine. about 6 months later i was driving to work and my power steering went out again except this time i was driving around a corner. this locked up my tires and sent me into a ditch sides ways which caused my car to rollover 3 times before it landed and stopped moving. during this my driver side door also came open on impact and the entire floor of the trunk part flew over the back sit and would of landed on my kids if i had not just dropped them off. it would of broke there necks the way it is just laying there not secured to nothing. i needed up with a seperated shoulder, permantate damage to my back and neck. was out of work for about 3 months and my car was completely totalled by my insurance company. no airbags deployed and the windshield didnt shatter but instead caved in like a spike only inches away from stabbing my face. this car is a death trap. i did everything in my power to keep this car safe and nothing i did worked. it needs to be pulled of the market. | |||
| 12/08/2010 | 57198 | ||
| 2007 pontiac torrent awd. having failure of abs, stabil-trac system, awd. problem is intermittent. occurs randomly. dealer said it was an electrical problem however, all of their solutions have yet to fix the issue. problem has been occurring since sept 2010, dealership has had car 3 times, and has not resolved. the latest incident occurred while going down a steep hill, and the failure occurred, the car slid down the hill (no abs, no awd, no stability control), almost hit another car at the bottom of the hill due to the failure of the above. | |||
| 09/21/2010 | 200 | ||
| I have a 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) that experiences wild engine / transmission / braking behavior during rain storms. the behavior is the engine cut-out + antilock brakes all at once, all four tires while driving on the highway in rain. it has happened about 20 times, i have had the car since new and it has 89,000 miles on it now. this is the first year of stability control in this vehical and i have brought it into the dealer several times and they cannot fix it. the mechanic said they get about one complaint a week like mine, and gm refuses to issue updated software for the stability control, howeve the mechanic said he knows there is a fix for the 2009 cars. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 49640 | ||
| On the evening of 10/28/10 started the my 2007 pontiac torrent to put into the garage for the evening. i started the car and the traction control off notice appeared on my driver information center. i thought i might have bumped it since it is located just left of the prndl shift. i pushed the button to turn it back on and immediately the service traction control warning light came on. i thought i would just take into the dealer on monday. i then shifted the car to drive and now realized i had no power steering at all. definitely would be headed to the dealer on monday. did not drive the vehicle the rest of the weekend as i believed it was a safety issue. monday made the dealer aware that i would be bringing in and why. at noon time started the vehicle to take to the dealer and all operations were fine. called the dealer and said the car was now operating ok. service told me that we would call one time a fluke but if it happened again get the vehicle in and they would look for the fault codes to try and figure out what happened. i agreed to do this but decided to look up issues on the internet. after finding mention of this same exact problem i did not feel good and wondered what would have happened if i had been at highway speeds when this occured? i then decided to file this complaint. i will be taking the car in for a dealer visit prior to it happening again. | |||
| 09/21/2010 | 200 | ||
| I have a 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) that experiences wild engine / transmission / braking behavior during rain storms. the behavior is the engine cut-out + antilock brakes all at once, all four tires while driving on the highway in rain. it has happened about 20 times, i have had the car since new and it has 89,000 miles on it now. this is the first year of stability control in this vehical and i have brought it into the dealer several times and they cannot fix it. the mechanic said they get about one complaint a week like mine, and gm refuses to issue updated software for the stability control, howeve the mechanic said he knows there is a fix for the 2009 cars. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 49640 | ||
| On the evening of 10/28/10 started the my 2007 pontiac torrent to put into the garage for the evening. i started the car and the traction control off notice appeared on my driver information center. i thought i might have bumped it since it is located just left of the prndl shift. i pushed the button to turn it back on and immediately the service traction control warning light came on. i thought i would just take into the dealer on monday. i then shifted the car to drive and now realized i had no power steering at all. definitely would be headed to the dealer on monday. did not drive the vehicle the rest of the weekend as i believed it was a safety issue. monday made the dealer aware that i would be bringing in and why. at noon time started the vehicle to take to the dealer and all operations were fine. called the dealer and said the car was now operating ok. service told me that we would call one time a fluke but if it happened again get the vehicle in and they would look for the fault codes to try and figure out what happened. i agreed to do this but decided to look up issues on the internet. after finding mention of this same exact problem i did not feel good and wondered what would have happened if i had been at highway speeds when this occured? i then decided to file this complaint. i will be taking the car in for a dealer visit prior to it happening again. | |||
| 09/21/2010 | 200 | ||
| I have a 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) that experiences wild engine / transmission / braking behavior during rain storms. the behavior is the engine cut-out + antilock brakes all at once, all four tires while driving on the highway in rain. it has happened about 20 times, i have had the car since new and it has 89,000 miles on it now. this is the first year of stability control in this vehical and i have brought it into the dealer several times and they cannot fix it. the mechanic said they get about one complaint a week like mine, and gm refuses to issue updated software for the stability control, howeve the mechanic said he knows there is a fix for the 2009 cars. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 49640 | ||
| On the evening of 10/28/10 started the my 2007 pontiac torrent to put into the garage for the evening. i started the car and the traction control off notice appeared on my driver information center. i thought i might have bumped it since it is located just left of the prndl shift. i pushed the button to turn it back on and immediately the service traction control warning light came on. i thought i would just take into the dealer on monday. i then shifted the car to drive and now realized i had no power steering at all. definitely would be headed to the dealer on monday. did not drive the vehicle the rest of the weekend as i believed it was a safety issue. monday made the dealer aware that i would be bringing in and why. at noon time started the vehicle to take to the dealer and all operations were fine. called the dealer and said the car was now operating ok. service told me that we would call one time a fluke but if it happened again get the vehicle in and they would look for the fault codes to try and figure out what happened. i agreed to do this but decided to look up issues on the internet. after finding mention of this same exact problem i did not feel good and wondered what would have happened if i had been at highway speeds when this occured? i then decided to file this complaint. i will be taking the car in for a dealer visit prior to it happening again. | |||
| 09/21/2010 | 200 | ||
| I have a 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) that experiences wild engine / transmission / braking behavior during rain storms. the behavior is the engine cut-out + antilock brakes all at once, all four tires while driving on the highway in rain. it has happened about 20 times, i have had the car since new and it has 89,000 miles on it now. this is the first year of stability control in this vehical and i have brought it into the dealer several times and they cannot fix it. the mechanic said they get about one complaint a week like mine, and gm refuses to issue updated software for the stability control, howeve the mechanic said he knows there is a fix for the 2009 cars. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 49640 | ||
| On the evening of 10/28/10 started the my 2007 pontiac torrent to put into the garage for the evening. i started the car and the traction control off notice appeared on my driver information center. i thought i might have bumped it since it is located just left of the prndl shift. i pushed the button to turn it back on and immediately the service traction control warning light came on. i thought i would just take into the dealer on monday. i then shifted the car to drive and now realized i had no power steering at all. definitely would be headed to the dealer on monday. did not drive the vehicle the rest of the weekend as i believed it was a safety issue. monday made the dealer aware that i would be bringing in and why. at noon time started the vehicle to take to the dealer and all operations were fine. called the dealer and said the car was now operating ok. service told me that we would call one time a fluke but if it happened again get the vehicle in and they would look for the fault codes to try and figure out what happened. i agreed to do this but decided to look up issues on the internet. after finding mention of this same exact problem i did not feel good and wondered what would have happened if i had been at highway speeds when this occured? i then decided to file this complaint. i will be taking the car in for a dealer visit prior to it happening again. | |||
| 09/21/2010 | 200 | ||
| I have a 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) that experiences wild engine / transmission / braking behavior during rain storms. the behavior is the engine cut-out + antilock brakes all at once, all four tires while driving on the highway in rain. it has happened about 20 times, i have had the car since new and it has 89,000 miles on it now. this is the first year of stability control in this vehical and i have brought it into the dealer several times and they cannot fix it. the mechanic said they get about one complaint a week like mine, and gm refuses to issue updated software for the stability control, howeve the mechanic said he knows there is a fix for the 2009 cars. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 49640 | ||
| On the evening of 10/28/10 started the my 2007 pontiac torrent to put into the garage for the evening. i started the car and the traction control off notice appeared on my driver information center. i thought i might have bumped it since it is located just left of the prndl shift. i pushed the button to turn it back on and immediately the service traction control warning light came on. i thought i would just take into the dealer on monday. i then shifted the car to drive and now realized i had no power steering at all. definitely would be headed to the dealer on monday. did not drive the vehicle the rest of the weekend as i believed it was a safety issue. monday made the dealer aware that i would be bringing in and why. at noon time started the vehicle to take to the dealer and all operations were fine. called the dealer and said the car was now operating ok. service told me that we would call one time a fluke but if it happened again get the vehicle in and they would look for the fault codes to try and figure out what happened. i agreed to do this but decided to look up issues on the internet. after finding mention of this same exact problem i did not feel good and wondered what would have happened if i had been at highway speeds when this occured? i then decided to file this complaint. i will be taking the car in for a dealer visit prior to it happening again. | |||
| 10/27/2010 | 56800 | ||
| On the morning of oct.27, 2010 while my husband was trying to leave from pt and come home of post the car would not start (pontiac torrent) he had to have it jumped just to start it. after the car turned over he found that there was no power streeing. he managed to get it to the dealers that we have bought it from to see what the problem/s were. we now have no car for work doctors and to get the things we need. the car (pontiac torrnet) is now at the dealership to see whats wrong and if they can fix the problem. | |||
| 04/18/2009 | 58000 | 1 | |
| 2007 pontiac torrent- lost power steering without warning. started vehicle and there was no power steering. dealership advised that the electronic power steering had gone out and that the entire steering column must be replaced but that it was not covered by warranty. vehicle was repaired by third party by replacing the power steering module. also the stabili- trac warning continues to come on as well as disabling itself while driving the vehicle. *tr | |||
| 05/12/2007 | 120 | 1 | |
| 2007 pontiac torrent (chevrolet equinox) shutters and abs brakes malfunction during heavy rain storms. shuttering feeling is very pronounced, entire drive train shakes. this complaint is similar or identical to opi # 10230804 and 10211398. it has occurred since the car was new, about 20 times, car now has 51,000 miles. multiple dealer returns could not duplicate. *tr | |||
| 07/16/2007 | 500 | 4 | 07/09/2007 |
| The date is the first incident, had several after that. i owned the vehicle 8 days when the stabilization, traction control, anti-lock brake lights came on, so i took it to the dealer, they said it was a speed sensor, they would order part. i took it back to get it fixed, 30 minutes later same problem again, lights came on, so i went back, they assured me they fixed it and it was a quote lights only issue. a month later took it back again and low and behold the same code came up again, so either they fixed a bad part with a bad part or else they didn't really fix it. it also had been running in all wheel drive the whole time, which they told me it wasn't the first time. i still didn't feel safe so took it to a different dealer and they checked and said the steering computer needed reprogrammed, but on mygmlink.com it said they replaced the steering computer and the gas cap. here it is 02/06/08 and another issue came up, dead battery. *tr | |||