2006 PONTIAC GTO Suspensionfrontmacpherson Strut Problems

I OWN A 2006 GTO - PURCHASED MAY 2007. APPROX 8,000 MILES THE FRONT PASSENGER STRUT WENT OUT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED. APPROX 11,000 MILES, DRIVERS SIDE STRUT WENT OUT. DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED. NOW @ 31,000 MILES OUR REAR TIRES NEEDED REPLACING. WHEN WE TOOK THE OLD TIRE OFF, WE NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE HAD WORN OUT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY WOULD CHECK INTO THE PROBLEM. WE KNOW THAT THE FRONT TIRES WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN 4 WEEKS FROM THE DATE WE PURCHASED THE NEW TIRES. THEY DID DO A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT @ NO CHARGE. WE DO PLAN ON GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE ABOUT THEM REPLACING OUR FRONT TIRES @ NO CHARGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT I RELY ON MY DEALERSHIP TO ADVISE ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED NEW TIRES. I HAVE THEM ROTATED EVERY...

STRUT RUB IN MY 06 PONTIAC GTO...TIRES RUBBING AGAINST STRUTS AND CAUSING DANGEROUS WEAR ON INSIDE OF TIRES. DEALERSHIP TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND CLAIMS REASON IS ALIGNMENT. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MILES, I NOTICED TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF BOTH FRONT TIRES OF MY 2006 GTO WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER, WHO ALIGNED THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I ALSO ROTATED THE TIRES EVERY 5,000 MILES. NOW, AT 17,000 MILES, THE TWO TIRES WHICH ARE NOW IN THE REAR BOTH ARE SPLIT AT THE JUNCTION OF THE SIDEWALL AND THE TREAD. ONE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 60 MPH. THE OTHER HAS ONLY STARTED LEAKING. THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE TIRE CONTACT WITH THE STRUT, AS INDICATED BY THE VERY CLOSE TOLERANCE BETWEEN THE TWO, AND THE LACK OF PAINT ON THE STRUT IN THAT LOCATION. *TR

2006 PONTIAC GTO. STRUT FAILURE. HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 10 MONTHS AND THE STRUTS HAVE FAILED. HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS COULD CAUSE FATAL CAR WRECKS, SUSPENSION IS IMPORTANT FOR VEHICLE STABILITY. *TR

NORMAL DRIVING AND AFTER ONLY 2900 MILES, BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING OIL AND DAMAGED THE LINK BUSHINGS. VEHICLES RIDE BECAME VERY ROUGH AND NOISY. DEALER REPLACED ALL PARTS AND REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANTY BUT WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. DID NOT RETURN OLD PARTS. *TR

06 PONTIAC GTO FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS SHREDDED ON THE INSIDE FROM STRUT RUB. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUT FOUND TO BE LEAKING AFTER THE TIRE BLEW OUT DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT THE POSTED SPEED OF 70MPH ON 5-26-07. THERE WAS A COMPLETE RING GROUND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE INSIDE FRONT TIRE WHEN IT WAS PULLED FROM THE CAR. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE ARE NO STRUT RUB ISSUES BUT RELUCTANTLY REPLACED ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE STRUT AND TIRE. MY CONCERN IS THAT I MAY HAVE ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT AND TIRE IF IT FAILS THAT MAY CAUSE MORE THAN JUST MINOR REPAIRS TO THE CAR. DEALER PROVIDED GM PAPERWORK THAT STATES ONLY STRUTS WITH MANUFACTURER DATES BETWEEN 1/16/06 & 5/4/06 ARE AFFECTED AND ANY OTHERS SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED. *TR

FRONT STRUTS CONTINUED TO MAKE FAILURE NOISES - WAS CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES , EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THIS NOISE WAS DUE TO HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES AND 18 INCH RIMS THAT CAME ON THE CAR. THIS NOISES WERE EQUIVALENT TO BLOWN STRUTS. THIS START ON THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE CAR. 2006 PONTIAC GTO W/ 6 SPEED.*AK

4000 MILES ON 2006 PONTIAC GTO AND THE FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING FLUID. *AK

TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE MYSELF WHILE ON THE LIFT IN SERVICE BAY. BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING FLUID ,AND TIRE HAD RUBBED PAINT OFF THE STRUTS. *AK

TIRES RUBBING STRUTS AND WEARING THE INSIDE OF TIRES DOWN. TIRES THEN SHRED AND BLOW. STRUTS ARE ALSO LEAKING FLUID. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ,AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE A VEHICLE BLOWS A TIRE AND FLIPS AND KILLS SOMEONE. *AK

MECHANICAL CONTACT BETWEEN RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND SUSPENSION STRUT, EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMBER OF WHEEL ASSEMBLY, RESULTED IN ACCELERATED UNEVEN AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. IF NOT CORRECTED ,THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO SUDDEN AIR LOSS DUE TO MECHANICAL WEAR OF THE TIRE AGAINST THE STRUT, OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO EXCESSIVELY WORN TIRES. THIS ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED IN NHTSA PRELIMINARY EVALUATION, PE07-010.*AK

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

RIGHT FRONT STABILIZER BROKE. NOW BOTH STRUTS LEAKING, PARTS WILL NOT BE IN FROM AUSTRALIA FOR 3 WEEKS. WHAT ELSE IS WRONG BECAUSE OF THE DELAY

BOTH FRONT STRUTS STARTED LEAKING OIL AT APPROX 180 MILES ON THE CAR. GM AND THE DEALER SAY IT IS OK TO DRIVE WITH OIL LEAKING ALL OVER THE BUSHINGS, WHEELS, AND BRAKES.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HAVING THE FRONT STRUT REPAIRED ON 7-18-06, LESS THAN 1,000 MILES LATER, THE STRUT WAS LEAKING AGAIN. THE SUSPENSION WAS MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE ON 7-29-06 AND THE GARAGE FLOOR, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE FRONT STRUT FAILED AGAIN.

CAR HAS 700 MILES ON IT, AND THERE IS A TERRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT STRUT IS LEAKING. *NM

I BOUGHT MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH 17 MILES ON IT. I FOUND OUT THROUGH A WEB FORUM, THAT THE 2/06 GTO'S MAY HAVE HAD A BAD BATCH OF STRUTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT WHEN I TOOK MY CAR ON A SHORT TRIP WITH MY FAMILY, THE CAR STARTED TO LEAK FLUID FROM THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT. I THINK THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PUT OUT AT LEAST A TSB OR RECALL THESE CARS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME AT THE TIME. *NM

FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT STRUT LEAK. SEVERE SUSPENSION FAILURE. LOUD METAL CLANKING SOUND OVER ANY FORM OF UNEVEN GROUND/BUMP. 850 ORIGINAL MILES ON CAR. OWNED FOR 4 WEEKS. *NM

2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH A BUILD DATE OF FEB 2006 HAS HAD A FRONT STRUT FAILURE SINCE DELIVERY OF THE CAR ON 7/3/06. THE FRONT STRUTS LEAK OIL ALL OVER THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND GARAGE FLOOR AND STRUT DAMPENING ABILITY HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED CAUSING UNSTABLE HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BATCH OF MONROE SHOCKS PUT ON THE FEB 2006 GTO'S. *JB

HAVE NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT. RIGHT FRONT STRUT BEGAN LEAKING AND AFTER A FEW DAYS HAS FAILED COMPLETELY -- I CAN SEE THAT THE SEAL HAS SLID DOWN THE SHAFT AND IS RESTING AGAINST THE BOTTOM LINKAGE. BROUGHT IT TO THE PONTIAC DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW...WAS PUT ON SOME KIND OF LIST. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALER SAID "I DON'T KNOW." *JB

FRONT STRUT FAILURE. THE FRONT STRUTS ON THE 06 PONTIAC GTO WITH A BUILD DATE 02/06 SEEM TO HAVE STRUT FAILURE. THE CAR MAY LOSE CONTROL. *JB

(1) CAR BOUGHT NEW. PROPER BREAK IN PROCEDURE BEING FOLLOWED, NO HARD DRIVING! (2)BOTH FRONTS STRUTS ARE LEAKING OIL AND FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES MECHANICAL CLUNKING NOISES, ESPECIALLY GOING OVER BUMPS. (3)DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS DURING THE COURSE OF TWO VISITS. *JB

1. NONE, MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND I ONLY GOT TO ENJOY IT 600 MILES BEFORE PARTS FAILURE. 2. BOTH FRONT STRUTS FAILED, RESULTING IN NO FRONT BODY MOVEMENT CONTROL AND OIL ALL OVER. THE OIL ALSO CAUSED THE BUSHINGS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO FAIL RESULTING IN HORRIBLE NOISES. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. 3. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS AND THE FRONT STABILIZER. DAYS LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS CLUNKING AND LEAKING OIL AGAIN. THE OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

I HAD NOT BEEN DRIVING MY NEW 2006 PONTIAC GTO FOR MORE THAN A WEEK WHEN I NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT STRUT WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 500 MILES ON IT, AND WAS NOT ABUSED DURING THAT TIME. I ANTICIPATE THE DEALER WILL BE REPLACING THE STRUT UNDER THE WARRANTY OF THE CAR. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING OIL. PASSENGER SIDE MUCH WORSE THAN DRIVER SIDE. BOTH THE CAR AND THE STRUTS HAVE BUILD DATES OF MARCH 06. PROBLEM FIRST NOTICED WITH ONLY 120 MILES ON THE CAR. *JB

STRUT FAILURE ON MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO (WITH 67 TOTAL MILES). STRUTS ARE LEAKING FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR AND OIL IS GETTING ALL OVER THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

BOTH FRONT STRUTS LEAKING BY 1000 MILES. BUILD DATE 2/06. *JB

WITH FEWER THAN 900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER SINCE NEW, MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO BEGAN LEAKING OIL FROM THE DRIVER SIDE STRUT INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND ALONG THE UNDERBODY OF THE CAR. THE STRUT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE WITH IDENTICAL PART#.*JB

MY 2006 PONTIAC GTO BLEW 2 FRONT MACPHERSON STRUTS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 6-6-06. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE NEW STRUTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. THEREFORE, THE DEALERSHIP PULLED STRUTS OUT OF A NEW GTO ON THE LOT AND INSTALLED THEM IN MY CAR. ONE WEEK LATER THEY BLEW OUT AS WELL. DURING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLOWN FRONT STRUTS IN THEIR 2006 GTO' S. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GTO'S THAT HAVE A COMPLETION DATE OF EITHER JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2006. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM HAS CONTACTED GM TO FIND OUT IF THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND THEIR RESPONSE HAS BEEN TO SEE HOW HARD AM I DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THEY ARE NOT ADMITTING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR STRUTS. THIS IS A PERFORMANCE CAR AND AS...

LEFT FRONT STRUT LEAKING OIL. *JB

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING THE STRUT LEAKED, AT 600 MILES ON NEW PONTIAC GTO. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS!!! COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGH SPEED. DEALER SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL A STRUT CAN BE FOUND!! GTO FORUM ON INTERNET SAID THERE HAVE BEEN 26 COMPLAINTS SO FAR!!!!!!!! *JB

MYSELF ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 2006 GTO MANUFACTURED IN FEB 2006 HAVE LEAKY FRONT STRUTS AND POOR RIDE QUALITY. IT SEEMS THAT GM SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND PERFORM A RECALL TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO -- 250 MILES-- FRONT STRUTS ARE DEFECTIVE ALL FLUID HAS LEAKED OUT ON TO WHEELS, BRAKES, SUSPENSION PARTS AND RUBBER BUSHINGS AND GROMMETS. NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. POSSIBLY DAMAGED DURING SHIPMENT FROM AUSTRALIA. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO FRONT STRUT FAILURE. THERE IS FLUID LEAKING OUT OF MY FRONT STRUT AND ALSO A CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. HANDLING IS VERY LOOSE AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. I'M BRINGING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT LEAKING FLUID. BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW ON 6/30/06, HAS 298 MILES ON IT. NOTICED OIL IN GARAGE FLOOR UNDER FRONT DRIVER'S WHEEL ON 7/11/06 AT ABOUT 270 MILES. *JB

2006 PONTIAC GTO BOTH FRONT STRUTS BLEW AT 100 MILES COVERING ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE AND WHEEL WELLS WITH OIL THIS IS HAPPENING TO 1000'S OF VEHICLES AND GMC IS NOT NOTIFYING DEALERS OR CONSUMERS OF THIS. THIS ISSUE CAN LEAD TO SUSPENSION FAILURE AND OR VEHICLE FIRE. THE OIL IS ALSO DESTROYING FRONT BUSHINGS AND STABILIZER BAR. AND BRAKES ARE ALSO AFFECTED. PONTIAC IS IGNORING ISSUE AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *JB

LEAKY FRONT STRUTS

LEAKY FRONT STRUTS. *JB

BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE NEXT DAY STARTED TO MAKE OCCASIONAL NOISES IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING. FOUND LEAKING FLUID ON GARAGE FLOORS ON BOTH SIDES WHERE THE STRUTS ARE. TOOK INTO THE DEALER TODAY AND THEY ARE REPLACING THEM. *JB

FAILURE OF FRONT STRUTS ON 2006 PONTIAC GTO WITH 3,000 MILES. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT LEAKING AFTER ONLY 200 MILES. *JB

LEFT FRONT STRUT FAILURE AND LEAKAGE 06 PONTIAC GTO. *JB

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2006 SPICE RED METALLIC PONTIAC GTO ON JUNE 30, 2006. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I NOTICED TWO SMALL PUDDLES OF OIL LOCATED NEXT TO EACH FRONT TIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. I NOTIFIED MY DEALER AND IT WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE DAMAGED EITHER THROUGH SHIPPING OR JUST BAD EQUIPMENT FROM THE FACTORY. THE DEALER ORDERED NEW STRUTS BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEM AS OF YET. *NM

PURCHASED 2006 PONTIAC GTO FROM A DEALERSHIP ON 6/30/06. AFTER 400 MILES I FOUND THE FRONT LEFT MACPHERSON STRUT LEAKING OIL. THE CAR IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPLACED ON 7/11/06. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

BRAND NEW PONTIAC GTO WITH 300 MILES. OWNED 6 DAYS. BOTH FRONT SHOCK STRUTS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER THE PLACE AND MAKING A MESS. REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE WEEKS TO SHIP FROM AUSTRALIA. MEANWHILE I'M PAYING $500 A MONTH FOR A 6 DAY OLD BROKEN CAR AND I TRADED IN MY OLD CAR TO THE DEALER THAT SOLD ME THIS BROKEN CAR. *NM

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT STRUTS ARE LEAKING. VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 200 MILES, PURCHASED 5 DAYS AGO. PONTIAC GTO BUILT IN JANUARY 2006. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *NM

PURCHASED A NEW PONTIAC GTO, CAR WAS BUILT IN FEBRUARY OF 2006, TOOK DELIVERY IN LATE MAY. AFTER ~3100 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING, A POPPING SOUND STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE SOUND WAS CAUSED BY A FAILING MACPHERSON STRUT THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON OTHER GTO'S BUILT IN FEBRUARY 2006. *NM

WITHIN A DAY OR TWO AFTER TAKING DELIVERY, I NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM NEAR THE FRONT (DRIVERS SIDE) TIRE. DEALER SERVICE CONFIRMED THE LEAK IS COMING FROM THE STRUT AND THAT THE PART WOULD BE REPLACED. PART HAD TO BE ORDERED AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS OK TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL PART COULD BE REPLACED. OIL IS NOW ON MY GARAGE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOES NOT HANDLE AS WELL AS IT SHOULD. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE REGARDING FAILED/LEAKING STRUTS WITH THE GTO. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ON ANY VEHICLE I'VE EVER OWNED. *NM

FRONT STRUT SEAL FAILURE RESULTING IN OIL PUDDLE ON MY DRIVEWAY UNDER STRUT AS WELL AS UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE. *JB