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Pontiac G5 Unknown Or Other Safety Report | Oct 21, 2013
Reported on Oct 21, 2013
| AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2013 I NOTICED A DISTURBING NOISE WHEN I STARTED MY CAR. IT WAS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND THAT LASTED ABOUT 3 SECONDS WHEN CRANKING MY CAR. TO MY SURPRISE THE TIMING CHAIN HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. ON OCTOBER 20-21, 2013, THE TIMING CHAIN SET WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED BY A TRUSTED MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT I WAS LUCKY THE ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN DAMAGED. MY COMPLAINT IN QUESTION IS WHY AT ONLY 54,540 MILES DID THE TIMING CHAIN SNAP IN HALF? MY NEXT QUESTION IS HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS MADE BY OTHER OWNERS OR MANUFACTURERS OF THIS MODEL RELATING TO THIS ISSUE? I WAS FRUSTRATED AS IT WAS HAVING TO HAVE THE SET REPLACED AT ONLY 54,540 MILES, BUT I AM EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LATEST RECALLS ON MY CAR (13454 AND 14063). ESPECIALLY WHEN I LEARNED GM HAD KNOWN THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS RECALL FOR AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME. I LOVED THIS CAR WHEN I GOT IT, BUT NOW I HAVE BEGUN TO QUESTION THE ENTIRE INTEGRITY OF MY VEHICLE STRUCTURALLY, ELECTRICALLY, AND MECHANICALLY. EVEN IF NOTHING RESULTS FROM FILING THIS COMPLAINT, HONESTLY ALL I WANT IS A HUMAN RESPONSE THAT GIVES ME SOME SORT OF BELIEF THAT SOMEONE GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THIS MATTER. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G5 |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | DANVILLE VA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2AL15F277 |
| Mileage: | 54540 miles. |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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| Previous Report:Unknown Or Other | Next Report:Steering |