Pontiac GTO — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 3,469 evidence records for the Pontiac GTO (2004–2006), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,570 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Suspension974 (62.0%)
- Tires & wheels274 (17.5%)
- Electrical system74 (4.7%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)58 (3.7%)
- Steering30 (1.9%)
- Air bags (restraint system)26 (1.7%)
Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (0.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (1,230 records, model years 2004–2006) are most frequently classified under: suspension, tires & wheels and electrical system.
- Manufacturer communications (2,235 records, model years 2004–2006) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 1,028reports included a mileage
- 18,289average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 28mention a crash
- 6mention a fire
- 34mention an injury
- 4mention a fatality
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 2,235
- Investigations NHTSA 4
- Owner complaints NHTSA 1,230
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Pontiac GTO coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.