NHTSA Complaint #10806981 — 2008 PONTIAC G5

2008 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE 12V-459 ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ABOVE RECALL. HOWEVER, HE DID RECEIVE RECALL NOTICES 14V047000 AND 14V171000. AFTER SMELLING FAINT GASOLINE FUMES OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO NOTICE A SMALL GASOLINE PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS PARKED. ON OCTOBER 21, 2015, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NON-GM DEALER REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WAS $ 630.42. IT WAS THE REPAIR SHOP WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL. GM INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY WOULD ONLY HONOR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST UNDER THIS RECALL THAT WERE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30, 2014. *JB