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2006 Pontiac Torrent engine and engine cooling problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2006 Pontiac Torrent9% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
9%
share of all complaints
57,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I have no heat from the vehicle no matter which setting is used. I have read several articles that this a common problem with the 2006 pontiac torrent and chevy equinox. *tr

    filed Oct 7, 2014

  • The car has a tendency to have loss of power or stall while driving. The one particular time that is of great safety concern is when it had loss of power while driving on the highway. The car also won't randomly start and have been stalled in the -30 degrees freezing cold for over an hour on a…

    filed Mar 14, 2014

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

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Torrent years

YearReportsShare
2008 Torrent22%
2007 Torrent52%
Torrent engine and engine cooling 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.