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2008 Pontiac Solstice seats problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 2008 Pontiac Solstice6% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Seats complaints
6%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • From the beginning upon purchasing this vehicle we found the passenger sensor not functioning properly, duplessis gmc in gonzales, la could not locate the problem so after many efforts with them we got a local shop to install the new sensor that we purchased from duplessis. We are looking for…

    filed Jan 19, 2018

  • Passenger presence sensor failed on seat bottom after passenger sat on seat during freezing weather. Apparently an all too common failure for this model of car. No fix offered other than replacing entire seat bottom at a cost upwards of $1000. Car was stationary and in park.

    filed Jan 11, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Seats problems in other Solstice years

YearReportsShare
2009 Solstice38%
2007 Solstice186%
2006 Solstice83%
Solstice seats problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.