2006 PONTIAC GTO Suspension Problems

I HAVE A 2006 GTO THAT WAS MAKING A LOUD HUMMING NOISE BETWEEN 20 AND 50 MPH AFTER A 5,600 MILE ROAD TRIP WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE PREMATURE TREAD WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGE (APPROX. 2" WIDTH) OF EACH TIRE, WITH THE REMAINING TREAD ON EACH TIRE EXHIBITING NORMAL WEAR. THESE WERE STOCK-SIZE, 2 YEAR-OLD DUNLOP DIREZZA DZ101 TIRES ON THE STOCK 17" WHEELS WITH 18,276 MILES ON THEM. AFTER SEEING THIS I CHECKED THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR THAT I KEPT FOR ORIGINALITY AND THEY EXHIBITED WEAR ON THE INSIDE TREAD AS WELL; IT WAS JUST NOT AS NOTICEABLE. I BOUGHT NEW TIRES, HAD THE DEALER PERFORM A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT CHECK AND EVERYTHING WAS IN SPECIFICATION. SINCE THE DEALER COULD NOT OFFER A SOLUTION I STARTED CHECKING ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. I THEN EMAILED GM PRIORITY CARE AND...

MY TIRES ON MY 2006 GTO ARE WEARING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND BLOWING OUT MY TIRE IT APPEARS TO BE RUBBING ON THE STRUTS I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES AND HAD ALIGNMENTS DONE AND THE NEW TIRES ARE DOING THE SAME THING IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH A CAR BLOWING OUT A FRONT TIRE LIKE THIS I ALMOST CAUSED A SEVER ACCIDENT. *TR

I WISH TO KNOW WHY NHTSA DID NOT HAVE A RECALL OF PONTIAC GTO'S FOR THE YEARS 2004, 2005, AND 2006..WHEN 200+ COMPLAINTS WERE FILED ABOUT FRONT SUSPENSION AND EXTREME TIRE WEAR.. *TR

HELLO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC GTO. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS UNDER 25K MILES ON IT AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO SETS OF TIRES BLOW OUT ON ME DUE TO INNER TIRE WEAR. I HAVE OWNED MY CAR FOR LESS THEN 1.5 YEARS AND I HAVE PUT UNDER 19K MILES ON IT. AS FAR AS I KNOW, I AM NOT THE GTO OWNER WITH THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WHICH IS CAUSING THESE TIRE PROBLEMS HAS TO DO WITH BAD SUSPENSION. I BEG YOU TO HELP BY HAVING GM CONTACT GTO OWNERS AND PUT A RECALL ON THESE CARS. HOW CAN GM GET AWAY THIS? THE FIRST TIME MY TIRE BLOW OUT I FIGURED THE TIRE WAS BAD B/C THE CAR WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY...

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH JUST OVER 14,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I WAS GETTING AN OIL CHANGE DONE AND THE CAR WAS UP ON A LIFT. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO COME LOOK AT SOMETHING. HE SHOWED ME THAT THE INSIDE OF MY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING THROUGH THE TIRE. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE INSIDES OF MY OTHER TIRES WERE SHOWING WEAR BUT NOT NEAR AS BADLY AS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. HE STATED TO ME THAT THE ONLY CAUSE OF THIS WAS TO GET AN ALIGNMENT. I HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED BY AN ALIGNMENT SHOP THAT TELLS ME THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS IN FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. I HAD TO PAY FOR FOUR NEW TIRES AT DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY HERE IN PHOENIX. I HAVE DONE SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET AND MANY OTHER GTO...

NO ABNORMAL EVENT LED TO FAILURES; CONTEXT WAS NORMAL DRIVING. FAILURES WERE FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS; PREMATURELY WORN (1) STRUT ROD BUSHINGS (I.E., RADIUS ROD BUSHINGS), (2) STRUT MOUNT BUSHINGS, (3) LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, & (4) END LINK BUSHINGS. THE CONSEQUENCES OF (I.E., SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY) COMBINATION OF 1, 2 & 3 WERE EXCESSIVE, IRREGULAR, OUT-OF-SPEC MOVEMENTS IN, & WANDERING OF, FRONT SUSPENSION & STEERING COMPONENTS & FRONT TIRES (WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO SUSPENSION/STEERING COMPONENTS)--BOTH IN CAMBER & CASTOR--AS EVIDENCED BY (A) EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMBER, WHICH CAUSED (A1) PREMATURE INNER TIRE WEAR, (B) EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OR VIBRATION IN FRONT WHEELS, WHICH CAUSED (B1) SOME INNER FRONT TIRE CONTACT WITH FRONT STRUTS, & (C) SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CONTROL, & INCREASED INSTABILITY, OF CAR ON ROAD. FRONT TIRES ARE SECURED TO CAR BY TRIANGULATION OF THREE MAJOR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS: FRONT STRUT (SECURED TO STRUT TOWER THROUGH STRUT MOUNT BUSHING & BEARING), STRUT ROD...

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...

THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN MARCH 2008 REGARDING AN ISSUE OF THE FRONT TIRES RUBBING AGAINST THE STRUTS. THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE AND MADE A CORRECTION, HOWEVER THE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGES OF THE TIRES WAS NOT ADDRESSED. THE EXCESSIVE WEAR IS NOT A TIRE DEFECT AND IS A DIRECT RESULT OF STRUT RUB AND ALIGNMENT. EVEN WHEN WITHIN ALIGNMENT SPECS THE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGES OF THE TIRES CONTINUES. AT THE TIME, IN MARCH, THE FRONT TIRES WERE ROTATED TO THE REAR. IN NOVEMBER THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, PREVIOUSLY LEFT FRONT WHICH HAD RUBBED THE STRUT, BEGAN TO SHRED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT. THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE RUBBER PEELED AWAY FROM THE TIRE IN A 1/2 INCH WIDE STRIP, EXPOSING THE STEEL BELT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER...

2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH 11,500 MILES. THE INSIDE TREAD WAS WORN TO THE BELTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE REST OF THE TREAD LOOKED IN GOOD SHAPE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR A FLAT THE WEAR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTICED AND I WOULD HAVE RUN THE TIRES UNTIL THERE WAS A BLOWOUT. THESE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED TWICE BY THE DEALER WITHOUT A COMMENT ON THE TREAD WEAR. *TR

2006 PONTIAC GTO TIRES WORN DOWN TO CHORD ON INBARD SIDES - DESPITE ALIGNMENT AND REGULAR TIRE ROTATION. SUSPENSION BUSHINGS THE CONSISTENCIES OF "GUMMY BEARS" WERE REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENTS ALONG WITH NEW TIRES. RADIUS ROD BUSHINGS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. THIS ALLOWS THE TIRES TO VARY ALIGNMENT DURING BRAKING. BUSHINGS AND ONE PAIR OF TIRES ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

PONTIAC GTO 2006. 1ST INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH APPROX 4,950 MILES ON CAR. FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT WHEN I HAD JUST GOT OFF INTERSTATE (THANK GOD). THAT WAS "FIXED" BY DEALERSHIP AFTER MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR APPROX 3 WEEKS WHILE DEALERSHIP GOT THE SPECS FROM GM TO RE-ALIGN THE FRONT OF MY CAR. 2ND INCIDENT HAPPENED AT OVER 16,000 MILES. PULLED OVER AFTER HEARING A NOISE. BACK PASSENGER TIRE WAS SEVERED AND A LONG PIECE HAD HIT MY FENDER WHEEL ALERTING ME TO THE FACT BEFORE THE TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY. AFTER LOOKING AT THE OTHER BACK TIRE - I FOUND IT HAD SIMILAR WEAR PATTERN. BOTH WERE WARN ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS WAS CAUSED FROM A ALIGNMENT PROBLEM THAT HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR! WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN...

2 TIME TIRE FAILURE ON MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO, FOR THE SECOND TIME WITHIN THE 1ST 36,000 MILES MY PONTIAC GTO HAS FRONT TIRES SHREDDING. THESE ARE THE MANUFACTURE TIRES. LAST TIME GM BOUGHT ME 4 NEW TIRES BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM CAUSING THEM TO SHRED. MY WARRANTY IS ALMOST UP AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR SAFETY REASONS AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF BUYING NEW TIRES EVERYTIME THEY ARE CUT BY THEY SUSPENSION. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS SLICED OFF BY THE STRUT WHICH RUBS AGAINST THE TIRE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL ON THE FREEWAY. THE TIRE WAS SLICED DOWN TO THE METAL CORDS. THE OTHER TIRES ALSO SHOW THE SAME UNUSUAL WEAR PATTERN. IT IS HARD TO NOTICE THIS UNIQUE TIRE WEAR BECAUSE IT IS ON THE HIDDEN INSIDE EDGE. I FOUND OUT AFTER THIS HAPPENED, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 2004-2006 PONTIAC GTO. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS DEFECT SOMEDAY. *TR

2006 PONTIAC GTO BLOWN RIGHT-FRONT STRUT (AT APPROX. 3180 MILES) FLATBED TOWED TO DEALERSHIP BURNS PONTIAC -GMC TRUCK, INC. 500 W RTE 70 MARLTON, NJ 08053 PHONE: 856-983-6060 FAX: 856-983-4770. *TR

TIRE RUBBING ON FRONT STRUT - HAD TO REPLACE TIRES AND STRUT AND GET FRONT END ALIGNMENT. *JB

VEHICLE: 2006 PONTIAC GTO PASSENGER SIDE RADIUS ROD BUSHING FAILED AFTER LESS THAN 600 MILES. ONLY NOTICED DUE TO OIL LEAKING FROM THE BUSHING. I BELIEVE THE DRIVERS SIDE BUSHING FAILED AS WELL, BUT COULD NOT PROVE IT. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE TWO BUSHINGS WAS THE SAME WITH INDICATION THE OIL HAD ALREADY LEAKED OUT, BUT DID NOT SEE THE OIL LEAK. *JB

WORN TIRE TREAD WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES , HAD TO PAY FOR ALIGNMENT AND PARTS. WAS TOLD THESE CARS NEEDED TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT EVERY 6 MONTHS. *NM

2006 PONTIAC GTO - RIGHT FRONT (PASSENGER SIDE) TIRE MAKING CONTACT WITH STRUT. THERE IS A GROOVE BEING WORN INTO THE TIRE. CAR HAS FACTORY 17" TIRES, CAR HAS 1,200 MILES. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED TO GM. THIS CAN CAUSE A TIRE FAILURE AND POTENTIAL INJURY/DEATH. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING OIL ON 06 GTO AT 875 MILES. DUE TO CONCERN OF LEAKING OIL CONTAMINATING FRONT BRAKE PADS AND CONCERN FOR SAFE OPERATION, SAID VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED/TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM DEALER. NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE AS OF THIS DATE. *JB

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT STRUT LEAKING OIL. FRONT SWAY BAR END LINK BUSHINGS ASSEMBLED ON DRIVERS SIDE WRONG. WASHER ON LOWER BUSHING WAS INSTALLED ON TOP OF BUSHING INSTEAD OF BELOW ALLOWING BUSHING TO FALL AWAY FROM SWAY BAR. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO STRUTS LEAKING OIL AFTER ONLY 1800 MILES. BOTH STRUTS NEED REPLACEMENT BEFORE BRAKES, BUSHINGS AND UNDER COATING GETS DAMAGED. *JB

STRUTS LEAKING ON 06 GTO WITH 350 MILES. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END STARTED TO RATTLE LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART. FRONT STRUTS LEAKING FLUID CONTAMINATED THE SWAY BAR LINK BUSHINGS CAUSING ONE TO FAIL. FLUID WAS ON WHEELS AND OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS AND ALL THROUGH INNER FENDER AND UNDER CAR. IF BRAKE ROTORS WERE HOT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. *JB

PURCHASED THE GTO JULY 5, 2006. DID THE FIRST OIL CHANGE ON AUGUST 6TH AT 1983 MILES. MY HUSBAND NOTICED OIL ALL OVER THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND INSIDE WHEEL. WE HAD BEEN HEARING A CLUNKING NOISE ONCE IN AWHILE AND HANDLING STARTED TO GET WORSE. HE WARNED ME TO BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AND TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALER. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, THEY IDENTIFIED THE STRUT PROBLEM, ORDERED PARTS, WANTED ME TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THE PARTS CAME IN, I REFUSED AND PUT US IN A RENTAL UNTIL IT COULD BE COMPLETED. CALLED PONITAC CUSTOMER SERVICE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DELAY IN PARTS AVAILABILITY. AFTER A LENGTHY CALL WITH A LOT OF ON HOLDS, WAS INFORMED WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET THE PART UNTIL AT LEAST SEPT. 15, 2006. THEY ARE ON A BOAT FROM AUSTRALIA AND WE WERE NUMBER...

FRONT STRUTS LEAKED AFTER 200 MILES, VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR TWO WEEKS WAITING ON PARTS. *JB

PURCHASED A NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO IN JULY OF 2006. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DRIVING I NOTICED THAT THE CAR BOUNCES AROUND ON THE ROAD A LOT MORE THAN IT USED TO. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (ANDY KLEIN PONTIAC) ON AUGUST 3, 2006. DEALER STATES THAT THE STRUTS HAVE FAILED ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ON ORDER. DEALER HAS NO IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WILL ARRIVE. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS RAISED UP OFF THE GROUND TO INSPECT THE SUSPENSION, THE BUSHING FELL AND NOW THE CAR NOT ONLY HAS NO SHOCK ABSORBERS LEFT, BUT NO BUSHING TO PROTECT THE METAL ON METAL CONTACT. CAR SOUNDS AND DRIVES LIKE IT HAS 500,000 MILES ON IT. VERY UPSET THAT DEALER HAS ME DRIVING UNSAFE CAR AND WILL NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL UNTIL THE PARTS ARRIVE TO FIX THE CAR. *JB

TEST DROVE A BRAND NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH A SUSPENSION NOISE. SALESPERSON AT THE DEALER COMMENTED THAT THE SUSPENSION WOULD SETTLE DOWN AND THE NOISE GO AWAY. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE SUNDAY AUGUST 19TH AND TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE MONDAY AUGUST 21ST THAT ALREADY HAD THIS SUSPENSION NOISE. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO CHECK THE SUSPENSION NOISE OUT. THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN AS SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 4141 / NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: 10020224. SERVICE ADVISOR NOW SAYS IT WILL NOW BE 20 WEEKS OR MORE BEFORE THE REPLACEMENT STRUTS ARE AVAILABLE. GM SAYS NOT TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. MY GTO BUILT DATE IS FEB 06. HOW CAN GM LET THEIR DEALERS SELL MY A CAR THAT IS A SAFETY HAZARD FROM DAY 1. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL NOT JUST A SERVICE BULLETIN. THIS IS RIDICULOUS...

FAILURE OF THE LEFT FRONT STRUT AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF FRONT STABILIZER BAR MOUNT AT STRUT AT 2400 MILES. CURRENTLY AWAITING DEALER TO OBTAIN PARTS FOR REPAIR. NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT DUE TO FAILURE. *JB

FRONT STRUTS ARE LOOSE AND SLOPPY. STRUTS ARE LEAKING AND NOW I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER A WEEK FOR PARTS TO FIX MY CAR. *JB

FRONT STRUTS ARE LEAKING AND NOT WORKING. ENTIRE FRONT END OF CAR IS MAKING TERRIBLE NOISES. *JB

PURCHASED 2 NEW 2006 GTO FROM CLYDE REVORD MOTORS EVERETT WASHINGTON. 1ST CAR FRONT STRUT PASSENGER SIDE FAILED UNDER 500 MILES.2ND CAR FRONT STRUT DRIVER SIDE FAILED UNDER 50 MILE. BOTH CAR WERE BUILT APIRL 2006. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO BOTH FRONT STRUTS FAILED WITH LESS THAN 400 MILES ON THEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR TWO WEEKS WITH REPLACEMENT STRUTS AVAILABLE IN 4-6 WEEKS. *JB

FAULTY FRONT STRUTS FAILED AFTER LESS THAN 1200 MILES ON NEW VEHICLE PURCHASED 12 JUNE 2006. STRUT FAILURE CAUSES OTHER SUSPENSION/STEERING PROBLEMS AND RENDERS THE VEHICLE INHERENTLY UNSAFE. THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN TO GENERAL MOTORS AND TO STRUT MANUFACTURER PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THIS VEHICLE TO ME. FAULTY STRUTS WERE NOT REPLACED BY DEALER, NOR WAS I INFORMED OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER VEHICLE PURCHASE BY DEALER (HARDIN PONTIAC ANAHEIM, CA), BY GENERAL MOTORS OR BY THE STRUT OEM (MONROE). HAD TO DISCOVER MYSELF. SINCE DISCOVERY HAVE ASKED DEALER ABOUT THIS WHO SAYS I CAN STILL DRIVE THE CAR SAFELY WHILE REPLACEMENT STRUTS ARE ON BACK-ORDER UNTIL OCTOBER 2006. DEALER RE-BALANCED FRONT TIRES AS LIKELY CAUSE OF WOBBLY STEERING ALREADY (JULY 2006) BUT WOBBLE HAS RETURNED DUE TO STRUT FAILURE. THIS IS ALSO SQUIRTING STRUT OIL ONTO FRONT BRAKES CAUSING BRAKE SQUEALING AND FADING.*JB

FRONT STRUT FAILURE ON 2006 GTO. *JB

LEAKING FRONT STRUTS WHICH COULD CAUSE MAJOR FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *JB

2K MILES ON NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO, FEB 2006 BUILD DATE. BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING CAUSING OIL SEEPAGE AND LOUD CLUNKING OVER TERRAIN. OIL ALL OVER INNER WHEEL WELL CAUSING FACTORY UNDER COATING TO MELT. POTENTIAL FOR OIL TO LEAK ON TO BRAKE PADS WITH BRAKE FAILURE TO RESULT. FIRE HAZARD DUE TO EXTREME HEAT GENERATED BY BRAKES AND PROXIMITY TO EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. PREMATURE FAILURE OF SWAY BAR LINKAGE AND STABILIZER BUSHINGS CAUSED FROM CORROSIVE OIL FROM LEAKING STRUTS BEING SPRAYED OVER THOSE CRITICAL SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. *JB

LEFT FRONT STRUT FAILURE, RIGHT FRONT STRUT LEAKING ON PONTIAC GTO 2006. PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER, 125 MILES ON VEHICLE. *JB

FRONT STRUT FAILURE - OIL LEAKS FROM STRUT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF SUSPENSION DAMPING ON VEHICLE, AS WELL AS OIL COATING THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR AND CALIPER. FAILURE OCCURS WITH NO WARNING. TO DATE, VEHICLE IS OUT-OF-SERVICE AND IS WITH THE SELLING DEALER. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. AWAITING REPLACEMENT STRUT FOR VEHICLE. *JB

THE FRONT STRUTS FAILED AND SLUNG OIL ALL OVER THE BRAKES OF MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH LESS THAN 400 MILES ON IT. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I EVEN ASKED THE SALESMAN WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IF HE HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, AS I HAD READ OF OTHER OWNER'S HAVING THIS PROBLEM, AND HE SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I AM TAKING MY CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *JB

1. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR JUST OVER 3 WEEKS. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER BOTH FRONT TIRES THAT LOOKED LIKE OIL. 2. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE A MONTH BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE PARTS IN STOCK. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT EVER SINCE. THE CAR DOES NOT TRACK WELL ON THE ROAD AND IT FLOATS AND BOUNCES ALL OVER THE PLACE. ALSO, IF THERE ARE IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD THE CAR BOUNCES AROUND A LOT. 3. I AM STILL WAITING ON THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE PARTS. *JB

FRONT MACPHERSON STRUT LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID. *JB

FRONT STRUTS FAILED. *JB

BUILT 01/2006 GTO - BOTH FRONT STRUTS HAVE FAILED, RESULTING IN STRUT OIL COATING UNDERBODY AND WHEEL WELLS. *JB

ONE WEEK AFTER OWNING VEHICLE, NOTICED LEAK SPOTS ON DRIVEWAY. AFTER RESEARCHING ON INTERNET CAR FORUMS, WAS INFORMED COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR BUILD DATES JAN-APR '06. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT AND WAS TOLD DRIVER SIDE STRUT IS LEAKING. TOLD THERE IS A 2-3 MONTH WAIT DUE TO HIGH DEMAND. ON 7/29, STRUT FINALLY BLEW WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE CAUSING A JOLTING SENSATION AT HIGH SPEED. WILL TAKE TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT ON MONDAY (7/31) IN ORDER TO GET LOANER VEHICLE DUE TO THE 2-3 MONTH WAIT TOLD TO ME BY DEALER. I TRAVEL 35 MILES TO WORK ONE WAY SO THIS IS A VERY TROUBLESOME ISSUE. A RECALL ON THESE STRUTS IS WAY OVERDUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED DUE TO THESE BLOWOUTS. *JB

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 300 AND 400 MILES ON VEHICLE THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT BEGAN TO LEAK. THE OIL HAS DAMAGED THE UNDER COATING. WAS TOLD 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR PART TO COME IN. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS BLOWN OUT AND LEAKING ON MY 06 PONTIAC GTO. *JB

THE TWO FRONT STRUTS ON THE CAR LEAK OIL, WHICH CAUSES STRUT FAILURE. THE CAR HAD 800 MILES ON IT WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. THE REPLACEMENT STRUTS ARE ON BACKORDER. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE STRUTS BEING BAD, AND MUST SIT AT THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL THE PARTS COME IN. DEALER DID GIVE A RENTAL. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS BLEW OUT. *JB

RIGHT FRONT STRUT LEAKING OIL ON SWAY BAR BUSHINGS. JAN 06 BUILD DATE. ~700 MILES ON ODOMETER. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO NORMAL DRIVING 35-40 MPH FRONT END STRUTS BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. NO ACCIDENT, VEHICLE HAS BETWEEN 500 AND 600 MILES ON IT. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET. *JB