2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE — Complaint #754139
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL filed January 25, 2010
NHTSA complaint #754139 (ODI reference 10302150) concerns a 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE and was filed on January 25, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 8, 2009. The vehicle had 36,195 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle assembly:axle shaft:seal, 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 2, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 SOLSTICE cohort independently describe similar power train:axle assembly:axle shaft:seal 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 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
MY WIFE SUGGESTED TO ME THAT THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION TO THE CAR. I DIDN'T REALLY CONSIDER THAT A POSSIBILITY. HOWEVER, SHE HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ACCIDENT BEYOND SAYING "ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR". WHILE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CAR TITLE, WHICH I'VE STILL NOT FOUND BY THE WAY, I DISCOVERED A RECALL NOTICE FROM EARLY 2008. I REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT AND DISCOVERED THE 3RD CONDITION WHICH MAY OCCUR SOUNDS LIKE A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT. I'M NOT SURE OF THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION AT THIS POINT. I'M NOT A MECHANICAL EXPERT BUT IT SEEMS TO ME WE COULD EASILY DISCOVER IF THE DIFFERENTIAL IS JAMMED. IF SO, I SUSPECT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT MY WIFE. IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF THESE THINGS CAN JAM AND RELEASE OR NOT. OF COURSE, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE ISN'T PLACED IN JEOPARDY LIKE MY WIFE MAY HAVE BEEN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WORK TO GET T
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 754139 |
| ODI Number | 10302150 |
| Date Filed | January 25, 2010 |
| Failure Date | December 8, 2009 |
| VIN | 1G2MB33B16Y |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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