Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10968753March 27, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WHICH AFFECTED HER BREATHING AND CAUSED HEADACHES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE TUBE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FURTHER TESTING SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE TO DETERMINE IF A DEALER COULD PROVIDE ODOR TESTING AND FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968387March 24, 2017
STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE LIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967506March 21, 2017
STEERING
MY POWER STEERING WILL RANDOMLY QUIT WORKING. IT HAS QUIT WORKING DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR SITTING IDLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967603March 21, 2017
STEERING
MY 2007 PONTIAC G6 WILL AT RANDOM TIMES LOSE THE POWER STEERING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON 2007 G6'S BUT I WAS TOLD BY PONTIAC THAT MY CAR IS NOT ONE OF THE CARS RECALLED. I EXPLAINED THAT MY CAR IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL STATES HAPPENS BUT THEY STILL SAID MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IT'A RISKY TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN IT RANDOMLY DOES THIS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAYS GOING 70 MPH AS WELL AS ON CITY STREETS. MY ONLY OPTION ACCORDING TO PONTIAC IS TO PAY TO FIX IT MYSELF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967642March 21, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING STARTED TO GO OUT ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. DIFFICULT TO STEER. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE STEERING OF THE G6'S SO I TOOK IT TO A BUICK DEALER TO LOOK AT. THEY SAID MY CAR WAS OUT OF THE MANUFACTURER DATE OF THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000). I HAD THE 23232310 SENSOR KIT AND 22837369 MODULE REPLACED. $1303.34. WHY IS MY CAR NOT COVERED WHEN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAD THE SAME ISSUES AS THOSE IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER SAID MINE WAS MADE LATER WITH NEWER PARTS. BUT, IT STILL APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED THE SAME WAY. ARE THERE OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE? SHOULD MINE BE IN THE RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967209March 20, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
GM ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE ONLY FOR PREVIOUS YEARS THEY DID EXTEND SPECIAL COVERAGE BUT ONLY UP TO 150,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING CUTTING OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I HAVE HAD TO MANUALLY TRY AND STEER MY VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAS CUT OUT, THANK GOD I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR!! I BARELY HAD THE STRENGTH TO STEER IT WHEN I HAD TO. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND I FEEL GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX IT REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE ON A PERSON'S VEHICLE. WHEN I START MY VEHICLE UP THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR FLASHES ALONG WITH SERVICE ESC AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, WHEN I RESTART THE VEHICLE IT WILL USUALLY RESET BUT THIS IS HAPPENING WITH MORE AND MORE FREQUENCY AS WELL AS THE STEERING WHEEL JERKING WHILE SITTING IDLE AND ALSO WHILE IN MOTION. JUST BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAS 30,000 MORE MILES ON IT THAN THE SPECIAL COVERAGE ALLOWS DOESN'T MEAN GM SHOULD DISCARD THE ISSUE AND MAKE IT THE CONSUMERS PROBLEM! THIS IS DUE TO THEIR FAULTY DESIGN/MANUFACTURING OF THIS PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966439March 17, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SUDDENLY SHAKE AND VIBRATE. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966264March 16, 2017
STEERING
MY CAR LOOSES IT'S POWER STEERING RANDOMLY THEN IT REGAINS IT BACK. IT CAN BE STATIONARY OR MOVING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL WHEN IT'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL STATES. GM # 14772, GM# 14119.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966300March 16, 2017
STEERING
DUE TO A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR MY PONTIAC G6 I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CORRECTIONS MADE. WHEN I SEARCH BY MY VIN NUMBER THERE ARE NO OPEN OR NEW RECALLS PRESENT. YET OVER THE PAST MONTH WHILE DRIVING MY INFORMATION DISPLAY ON THE CENTER CONSOLE WILL CHIME AND DISPLAY "POWER STEERING". I DO NOT NOTICE ANY CHANGES WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CAR WHEN THE DISPLAY APPEARS. I HAVE PRESSED THE INFO BUTTON ONCE IT APPEARS AND IT THEN GOES AWAY FROM THE DISPLAY AND NO OTHER FUNCTIONING APPEARS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY ON A RECALL IS MALFUNCTIONING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966066March 15, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966103March 15, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY 08 PONTIAC G6 IS HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BREAKING, TRACTION, AND CRUISE CONTROL. MY BREAK LIGHTS ARE STAYING ON ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN MY BREAK PEDAL IS NOT PRESSED AND MY TRACTION CONTROL IS SHUTTING OFF AS SOON AS I START UP MY CAR AS WELL AS MY CRUISE CONTROL PICKS AND CHOOSES WHEN IT IS GOING TO WORK AND WHEN IT DOES WORK IT IS NOT DISENGAGING PROPERLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966200March 15, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966194March 15, 2017
STEERING
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE POWER STEERING ALERT HAD BEEN APPEARING SPARATICALLY ON INFO CONSOLE. I NEVER LOST POWER STEERING. AT MY DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THAT ITHERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, AND THAT THEY WOULD FIX IT. FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LATER, THEY HAVE TAKEN MY STEERING COLUMN APART AND SAY THEY CANNOT PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN UNTIL THEY HAVE A NEW PART FOR IT. THAT WAS FIVE DAYS AGO NOW AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'VE REPLACED MY TORQUE SENSOR FIVE TIMES, BUT HAVN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROGRAM IT. SO NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME MY STEERING COLUMN IS BROKEN AND THAT I NEED TO SPEND $625 FOR A NEW ONE. MY STEERING COLUMN WAS NOT BROKEN WHEN I DROVE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WHAT I FIGURED WOULD BE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. IF THE TORQUE SENSOR (RECALLED) REQUIRES A NEW STEERING COLUMN IN ORDER TO BE PROGRAMMED, THEN THAT SHOULDN'T THAT REPLACEMENT BE COVERED BY THE RECALL FULFILLMENT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10965904March 14, 2017
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING WILL TURN OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. RESTARTING THE CAR REACTIVATED THE POWER STEERING, THEN RANDOMLY WILL SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED AND WHETHER TURNING OR GOING STRAIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10965951March 14, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL JERKS AT STOP LIGHTS. POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, THEN THERE'S NO POWER STEERING. AUTO MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE STEERING . THERE'S A RECALL #14772 THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO COVER MY CAR. PONTIAC G6 2005. WHY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960409March 13, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING A FRIEND'S 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960238March 12, 2017
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT IDLE. EVENTUALLY LED TO COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960146March 11, 2017
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT STOP LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A DING AND THEN A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE RADIO SCREEN. I LOST POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 1 MILE I DROVE. NORMAL POWER STEERING RESUMED WHEN I DROVE CAR SEVERAL HOURS LATER. DASH THERMOMETER AT TIME READ 16 DEGREES FARENHEIT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959880March 9, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALLED PART (BRAKE LAMP MALFUNCTION) AND MY VEHICLE IS STILL LOCKING UP. AFTER FIXING THE RECALLED PART I HAVE PURCHASED A BATTERY, A CALIBER, STARTER, AND TWO HUBS. MY CAR IS STILL NOT WORKING IT WILL FUNCTION FOR A COUPLE OF MILES PERFECTLY, AND THEN IT RETURNS TO THE SAME PROBLEMS. FIRST IT WILL NOT GEAR UP THE CAR WILL BE ON DRIVE AND IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO CATCH, THEN THE CAR WILL LOCK UP AND NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE. SO I WILL HAVE TO GET A TOW SERVICE BECAUSE THE ABS SYSTEM WILL LOCK THE CAR AND I CANNOT PUSH IT TO A SAFE AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959477March 8, 2017
STEERING
THERE WERE RECALLS FOR THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE OF MY VEHICLE FOR ISSUES WITH VARIABLE ASSIST ELECTRIC POWER STEERING, BUT WHEN I CALLED TO SEE IF MY VIN WAS ON THE LIST I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT. THIS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND I HEAR THAT IS THE REASON PONTIAC CONVERTED BACK TO THE HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING IN 2010. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH A DEFECTIVE PART. PLEASE HELP ME HAVE JUSTICE. I'VE HAD THE HARDEST TIME THESE LAST FEW WEEKS DRIVING WITH NO POWER STEERING AND HAVE ALMOST WRECKED NUMEROUS TIMES. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE WAS NO WRECK IT OR ANYTHING THAT SPAWNED THIS PROBLEM. I AM SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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