NHTSA Complaint #10264839 — 2006 PONTIAC GTO

2006 PONTIAC GTO ENGINE FAILURE AT 15,000 MILES. FRONT SUSPENSION PULLS TO THE LEFT, WITH TREMENDOUS VIBRATION FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE WILL NOT HOLD AN ALIGNMENT. BRAKING IS HARSH WITH FURTHER FRONT END VIBRATIONS, OCCASIONAL SQUEALING AND DRIFTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. CAN HEAR THE COLLAPSING NOISE OF THE COMPRESSED STRUT TOWERS, ALONG WITH SOME INNER WHEEL STRUT RUB. THE PRESENCE OF MECHANICAL KNOCKING AND POPPING NOISE WITH THE VEHICLE SITTING STILL AND JUST TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND LEFT TO RIGHT. REAR SUSPENSION SAGGING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ROLLING OVER UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES CAUSES COLLAPSING OF RIGHT REAR SHOCKS AND SPRING TO RUB THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. NORMAL ACCELERATION FROM A STOP WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL, THE REAR END BOTTOMS OUT RUBBING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. PLACING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR FROM A STOP, CAUSES THE REAR END TO DROP SOME 2 - 3 INCHES. CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF A BLOWN SHOCK KNOCKING AND CLANKING ON CERTAIN ROAD SURFACES, HARD TO DUPLICATE FOR SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR SEVEN DAYS STRAIGHT, DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REGIONAL MANAGER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN SEEKING OUT A RESOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NO ACCIDENTS AS OF YET? DEALERSHIP STANDS BY LEAD MECHANIC, STATING THAT THE VEHICLES SUSPENSION IS WITHIN GM SPECIFICATION, AND THAT THE FAULT IS WITH THE FITMENT OF AFTERMARKET WHEELS AND TIRES. I BEGAN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ISSUE AT ABOUT 18,000 MI, WITH FACTORY SETUP STILL INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE KNOW IS AT 27,000 MI WITH AFTER MARKET WHEELS AND TIRES ON FOR 1,200 MI. DEALERSHIP IS COMPLETELY AWARE OF THIS CHANGE AND WHEN. *TR