2009 Pontiac Solstice problems
NHTSA has received 45 complaints about the 2009 Pontiac Solstice, and 76% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (13%) and seats (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 76% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 30,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Pontiac Solstice with enough data (20 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac solstice. The contact stated the air bag warning off indicator illuminated when a front seat passenger was present and the occupant's weight was 125 pounds. The failure occurred sporadically. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the front seat sensor was replaced. The failure persisted and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer.
Passenger seat airbag sensor not functioning. Service airbag warning stays on as well as idiot light on dash. Light on dash indicates passenger airbag is not activated. Traveling along freeway and sensor appeared to be working fine and then lights and warning went on. Continued traveling and one time it started functioning and then went out again after maybe five minutes.
Rear diff has leak after 22000 miles the same as the 06/07's. Check airbag light randomly turns on while driving at various speeds.
The passenger seat airbag weight sensor has failed on my solstice. The passenger airbag is not currently functional due to this issue. This issue is effecting every single solstice and sky built by GM from 2006-2010. The dealerships are charging nearly $1,000 to replace the sensors on these cars and most customers are choosing not to replace them due to high cost. The same issue was recalled on cadillac cts models built in the same time period.