Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Pontiac G5 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
The contact owned a 2009 Pontiac G5. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 14V047000 (Air Bags, Electrical System) and 14V171000 (Electrical System). The contact requested to be removed from the recall distribution list. The local dealer and manufacturer were contacted and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance.
FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THE CHECK AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND WON'T GO OFF. I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NO RECALL INFORMATION ON IT. NOT SURE WHERE TO GO AFTER THAT. ALSO I HAD A RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID ITS NOT THE RECALL. MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. SO THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. JUST WONDERING WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?
STARTED CAR (2009 PONTIAC G5) WITH 55,907 MILEAGE MORNING OF 02/15/2015 AND VEHICLE DISPLAYED "SERVICE AIR BAG" AND SHOWED RED AIRBAG DASH SYMBOL WHICH DID NOT TURN OFF INDICATING AIRBAGS WERE OFF AND WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. CAR ALSO DISPLAYS "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" EVEN IN THE INSTANCE THERE IS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERYDAY FOR THE LAST WEEK. I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE EVEN AFTER IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED WITH THE RECENT RECALL. I WAS NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THAT SYSTEM WAS REPLACED SO I'M THINKING THERE IS A CONNECTION THAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE TO OCCUR. BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE NEVER GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS VEHICLE HAVE GOTTEN INTO ACCIDENTS WHERE THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED AT ALL. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS IT HAS CAUSED MANY INJURIES AND DEATHS. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
2009 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
2009 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PARTS NOT AVAILABLE AT DEALERSHIP. *SMD
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A TRAILER THAT HAD DETACHED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.
WHILE WAITING FOR THE RECALL PARTS TO COME IN FOR MY PONTIAC I WAS THE VICTIM IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN WHICH MY AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE SPEED OF IMPACT WAS BETWEEN 35-40 MPH WHEN I HIT HEAD ON. AT MY DOCTOR VISIT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE WHIPLASH IN WHICH I HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK AS WELL. I WANTED TO BRING THIS DEFECT TO YOUR ATTENTION IN CASE YOU CAN FIX THIS DEFECT BEFORE THERE ARE ANY OTHER VICTIMS INVOLVED. I'M NOW VERY SCARED TO GET BACK IN THE CAR I HAVE WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT DUTTON MOTOR CO IN RIVERSIDE AWAITING IT'S TREMENDOUS REPAIRS ALTHOUGH THE AIR BAGS ARE STILL IN TACT. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR ME OR ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BUMPS, BRUISES AND LACERATIONS TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE FACILITY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE IMPACT. THERE WERE TWO RECALLS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE CONSEQUENCE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.
I WAS T-BONED AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAD NUMEROUS INDICATIONS FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO CHECK THE AIRBAGS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2009 AND AT LEAST THREE TIMES I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY CHECKED AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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