2007 Pontiac Torrent: steering wheel locks up

5 of the 243 complaints about the 2007 Pontiac Torrent describe steering wheel locks up.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 89,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 7 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Steering wheel locks up by model year

2009
1
2008
1
2007
5
2006
7

What owners say

Filed Nov 8, 2017 · Steering · 165,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

On 11/5/17 my 2007 pontiac steering locked and I was in a major car crash. The steering locked as I tried to leave a gas station after giving a stranded person a jump. I turned car off and back on and it was fine. Proceeded home and got on the highway, after driving about 45 minutes the steering locked again as I was changing lanes, I hit the back of a truck and my car lost control. My car went across lanes of on coming traffic and flipped and ran off the road.

Filed Mar 26, 2015 · Steering · 128,153 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac torrent. The contact stated that the steering wheel seized and was unable to turn left or right. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 128,153.

Filed Sep 5, 2013 · Driver assistance, Steering · 21,300 miles · FL

I felt the car shutter a little and then the steering locked up while driving home on the highway. Also, the stability/traction light stays on. My car only has 21000 miles on it and is still practically new.

Filed Nov 26, 2010 · Steering · 89,000 miles · NC

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 pontiac torrent. While the contact was driving approximately 30 MPH the steering wheel locked. The vehicle was turned off for five minutes and then back on and the steering wheel unlocked. The failure had occurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was not able to diagnose the failure. The technician replaced and aligned the tires. The technician stated that it could be related to the electronic steering in the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.

Filed Jan 22, 2007 · Steering · 600 miles · CO

Driving the 2007 pontiac torrent at 70 MPH, without any warning steering locked up and had no steering control. Got stopped in on coming traffic lane,thank goodness there was no traffic. Steering wheel was still locked up, shut off engine and checked outside of vehicle, started vehicle and had steering. Too it to dealer and he said he fixed it. Went to denver and was driving down I-25 luckily on the side lane when steering locked up again and this time I went into a snowbank , stopped inches before hitting retaining wall. Shut it off and started it and had steering again. Took car back to dealer and had for 3 weeks and says it's fixed, but won't tell if it is going to run off the road again. This vehicle has almost killed my family and I twice.