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Pontiac G5 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 381 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Pontiac G5 (2007–2010). The most-complained-about year is 2007.

6
safety recalls, all years
381
owner complaints, all years
2007
year with most recalls
2007
year with most complaints

Pick your Pontiac G5 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 Pontiac G532
2009 Pontiac G5576
2008 Pontiac G54115
2007 Pontiac G55188

What Pontiac G5 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 381 complaints with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 188.

All Pontiac G5 recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Pontiac G5, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Ignition (electrical system)

    NHTSA 14V171000 Reported 2,191,014 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2006-2011 Chevrolet HHR, 2007-2010 Pontiac G5, 2006-2010 Pontiac Solstice, 2003-2007 Saturn Ion, and 2007-2010 Saturn Sky vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the key can be removed from the ignition when the ignition is not in the "Off" position.

    Remedy: General Motors will notify owners, and for vehicles that were built with the defective ignition cylinder and have not previously had the ignition cylinder replaced with the redesigned part, dealers will replace the…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  2. Air bags and switch (electrical system)

    NHTSA 14V047000 Reported 2,190,934 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on February 10, 2014 that they are…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch, free of charge. An interim notification was issued to owners of 2007 and earlier models on March 10, 2014, informing them of the safety defect.…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  3. Fuel pump (fuel system)

    NHTSA 12V459000 Reported 49,768 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida,…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 21, 2012. Owners were instructed to not bring their vehicles in for repair until January…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009

  4. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 10V073000 Reported 1,050,889 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    General motors is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 chevrolet cobalt and model year 2007-2010 pontiac g5 vehicles equipped with electric power steering. The driver may experience a sudden loss of power steering assist that could occur at any time while driving.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the electric power steering motor free of charge. Owners are being notified on a rolling basis between march 29 through november 2010. A copy of the mailing schedule is located in the recall file.…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  5. Fuel pump (fuel system)

    NHTSA 09V419000 Reported 69,139 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    General motors is recalling certain model year 2006 chevrolet cobalt and saturn ion vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of arizona and nevada; and model year 2007 chevrolet cobalt, pontiac g5 and saturn ion vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of arizona, california, florida,…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module free of charge. A special coverage will be implemented in the same time frame for model year 2006 vehicles registered in alabama, arkansas, california, florida, georgia,…

    Model years: 2007

  6. Column shift (power train)

    NHTSA 09V073000 Reported 276,729 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    General motors is recalling 276,729 my 2009 buick enclave, chevrolet cobalt, hhr, malibu, traverse, GMC acadia, pontiac g5, g6 and saturn aura and outlook passenger vehicles. These vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicles safety standard 102, "transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and ensure that the shift cable adjustment clip is fully engaged. In the event that the clip does not engage, the shift cable will be replaced free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on or…

    Model years: 2009

Other Pontiac models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.