2006 Pontiac Torrent Airbags Problems

AIRBAG LIGHT IS STAYING ON

NHTSA ID

10950427

Incident

Apr 1, 2012

MY DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON THE EVENING OF 11/9/16 IN THE RAIN IN AN "S" CURVE, SLIDING INTO AND HITTING A TREE. THE ACCIDENT WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH FOR THE CAR TO BE TOTALED; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY FOR HER NOR THE PASSENGER. THEY BOTH SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES TO THE HEAD DUE TO THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. MY CONCERN IS TO REPORT THE DEFECT. THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY VIN.

NHTSA ID

10925561

Incident

Nov 9, 2016

Mileage

210,000 mi

I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY AND I HIT HER FROM BEHIND. MY FRONT END HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE, TO THE POINT THAT MY RADIATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID. I AM UNSURE HOW FAST WE WERE TRAVELING, I WILL SAY AROUND 30 MPH. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA ID

10761856

Incident

Sep 4, 2015

Mileage

136,534 mi

AFTER SWERVING TO MISS A DUMP TRUCK WHO SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES, MY VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, THROUGH THE MEDIAN, CROSSED BOTH NORTH BOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC (MIRACULOUSLY NOT HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE) AND SLAMMED HEAD FIRST INTO THE GUARDRAIL. THANKFULLY I DID NOT GET BADLY HURT (JUST RASH BURN FROM MY SEATBELT AND WHIPLASH) BUT I WAS VERY SURPRISED, AND VERY CONCERNED, THAT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAD TO HAVE HIT THE GUARDRAIL GOING AT LEAST 50 OR 60 MPH. LUCKILY THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT AS BAD AS IT MOST CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEEN, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT OTHER FOLKS WHO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE HAVE WORKING AIR BAGS THAT WOULD DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DISHEARTENING THAT MINE FAILED TO WORK FOR ME. NEEDLESS-TO-SAY, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE ELSE! *TR

NHTSA ID

10640280

Incident

Sep 30, 2014

Mileage

210,000 mi

THE AIRBAG LIGHT JUST CAME ON WHEN WE TURNED THE IGNITION ON. *TR

NHTSA ID

10594476

Incident

Jul 4, 2012

Mileage

62,295 mi

ON CHRISTMAS EVE OF 2013 AT ABOUT 5:45PM GOING WEST ON 7MILES RD GOING INTO THE LEFT TURNING LANE BEGINNING TO PROCEED TO LIGHT A VAN CAME THROUGH THE TRAFFIC TWO LANES OVER FROM RIGHT CAME AT ANGLE FROM MOBILE GASTATION CUTTING THROUGH TRAFFIC HE LIKE MET ALMOST HEAD-ON HIT THE FRONT OF TRUCK AND CONTINUED MAKING HIS LEFT GOING EAST ON 7MILES RD CLEARLY HIT AND RUN ME AND THREE OTHER WERE HURT AND I NOTICED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THAT TRUCK STATES THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED FROM THE IMPACT RANGE 11 TO17 MPH I CONTACT ACTED GENERAL MOTORS THEY CHECKED THE EDR BASICALLY THEY STATED THEIR NOT AT FAULT THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH IMPACT FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10573903

Incident

Dec 24, 2013

Mileage

172,450 mi

I PARKED OUR CAR IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WHEN I WENT TO GET IN IT ON SUNDAY MORNING THE WHOLE INSIDE WITH COVERED IN YELLOW DUST. THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT WAS OPEN BUT THE DASH WAS INTACT. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPT AND ALONG WITH THE HAZ MAT TEAM FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY DETERMINED THAT IS WAS THE AIR BAG AND SOMEHOW IT EXPLODED AND RIPPED OPEN WITHIN THE DASH CAUSING ALL THE DUST THAT WAS INSIDE OF IT TO COME OUT THROUGH THE VENTS AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. MY ENTIRE CAR ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK WINDOWS IS COVERED BY THIS POWDER. ALSO WHEN THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER LOOKED AT IT HE STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS NOT SHOWING THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG! THIS IS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC! MY AUTO INSURANCE IS NOT GOING TO COVER IT AS IT IS MECHANICAL AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM PONTIAC. *TR UPDATED 09/05/12*LJ UPDATED 09/10/2012 *JS

NHTSA ID

10472774

Incident

Aug 26, 2012

Mileage

115,000 mi

2006 PONTIAC TORRENT DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING REAR COLLISION. WIRES IN DRIVERS DOOR WERE BROKEN WHICH SEEMS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. NOT SURE IF THESE WIRES CONTROL AIRBAG OR NOT BUT POWER WINDOWS AND DOORS STOPPED WORKING, VARIOUS DASH LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES. THE WIRING HARNESS APPEARS TO BE INSTALLED TOO TIGHTLY CAUSING THE WIRES TO STRETCH WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED AND CLOSED. GOOGLE "2006 PONTIAC TORRENT WIRING HARNESS" TO FIND THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. *TR

NHTSA ID

10384454

Incident

Oct 24, 2010

Mileage

57,000 mi

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT, THAT IS/WAS DRIVEN BY MY SON WHO WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE HIGHWAY HE WAS DRIVING ON HAS A SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH, WITH A LENIENCY OF GOING 70 MPH. WELL THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF REPAVING THE HIGHWAY, WELL NOT ALL OF THE REPAVING WAS DONE ESPECIALLY GETTING ONTO THE OFF RAMP WHICH HAS A HIGH 2-3 INCH DROP OFF OF ASPHALT. APPROX. 1/4 MILE OF THE HIGHWAY GETTING ONTO THE OFF RAMP WHICH WAS NOT PAVED COMPLETELY STILL HAVING THE 2-3 INCH DROP OFF OF ASPHALT. WHILE MY SON WAS CROSSING OVER TO GET ONTO THE OFF RAMP, THE PAVED DROP OFF GRABBED ONE OR BOTH OF THE LEFT DRIVER TIRES, WHICH CAUSED A STEERING AND CONTROL PROBLEM TO CAUSE HIM TO OVER CORRECT ONTO A GRASSY DIRT AREA ON HIS RIGHT. HE HIT A TIRE MARK THAT WAS LEFT THERE FROM OTHER ACCIDENTS IN THE SAME AREA WHILE THE DIRT WAS WET. AS HE HIT THIS PREVIOUS TIRE MARK, HE ROLLED THE CAR THREE TIMES. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT THANK GOD, AND HAVING HIS SEAT SLIGHTLY LEANED BACK THE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND PREVENTED HIM FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. HOWEVER, THE 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT HAS A ROLLOVER SENSOR THAT THE CAR HAS AS PART OF THE SECURITY PACKAGE, AS WELL AS ONSTAR. AS THE CAR ROLLED THE SENSOR DID NOT SENSE THE CAR ROLLING WHICH RESULTED IN NOT ONE OF THE AIR BAGS THIS CAR HAS WAS EVER DEPLOYED AT THE TIME OF CAR ROLLING TO PROTECT MY SON, WHICH WOULD BE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS AND SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE HEAD LINER HANGING AND THE AIR BAGS STILL ROLLED UP ON THE INSIDE. AND ONSTAR NEVER DETECTED THE ACCIDENT TO GET EMERGENCY HELP FOR MY SON. A BYSTANDER CALLED FOR HELP. THANKS TO GOD MY SON WAS ABLE TO WALK A WAY FROM HIS CAR WITH MILD INJURIES FROM HIM WEARING HIS SEAT BELT IN SPITE OF THE AIR BAGS AND ONSTAR NOT WORKING. THE PARAMEDICS WERE SURPRISED FROM LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE OF HIS CAR THAT MY SON WAS ABLE TO GET HIMSELF OUT AND WALK AWAY THANKS TO THE SEAT BELT. AS FOR THE CAR IT'S TOTALED BEYOND REPAIR. *NM

NHTSA ID

10171483

Incident

Oct 19, 2006

Mileage

14,200 mi

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THERE WAS A WOBBLE IN THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE CAR. THE CAR SUDDENLY SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY SON, WHO WAS DRIVING, WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED AND BURNED FROM THE AIR BAGS. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT BODY DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BODY SHOP THAT HAS THE CAR SAID THE RIGHT FRONT KNUCKLE BROKE THEREBY CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL OFF AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. OTHER ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IS A BENT FRAME AND BENT BRAKE CALIPERS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW FROM THE DEALER ON 4/29/06. *NM

NHTSA ID

10161025

Incident

May 29, 2006

Mileage

4,300 mi