Pontiac G8
Problems and Repair Histories
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Below you'll find Pontiac G8 problem and repair descriptions submitted through the Car Reliability Survey and the Car Repair History Survey that supplements it.
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To measure reliability, TrueDelta calculates a "Successful Repair Trips per 100 Cars per Year" stat. The latest Car Reliability Survey (CRS) results include Pontiac G8 reliability information based on owner experiences through June 30, 2010:
| Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) | |||||
| Year | Make | Model |
Trips / Year | TS | Cars Mon/Car Av Odo |
| 2009 | Pontiac | G8 |  | 81 8.3 12000 | |
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Details: Pontiac G8 Repair Histories
Odometer readings and repair costs are in local units.
Engines for which repairs have been reported
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2009 Pontiac G8 4dr Sedan
415-horsepower 6.2L V8 6-speed manual RWD
| Pontiac G8 in South Carolina, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Apr | 2010 | 15000 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| May | 2010 | 16000 | 0 | Leaking oil pan. Pan was removed. |
| Jun | 2010 | 17000 | 0 | Manual transmission has a leaky master slave cylinder. Part order and scheduled to be repaired next week. |
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| Pontiac G8 in Texas, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Feb | 2009 | 0 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Dec | 2009 | 7000 | 0 | Sunroof rattle. |
| Mar | 2010 | 10000 | 0 | Most recent odometer entry. |
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2009 Pontiac G8 4dr Sedan
415-horsepower 6.2L V8 6-speed shiftable automatic RWD
| Pontiac G8 in New Jersey, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Mar | 2009 | 0 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| May | 2009 | 0 | Key fob falling apart new keyfob programmed with car. | |
| Jun | 2010 | 10000 | 0 | Most recent odometer entry. |
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2009 Pontiac G8 4dr Sedan
361-horsepower 6.0L V8 6-speed shiftable automatic RWD
| Pontiac G8 in Pennsylvania, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Oct | 2009 | 5000 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Nov | 2009 | 7000 | 0 | Driver side front door window guide was causing streaking on the window. |
| Jun | 2010 | 17000 | 0 | Vibration at highway speeds. Solved by road force balancing and replacement of tires. |
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| Pontiac G8 in Texas, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Jul | 2008 | 0 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Feb | 2009 | 5000 | 0 | Had a vibration in the driveline. |
| May | 2010 | 15000 | 0 | Sold. |
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2008 Pontiac G8 4dr Sedan
361-horsepower 6.0L V8 6-speed shiftable automatic RWD
| Pontiac G8 in New York, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Feb | 2009 | 17000 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Aug | 2009 | 21000 | 1650 | thumping noise caused by improperly lubed front end suspension weather-stripping clips from drivers side door bent. Dealer replaced them. |
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| Pontiac G8 in New York, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Jan | 2009 | 0 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Jun | 2009 | 5000 | 0 | Clunk in front end, There is a TSB for replacing front sway bar bushing. That has fixed the issue. |
| May | 2010 | 16000 | 0 | Replaced all 4 lower control arms due to a clunk going over bumps |
| Jun | 2010 | 19000 | 0 | Most recent odometer entry. |
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| Pontiac G8 in Oregon, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description | Nov | 2009 | 30000 | 0 | First odometer entry. |
| Dec | 2009 | 30000 | 0 | No repairs yet. I have 0ver 30000 miles on the car. |
| Mar | 2010 | 34000 | 0 | Most recent odometer entry. |
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| Pontiac G8 in Florida, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description |
| Jan | 2009 | 5000 | 0 | Warranty repair- Transmission interlock froze, console cover plate replaced after a release pin was pulled by the dealer. Transmission was not able to be taken out of Park but steering was not locked. |
| Dec | 2009 | 25000 | 0 | oIL AND FILTER CHANGE PROVIDED AS A COURTESY OF THE DEALERSHIP EVERY 3,000 MILE-4,000 MILES AS LONG AS i OWN THE CAR- HOW'S THAT FOR SERVICE? |
| Jul | 2010 | 36000 | 0 | Most recent odometer entry. |
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| Pontiac G8 in Michigan, United States | ||||
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| Month | Year | Odo | Cost | Description |
| Sep | 2008 | 5896 | 0 | Trans ECU reflash, bulletin #080730036 |
| May | 2009 | 21475 | 0 | Trans: Harsh/flare 2-3 shift, NTF - no repair. Engine: Cold start lifter noise, NTF, no repair Engine: Oil leak, replace oil pan gasket. Susp: Frnt stab bar bushings bad - replaced. |
| Jun | 2009 | 24369 | 0 | Susp: Lf & Rt upper strut mounts failed, replaced. Recalls: TPMS re-flash; brake switch flash. |
| Jul | 2009 | 26809 | 0 | Susp: Rt front upper control arm failed, replaced. |
| Nov | 2009 | 31957 | 0 | Susp: Left side control arm ball joints failed. Recall - left & right upper & lower control arms all replaced (qty 4) with redesigned parts. |
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Important: Most cars for which no repairs have been reported are not shown to make it easy to find those with repair information. So these repair histories should not be used to infer reliability. Instead, they provide an idea of the the problems and repairs Pontiac G8 owners have been experiencing,
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