Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10559421January 10, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
01/05/2014 AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD, AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, A TRUCK PULLED UP NEXT TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING - HOWEVER THEY HAD BEEN JUST A MOMENT BEFORE. *TR 01/10/2014 THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THIS DATE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE WORKING (HOWEVER I WAS NOT BREAKING), AND THERE WAS A DRIVER THAT PULLED UP NEXT TO ME AND INFORMED ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE MALFUNCTIONING. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL. IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL, HOWEVER THE FUSE IS NOT DAMAGED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559167January 9, 2014
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
4 DAYS AGO DAY UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE GYM THE POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT. SINCE THEN IT HAS LOST ALL POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING . THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH AND NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL UP UNTIL 2009 MODEL YEAR BUT NOT ON THE 2010? THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE 2010 PONTIAC G6 BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE VERY COMMON AMONGST US G6 OWNERS. GM NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS AND MAKE THESE VEHICLES SAFE BEFORE SOMEONE OR MYSELF GET SERIOUSLY HURT. ALSO THE SERVICE ESC MESSAGE HAS BEEN APPEARING AS WELL AND "ESC OFF" LIGHT IS ON. PLEASE HELP TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW OR MONDAY IF THEY CAN GET ME IN. OF COURSE I'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS MODEL. SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND LACK OF OR LOSS OF STEERING COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ISSUE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559048January 8, 2014
STEERING
I MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING MAKE A SOUND AND MAKING THE CAR DIFFICULT TO STEER I WENT TO A CAR COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ON PONTIAC G6 2007 AND PAID $125.00 FOR CHECK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558768January 7, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHILE DRIVING, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558699January 6, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED, MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558522January 5, 2014
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL STARTED JERKING AND THEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT. HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT BACK ON. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. OR, IF IT DOES, IT ONLY LASTS A MILE OR TWO. I THINK I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT A RECALL POSSIBLE ? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558528January 5, 2014
STEERING
POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKS AND WARNING ON IT COMES UP ON DISPLAY. THERE IS MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN REPORTED. MY WIFE AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME. GM DOES HAVE A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES. MY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A ACCIDENT IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT THE TIME. SHE DRIVES THIS CAR MOST OF THE TIME. I CAN UNDERSTAND A FAILURE ON A PART WITH HIGH MILEAGE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS PART. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CARS WITH HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING WITH MILEAGE MUCH HIGHER MILES AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. THE REPAIR IS VERY PRICEY TO FIX. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THEY ARE DECEIVING THE PUBLIC FOR NOT FIXING IT AND REPORTING IT TO BUYERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558286January 3, 2014
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING GOES OUT PERIODICALLY WHEN IT GETS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SOMETIME NOW. IF THE TEMPERATURE GETS CLOSE TO FREEZING OUTSIDE THE POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF A FEW AFTER I FIRST START UP THE VEHICLE AND IF I MAKE VERY SHARP TURNS IT GOES OUT. I NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE WHEN ITS WARM OUTSIDE. GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THIS NO MATTER IF YOUR VEHICLE IS PAST 70000 MILES. THEY FAILED BY MAKING AND ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING SYSTEM IN THESE YEAR MODELS WHICH OBVIOUSLY THEY REALIZED WAS A PROBLEM SINCE THE 2007 MODELS HAVE THE TRADITIONAL POWER STEERING PUMP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558324January 3, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND COMPLETING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558409January 3, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558254January 2, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE HAD MY 2007 PONTIAC G6 FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS AND THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF WAS GREAT NO PROBLEMS BUT JANUARY LAST YEAR IS WHEN IT ALL STARTED GOING DOWN HILL FIRST I WAS NOTICING THAT MY GAS MILEAGE WAS GETTING WORSE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER SO I DID. NEXT ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM WENT OUT AND MY BOYFRIEND TOOK OUT LIGHT AND NOTICED THE WIRES WERE COMPLETELY BURNED OFF FINALLY GOT THAT REPLACED. WHEN I GOT MY CONVERTER REPLACED THEY TOLD ME THE MILEAGE WOULD GET BETTER AND THE GAS SMELL WOULD GO AWAY A YEAR LATER NOW ITS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT ITS MY FUEL PUMP AND ITS LEAKING GAS . I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD SON WITH A GAS LEAK FOR A YEAR WHICH SCARES ME AND ALSO MAKES ME UPSET ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THAT THE G5 WAS RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE ALSO AND ITS COMMON BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK BY NOT EXTENDING THE RECALL TO THE G6 SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. NOW IM LEFT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX THIS WHEN IM A ONE CAR ONE INCOME FAMILY . PLEASE HELP AND PLEASE FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557925December 31, 2013
STEERING
"POWER STEERING" WARNING MESSAGE IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CONSOLE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH CHIME TO ALERT OF AN EVENT. DEALER INSPECTED AND FOUND THE DTC C0460 FOR STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR, PHYSICAL INSPECTION FOUND A WORN SENSOR. DEALER REPLACED STEERING COLUMN AND RECALIBRATED THE PSCM TO THE VEHICLE, CLEARED CODES AND RECHECKED OPERATION. DEALER FOUND NO OPEN RECALLS IN THE US FOR THIS VIN, BUT DID FIND REFERENCE TO 2012 RECALL IN CANADA FOR POWER STEERING FAILURE COVERING THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR WITH REPLACEMENT OF STEERING COLUMN AS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLUS POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROL MODULE FOR 2008 SPECIFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557934December 31, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE AND SEIZED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557817December 30, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTORS WERE BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557589December 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHT HARNESS GOT CORRODED AND WILL NOT MAKE A SOLID CONNECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557559December 28, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BEGINNING ON NOV 17, 2013 AND UP UNTIL PRESENT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT OF MY 2008 PONTIAC G6 CONTINUES TO BURN OUT. THE FIRST INCIDENT CAUSED ME TO GET A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THE TICKET IS THE WAY I INITIALLY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM. THE VERY NEXT MORNING AFTER RECEIVING THE TICKET, I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE HEADLIGHT. TO MY DISMAY, THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS FIRST REPLACED. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHT REPLACED AGAIN. ON TODAY'S DATE, DECEMBER 28TH, WHILE DRIVING I SMELLED A VERY STRONG ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS BLACKENED. I REMOVED THE HEADLIGHT AND OBSERVED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR WAS COMPLETED BURNED WITH SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT. NOW I AM FEARFUL TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. UPON ARRIVING HOME, I WENT ON THE INTERNET TO LEARN WHAT THE CAUSE MAY BE AND DISCOVERED MANY OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE PONTIAC G6. TO REPAIR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE IS COSTLY. CLEARLY, THIS IS A DANGEROUS MANUFACTURER'S DEFEAT. SADLY, WITHOUT A RECALL, THIS PROBLEM HAS AND WILL RESULT IN ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLY UNNECESSARY FATALITIES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557505December 27, 2013
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL STARTED JERKING AND THEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT. HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT BACK ON AND NOW IT DOES IT DAILY. NEEDS REPAIRED AND I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THERE MAY BE A SPECIAL WARRANTY TO GET IT REPAIRED. THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME MY NOT BE EXACT BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT AT THE TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556975December 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED DUE TO MY BRAKE LIGHTS NOT COMING ON UNTIL BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY DEPRESSED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND NOW HAVE TO BRAKE LATER TO BE ABLE TO PRESS THE PEDAL DOWN ENOUGH TO ILLUMINATE THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THUS PUTTING MYSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER OF A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556911December 21, 2013
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND FEELS LIKE IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY AT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WORK WAS DONE AT A COST OF $810.00 I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT A RECALL FOR SOME 2008 G6 MODELS HAD BEEN ISSUED WITH BULLETIN # 10183, HOWEVER, MY CAR WAS NOT IN THE VIN LISTING. PERHAPS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE RECALL LISTING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556789December 20, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
OUR PONTIAC G-6 2008 LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE REPEATEDLY BURNED OUT, DUE TO THE MELTING OF THE LIGHT SOCKETS. I'VE ALREADY HAD ONE REPLACED AND IT HAS ALREADY MELTED DOWN, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. ON TUESDAY DEC 17, 2013 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT WENT OUT. THIS CAUSED HER TO RUN OVER A MEDIAN. THIS CAR NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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