2006 Pontiac Torrent

PURCHASED VEHICLE USED ON 12/06/2006 WITH 9,968 MILES. REPLACED ENTIRE ENGINE ($5,000) ON 03/27/2009 DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET (WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY). MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 84,625. IN APPROXIMATELY 2009 THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW STARTED GOING UP AND DOWN SPONTANEOUSLY. MY DOG HAD HER HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW AND IT SPONTANEOUSLY CLOSED ON HER HEAD, RESTRICTING HER AIRWAY. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS RIPPED APART AND WIRING WAS REPLACED. THE WINDOW WORKED CORRECTLY FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AND THEN IN 2011, THE WINDOW STOPPED WORKING ENTIRELY. HAVE HAD 3 WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED (ONE TWICE). IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY OF 2013, THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FUSE CENTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. MECHANICS ADVISED THAT THE FUSE CENTER/PANEL WAS ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" WITH NO KNOWN AVAILABLE DATE. THEY REPAIRED IT. TOTAL COST PAID FOR THAT REPAIR WAS OVER $335.87. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 171827 ON APRIL 12TH THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING. THE FAN STILL BLOWS BUT ONLY COLD AIR. THE HOSES FROM THE COOLANT TANK HEAT UP WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. ACCORDING TO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FILED THE ENTIRE DASH WILL NEED TO BE DISMANTLED TO FIX THE BLEND DOOR/ACTUATOR. KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

I STARTED MY TORRENT JUST LIKE ANY MORNING, THE HEATER RAN FOR MAYBE 10 MINUTES THEN JUST STOPPED. IT WILL NOT BLOW OUT ANY KIND OF AIR (HOT OR COLD). BEING WINTER, COLD AND FROSTY, THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. WITH NO DEFROSTER IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE, AND ITS VERY COLD. IT COSTS AROUND 1200 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. EVEN IF IT IS FIXED I AS TOLD THE WAY THAT THEY MADE THE TORRENT THAT IT WILL JUST BREAK AGAIN. I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF CASH JUST LAYING AROUND. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BUT GM IS TO CHEAP. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. I DRIVE ALONG WAYS AND ITS DANGEROUS NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE. *TR

MY 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER, INCLUDING THE DEFROSTER. I LIVE IN AN AREA WITH A LOT OF SNOW, ICE AND EXTREME COLD AND OFTEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER THE WINDSHIELD BUILDS TOO MUCH FROST TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF IT. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE (ABOUT $1000). AS I UNDERSTAND IT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT MY HEATING SYSTEM STARTED GETTING INTERMITTENT THE END OF WINTER LAST YEAR 2011 I DID RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER IN. THE MAIL FROM GM ABOUT THERE HEARING SYSTEM SWITCH BUT NOTHING ABOUT THERE HEATING SYSTEM SEEMS LIKE AFTER READING UP ON THIS ISSUE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT IS HAVING HEARING SYSTEM PROBLEMS I SPOKE TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT THEY SAID THAT IF ITS NOT BE SWITCH ITS NOT HERE PROBLEM FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT GM HAS MORE THAN JUST A SWITCH PROBLEM !!!! THE ECONOMY SUCKS ENOUGH I CAN'T SPEND 1000'S OF DOLLARS TRYING TO ELIMINATE A OBVIOUSLY EXISTING PROBLEM !! WHO IS THERE TO BAIL OUT WHO? *TR

AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT WORKING AND FAN ONLY BLOWS WARM AIR. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE TEMPERATURE AIR DOOR WAS BROKEN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ACTUATOR THAT MOVES THE DOOR OVEREXTENDS AND BREAKS THE DOOR. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VISIBILITY PROBLEM SINCE THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK. *TR