# 2007 PONTIAC G5 — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `785653` · 2010-05-05 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** G5
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 32,200
- **Speed:** 15 mph
## Narrative
WE HAVE A 2007 PONTIAC G5 URAD  WITH 32000 MILES ON IT, WE BOUGHT IT NEW. IN FEB 2010 MY SON WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND AS HE WENT AROUND A SHARP BEND IN THE ROAD, HE STATED HE FELT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR SLIDING INTO GUARD RAILS. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE, THEN WE GET A RECALL FROM PONTIAC ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM . I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT , THEY  HAD A INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR LOOK AT IT AND A GIRL NAMED BRANDY CALLED AND SAID IT WAS HER DECISION NOT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I ASKED WHAT HER QUALIFICATIONS  WERE AND SHE SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HER EDUCATION WAS.  *TR
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