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2007 PONTIAC G6 — Complaint #1477065

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS filed June 20, 2018

NHTSA complaint #1477065 (ODI reference 11102786) concerns a 2007 PONTIAC G6 and was filed on June 20, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 1, 2018. The vehicle had 89,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PONTIAC G6 cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:brake lights failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 PONTIAC G6 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2007 PONTIAC G6
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
State
New York
Mileage
89,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD ENGAGE INTO NEUTRAL, PARK, OR DRIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURES OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BAY RIDGE CHEVROLET (1575 86TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11228, 718-232-0186) WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST LOCATED A FAILURE CODE FOR THE BODY CONTROL MODULE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1477065
ODI Number 11102786
Date Filed June 20, 2018
Failure Date April 1, 2018
VIN 1G2ZG58N974

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.