Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10619256August 6, 2014
STEERING
LOST POWER STEERING. WHY ISNT THIS A RECALL FOR THIS VIN #? HOW DID THEY SEPERATE WHAT VIN # WERE OK AND WHAT ONES NEEDED TO BE RECALLED? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619278August 6, 2014
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE RECEIVED 2 SEPARATE RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE REGARDING THE POWER STEERING, ONE IN 2012 AND ONE IN JUNE OF 2014. BOTH RECALLS CLAIMED THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN FOR 2 YEARS NOW. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED IN JULY OF 2014 (2) MORE RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE, REGARDING THE BODY CONTROL MODULE, AND TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE, AGAIN STATING THAT NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. MY FIANCE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE AND IT FRIGHTENED ME TO THING THAT HER TRANSMISSION CABLE COULD GO, SO I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE ISSUE TO ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT HOW LONG UNTIL THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, SINCE I WORRY ABOUT HER SAFETY. I WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE, ONE OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER 2 YEARS, AND TO IGNORE THE RECALL LETTERS, THAT THEY DON'T MEAN MUCH AND THEY ARE "FORCED" TO SEND THEM OUT. I WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE TO WAIT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE PARTS TO BECOME AVAILABLE, AND NOT TO WORRY UNLESS I RECEIVE MORE LETTERS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR CUSTOMER SAFETY. I HAVE ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT NO LUCK. PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619279August 6, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHT SOCKETS WERE MELTED AND PREVENTED THE HEADLIGHTS FROM OPERATING. THE DEALER STATED THAT BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT SOCKETS WERE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ UPDATED 3/2/2015 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618965August 5, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS SEVERELY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. WHEN I AM AT A STOP AND PUSH THE GAS TO GO THE CAR HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING. USUALLY THE SPEED IS BETWEEN 0-15 MPH. I HAVE STOPPED PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ANY CAR BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH SPEED TO GO FAST ENOUGH AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A WRECK. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LOOKED AT BY A TRANSMISSION MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THERE ISN'T ANYTHING SHOWING AS WRONG, I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO A DEALER AND AGAIN THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT SUSPECTED AN ISSUE TO BE MODULE OR SOLENOID THAT WOULD COST OVER $1500 TO FIX AND THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE IT IS THE ISSUE. BOTH MECHANICS DROVE THE CAR, COULD FEEL THE ISSUE BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THERE IS AN HORRIBLE ISSUE WITH THE CAR AND NO ONE CAN PIN POINT WHAT THE ISSUE IS. AND NOW THE SEAT WARMER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE KEEPS TURNING ON BY ITSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618961August 5, 2014
STEERING, AIR BAGS
PONTIAC G6 2007 SUFFERED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING COLUMN AND SENSOR, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR APPROXIMATELY $700.00. ALTHOUGH THIS VERY ISSUE IS SUBJECT TO RECALL IN OTHER MODEL YEAR PONTIAC G6 VEHICLES, THE 2007 IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL. A LETTER WAS SENT TO GM NOTIFYING THEM OF PART FAILURES AND COSTS. TO DATE, GM HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE NOTIFICATION, AND THE 2007 MODEL YEAR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL. SIMULTANEOUSLY, PONTIAC G6 2007 SUFFERED A TOTAL FAILURE OF FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SYSTEM, SO THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WOULD NOT BE DEPLOYED. WHEN I NOTIFIED GM, THEY STATED IT WAS A "WARRANTY" ISSUE, AND NORMAL "WEAR AND TEAR". THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR WAS OVER $1500, FOR THIS CRITICAL SAFETY FEATURE. A LETTER WAS SENT TO GM NOTIFYING THEM OF PART FAILURES AND COSTS. TO DATE, GM HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE NOTIFICATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619054August 5, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,480.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618600August 4, 2014
STEERING, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ONTO RT 46 HERE IN AUSTINTOWN, OHIO WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND SHE LOST STEERING. SHE HAD NOT REACHED THE SPEED LIMIT OF 40MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED. SHE MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE OF THE ROAD AND INTO A GAS STATION LOT GOING UP OVER A CURB PARKED IT AND THEN CALLED ME TO COME AND GET HER. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING. I THEN CALLED PONTIAC'S CUSTOMERS SERVICES AND TO NO PREVAIL GOT ANY SATISFACTION. I THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SPITZER AUTOWORLD HERE IN LORDSTOWN, OHIO FOR FRIDAY AUG 1ST.,HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED OVER, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. I SEE THAT GM HAS RECALLS FOR STEERING PROBLEMS ON THE SAME YEAR ,MAKE AND MODEL BUT MY VIN# DOESNOT FALL IN THIS RECALL. SO AS OF MONDAY AUG 1ST I WILL BE BACK ON THE PHONE WITH PONTIAC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618626August 4, 2014
STEERING
INTERMITTENTLY LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT FOR NEARLY 3 WEEKS THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING UNTIL THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF THEN TURNED BACK ON AND THE ISSUE WOULD NOT RETURN MOMENTARILY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CAUTION CHIME CAME ON AND ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESET. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT "SOME" MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE BUT THIS MODEL WAS NOT ONE, IT IS THE SAME ISSUE AND THE SAME PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $800. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618768August 4, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT CAR USED FROM INDIVIDUAL. LOTS OF ISSUES WITH IT. STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN DRIVING, TAKE KEY OUT AND CAR STILL RUNS, LIGHTS SHUT DOWN WHEN DRIVING, TRACTION CONTROL KICKS IN AND MESSES WITH CAR. STEERING CAUSED ME TO ALMOST WRECK 2X AND HAS HAD ME HAVE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND SHUT CAR DOWN ON INTERSTATE AND RESTART TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO STEER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618401August 2, 2014
STEERING
I WAS HEADING TO WORK DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. MY STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY STARTED TO SHAKE,I LOST SOME POWER STEERING MAKING IT HARD TO KEEP MY CAR STRAIGHT. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR NEXT TO ME.THE WHEEL WOULD SLOW ME TO FORCEFULLY TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. IT WAS VERY HARD TO KEEP MY CAR STRAIGHT! FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES I WAS SWEARVING UNTIL MY CAR REGAINED FULL POWER STEERING.IT GOES I'M AND OUT EVERY 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING.TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON DOESNT WORK IN ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM.AT STOP LIGHTS AND SIGNS,MY STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE AND TURN BY ITSELFAND MAKE A HORRIBLE NOISE.ALMOST LIKE IT'S GRINDING.I TOOK THE CAR IN AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS MY POWER STEERING ASSIST.I CALLED A LOCAL KENNY KENT,RAN MY VIN NUMBER BUT NO MATCHES.I CALLED PONTIAC AND ITOLD THEM MY ON GOING PROBLEM.THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE.THIS PROBLEM IS BEING RECALLED IN OTHER G6 2008,AND I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM!!! THIS PART HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618089August 1, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WENT OUT TO HER GARAGE AND HER VEHICLE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 09/02/14*LJ UPDATED 11/7/2014 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618157August 1, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617913July 31, 2014
STEERING
BOUGHT A PONTIAC WITH ONLY 15 MILES ON IT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT I BEGAN TO HEAR A "POPPING" NOISE IN MY STEERING WHEEL. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, DEALER RETURNED THE VEHICLE. DEALER DID NOT ADVISE ME WHAT THEY HAD DONE WITH THE VEHICLE, ONLY TOLD ME THAT IT HAD BEEN FIXED. I DID NOT HEAR THE "POPPING" NOISE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN IT BEGAN TO START MAKING THE NOISE AGAIN, I ONCE AGAIN RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AT THIS TIME THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE RACKET PINION. I LEFT DEALERSHIP AND IT WORKED FINE FOR A SHORT TIME AND IT BEGAN TO MAKE THE NOISE AGAIN. I RETURNED THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AT THAT TIME THEY ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS THE RACKET PINION AGAIN AND THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THIS PART 3 TIME, AND IT WAS NOT FIXABLE. I WAS UNAWARE, THEY HAD CHANGED IT THE FIRST TIME. AFTER ALL THIS TIME, I HAVE ACTUALLY LOCATED A MECHANIC WHO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE RACKET PINION, BUT ALSO THE BRACKET AND JOINT. NOW TOTALLY UP TO APPROXIMATELY $1600.00 OF PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX PROPERLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617997July 31, 2014
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, STEERING, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A WALL. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIE ROD, BALL JOINT, AND THE HUB WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617610July 30, 2014
STEERING
I HAVE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING AND THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR ARE LISTED IN GM'S RECALL FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING, HOWEVER PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE TELLS ME MY VIN IS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL BUT I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES (AND THEY ARE DOCUMENTED AT THE DEALERSHIP) AS THE VEHICLES THAT ARE TO BE RECALLED. GM NEEDS TO RECALL EVERY VEHICLE THAT HAS MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FOR THE YEARS LISTED NOT JUST BY CERTAIN DATES THEY WERE BUILT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617689July 30, 2014
STEERING:COLUMN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617686July 30, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS KEPT GOING OUT AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS. THEN NOTICED CONNECTOR ON PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAD MELTED DUE TO ARCHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617712July 30, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617735July 30, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. JCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617254July 29, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING WINTER MONTHS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME INOPERABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE WHEN THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AT START UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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