2007 Pontiac Torrent

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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