Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10282389August 31, 2009
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63395.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282083August 28, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, AIR BAGS
I PURCHASED A 2007 PONATIC G6 BRAND NEW IN NOV 2006 AND HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. GENERAL MOTORS AND THE DEALERSHIP ARE NOT TRYING TO HELP ME AND THE CAR IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD. THROTTLE BODY WENT OUT WHICH MAKES THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE U ARE DRIVING(2X), STEERING WHEEL COLUMN KEEPS MAKING A NOISE WHEN I TURN BACK UP OR PULL FORWARD(ALL THE TIME), WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING(1X), REMOTE START AND KEYLESS ENTRY DOESN'T WORK(HAS BEEN REPLACED OVER TWO TIMES AND STILL DOESN'T WORK) DISPLAY SCREEN SAYS MY AIR BAGS ARE DEPLOYED AND NO IM SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282196August 28, 2009
STEERING
POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT AS A WAS TURNING A CORNER AND HAS NOT CAME BACK ON SINCE...IN REPAIR SHOP NOW WAITING ON ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281937August 27, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. SHE STATES THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED HER VEHICLE HER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD ROLL DOWN THEN SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T. SHE BELIEVES THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR IS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60000. BL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281960August 27, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY '05 PONTIAC G6 (SEDAN) STAY ON ALL THE TIME. THEY WILL BRIEFLY GO OFF WHEN I USE THE BRAKES BUT THEN COME BACK ON. IN OTHER WORDS THEY WORK IN REVERSE. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE POSITION SWITCH REPLACED 2X'S AT THE DEALER (1/9/08 AND 9/9/08) AND ALSO COMPLETED A RECALL NOTICE (08317) THAT APPLIED DIELECTRIC LUBRICANT TO C2 CONNECTOR (5/22/09). I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282020August 27, 2009
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 THAT HAS STARTED TO MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN I TURN AND MAKES THIS WEIRD HUMMING SOUND WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES (AT TIMES), WHEN I PRESS THE GAS (AT TIMES), WHEN I TURN (AT TIMES), AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM JUST DRIVING FORWARD, WHICH MAKES IT VERY HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS "CLUNKING" SOUND WHEN TURNING AND FEEL THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED ASAP. J FROM MO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281778August 26, 2009
STEERING
POWER STEERING PROBLEMS WITH 2006 PONTAC G6. IT DIFFICULT FOR A MECHANIC TO DETECT BECAUSE ONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF THE STEERING RESET. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AN MY STEERING LOCKED. I COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I FREAKED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281659August 25, 2009
STEERING
I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND THE POWERSTEERING STOPS WORKING SOMETIMES. IT JUST LOCKS UP AND YOU CANT MOVE IT AT ALL. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT LOWER SPEEDS BUT IF IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY OR SOMETHING IT WOULD NOT BE SO EASY TO CONTROL. YOU CAN NOT MOVE THE WHEEL AT ALL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GM HAS NOT GOTTEN SUED OVER THIS. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS ME. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIE FOR A RECALL TO GO INTO EFFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281441August 23, 2009
STEERING
MY PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING SIGNAL WAS COMING OWN FOR REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR PUMP. THE MOTOR GOT REPLACED, BUT THAT SAME NIGHT I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE ON MY DASH ABOUT POWER STEERING. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO DEALER FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CAR AND THEY FOUND THAT MY STEERING COLUMN NEEDS REPAIR. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY STEERING WHEEL NEEDS REPAIR CONSIDERING MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. MY WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, SO I CALLED GM TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. THIS IS A FACTORY PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR HAS ONLY 47,000 MILES AND THAT ITS NOT COMMON FOR THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS EARLY IN THE MILEAGE. MY CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE DUE TO ACCIDENT CONCERNS, THIS COULD REALLY CAUSE DEATH BECAUSE IT POPS ON OUT OF NOWHERE AND LOCKS YOUR STEERING WHEEL. IMAGINE BEING ON THE HIGHWAY AND EVERYONE IS GOING 50-60 MPH AND YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF YOUR CAR AL OF A SUDDEN. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM EARLY IN THERE MILEAGE ON PONTIAC G6 MODELS (2006). THIS HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS OR SOMEONE COULD LOOSE THERE LIFE AND THINGS COULD GET REAL BAD FOR GM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281393August 22, 2009
STEERING
POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN INITIALLY REPORTED TO DEALER, THE LIGHT COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 35,000 MILES ON IT. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS MOISTURE BUILDUP IN THE HEADLIGHTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281405August 22, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH OUR 2006 G6. OUR EXTERIOR LIGHT SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK, THE CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK. WE HAD TO REPLACE AT OUR OWN EXPENSE THE BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO INFERIOR QUALITY. WE WERE HAVING THE VIBRATION ISSUE SOME MENTIONED. MY WIFE COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF PARK ONE DAY, WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE GOT THE SAME STORY ABOUT THE RECALL ABOUT NOT BEING COVERED BY THE RECALL AND HAVING TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AT OUR EXPENSE. LAST YEAR OUR BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED AND WE REAR ENDED A MINIVAN. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT OUR INSURANCE IS GOING UP. I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL OUR LEASE IS UP IN FEB 2010. WE WILL TRADE THIS THING IN AND GET A DEPENDABLE FOREIGN VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280608August 17, 2009
STEERING
LIKE A TON OF OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE WITH MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT AT 50-53K MILES. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE MY GARAGE OR AFTER MAKING A FEW TURNS. POWER STEERING IS DISPLAYED ON THE COMPUTER AND ASSISTED POWER STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT. SIMILAR TO OTHER I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR A 10-15 MINUTES AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT DAILY AND NOW IS OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW MECHANICS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES ON THE 2005 AND 2006 PONTIAC G6'S BECAUSE THIS WAS PONTIAC'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING VS. PUMP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280658August 17, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STARTER STAYS ENGAGED AFTER ENGINE HAS STARTED. THIS WEB SITE SHOWED OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR EVERY TIME - JUST OFTEN ENOUGH TO BE A CONCERN! PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS. DEALER GAVE ME AN 800 NUMBER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280702August 17, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE BRAKE LIGHTS OPERATED WITHOUT PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHICH CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ENGAGED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES WHICH THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,428. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,503.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280437August 14, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SUMMER 2008. I WAS PULLED OVER THREE TIMES BY HIGHWAY PATROL AND ASKED WHY I WAS RIDING MY BRAKES. I WASN'T. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING, WENT OFF WHEN I MASHED THE BRAKES, FLICKERED BACK ON WHILE IDLING, THEN STAYED ON WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. I HAD IT FIXED THEN UNDER WARRANTY. A YEAR LATER, THE PROBLEM IS BACK. I WAS TOLD BY THE PONTIAC DEALER SERVICE MANAGER IT WOULD COST ALMOST $900 TO REPLACE THE BCM (BODY CONTROL MODULE) PLUS LABOR. OR I SHOULD BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, DRIVE THE CAR 30 DAYS, AND THEN HAVE IT FIXED. ON TOP OF THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES OF FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTS, I'M ALSO NOT AS FOCUSED ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I'M ALSO EXTRA WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280468August 14, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
IN ORDER TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL SO HARD IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I DO NOT NOW WHEN THIS BEGAN, NOR DO I KNOW WHAT IT IS MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN THE BRAKES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO PRESS DOWN IN ORDER TO SHIFT GEARS AND I CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. YOU ASK LATER IN THIS FORM TO SPECIFY THE PROBLEM. MY ANSWER IS CLEARLY STATED ABOVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280332August 13, 2009
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I BOUGHT 4 COOPER TIRES IN JANUARY 09 AT THE COST OF $702.00. I WENT IN ON 08/12/09 TO HAVE THEM ROTATED. I WAS INFORMED THAT 2 OF THE TIRES WERE FINE, BUT THAT 2 OF THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THESE ARE 60K TIRES AND I HAVE PUT 7K ON THEM. COOPER STATES THAT TO REPLACE THEM I WILL HAVE TO PAY 18% ON ONE TIRE AND 15% ON THE OTHER. MY CONTENTION IS THAT THESE WERE EVIDENTLY DEFECTIVE TIRES TO BEGIN WITH THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE. I HAD NOTICED MY CAR WAS HYDROPLANING BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT SINCE THEY WERE RELATIVELY NEW.I TALKED WITH COOPER TIRES AND THEY SAY I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TREAD I USED AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WRONG. HAD SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME I CAN GUARANTEE THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO TAKE NOTICE THEN.. A STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT BY A REP FROM COOPER THAT I MUST BE AN IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVER. I AM 62 AND I AM NOT HARD ON MY CAR.IT IS A 2006 G6 PONTIAC AND IT ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. I WILL REPLACE THE TIRES THIS WEEKEND BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE AT MY EXPENSE. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE LETTING ME KNOW THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REVIEWED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280214August 12, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN IF THE BRAKES WERE NOT IN USE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280290August 12, 2009
SUSPENSION, STEERING
STEERING 50000 MILES BALL JOINTS ARE SHOT ARE YOU KIDDING NEVER HEARD OF THIS MAYBE 100000 PLUS MILES ON ANY CAR.NEED WATCH DOGS ON THESE FOREIGN PARTS THESE FRONT STEERING PARTS MADE IN PIILPPLIES???? WE PUT ON THESE GM CARS BUY AMERICAN BUY HYUNDAI 10YR 100000 MILES WARRANTY IM TRADING MINE IN MIGHT GET CLUNKER PRICE THIS LOST WILL BE CHEAPER IN LONG RUN THAN PAYING OUT OF MY POCKET TO KEEP THIS PONTIAC G6 SAFE. ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ON STEERING PROBLEMS NO ONE CARES??? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280113August 11, 2009
STEERING
LOSS OF POWER STEERING. A CHIME AND WARNING WILL OCCUR, BUT POWER STEERING MAY STILL WORK AT TIMES. THEN WITHOUT WARNING THERE WILL BE NO POWER STEERING. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE REASON. I HAD NOTICED THAT NHTSA PEO7023 HAS DOCUMENTED THIS PROBLEM. SO I BROUGHT THIS TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND THEY STATED THAT IT PROBABLY FALLS INTO THE REASONING STATED IN ABOVE ACTION NUMBER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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