"How reliable is the 2004 Pontiac Gto?"

"Based on 333 NHTSA complaints, the 2004 Pontiac Gto has a median complaint mileage of 18000 miles. The most common issue is SUSPENSION:FRONT."

"What are common problems with the 2004 Pontiac Gto?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2004 Pontiac Gto is SUSPENSION:FRONT, accounting for a significant portion of the 333 total complaints filed."

2004 Pontiac Gto: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 333 complaints

333

Total Complaints

18,000mi

Median Mileage

SUSPENSION:FRONT

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

9,100 25th Percentile

18,000 Median Mileage

29,537 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

SUSPENSION:FRONT

SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT

TIRES

SUSPENSION

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

POWER TRAIN

TIRES:SIDEWALL

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"PUT KEY IN IGNITION, TURNED KEY TO START POSTITION, RADIO, EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT, THEN BELLS STARTED GOING OFF, AND ERROR SAID ABS FAULT, WENT TO START VEHICLE, AND ERROR SAID AIRBAG FAULT. CAR WOULDNT EVEN TURN OVER, JUST A CLICK. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS GETTING TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR, ANY GEAR, ..."

"HAD CAR FOR 3 DAYS, STARTED MISSING AND STALLING. APPEARED TO GO AWAY. THEN WENT TO GAS STATION TO FILL UP AND I COULDN'T GET THE GAS TO GO IN THE TANK. HAD TO PUT A LITTLE AT A TIME. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS BACK TO STALLING AND MISSING. A NEW TURN WAS THE DIGITAL DISPLAY FOR THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28