Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10330231May 12, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6, THE BRAKE LAMPS STAY ON WHEN THE BRAKE IS NOT DEPRESSED AND TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. I WENT TO 2 DEALERS AND HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THEY TELL ME THAT THIS IS NOT A MFG DEFECT. MAYBE NOT BUT IT IS SURELY A HAZARD. THIS EFFECTS MY CRUISE CONTROL AND PREVENTS IT FROM WORKING BECAUSE THE BRAKE SWITCH STICKS AS IF THE BRAKE IS BEING USED. I HAD THE BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED ONCE BEFORE BUT IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. IS THERE NOT SOME RECOURSE FOR THE REPAIR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 7 TIMES OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330055May 12, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING FAILURE MY 2007 PONTIAC G6 4 CYLINDER HAS ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. THE ALERT WILL CHIME,THE RADIO READOUT WILL FLASH POWER STEERING,AND THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WILL SHUT DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ,INCLUDING EXITING THE INTERSTATE APPROACHING AN EXIT RAMP. I CAN RE ENGAGE THE POWER STEERING, BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE,WAITING A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE.THE ABILITY TO RESET THE POWER STEERING LEADS ME TO BELIEVE,THIS IS A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY THE MANUFACTURER BY A RE-CALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330099May 12, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329982May 11, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERYDAY WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329728May 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G6, WHILE DRIVING THE VEH ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO FLASH ON AND OFF OF THE VEH TO INCLUDE THE SECURITY, TEMP AND BATTERY LIGHTS. THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL HOWEVER STAY ON, ALSO AT THIS TIME THE MESSAGE DISPLAY WILL BEGIN TO DISPLAY NEARLY EVERY MESSAGE THAT IS POSSIBLE, THEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION REGARDLESS OF SPEED THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT AND STAY OUT FOR VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME. THIS ORIGINALLY OCCURRED 1 TIME , WE TOOK THE VEH TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WOULD SHUT DOWN AFTER REACHING A CERTAIN TEMP SO THEY REPLACED IT, IT WAS FINE ABOUT 1 MONTH BEFORE BEGINNING TO DO THE SAME THING THIS TIME ON A VERY FREQUENTLY ALMOST TO THE POINT IT DOES IT NOW EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUES MADE TO PONTIAC/GM BY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE AND GM SEEMS TO BE IGNORING THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES ON THE ROADWAY, BECAUSE IF IT IS NOT AS SOON AS THE INCIDENT MAKES THE NEWS YOU CAN BE ASSURED ALOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO THE NEWS SAYING THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF GM AND THE NHTSA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329751May 10, 2010
STEERING
I PURCHASED A USED 2006 PONTIAC G6 ON APRIL THE 3RD, CAR RAN GREAT NO SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS, TOOK IT TO IOWA ON APRIL 29TH AND MADE GOOD TRIP UP THERE. THE MORNING OF APRIL 30TH WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT THE POSTED 55MPH SPEED LIMIT, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN JERKING TO THE LEFT, GETTING WORSE BY THE SECOND, IT THEN LOCKS UP AND IS ALMOST IMMOVABLE. GOT CAR TO SAFE PLACE AND LOOKED AT OWNERS MANUAL TO CHECK PUMP FOR FLUIDS, WAS NOT IN AREA AS INDICATED IN MANUAL, AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE IS NO PUMP AT ALL, IT IS ELECTRIC, WHICH THE MANUAL SAYS NOTHING ABOUT. CALLED GM, THEY SET UP A TOW TO NEAREST PONTIAC DEALER. ON THE 3RD OF MAY CAR WAS TOWED TO PONTIAC DEALER. DEALER LATER CALLED AND SAID IT WAS A FAULTY GM PART. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE G6, AS WELL AS THE G5 THEY HAVE RECALLED AS OF MARCH 2010. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA AND NOT HURT OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE. GM DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT EVEN THE DEALER SAID THEY KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329459May 9, 2010
STEERING
AT LOW SPEEDS THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES A CLUNK/POP/SQUEAK SOUND. THE CAR HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR THIS TWICE AND IT STILL DOES IT. IT HAS MADE THE SOUND SINCE RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. EVERY TIME GREASE IS PUT ON THE COLUMN IT IS FINE FOR A FEW DAYS THEN THE ISSUE COMES BACK. SOMETIMES YOU CAN FEEL A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE WHEEL WHEN IT IS HAPPENING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329426May 8, 2010
STEERING
PONTIAC G6 2006 LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329329May 7, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP TWICE WHERE THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT; THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IF THEY COULD NOT FIND A MECHANICAL FAILURE, THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329132May 6, 2010
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT WHEN CREEPING IN TRAFFIC AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CLUNK NOISE IN THE STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALER ALL WITH NO RESULT OR FIX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329150May 6, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY A CHIMING SOUND. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXTREME FORCE IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR TESTED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR SPORADICALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329231May 6, 2010
STEERING
I JUST PURCHASED A PONTIAC 2006 G6 WITH LESS THAN 26,000MILES, ON MAY 5,2010. THE NEXT MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO RATTLE AND SHAKE. AT FIRST I IGNORED IT BUT THEN I NOTICED THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS GO FROM LANE TO LANE SMOOTHLY AND STAYING IN ONE LANE WITH FORCEFULLY CONTROLLING THE WHEEL BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK ON ME OR IT WOULD FEEL VERY LOOSE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ON GOING PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. I REFUSE TO PAY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON ON PONTIAC CAR SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR LESS THEN 24HRS AGO AND I AM ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS. THAT IS CRAZY!!!! AN INVESTIGATION IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED...THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND COULD BECOME A FATAL PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329044May 5, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT RECALL 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) DID NOT INCLUDE HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,806.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328718May 4, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING
CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN TURNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328592May 3, 2010
STEERING
I PURCHASED A USED 2005 PONTIAC G6 FOR MY SON WHO JUST RECEIVED HIS LEARNERS PERMIT. WE HAD STOPPED IN A LEFT TURN LANE TO ENTER A PARKING LOT FROM A BUSY HIGHWAY. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST ON THIS CAR FAILED AS HE WAS BEGINNING TO TURN. WE WERE ALMOST T-BONED. YOU SHOULD NOT EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SAFETY WITH YOUR 15 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THIS SITUATION. PERIOD. YOU HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND HAVE IGNORED IT CLAIMING LOW COMPLAINT RATES. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328588May 3, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPOT, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH EACH ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328677May 3, 2010
STEERING
2008 PONTIAC G6 - APPROXIMATELY AT 51800 MILES - POWERING STEERING WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR AND CAR WOULD MOVE ABRUPTLY BY ITSELF TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT - VERY HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL EVEN AT MINIMAL SPEEDS - ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ON A TURN - STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK AND SHAKE MODERATELY TO SEVERELY AT MOST TIMES, EVEN WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT - STOPPED DRIVING MY 2008 PONTIAC G6 UNTIL I COULD GET IT FIXED - DIDN'T WANT TO BE KILLED OR INJURED OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO KILL OR INJURE SOMEONE ELSE - TOOK CAR TO PONTIAC DEALER TO HAVE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AND FIXED - PROBLEM WAS FAULTY POWER STEERING ELECTRIC MOTOR MODULE - NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - MY COST $677.76 FOR REPAIR - *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328368May 1, 2010
STEERING
MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS ON HER WAY HOME AFTER A SCHOOL FUNCTION. THE 2006 PONTICA G6 POWER STEERING LOCKED UP COMPLETELY. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A MALE FRIEND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR THE LAST 5 MILES HOME WITH OUT POWER STEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328076April 29, 2010
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE POWER STEERING FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000. UPDATED 06/29/10 *BF UPDATED 07/14/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328151April 29, 2010
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2007 PONTIAC G-6 AIRBAG PRESSURE SEAT SENSOR CONTROL MODULE FAILED AT 38,493 MILES, CAUSING FRONT AIRBAGS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. AIRBAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED UPON START-UP. REPLACING THE CONTROL MODULE COST $698. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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