Pontiac G6 Complaints

5,890 consumer complaints on file.

#10321813March 24, 2010
STEERING
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING CUTTING OUT RANDOMLY ON A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THIS HAPPENED MOSTLY LAST SUMMER AND FOR SOME REASON STOPPED AS IT GOT COLDER. IT WOULD HAPPEN AS I WOULD START THE CAR, OR SOMETIMES AS I WAS DRIVING OR AS I WAS ARRIVING AT A DESTINATION. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ABOUT EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES A FEW TIMES A DAY. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO WORK CORRECTLY. WHEN IT WENT OUT, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AS WELL AS A NOISE TO ALERT ME, AND "POWER STEERING" WOULD FLASH ACROSS THE INFORMATION PANEL. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND SPENT ALL OF LAST SUMMER WITH THE PROBLEM. NO ONE WAS HURT, THOUGH WHEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I WOULD HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OVER, WHICH WAS DIFFICULT WHEN THE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321860March 24, 2010
STEERING
MY 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT'S STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE ELECTRIC STEERING GOING OUT. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY VECHICLE. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND RE-START IT FOR THE STEERING TO START WORKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321862March 24, 2010
STEERING
2005 PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE. 64K MILES ON CAR. NO INJURIES OR CRASHES YET. TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING ALLOWS THE POWER STEERING TO WORK AGAIN. DIAGNOSED AS BAD STEERING SENSOR WHICH REQUIRES A REPLACEMENT STEERING COLUMN FOR $800. GM HAS REFUSED TO COVER AS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321624March 23, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
DROPPED MY CAR OFF FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY LATER CALLED TO SAY THE ENGINE HAD CAUGHT FIRE WHEN THEY WERE TEST DRIVING THE CAR. AN INSPECTOR FROM THE INSURORS SERVICE BUREAU DETERMINED THAT A "RODENT INFESTATION" WAS THE CAUSE AND THAT A NEST HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE EXHAUST HEADER. I HAVE SINCE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS REPORTING FIRES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A DESIGN DEFECT THAT ALLOWS ANIMALS ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL LOCATION WHERE ENGINE HEAT IGNITES THEIR NESTING MATERIAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321459March 22, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING WHEEL LOCK WHEN DRIVING. *DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321268March 21, 2010
STEERING
STEERING ISSUES. STEERING GOES OUT, ERRATIC AND DEALER KEEPS REPLACING PARTS. THIS IS MY SECOND G6-GTP..THE FIRST ONE HAD SAME ISSUES AND DEALER REPLACED WITH THIS ONE AND SAME ISSUES..CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321282March 21, 2010
STEERING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
STEERING FAILURE...ALMOST HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT BUT RECOVERED CAR IN TIME. REPORTED TO DEALER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321284March 21, 2010
STEERING
STEERING FAILURE. DOING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY ON LONG TRIP,STEERING TOTALLY WENT OUT AND SPUN THE CAR, I RECOVERED AND NO ACCIDENT. I REPORTED THIS AGAIN TO DEALER AND THEY HAD NO FIX. THEY WITNESSED CLUNKING AND WOBBLES AS WELL AS A GROAN IN STEERING AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY IT. I GOT G.M. INVOLVED AND THEY DID NOTHING..EVEN THOUGH DANGEROUS AND CERTIFIED USED CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321285March 21, 2010
STEERING, EQUIPMENT
3RD TIME SAME PROBLEM....DEALER COULD NOT FIX...STEERING FAILURE. DOING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY ON LONG TRIP,STEERING TOTALLY WENT OUT....I REPORTED THIS AGAIN TO DEALER AND THEY HAD NO FIX. THEY WITNESSED CLUNKING AND WOBBLES AS WELL AS A GROAN IN STEERING AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY IT. I GOT G.M. INVOLVED AND THEY DID NOTHING..EVEN THOUGH DANGEROUS AND CERTIFIED USED CAR. DEALER THEN PUT ME IN ANOTHER 2006 G6-GTP (COUPE)FOR LESS MONEY THEN I PAID FOR ORIGINAL AND NOW HAVE SAME ISSUES WITH THE NEW ONE!!!!!!!! I SPEND MORE TIME AT DEALER THEN DRIVING CAR...AND NOW WILL LOSE MY JOB DUE TO TIME OFF FOR DEALER AND SO-CALLED BAND AID REPAIRS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321095March 19, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING FAILURE. DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEEL... COMES AND GOES... I THOUGHT I NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS ELECTRIC?? TOOK TO GOODYEAR AND THEY SAID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER... I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 6 MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL?? THEY SAID AT LOWER SPEEDS THE STEERING IS MORE DIFFICULT AND THIS WAS NORMAL. BUT IT ONLY DOES IT SOMETIMES, HOW CAN THIS BE NORMAL. I DO NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATE I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321106March 19, 2010
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT SUDDENLY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET ONE MORNING AND HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN I ACCELERATED ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS HARD TO STEER THE CAR. I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF TO RESET, AND IT WORKED FINE. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR, ESPECIALLY WHEN JUST PUTTING THE CAR INTO MOTION AT A LOW SPEED. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH, DESPITE HAVING HIM IN THE CAR ONCE WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HEARD ON TV THAT 2006 AND UP MODELS WERE RECALLED DUE TO STEERING. BUT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY INFORMATION OUT ABOUT 2005 MODELS AND WHY IT WAS NOT INCLUDED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321108March 19, 2010
STEERING
BOUGHT A 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT AUG1, 2007 WITH 34,000KM ON IT. SUMMER OF 2008 IT STARTED TO MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS IE: PULLING IN OR OUT OF PARKING. TOOK IT TO GM DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE INTERMITTENT STEERING SHAFT AND THEY SAID STEP ONE WAS TO LUBRICATE IT. THAT WORKED FOR APPROX 1-2 DAYS. NEXT STEP WAS TO REPLACE IT WHICH WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER IN THE FALL OF 2008. IT IS NOW END OF FEB 2010 AND IY IS BACK AGAIN. THIS TIME IT PROGRESSED QUICKLY SO THAT IN LESS THAN 1.5 WEEKS IT HAS GONE FROM OCCASIONALLY TO CONSISTENTLY. HOWEVER, I WILL NOT RETURN TO GM FOR THIS REPAIR AS I HAVE NOW HAD 3 OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND NONE OF THEM WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320790March 18, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THOUGHT LOST WEIGHT OFF TIRE BECAUSE CAR STARTED SHIMMY AND DRIVING FUNNY, TOOK TO SHOP TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED, GUY SAID HAD WIRES SHOWING ON FRONT TWO TIRES AND CAR WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BOUGHT IT WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT NOW. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP TO FIND WHAT CAUSED ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, FOUND OUT TODAY THAT LOWER BALL JOINT IS BAD AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU CANT REPLACE JUST LOWER BALL JOINT, MUST REPLACE WHOLE A ARM AND NOW TIRES, WHICH WERE FINE WHEN I HAD OIL CHANGED LAST TIME. THIS SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH A CAR WITH SO LITTLE MILES AND LITTLE WEAR AND TEAR, THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THERE HAS TO BE A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320739March 18, 2010
STEERING
IT IS A 2005 PONTIAC G6, THE STEERING PULLED HARD LEFT WHEN MY WIFE STARTED A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP SIGN. IT PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL RIGHT OUT OF HER HANDS, IT IS LUCKY THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC. I HAD DONE A CHECK AND IT WOULD STEER TO THE FULL STOPPING POINT IF YOU JUST TOUCHED IT IN THAT DIRECTION. BUT TURNING TO THE RIGHT IT WAS DIFFICULT. AFTER CHECKING ALL OF THE OBVIOUS LIKE TIRES, TIERODS OR FOR DAMAGE I TESTED AGAIN AND IT ALL WORKED FINE. A WEEK LATER IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN BUT YOU COULD HOLD IT STRAIGHT. I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND WHEN I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT WOULD BE FINE. LASTED ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK WHEN WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MILES FROM HOME IT DID IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WE GOT THE MESSAGE ON THE READ OUT SAYING POWER STEERING AND RESTARTING IT WOULD NOT RESET IT. WE DROVE IT HOME IN MANUAL STEERING. CALLED THE DEALER IN RENTION WA. AND THE ONE IN PUYALLUP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY STEERING PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT TO THE PUYALLUP DEALER AND THEY TROUBLESHOOT IT TO THE STEERING COLUMN. WE GOT IT REPLACE AT A COST OF OVER $800 BECAUSE OUR WARRANTY WAS UP. NOW I AM HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE OTHER REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING ON THESE MODELS. I FEEL THAT IF A PERSON WAS NOT PAYING A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION THAT THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320777March 18, 2010
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING ON THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 IS MALFUNCTIONING TERRIBLY. WHEN YOU MAKE A TURN YOU LOSE POWER AND HAVE TO FIGHT NOT TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON THE G5'S BUT NOT THE G6'S AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY. THIS PROBLEM NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320379March 17, 2010
STEERING
AS OF RECENTLY MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS BEEN HAVING STEERING ISSUES. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT EARLY 2007. EITHER THE WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT TO TURN, OR THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME UP ON THE RADIO DISPLAY. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP (SINCE PONTIAC IS NO MORE) WHERE UPON INSPECTION THEY STATED THAT MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS FAULTY BUT 'FIXABLE". THE PART WAS TAKEN OUT, CLEANED, LUBED UP, AND PLACED BACK INTO THE CAR ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP. PARTLY DUE TO BEING IN A RUSH, I DIDN'T QUESTION THIS BUT BROUGHT IT UP TO MY BOYFRIEND WHO THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP FOR CLARIFICATION. TURNS OUT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT IN THE CAR. WHY ISN'T THIS BEING ADDRESSED BY THE MEDIA/TO THE PONTIAC OWNERS?!!? LOOKING ONLINE MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME CAR/SAME YEAR! I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE ISSUES WHILE DRIVING SHORT DISTANCES BUT WHAT IF I WAS IN THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED?! I'M A TINY 100 LB GIRL - THERE WOULD BE NO CHANCE OF ME CONTROLLING A CAR LIKE THAT FOR A LENGTH OF TIME WITHOUT POWER STEERING/PROPERLY WORKING VEHICLE. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AND IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING ME CONSIDER PURCHASING A NEW CAR WHICH I SO DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW BUT FOR MY SAFETY WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I WAS SUCH A HUGE FAN OF GM AND NOW MY OPINION IS CHANGING. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THEY CAN'T NOTIFY THEIR DRIVERS OF A POSSIBLE FATAL OCCURRENCE. ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON THE CAR INDUSTRY, THEY COULD REMAIN LOYAL TO THEIR DRIVERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320069March 16, 2010
STEERING
MY DAUGHTER'S 2006 PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE. POWER STEERING PROBLEM INDICATED ON DISPLAY. I HAVE SEEN THIS REPORTED BY OTHERS. WHEN IS GM GOING TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320178March 16, 2010
STEERING
I CURRENTLY OWN A PONTIAC G6 2006. I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES WHEN DRIVING IT. ONE DAY MY STEERING WHEEL JUST LOCKUP AND IT WAS WHILE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, LUCKY THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO STAY THERE UNTIL MY CAR WAS TOWED. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME, THEN IT CONTINUED EVERY NOW AND THEN. THE WHEEL WILL LOCKUP AND I WILL TRY TO TURN OFF THE CAR TO RESET THE COMPUTER BUT IT WILL NOT DO IT. I KEPT ON DRIVING THE CAR SINCE THAT'S MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND I JUST PRETTY MUCH USE IT TO GO TO WORK. I RECENTLY SAW A RECALL ON PONTIAC G6 BUT FOR 2005. MY CAR IS HAS THE SAME DEFECTS AS THE ONE IN THE RECALL EXCEPT ITS 2006. APPARENTLY THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN PONTIAC CARS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT WE HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY PREGNANT AND I FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY CAR DUE TO NOT KNOWING WHEN IS THIS PROBLEM GOING TO OCCUR AGAIN, BESIDES THE FACT IT IS DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320191March 16, 2010
STEERING
1. DRIVING, TYPICAL EVENT 2. THE CAR'S STEERING WHEEL SPONTANEOUSLY BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS, I'M AFRAID TO TAKE IT ANYWHERE. CONSEQUENCES, COULD BE FATAL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. NO WARNING. 3. NOTHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320205March 16, 2010
SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:REAR
INCIDENT OF CARRIAGE PARTS ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT...BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS ALONG WITH REAR PARTS BELIEVED TO BE UNDER SPEC...MEANING THAT THEY ARE TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EVERYDAY ROAD ABUSE....PARTS WORE OUT AT ROUGHLY 45K...THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COMPLAINTS I SEE ABOUT THE FRONT END PARTS ON THIS CAR... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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