2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,015.

POWER STEERING ON THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING AS I WAS TURNING. THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAYED A "STEERING WHEEL" MESSAGE. LUCKILY IT WAS AT A LOW ENOUGH SPEED AND WITH NO OTHER CARS BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF ME THAT I COULD STOP SAFELY. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2-5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN FROM A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO ASSIST WITH THE COST OF PARTS BUT THE CONTACT WOULD BE LIABLE FOR LABOR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,123 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,150.

IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN SHAKING TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STOP. I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AND COULD NOT MOVE LEFT OR RIGHT. THE INFORMATION CENTER ON THE RADIO DISPLAYED A POWER STEERING WARNING. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD UNTIL MINUTES LATER I TURNED ON THE CAR AGAIN AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL.

LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE RADIO SCREEN WENT COMPLETELY BLANK AND THE RADIO WOULDN'T COME ON. CUT CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AND RADIO CAME BACK ON. REPAIRED CONTROL ARMS, BALL JOINTS, AND STRUTS. POPPING NOISE CONTINUES. THINK ITS IN THE ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED BUT EVERY TIME I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WHEN THEY DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE, CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE ON ITS OWN, AND CAN CREATE AN UNCONTROLLABLE SITUATION WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NOTICED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE CONTROL WITHIN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC, AND IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS DAILY, AND GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER CARS SUCH AS THE PONTIAC G5 OF WHICH IS HAS ISSUED A RECALL. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, MY VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY RECALL. TO CORRECT THE DEFECT, THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR ON THE POWER STEERING REPLACED WHICH INVOLVES REMOVING THE STEERING COLUMN AND TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $400 IN LABOR PLUS THE $300 PART. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM, AS I HAVE SEEN ON A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. GM APPEARS TO BE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT IS WAITING TO BE FORCED TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE RADIO IN ACTIVATION AND UNEXPECTEDLY THE RADIO FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE RADIO SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE RADIO DEFECT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND WOULD TURN OFF WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 09V036000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS). THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, SHE HAD TO APPLY GREAT FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000. UPDATED 02/07/11 *BF UPDATED 02/14/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT AND BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE, HE ALMOST CRASHED. THE NEXT DAY, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE AN ANS SETUP COLUMN (CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF WHAT THAT WAS) WAS INSTALLED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,180.