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2006 Pontiac Solstice drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 29 complaints for the 2006 Pontiac Solstice, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
29 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2006 Pontiac Solstice Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 10,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 96% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles13
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 96% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

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.

Reported at 36,195 miles, December 2009 CrashInjury

Immediately after purchasing my 2006 pontiac solstice in 2006, I begin experiencing a noise in the rear end of the vehicle. I took it in several times for repair until finally in 2007, pontiac recalled the vehicle for the power train being defective as listed below. I did not have any more problems until 2010 when the vehicle begin to make the same noise. I took the vehicle to another GM dealership as the one I purchased from had closed. They told me there was nothing they could do.

Reported at 10,000 miles, December 2006

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Drivetrain & axles problems in other years

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