2007 Pontiac TORRENT problems and owner complaints
Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
243 owner complaints analyzed
4 distinct recall campaigns
76,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2007 model year. Data snapshot: . 202 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Most common problems
Fuel/Propulsion System is the most frequently named component, appearing in 65 of 243 complaints (26.7%). A complaint can name multiple components.
| Topic | Matching reports | Share of complaints |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel system concerns | 78 | 32.1% |
| Steering behavior | 29 | 11.9% |
| Braking behavior | 28 | 11.5% |
| Electrical and battery issues | 18 | 7.4% |
| Transmission and shifting | 5 | 2.1% |
| Engine operation | 4 | 1.6% |
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 65 |
| Electronic Stability Control (Esc) | 52 |
| Air Bags | 46 |
| Electrical System | 25 |
| Steering | 25 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 18 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump | 11 |
| Traction Control System | 10 |
Fuel/Propulsion System: 65; Electronic Stability Control (Esc): 52; Air Bags: 46; Electrical System: 25; Steering: 25; Fuel System, Gasoline: 18; Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump: 11; Traction Control System: 10
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Under 25,000 | 24 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | 32 |
| 50,000 to 74,999 | 40 |
| 75,000 to 99,999 | 47 |
| 100,000 to 149,999 | 39 |
| 150,000 and above | 20 |
Under 25,000: 24; 25,000 to 49,999: 32; 50,000 to 74,999: 40; 75,000 to 99,999: 47; 100,000 to 149,999: 39; 150,000 and above: 20
75,000 to 99,999 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (47). 41 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 23 |
| 2011 | 21 |
| 2012 | 29 |
| 2013 | 33 |
| 2014 | 34 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
2006: 1; 2007: 8; 2008: 5; 2009: 3; 2010: 23; 2011: 21; 2012: 29; 2013: 33; 2014: 34; 2015: 21; 2016: 13; 2017: 13; 2018: 9; 2019: 16; 2020: 6; 2021: 3; 2022: 2; 2023: 1; 2024: 2
Pattern summary
Fuel/Propulsion System leads the component reports. Fuel system concerns appears in 78 complaint narratives. Steering behavior appears in 29 complaint narratives. Braking behavior appears in 28 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
Owner report 10359894 · 2010-10-09 (October 9, 2010)
FUEL 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT WITH 36K MILES. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. FUEL LINE BROKE AT POINT WHERE THE LINE CONNECTS TO THE PUMP CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM ABOVE GAS TANK AND COVER ENTIRE BOTTOM OF VEHICLE. ENTIRE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT ISSUE. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. 36,126 miles reported. Look up ODI 10359894 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10371097 · 2010-12-17 (December 17, 2010)
THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG GAS ODOR. THEN IT WOULD START "MISSING" WHEN WE WERE DRIVING IT. WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC. HE CALLED TO ORDER THE FUEL PUMP. IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE PART CAME IN ALMOST 2 WEEKS TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. IT WAS VERY COSTLY. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. 91,716 miles reported. Look up ODI 10371097 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10179396 · 2007-01-22 (January 22, 2007)
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 S…
Owner-reported narrative. 600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10179396 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10179546 · 2007-01-24 (January 24, 2007)
POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THANK GOODNESS I WAS SITTING STILL. SHUT OFF CAR, STEERING DID NOT ENGAGE. STABILI TRAC SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY KEPT IT ONE DAY AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. *JB
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10179546 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10174612 · 2006-11-28 (November 28, 2006)
PONTIAC TORRENT(2007 YR ONLY) RIGHT REAR FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE HOSE TO RR DISC BRAKE CALIPER HAS OVER A 100 DEGREE BEND WITH NO PLAY. AS WHEEL ASSEMBLY HITS BUMPS THIS HOSE WILL FAIL IN TIME CAUSING REAR BRAKE FAILURE. I ADVISED GM SERVICE MANAGER ON 11/22/06 AND HE WAS GOING TO ADVISE GM ENGINEERING,W/ON LINE REPORT. *NM
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10174612 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10211398 · 2007-12-10 (December 10, 2007)
DURING HEAVY RAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED WITHOUT ANY USE OF THE BRAKES CAUSING THE CAR TO PULL FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS THE ABS SYSTEM APPLIED ALTERNATING BRAKES. THIS REPEATED AT LEAST 4 TIMES DURING A 1.5 TO 2 HOUR HIGHWAY DRIVE. ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY AT A LOWER SPEED THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY AND DID NOT TRY TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE AVOIDED HIGHWAY DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM AGAIN. WHEN TAKING THE CAR I…
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10211398 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10217300 · 2008-02-06 (February 6, 2008)
THE DATE IS THE FIRST INCIDENT, HAD SEVERAL AFTER THAT. I OWNED THE VEHICLE 8 DAYS WHEN THE STABILIZATION, TRACTION CONTROL, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS A SPEED SENSOR, THEY WOULD ORDER PART. I TOOK IT BACK TO GET IT FIXED, 30 MINUTES LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, LIGHTS CAME ON, SO I WENT BACK, THEY ASSURED ME THEY FIXED IT AND IT WAS A QUOTE "LIGHTS ONLY" ISSUE. A MONTH LATER TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE SAME CODE CAME UP AGAIN, SO EITHER THEY FIXED A BAD PART WITH A BAD PART OR ELS…
Owner-reported narrative. 500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10217300 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10369688 · 2010-12-08 (December 8, 2010)
2007 PONTIAC TORRENT AWD. HAVING FAILURE OF ABS, STABIL-TRAC SYSTEM, AWD. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. OCCURS RANDOMLY. DEALER SAID IT WAS AN "ELECTRICAL PROBLEM" HOWEVER, ALL OF THEIR SOLUTIONS HAVE YET TO FIX THE ISSUE. PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE SEPT 2010, DEALERSHIP HAS HAD CAR 3 TIMES, AND HAS NOT RESOLVED. THE LATEST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL, AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CAR SLID DOWN THE HILL (NO ABS, NO AWD, NO STABILITY CONTROL), ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE ABOVE.…
Owner-reported narrative. 57,198 miles reported. Look up ODI 10369688 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10208691 · 2007-11-12 (November 12, 2007)
GOING UP A SMALL GRADE OR JUST DRIVING THE SERVICE STBILITRAK LIT COMES ON AND STAYS ON AS LONG AS CAR IS RUNNING. HAS BEEN IN DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS SAME THING. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN WHEN THIS LIGHT CAME ON AND WE DID, ALL THE TOLD ME IS IT SAID TO REPROGRAM. SEEN THE LAST DEALER VISIT THE LIGHT HAS CAME ON TWO MORE TIMES. THE ONLY THING THAT IS NOTICEABLE IS THE SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10208691 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10363793 · 2010-11-02 (November 2, 2010)
I HAVE A 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT (CHEVROLET EQUINOX) THAT EXPERIENCES WILD ENGINE / TRANSMISSION / BRAKING BEHAVIOR DURING RAIN STORMS. THE BEHAVIOR IS THE ENGINE CUT-OUT + ANTILOCK BRAKES ALL AT ONCE, ALL FOUR TIRES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN RAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES, I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE NEW AND IT HAS 89,000 MILES ON IT NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF STABILITY CONTROL IN THIS VEHICLE AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY CANNOT FIX IT. THE MECHANIC SAID THEY GET ABOUT ONE COMPLAINT A WEEK LI…
Owner-reported narrative. 200 miles reported. Look up ODI 10363793 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10467675 · 2012-07-25 (July 25, 2012)
MY CAR STARTED STALLING WHEN DRIVING, THEN AFTER THAT I STARTED SMELLING HEAVY GAS FUMES WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN CAR IS PARKED ITS SMELLS LIKE GAS REALLY STRONG. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10467675 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10619169 · 2014-08-06 (August 6, 2014)
WE PURCHASED THE 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT ON 10/02/2013. THE TEST DRIVE SEEMED TO BE FINE. WE DROVE THE CAR IN THE CITY. THE AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT IS 25-35. WE ONLY DRIVE THE CAR TO AND FROM WORK AND ALMOST OF THE TIME TO VARIOUS DRIVES. WHEN I HAD TO USE HIGHWAY 95 IN DELAWARE THE CAR BEGAN PULLING BACK AND WOULD NOT SHIFT AND FROM 40-55 (60) THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT FROM 35-60 ALL OF THE TIME. WE HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION ON 06/18/2014 WE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6-7 MONTHS . THE 2007 TORRENT FAILED (WHEN WE HAD ONLY OWNED IT 5-6 MTHS). PF…
Owner-reported narrative. 123,167 miles reported. Look up ODI 10619169 at NHTSA ↗