Used 2006 Pontiac Torrent Consumer Reviews

I love my TORRENT!

I purchased this vehicle from a family friend who runs the hummer dealership, he said even though Pontiac is out of bus, their cars are still reliable. relatively low miles when purchased, and i've had no problems with this vehicle. Just turned 18, my first car, paying for it myself. want to eventually buy a torrent GXP and bump up to a 263 hp engine. I LOVE MY TORRENT.

Good Value! I have loved my Torrent!

My Torrent has treated me well! Although, I must say I only drive about 10,000 miles a year. I bought it March 2006 and just had to get new tires about a month ago. I have not had any problems with mine at all up until this week. My check engine light came on? I have not gotten it checked out yet but I really don't think it could be much of anything since I have so few miles. Besides that, I LOVE driving it and really has been a good car, especially for what I paid for it!

An okay car...

Owned a 2006 Pontiac Torrent AWD up until a few years ago, bought it used in 2009. The wife and I liked it at first but then came the notorious GM paint scabs, paint peeling off everywhere!!! It was discouraging since I like to detail my cars top to bottom and you see bare metal everywhere. The plastics and other trims where extremely cheap and delicate, electronics failed multiple times, I'd replace the hubs prematurely and it would still upset the ABS system. The AWD system was meh...It would make you lunge forward very aggressively once you lost traction in the front tires, perhaps that's why the rear driveshaft had to be replaced ($780), Then the rear diff exploded (don't recall how much it cost). Don't get me wrong, the Torrent was really fun to drive and had a surprisingly peppy 185hp V6, but the gas mileage was horrendous, it may have been a smaller tank, but a trip to Toronto Canada from up north where I live is 340kms and I had to fill up once or twice in between....It was that bad.

Love this car!

Happy but won't buy American again

Have owned my Torrent almost 3 years. Over all I have to admit I have been happy with it. I like the roominess, the stereo, and the power. The problems I've had are the right front door speaker had to be replaced, twice. I had to replace the windshield in it, twice. Both times no explanation for why the windshield cracked. Too much flex in the body? Also the remote clicker wouldn't always unlock the car. That seems to be working okay now. The car is nearing the end of it's warranty and I had planned on trading before it expires but the car has depreciated so much that I owe more than it's worth. Now that Pontiac is going away wonder what that will do to the value? My next car will be a Honda