2007 PONTIAC TORRENT Electronic Stability Control (esc) Problems

I'M DRIVING RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I PRESS MY BRAKES TO STOP , AND TURN ON MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT. I NOTICED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN GREEN SO I ACCELERATE AND TURN LEFT. WHILE ACCELERATE GENTLY I'M TURNING LEFT I REALIZED MY LEFT TIRE FELT STUCK AND I HEARD AND LITTLE WEIRD NOISE. I PROCEED DRIVING STRAIGHT I PRESS THE BRAKES BECAUSE THERE WAS VEHICLE ENTERING BY TURNING RIGHT AND DRIVING STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKESI CONTINUE DRIVING PRESSING THE GAS PETAL ACCELERATING TO 5 SPEED MY VEHICLE SLOW DOWN . I DECIDED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE JUST DROVE VERY SLOW. I DECIDED TO MAKE A QUICK RIGHT ON THE APPROACHING STREET WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE STOP IT JUST FROZE. I WENT AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD AND SEE AN CODE THAT'S SAYS STABILIZE TRAC AND OTHER CODES . I PARK THE VEHICLE AND TOOK THE KEYS OF THE KEY IGNITION AND INSERT THE KEYS BACK TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED SO , I DECIDED TO PARK THE CAR WHEN I DID PARK THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE END UP TURNING OFF . I WASN'T ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE ON. THE VEHICLE JUST WOULDN'T START ON. THERE IS A CODE STATING A STABILITY TRAK CODE ON THE DASHBOARD AND SOMETHING ABOUT THE BATTERY. I WAS VERY CONCERN BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER THAT'S 2YEARS OLD AND 11 MONTHS WAS WITH ME AND I HAD TO THINK FAST AND BE CAUTIOUS. I ENDS UP TOWING MY VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. THIS IS MY RELIABLE VEHICLE FOR ME AN MY DAUGHTER . IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME WITH MY SITUATION I CAN BE REACH AT EMAIL: [XXX], OR CONTACT: [XXX]. SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

ABS, STABILITRACK SERVICE/OFF, SERVICE ENGIN LIGHTS, NO WAY TO FIX!

Mileage: 162,000

THERE IS NO RECALLS ON MY TORRENT BUT MY CAR IN POWER REDUDE MODE AND I HAD IT FIXED THEN I CAME BACK A WEEK LATER AND STABILITYTRAK AND TRACKING CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS I FIX IT AND THEY COMES BACK

Mileage: 1,882,214

FUEL SMELL AFTER DRIVING. GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. STABILITRAX SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER THE CODE WAS CLEARED BY A CERTIFIED GM MECHANIC.

Mileage: 125,000

PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR IS FAULTY. IGNITION SWITCH IS LOSE. GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING TRACTION CONTROL STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ARE ALL ON. LOSES POWER AND DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE SOMETIMES.

Mileage: 100,400

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CAR IS CLICKING, THE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON, ABS LIGHT COMES ON, LIGHTS FLICKER AND THE CAR STALLS. WHEN DRIVING THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT OR LOCKS UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. IT HAD BEEN CONTINUING UNTIL THE CAR HAS BEEN ON FOR 20 OR SO MINUTES BUT NOW IT'S GOING ON FOR LONGER. IT'S VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AROUND.

Mileage: 15

AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR MANY MONTHS. IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE SERVICED SINCE THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WILL COST ABOUT $1000 TO RUN IT DOWN BUT THAT IT IS PROBABLY A SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. STABILITRAK SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT THE DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS APPEARED AT THE SAME TIME AS STABILITRAK LIGHT STARTED APPEARING. CHECK ENGINE CODE IS EGR VALUE NEEDS REPLACED. MY TORRENT HAS 144,000 MILES. FOR MANY MONTHS THE IGNITION WILL NOT TURN ALL THE WAY OFF MOST OF THE TIME. SOMETIMES IT TURNS OFF FINE AND OTHER TIMES I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SERIES OF CLICKS BEFORE IT WILL TURN OFF ALL THE WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A COMPUTER ISSUE OR AN IGNITION ISSUE.

Mileage: 144,000

THE PASSENGER SEAT MODULAR WAS REPLACED 7-20-2015. I KEPT OLD MODULAR. PASSENGER LITE WOULD COME ON RANDOMALY WHEN STOPPED WHEN MOVING WITH SOMEONE IN SEAT WHEN NO ONE IN SEAT.HAD SEAT REPROGRAMED MORE THAN ONCE. FINALLY HAD IT REPLACED AND IT HAS NEVER DONE IT AGAIN...THE PROBLEM STARTED IN EARLY 2015

Mileage: 136,523

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE A MONTH AGO AND IT WAS WORKING FINE. MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN THE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF AT RANDOM AND MY AIRBAG DOESN'T WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RANDOMLY. IT GOES ON AND OFF AND SAYS SERVICE AIRBAG, BUT OF COURSE WHEN I GET IT TO A MECHANIC, IT IS NOT HAPPENING AT THAT TIME SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY IN MY CAR. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS AND THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUES I AM EXPERIENCING WITH THE AIRBAG, BUT IT DOES NOT COVER MY VIN, APPARENTLY. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO WHEN THESE LIGHTS COME ON AND WHEN THINGS WORK AND WHEN THEY DON'T, IT IS COMPLETELY AT RANDOM.

Mileage: 180,000

"IGNITION SWITCH" I AM CONTINUALLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION SWITCH GETTING STUCK, IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES BUT THERE IS USUALLY A CLICK AND THEN IT RELEASES. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT I AM NOT SURE WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I HAVE READ ENOUGH REVIEWS THAT IT COULD NOT BE THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS IT THAT HAS TO BE REPAIRED SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO SINK TONS OF MONEY IN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE 176,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND I HAVE LOVED THIS CAR. IT IS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR, NOT PERFECT BUT A GREAT CAR. I THINK IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A FAULTY SPARK PLUG, A WINDOW MOTOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IT IS STILL SLUGGISH SO I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM. THE REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR HAS WENT OUT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT I NEED TO REPAIR ON THE IGNITION SO I CAN GET IT PROPERLY REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME AS I SEE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ITEMS REPAIRED AND IT WAS NOT REALLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STABLE TRACK CONTINUALLY COMING ON, IT WILL STAY ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT WILL TURN OFF AND THEN COME BACK ON AGAIN. THANK-YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Mileage: 140,000

SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAD CODE READ AT AUTOZONE. TOLD TO REPLACE EGR VALVE. STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON EVERY FEW DAYS SINCE AND THIS STILL HAPPENS NOW. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IN 4 MONTHS AND HAD TO REPLACE THE EGR VALVE AGAIN. SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT STILL COMES ON AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK AND WILL GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY.

Mileage: 100,000

THE AIR BAG FOR THE PASSENGER SET WILL TURN ON AND OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES. IT WILL BE OFF WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND ON WHEN NOBODY IS IN THE SEAT. IT DOES IT SITTING STILL AS WELL AS MOVING. THE TRACTION STABILIZER WILL TURN OFF WHEN IT IS DRY OUTSIDE AND I AM DRIVING. MY KEY WILL GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN PULL IT OUT.. I HAVE TO EITHER SIT IN MY CAR FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME OR I HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME AND RISK SOMEONE STEALING MY CAR.

Mileage: 137,523

BOUGHT IN 2012, HAD ABOUT 43K MILES ON IT. 2 YEARS AGO ISSUE WITH STABITRACK, TOOK TO AUTONOMY SHOP, SAID IT WAS A FUSE. PAID $400* TO REPLACE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ISSUES WITH STABITRACK AGAIN. ONE POINT THE TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED THE REDUCE POWER AND ENGINE CUTS OFF. THIS PAST WEEKEND IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WHEN THE ENGINE TURNS ON ITS A LOUD KNOCKING NOICE AND NOW THE SMELL OF OIL. TAKING IT TO A GM DEALER BECAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUES. IT HAS 113448 MILES ON IT. I DRIVE 64 ROUND TRIP IN ONE DAY BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I CANNOT DRIVE A VEICHLELIKE THAT ON THE HIGHWAY. I'M HOPING IT'S SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT GOING TO A DEALER I KNOW IT WON'T BE. SINCE NOW THERE IS A SMELL OF OIL AND THE LOOKS OF SOMETHING THAT HAS SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE AREA.

Mileage: 113,448

AUGUST 12 2015 THE CAR DOORS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN.THE SPEEDOMETER/TACHOMETER BEGAN ACTING CRAZILY ON THEIR OWN. A SHORT TIME AFTER, HAVING NOT HAD STEERING ISSUES BEFORE DRIVER WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED (IF SHE TURNED IT LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED BUT NOT THE VEHICLE, IT KEPT GOING STRAIGHT). SHE LOWERED SPEED AND EVENTUALLY THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED WORKING.WARNING LIGHTS ALL WHEEL DRIVE ABS SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. HUSBAND DROVE CAR THAT NIGHT BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY TOOK CAR TO CALKINS PONTIAC IN BURNHAM PA AUGUST 20TH.CALKINS HAD IT A FEW DAYS.INVOICES CAN BE SENT.CALKINS FOUND NOTHING BUT CODES STORED IN HISTORY U0073 U0131 B3006 U0102.THEY COULDN'T REINVENT THE PROBLEM.THEY TOOK CAR HOME HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IT WHEN THE SAME PROBLEMS REOCCURRED. CAR TOOK A HARD RIGHT TURN AS IF SOMEONE REACHED OVER AND YANKED THE CAR TO THE RIGHT. THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN BACK. IT LOCKED UP.BEFORE ALMOST HITTING GUARD RAIL THE WHEEL WENT BACK TO NORMAL. UP THE ROAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES.THEY TOOK CAR TO CALKINS AGAIN ON 25TH.THEY PAID $490 THIS TIME TO REPLACE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. SEPT 11, 12TH, 17TH HOWEVER SAME PROBLEMS HAPPENED. AT THIS POINT THE CAR CAN'T BE DRIVEN DUE TO SAFETY BUT OWNERS NEED TO USE VEHICLE. IT HAS ONLY 99,157 MILES ON IT. THE WEBSITE CARCOMPLAINTS.COM HAS MANY PAGES OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FILED BY DRIVERS.(WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/PONTIAC/TORRENT/2007/STEERING/STERRING.SHTML). THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY STEERING ISSUE. WHO CAN ASSIST TO HAVE THIS FIXED SO VEHICLE CAN BE USED? WE CAN'T TRADE IT IN AND RISK SOMEONE ELSE LOSING THEIR LIFE. OUR LAST RECENT VISIT TO CALKINS SHOWED THE SAME CODE HISTORY.ON 10/13 CALKINS SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US THE NEXT DAY BUT AS OF TODAY 10/20 THEY NEVER CONTACTED US.

Mileage: 99,000

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE RAINING; CAUSING TRACTION NOT TO BE GOOD

Mileage: 122,000

PURCHASED VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AGO FROM A GM DEALER. WITHIN 1 MONTH, STABILIZATION TRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. NO APPARENT LOSE OF POWER. TOOK TO BE DIAGNOSED. EGR SENSOR REPLACED. DROVE FOR ANOTHER 2 OR 3 DAYS, SAME LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, IN ADDITION TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN EMISSIONS DONE YET, SO HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED. EGR REPLACED. DROVE FOR ANOTHER MONTH, SAME LIGHTS BACK ON. NOW SLUGGISH. LIGHTS GO OFF AFTER CAR SITS FOR A PERIOD. WILL TAKE TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR. COSTLY!

Mileage: 112,240

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP AND SERVICE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LAMP FLASHED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN RESET THE CODES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V344000 (AIR BAGS), BUT WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE DEALER COMPLETED THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

PURCHASED CAR NEW IN 2007. AFTER ONE WEEK THE BATTERY DIED AND HAD IT REPLACED. NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 2015 WHEN THE RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE WILL NOT REGISTER PRESSURE, OTHER TIRES DO. THEN THE PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT WILL NOT FUNCTIONED, NO MATTER WHO SITS IN THE SEAT. ON MARCH 14, 2015 THE STABILITRAK, TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR LOST POWER ON BUSY ROAD WITH TWO CHILDREN IN BACK SEAT. LIMPED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS FIXED??? TO A COST OF $639. SINCE THEN WARNING LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES, SOMETIMES FOR A FEW HOURS, SOMETIMES FOR DAYS. I NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED BY OVER 100 OTHER OWNERS. THOUGHT I WOULD ADD TO THE LIST. SCARY....CAN'T AFFORD NEW CAR, NOR THE 1000'S OF $'S SHOPS WANT TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 118,321

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2010 USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER ABOUT 4-5 MONTHS, WE RECEIVED THE FIRST "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" AND "STABILITRAK OFF" CAME UP IN THE INFORMATION CENTER. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT, WHICH THE MANUAL SAYS YOU CAN DO, AND AFTER AWHILE IT WENT OFF. THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT HOWEVER HAS STAYED ON EVER SINCE. ROLL FORWARD TO NOVEMBER, 2014. I WAS DRIVING FINE AT ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE VEHICLE KICKS MY CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND SLOWS ME DOWN TO ABOUT 20MPH IN JUST A FEW SECONDS! I WAS UNABLE TO GO ANY FASTER AND VEHICLE RAN VERY SLUGGISH AND JUMPING, ETC. FINALLY, AFTER DRIVING AT ABOUT 10 MPH FOR 15 MILES, I MADE IT HOME AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED IN AND THERE WERE LOTS OF CODES ON THE SYSTEM AND THE MAIN THING WAS THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS SHOT. THEY ALSO REPLACED FUEL SENSOR. AFTER $450, THE VEHICLE SEEMED OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY A WEEK AGO, THE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING GLITCHES IN POWER EVER SINCE, BUT STILL NOTHING WHERE I CAN'T DRIVE IT. HOWEVER, COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND SPEEDING UP TO 55, THE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY WITH BASICALLY NO WARNING. I COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THAN 5-10MPH. AFTER GETTING BACK HOME AND LETTING IT SIT ALL DAY AND STARTING IT AGAIN, NO LIGHTS ARE ON EXCEPT "CHECK ENGINE" WHICH WILL ALWAYS STAY ON, AND IT IS RUNNING FINE AGAIN. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD, SINCE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT! I HATE TO TAKE IT BACK IN FOR REPAIR SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST FIX WHATEVER THEY WANT, BUT THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY RUN FINE ANYWAY, UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS OUT OF THE BLUE! NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THIS TO BE LOOKED INTO MORE? *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE I-75 A LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH THAT STATED STABILITRAK IS OFF AND ENGINE SPEED WILL BE REDUCED AT WHICH TIME THE CAR JERKED TO A SUDDEN SLOW DOWN ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR BEHIND ME. CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THEN SEEMED TO RUN FINE AGAIN UNTIL TODAY 1-14 IN WHICH IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AS I THOUGHT THIS MAY BE A "SAFE" CAR FOR MY CHILD TO DRIVE. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. IN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THAT SEVERAL IF NOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. WHY HASN'T IT BEEN RECALLED? DOES SHE HAVE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE??? *TR

Mileage: 99,000

JUST GOT THIS TORRENT THREE WEEKS AGO, YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, AND I LOST A LITTLE POWER. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME, THEN THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRACK , AND THE ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED LIGHTS CAME ON. I AM BEYOND UPSET, I GOT IT FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH FOR YEARS, I AM WAITING ON THEM TO OPEN THIS MORNING TO GIVE THEM A CALL. THE FIRST DAY I GOT THE CAR THE SERVICE PASSENGER AIR BAG CAME ON, I TOOK IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING, AND THEY REPLACED A MODULE, NOW THIS!!!!! I'M READING WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, WHY HAVEN'T THERE BEEN RECALLS ON THIS??? HERE, I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A DEPENDABLE CAR FOR MY FAMILY, ONLY TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED! NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A PONTIAC!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 118,548

I PURCHASED THE TORRENT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007. SINCE SOME TIME IN 2008 THE "SERVICE STABILITRAK" CAUTION LIGHT COMES ON INFREQUENTLY. I NOTICE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS PERHAPS NOT BEEN PARKED COMPLETELY LEVEL. IT USUALLY RESETS BUT IS AN ANNOYANCE. I HAVE NOT HAD A DEALER DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE. THE SECOND ISSUE IS VERY RECENT; I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE LAST 60-90 DAYS. THE IGNITION DOES NOT WANT TO RELEASE THE KEY ONCE THE CAR IS STOPPED AND IN PARK. I CAN USUALLY GET IT OUT WITH SOME EFFORT BUT SOMETIMES HAVE TO TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON A FEW TIMES AND TURN IT OFF AGAIN. INCIDENTS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY I WAS REMOVING THE KEY BUT I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN I ALWAYS HAVE. CURRENTLY VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 46,062. I KEEP CHECKING SO SEE IF MY PONTIAC IS PART OF THE GM IGNITION ISSUE RECALL AND IT IS NOT. I PLAN TO HAVE A DEALER CHECK THIS OUT BUT WITH THE LOW MILEAGE ON MY CAR IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A REPAIR I SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE; ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TORRENT IS A REMODELED VERSION OF THE EQUINOX. AS EVIDENCED BY THE MILEAGE, I DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR A LOT. LONG DISTANCE TRIPS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD REGULAR AND APPROPRIATE SERVICE. NO REDUCTION IN SPEED OR LOSS OF POWER ISSUES HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH MY CAR FOR EITHER OF THE COMPLAINTS LISTED HEREIN. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

MY VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENGINE WOULD TURN OFF WHILE TRAVELING. ALL ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE WOULD STOP FOR TWO TO FIVE SECONDS THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON. DURING THAT TIME MY CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER AND DECREASE ACCELERATION. THEN EVERYTHING WOULD COME RIGHT BACK ON. MY CLOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE RESET. THEN THIS MORNING MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND LOST ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OVER NOR MAKE NO SOUNDS. WHEN I TRY TO PUT THE KEY IN OFF MODE, THE IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO TURN OFF MODE. ALL THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN, ACCEPT FOR DRIVERS DOOR WAS UNLOCK. A FEW HOURS WENT BY THEN TRIED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT IS ON. AT THIS TIME I CAN NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE HOWEVER NEED TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 113,098

WE PURCHASED THE 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT ON 10/02/2013. THE TEST DRIVE SEEMED TO BE FINE. WE DROVE THE CAR IN THE CITY. THE AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT IS 25-35. WE ONLY DRIVE THE CAR TO AND FROM WORK AND ALMOST OF THE TIME TO VARIOUS DRIVES. WHEN I HAD TO USE HIGHWAY 95 IN DELAWARE THE CAR BEGAN PULLING BACK AND WOULD NOT SHIFT AND FROM 40-55 (60) THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT FROM 35-60 ALL OF THE TIME. WE HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION ON 06/18/2014 WE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6-7 MONTHS . THE 2007 TORRENT FAILED (WHEN WE HAD ONLY OWNED IT 5-6 MTHS). PF9-RETURN MVXCS20P, MVXCS30M, WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT, TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED THAT DAY. CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE AND DIAGNOSED ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ) AKA SERVICE ENGINE INCLUDES THE SCANNING OF COMPUTER CODES INMEMORY COMPARING DA TA STREAM-CLEARING MEMORY-PERFORMING RETEST FOR HARD CODES. DIAGNOSE VEHICLE FAILED DMV EMISSIONS HAD 2 CODES: P0404-P0405 BOTH OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EGR POSITION ERROR WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE EGR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE. THE EGRV (EGR VALVE ASSEMBLY) AND THE EGRP (EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE INLET PIPE & GASKET ( 402.84 ) DIAGNOSTIC CODES C0561, P0404,& P0405. PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE DMV WE HAD TO GO ON 95 AND DRIVE THE CAR FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO PASS INSPECTION. CONFIRMED FIX SUMMARY 21 - EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) VALVE, 1 - EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) PASSAGES, 1 - EXHAUST RECIRCULATION WIRING. COMMAND EGR VALVE OPENS AND IDLE AT TIMES WILL STALL. *TR

Mileage: 123,167

THE 1ST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE STABILITY TRAC WARNING CAME ON, TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND RESET, THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES UNTIL I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR. AFTER THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, WAS INTERMITTENT UNTIL IT NO LONGER WORKS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, SO I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT FOR A YEAR. THE NEXT THING TO GO WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT, I HAVE HAD THE BULB REPLACED 4 TIMES, IT LASTS ABOUT A DAY, THE DRIVERS SIDE RUNNING LIGHTS WENT, BULB REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, THE SHOP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHY, THE CODE STATES AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, SO I DRIVE WITHOUT DRIVERS SIDE RUNNING LIGHTS. HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES BY POLICE OFFICERS, THEY SAY THEY UNDERSTAND AND TOLD ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH GMC, WHICH I HAVE DONE. STILL NO RESULT. OH AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CANNOT DETERMINE, BUT OFFERED TO FIND AND REPAIR FOR $700.00 AND IF GMC EXTENDS A RECALL, I WILL BE REIMBURSED, SO APPARENTLY IN MY ESTIMATIONS, THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS. WHAT I AM AND HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH READS VERY MUCH LIKE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER GMC PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 1,100,000

THE PONTIAC TORRENTS HAVE THE SAME MALFUNCTIONS AS OTHER VEHICLE LISTED FOR THE FOLLOWING; TRACTION CONTROL, ELECTRONIC- STABILITY CONTROL AND PANIC -BRAKING FEATURES. VEHICLE IN QUESTION; 2004-12. CHEVROLET MALIBU 2004 - 07, MALIBU MAXX 2005 - 10, PONTIAC G6 AND SATURN AURA 2007 - 10. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE PONTIAC TORRENT. *JS

BEEN HAVING RECURRING PROBLEMS AS FOLLOWS: ENGINE FAILS AT HIGH AND LOW RATES OF SPEED. DASHBOARD READS "STARTING DISABLED SERVICE THROTTLE," "SERVICE STABILITRAC," AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED."CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. MY TEMPORARY REMEDY IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. (SAME PROBLEM OCCURS MORE PREDOMINANTLY, IT SEEMS, WITH 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX.) PURCHASED AT 87,000 MILES. FIRST OCCURRENCE FOR ME AT ABOUT 92,000 MILES. REPAIR GARAGE SAID WAS A LOOSE BATTERY CABLE. APPARENTLY NOT. NEXT OCCURRENCE WAS AT AROUND 94,000 MILES WHILE PASSING THROUGH A ONE-LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHERE CREWS WERE WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AUTO PARTS STORE FOR DIAGNOSTIC READING. THEIR READING SHOWED CODES P0601 AND C0561. I SEE THAT NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR VEHICLES FOR SERVICE, BUT RECEIVED NEGATIVE RESULTS AND INCORRECT REPAIRS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NOT ONLY ARE MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIVES AT RISK, BUT ALSO THE LIVES OF MANY OTHER DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY WITH NUMEROUS AFFECTED VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAYS. WHEN WILL WE GET THESE ISSUES RESOLVED? WHO HAS TO PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE BEFORE THESE PROBLEMS ARE REMEDIED? IS THIS REALLY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION? WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE ARE TELLING YOU ABOUT IT. WHY ARE THERE NO INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SITE? WHEN CAN WE EXPECT ANSWERS? LOOK ACROSS NUMEROUS OTHER ONLINE FORUMS AND FIND THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES AND POTENTIAL VICTIMS. ACTION MUST BE TAKEN. I WONDER IF MY LOCAL NEWS TROUBLESHOOTER FINDS THIS STORY WORTHY OF IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION? *TR

Mileage: 93,700

THE SERVICE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AFTER I PURCHASED VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD NOTHING APPEARED WRONG. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF EVER SINCE. THIS TIME IT STAYED ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS, AND APPEARS TO HAPPEN IF I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. THING THEY SHOULD RECALL IT TO BE FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL COME ON ALWAYS WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. TRACTION CONTROL WILL TURN ITSELF OFF. NOT LONG AFTER THESE LIGHTS COME ON, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AS WELL. ALL SEEM TO CLEAR THEMSELVES AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS. BY THE TIME I AM ABLE TO HAVE IT RAN FOR A CODE THE LIGHTS ARE ALREADY OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASION AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPORTING MY [XXX] YEAR OLD IN THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO ALSO REPLACE THE BATTERY ALREADY 4 TIMES IN THE CAR AND HAVE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE REPLACED TWICE AS WELL. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 87,000

I PURCHASED MY 2007 TORRENT NEW, MY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL OFF HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING WERE NOT AFFECTED, IT RAN WITH NO PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT WILL RESET ITSELF AND IT DID, NO PROBLEM. BEGINNING OF DECEMBER 2013, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC MOVING ABOUT 50MPH, MY TORRENT HAD NO PROBLEM MERGING BEFORE, AS I BEGAN TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC THERE WERE THREE DINGS, TRACTION CONTROL OFF. THIS TIME ENGINE POWER REDUCED, TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. THE TORRENT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 15 MPH, IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE HOLDING THE VEHICLE BACK THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AT 4000 RPM. TURNED OFF CAR, WAITED A MINUTE RESTARTED, RAN FINE. ENGINE POWER REDUCED COMES ON A DAILY BASIS. I CAN'T TRUST THIS VEHICLE NOW! *TR

Mileage: 41,300

I CUT MY CAR ON THIS MORNING AND THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAC, AND ABS LIGHTS WERE ON. THEY STAYED ON THROUGHOUT MY DRIVE TO TAKE MY SON TO AND FROM SCHOOL. I JUST GOT THIS VEHICLE LAST NIGHT AND THE DEALER SAID EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE AS CAR WAS PLACED "GM ON A ROLL INSPECTION". IT WAS CHECKED 2 DAYS IN A ROW AND I HAVE THE PAPERWORK SHOWING AS NOTHING WRONG. I CHECK ON IT TODAY ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 115,114

THE CAR DISPLAYED TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRACK WARNING ON OCT. 4, 2012 FOR A FEW HOURS AND THEN IT WAS GONE. ON NOV. 17, 2013, IT CAME BACK AND REMAINS ON. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN OUR TORRENT. FIRST APPEARED AS "SERVICE STABILITRAK", WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENGINE POWERING DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NOT VERY SAFE. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY HAD THE DEALER REPAIR IT BY REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY, STATING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THEY DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. IT APPEARED TO BE OKAY FOR ABOUT A YEAR, THEN THE PROBLEM RESURFACED. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO, THE "SERVICE STABILITRAK" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN ACTING UP (APPEARED TO BE SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR). AFTER SOME RESEARCH, WE LEARNED, AGAIN, THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE TORRENTS. WE REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, RESET THE COMPUTER AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE RESOLVED AGAIN. NOW, THE "SERVICE STABILITRAK" LIGHT IS ON YET AGAIN, MY RADIO HAS STOPPED WORKING, AND THE "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. CLEARLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORRENT AND CHEVY EQUINOX WHICH GM IS WELL AWARE OF. THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ARE ALLOWING THE COST FOR ALL OF THESE REPAIRS TO LAY WITH THE CONSUMER. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THIS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE, NOR DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTINUALLY MAKE REPAIRS. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY HERE BY GM. *TR

I FELT THE CAR SHUTTER A LITTLE AND THEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, THE STABILITY/TRACTION LIGHT STAYS ON. MY CAR ONLY HAS 21000 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL PRACTICALLY NEW. *JB

Mileage: 21,300

STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT COMES ONE WHEN GOING ABOVE 65 MPH A SMALL BUMP WILL CAUSE THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND THE STABILITY CONTROL AND TRACTION ARE DISABLED AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL RESET AFTER THE VEHICLE SITS OVER NIGHT AND THEN WILL WITH OUT WARNING COME BACK ON AGAIN AND DISABLE THE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. *JB

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING, NUMEROUS DASH LIGHTS CAME ON . VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK AND SHAKE. AS SUDDENLY AS IT BEGAN IT STOPPED. SEVERAL DAYS PASSED UNTIL THE CONDITION OCCURRED AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DLR FOR SERVICE. ADVISE OF NO PROBLEMS FOUND; WAS TOLD TO TAKE A PICTURE WHEN IT RECURRED. AS SUGGESTED I TOOK PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT. DLR ADVISED HE COULDN'T DETERMINE CONDITION FROM PICTURE. HOWEVER, GM HAD RELEASED A TSB WITH INFOR THAT COULD RESOLVE PROBLEM. THAT WORKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HAD AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY CHECK FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS; THEY REPLACED PLUGS AND WIRES.THAT LASTED 2 MONTHS. THEY REPLACED A MODULE. THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS NOW THE PROBLEM COMES AND GOES. NO ONE CAN PINPOINT THE EXACT PROBLEM FOR THE LIGHTS COMING ON. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

MY VEHICLE'S BRAKES BEGAN TO LOCK AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE 2 DAYS LATER IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC - BRAKES LOCK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. LET OFF THE GAS AND IT STOPS ITSELF WITH VERY BAD SHAKING. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY SINCE UNDER STOP-AND-START CONDITIONS AND IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL THE BRAKES ARE COMPLETELY LOCKED. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE ONCE BRAKES LOCK UNLESS IT IS TURNED OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" LIGHT COMES ON AFTER THIS HAPPENS. ABS SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED FOR $700 TO NO AVAIL. IN ADDITION, I SEE A RECALL FOR THE GAS TANK. I ALSO HAD THAT PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO - GAS WAS LEAKING FROM MY TANK, BUT SINCE I LIVE IN LOUISIANA THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. THAT WAS A $1000 REPAIR, BUT THAT'S BETTER THAN IT CATCHING ON FIRE, I SUPPOSE. *TR

Mileage: 74,100

WHILE DRIVING MY STABITRAK LIGHT CAME ON CAUSING ALL TIRES TO LOCK UP. I WAS UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE SAFELY, STEERING WHEEL WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. ALL 4 BRAKES LOCKED UP AND LOUD GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD. VEHICLE TOP SPEED DROPPED ABRUPTLY TO 11 MPH WHILE TRAVELING ON BUSY INTERSTATE. VEHICLE STARTED JUMPING FORWARD AND WHEELS/TIRES WOULD NOT TURN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OFF INTERSTATE, TO A SAFE LOCATION, WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES, BY USING EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND FOUND BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE ON FIRE WITH FLAMES VISABLE AND TIRES WERE SMOKING HEAVILY. THE DASH LIGHT WERE BLINKING "SERVICE STABITRAK" AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF." THIS INCIDENT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND IS USED SOLEY ON PAVED ROADS. THERE A SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER ONLINE COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE, WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THIS CAR HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM EVERY YEAR!!!! THE PASSENGER WINDOWS WON'T WORK AND THE CAR WON'T START THIS HAPPENS EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!! *TR

Mileage: 15,000

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

Mileage: 43,000

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

I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE ACTUAL FIRST THAT THE COMPANY HAS DOCUMENTED IS 2/2010, 3/2011, AND CURRENTLY 2/2012. FIRST THE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THEN YOU LOOSE POWER TO THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT ACCELERATE AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO DIRECT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ON TWO OCCASIONS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. IT APPEARS THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE AS I GOOGLED THE INFO ON THE PROBLEM. I AM NOT ASKING GM FOR SOMETHING FOR NOTHING I AM ONLY ASKING THEM TO FIND OUT WHY THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE CAR SOMEWHERE TO HAVE THIS OCCUR EVERY YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME. I AM CURRENTLY UNDER THE POWETRAIN WARRANTY BUT THAT WILL EXPIRE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND THIS COST ANYWHERE FROM $600-$800. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND THEY SEEM TO FAIL TO SEE THE DANGERS IN IT. YOU LOOSE ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE!!!! WHAT IS NOT DANGEROUS ABOUT THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A WARNING BECAUSE ONCE THAT LIGHT COMES ON THAT'S IT...WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO HOME BUT BOTH TIMES I WAS APPROX. 200 MILES FROM HOME. I ONLY ASK THEM TO EITHER FIX THE ISSUE OR REPLACE THE VEHICLE!!!!! *TR

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 MULTIPLE 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. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

AFTER DRIVING THE STABLILTRAK COMES ON, TRACTION COMES ON, POWERING ENGINE DOWN COMES ON. VEHICLE LOSES POWER. *KB

I HAD A 2007 TORRENT. IN 2010 I HAD REPLACED 3 WHEEL BEARINGS, BREAKS,AND IN FEBRUARY 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. COST 870 AND THE DAY THEY WERE DONE FIXING THAT A MASSIVE RECALL WAS DONE ON MOST GMC CARS FOR ELECTRICAL 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 SEPARATED SHOULDER, PERMANANT DAMAGE TO MY BACK AND NECK. WAS OUT OF WORK FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE WINDSHIELD DIDN'T 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. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 57,198

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 VEHICLE 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, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC SAID HE KNOWS THERE IS A FIX FOR THE 2009 CARS. *TR

Mileage: 200

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.

Mileage: 49,640

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 STEERING. 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 TORRENT) IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG AND IF THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 56,800

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

Mileage: 58,000

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

Mileage: 120

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

Mileage: 500