My 2009 pontiac g8gt with 14,000 miles has had a front end shake in it since new. Have had it back to the dealer 8 times to have it fixed to no avail. He car has started to wander back and forth while driving on the highway so I decided today I was inspecting it to see if I could find anything. The last time I had it to the dealer I told them I could her the front strut bushings going bad this was about 1000 miles ago. Today during my inspection I found that both front strut bushings are bad. I was checking a couple of forum boards today and this seems to be a very common problem for this car and pontiac an gm are well aware of it. Why haven't they are anybody made gm step up and fix this before somebody get hurt or killed?
2009 Pontiac G8 suspension complaints
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At 23,000 miles my lower front right ball joint went bad and a wobble was noticed when braking hard. Dealer informed me that ball joint was bad and this a common problem and some vehicles have been recalled but my car was not on the recall or campaign list. The ball joint problem is a well documented problem within the g8 community but is not being taken seriously by the dealers or gm. This is a huge safety issue, this problem could eventually cause serious injuries. They have redesigned replacement control arms/ball joints to correct the problem but they have limited inventory. This recall should be made public to inform the consumer of the potential failure and destruction that could take place. This recall should be opened up to all g8's not just be VIN number. Obviously there are more cars that have defective parts that are not being included in this recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The struts have been repeatedly repaired. He has taken his vehicle to the dealer and was advised that the struts insulated on the vehicle were defective and could not be replaced. The dealers are also out of the parts and do not know when the parts will be available. The failure mileage was 18,000.
My pontiac g8 gt has experienced premature and potentially dangerous wear and failure from all four of the front ball joints -- upper and lower control arms. Gm has stated that this wear is from a bad "boot design", but there are numerous vehicles with multiple boot replacements and control arm replacements that have then gone bad -- once again. This therefore points to the ball joint design as being the primary cause of the premature wear and failure! There needs to be a recall on all four of the control arms for this vehicle before someone gets killed by a faulty ball joint breaking!
":alignment pull" pontiac g8 2009. When making a sharp turn to the left, steering does not come back to center, pulls to left. When making a sharp right, steering does not center, pulls to the right. Tire air pressure has been checked, tire have been balanced and check for out of round.
After only 11,000 miles my front right ball joint was bad and a wobble was noticed when braking hard. Dealer had to replace the lca to fix it. This is a safety issue with the premature failure and could eventually cause injuries if a more solid fix isn't completed.
Front suspension: control and caster arms: ball joints.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. The contact stated that the lower control arm ball joints have failed on both sides of the vehicle. The left side was previously repaired and have failed again along with the right side. The dealer stated that there was no recall for his VIN and he would have to pay for the repair. The manufacturer advised the contact that there was a total failure and to take the vehicle to the dealer to be repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 3,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g8. While driving approximately 15 MPH, he noticed a loud noise in the front of the vehicle. The contact is in the process of taking the vehicle to the dealer for further inspection and notifying the manufacturer. After further research the contact was able to determine that the lower control arms caused the failure. The failure mileage was 4,500 and the current was mileage 4,800.
The 2009 pontiac g8 has a potential problem with failure of the ball joints on the front end. At 16000km the ball joints were falling out on my pontiac g8. This could have lead to a control failure of the car and a major accident on the highway. This is not an isolated incident as the dealer has stated there have been several other cars with the same problem. I consider this car to be unsafe, and feel it should have a recall on it.
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