2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE — Complaint #894884
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE filed December 12, 2011
NHTSA complaint #894884 (ODI reference 10439656) concerns a 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE and was filed on December 12, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 18, 2011. The report was geocoded to PR based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front:anchorage, 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 SOLSTICE cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front:anchorage 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 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
VEHICLE OVERHEATS; PASSENGER FLOOR INNER SIDE GETS VERY HOT, COOLANT LIGHT ON PANEL COMES ON AND LEAKS COOLANT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BENITEZ AUTO IN CAGUAS PUERTO RICO) BUT THEY CLAIM NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES, ON NOVEMBER 18, 2011 COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON 7 TIMES AND DID IT AGAIN DECEMBER 11 AND 12, 2011. I AM AFRAID THAT THE VEHICLE MY CATCH FIRE. IN ADDITION I NEVER GOT THE RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE, RECALL FOR SEAT BELTS FRONT ANCHORAGE; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 07V454000. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP OR INFORM ME OF WHAT TO DO BEFORE A TRAGEDY OCCURS, THANK YOU. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 894884 |
| ODI Number | 10439656 |
| Date Filed | December 12, 2011 |
| Failure Date | November 18, 2011 |
| VIN | 1G2MB35B88Y |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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