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Pontiac LeMans

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Complaints

88

Active records

Recalls

3

Active records

TSBs

2

Active records

Filing history

Monthly totals over the last 20 years. Click a legend item to show or hide that series.

Reported severity

Based on consumer complaints filed since 2000. Recalls and TSBs do not include severity data.

Deaths

0

Injuries

11

Crashes

11

Fires

3

Top reported issues — Pontiac LeMans

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Safety restraint issue

38

Condition issue

36

Safety restraint behavior

22

Operating state

20

Braking behavior

14

Thermal issue

10

Access/entry issue

5

Engine behavior

5

Lighting behavior

4

Noise

4

Fluid issue

3

Starting behavior

3

Electrical issue

2

HVAC behavior

2

Reporting mechanism

2

Driver assistance issue

1

Performance issue

1

Recent change

1

Transmission/drivetrain behavior

1

Vibration/harshness

1

Wiper/washer behavior

1

Recent filings

The 10 most recent filings for each type.

1993 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Dec 3, 2002


THE PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL KEEPS WEARING OUT THE STRUTS AND BRAKES DUE TO A DEFECTED PART IN WHEEL MECHANISM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

1991 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Jun 27, 2002


VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STEERING PROBLEMS. *YD

1992 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Nov 6, 2001


THE BRACKITS THAT HOLD THE SEAT TO THE TRACK BROKE. *AK

1993 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed May 15, 2001


NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

1992 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Feb 15, 2001


BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY SQUEAL EVEN AFTER REPAIR/REPLACEMENT; MECHANICS SAY DIRT IN WHEELS; LIGHTS GO TO BRIGHT WHEN TURN SIGNALS PUT ON; DOOR LATCH FAILED; SPRING SNAPPED AND FLEW OUT FROM BENEATH CAR ON SMOOTH SURFACE, NO WARNING SOUNDS OR FEEL; FLEW OUT BEHIND CAR AT SPEED OF 10 MPH OR LESS - UNABLE TO FIND PART BECAUSE TOO MANY OTHERS LOOKING FOR SAME PART AT ONCE - COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF GOING DOWN HIGHWAY WITH OTHER TRAFFIC OR AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED

1991 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Jun 8, 2000


RECALL 94V248000/ MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELTS. INTERMITTENTLY, SHOULDER BELT GETS STUCK IN THE RAIL. DEALER DID PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK DURING RECALL REPAIR, THE BELT WAS GREASED BUT SHORTLY AFTER WARDS IT CONTINUED TO EITHER STOP HALF WAY OR NOT AT ALL. *YH

1991 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed May 22, 2000


DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT STAY CLOSED BECAUSE THE LATCHING MECHANISM BROKE. A ROPE HAD TO BE TIED AROUND THE DOOR TO KEEP IT FROM OPENING. GMC WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT PART WAS NO LONGER MADE, AND TO TRY A JUNK YARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

1990 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Jan 13, 2000


VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE PRESSURE RELEASE VENT FOR THE WATER WHEN IT GETS HOT. THIS CAUSES THE PRESSURE TO BULID UP/ HOSES TO BUST, AND VEHICLE OVERHEATING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

1992 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Nov 25, 1999


HEATER BLOWER SWITCH FAILURE. REPLACED SWITCH THREE TIMES, EACH TIME THE SWITCH MELTED AND BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPLACED THE WIRING TO WHICH THE SWITCH IS CONNECTED ALSO MELTED. IN REGARDS TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT, IT FAILS TO RETRACT. THIS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

1993 PONTIAC LEMANS

Filed Sep 14, 1999


RANSMISSION FLUID OR COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER TURNED CAR ON THE STARTER HESITATED/THERMOSTAT LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. STARTER WILL TURN OVER AT TIMES/ IT IS NOT STARTING, AND THERMOSTAT IS NOT REGESTERING THE ENGINE RUNNING HOT. *AK

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Updated May 30, 2026. Refreshed nightly.