2006 Pontiac Torrent problems
NHTSA has received 362 complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Torrent, and 26% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. Next are electrical system (17%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 362 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 18
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 315 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 | 32 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 14 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 43 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 63 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 73 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 40 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 27 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 315 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 80,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 67,000 miles (74 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 18 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported.
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.
On christmas eve of 2013 at about 5:45pm going west on 7miles rd going into the left turning lane beginning to proceed to light a van came through the traffic two lanes over from right came at angle from mobile gastation cutting through traffic he like met almost head-on hit the front of truck and continued making his left going east on 7miles rd clearly hit and run me and three other were hurt and I noticed the airbags did not deploy in the owners manual for that truck states that the airbags should have deployed…
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac torrent. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the driver seat wires melted through the seat without warning. The contact sustained a third degree burn on her lower back. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 126,000.
I own a 2006 pontiac torrent which heat went out about a month ago. Several diagnostic assessments were done on my vehicle and all three came up with same diagnostic. I was told that something was wrong with the blend box and it would cost $1000 or more to be repaired. I also contacted GM and they refused to assist me. I did research online and found out that there were numerous complaints with the same problem on 2006 pontiac torrents.
Able to take key out of ignition with the car in neutral gear and running. Car was towed to dealership where some work was done, however, when checked with attendant, incident recurred. Car started put car in neutral removed keys from car car continued running, engine did not cut off.