2010 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

REPEATEDLY THIS CAR IS WORKED ON DUE TO SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS SHORTED OR BURNED BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECALL (MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES). NOW AIRBAG SENSORS SHORTED OUT AND WIRING WAS BURNED. THAT WAS JUST REPLACED HOWEVER MECHANICS CAN'T FIGURE OUT CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN THAT CAUSES CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR CONDITIONING TO TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. 2014 INTERMEDIATE SHAFT RECALL DOES NOT COVER MY CAR. THIS CAR IS A MONEY PIT AND THE RECALLS DO NOT EVER FIX THE ISSUES. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE CLICKING YET NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN IT OR FIX IT. THE CLICKING IS NEW (LAST FEW WEEKS) YET ELECTRICAL ISSUES SHORTING OUT HAS BEEN REOCCURRING FOR YEARS.

MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 HAS HAD RECALLS FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EVEN AFTER TAKING IT TO HAVE THOSE RECALLS CORRECTED, WE ARE STILL HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH OUT 2010 PONTIAC G6. HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WANTING TO STAY ON, YOU HIT IT AND IT COMES ON, HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR HEADLIGHT OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT WANT TO START TO BAD CONNECTION IN THE FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK NOT KICKING ON THE GAS PUMP. CAR ACTUALLY SHUT OFF DUE TO THIS ISSUE ON THE ROUTE 68 A MAJOR HIGHWAY THAT RUNS THROUGH CUMBERLAND, MD. VERY SCARY SITUATION, JUST THANKING GOD THAT THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED WHEN THERE VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN, INCLUDING TRACTOR AND TRAILERS THAT DRIVE THAT ROAD. THIS SITUATION NEEDS ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED. IT WAS RECALLED FOR THIS AND TAKEN TO HAVE THE RECALL CORRECTED AND NOW HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WE HAD BEFORE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TRADE THIS VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, MONEY IS THE ISSUE. SO PROBLEM NEEDS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY OR FATALITY HURT.

BOUGHT NEW-USED 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH ONLY 59,000 MILES ON IT (2 PREVIOUS OWNERS) AND LESS THAN 7 MONTHS LATEE, I HAVE HAD CONSTANT ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT SHORTING OUT. REPLACED BULBS MANY TIMES, ONLY FOR IT TO GO OUT AGAIN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LATER. THEN, THE NOTICED THE SOCKET WAS CORRODED AND MELTED. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR ANY INFO AND CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR MY MAKE AND MODEL. YET, NO RECALL! APPARENTLY THESE CONNECTORS WERE MADE WITH WIRES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, AND SO THEY GET TOO HOT AND THEN SHORT OUT. SO EVEN REPLACING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT HARNESS WILL PROVE USLESS, AS IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH THE NEW ONE. AT A LOSS AS HOW TO PERMANENTLY FIX THIS PROBLEM. I CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT OR GET MY CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE OF THIS . AS FAR AS WHEN IT STARTED, THE BULBS SEEMED TO GO OUT WHEN I TURNED MY CAR ON TO GO SOMEWHERE, ID NOTICE THE BULB WAS OUT. NEVER WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING.

RECENTLY NOTICED FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE. AWARE OF RECALL DONE IN 2012 FOR ISSUE WITH FUEL PUMP I BELIEVE THIS IS A RELATED ISSUE.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, CITY & RURAL DRIVING, SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS, WHILE TURNING AND WHILE ON STRAIGHT, IN MOTION AND WHILE PARKED, SMOOTH ROADS AND ROUGH, RAINING AND DRY. HOWEVER, PROBLEM OCCURRED ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES DURING THE WINTER. STARTED OVER 6 MONTHS AGO, APPROX 93,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING, 3 BELL-DINGS, "POWER STEERING," "DISABLED ESC," AND "SERVICE ESC" DASH LIGHTS COME ON, ALONG WITH ICON OF CAR W/SWERVY LINES. CONTINUE DRIVING AND STEERING SEEMED OK. DASH CONTINUES TO CYCLE "POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE ESC" WARNINGS. ISSUE REPEATS RANDOMLY. AFTER A PERIOD OF NORMAL USE, PROBLEM INTENSIFIES TO DASHBOARD GAGES, RADIO SCV, AND CRUISE TO OFF ; AUTO SHIFTING BECOMES ROUGH. ALL GAGES THEN FLUTTER UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. WORK DONE: MECHANIC = 9 PAGES OF CODES. NEW BATTERY/BATTERY CABLES. DROVE A WHILE, RECURRED - NO CODES. DROVE A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, RECURRED; CLEANED BATTERY, CHECKED FUSES. PASSED INSPECTION. DROVE A WHILE; 5 PAGES OF CODES. APPLIED ELECTRIC GREASE TO BCM TERMINALS. DROVE 3 DAYS; "POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE ESC" ISSUE RECURRED. HAVE VIDEO; FORMAT NOT ALLOWED

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED IN REAR RIGHT AREA. SEAT HAS A CRACK IN STEEL FRAME, CAUSING IT TO TILT IN AN AWKWARD DIRECTION, MAKING DIFFICULT TO DRIVE.

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.

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT IDLE. EVENTUALLY LED TO COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

WHEN I START MY CAR IT STATES, "POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC" AND MY TRACTION CONTROL SYMBOL IS ON ON MY DASH BOARD. IT STARTED OFF ONLY DOING THIS WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND NOW IT HAS STARTED TO DO IT MORE OFTEN AND WON'T TURN OFF. IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING AND IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO TURN MY WHEEL/TURN MY CAR WHEN I AM DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND I CAN'T ALWAYS PULL OFF RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT ALL DIFFERENT AREAS/PLACES. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, ON BUSY ROADS WHILE TRYING TO TURN THROUGH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, IN STATIONARY, ETC.

WHEN STARTING MY CAR, POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC WAS SHOWN ON MY MESSAGE CENTER AS MY CAR BEEPED TO ALARM ME OF THE MESSAGE AS WELL AS I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET WHAT THAT MESSAGE MEANT AND SAW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUES ON PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE SAME VEHICLE BUT THAT 2010 ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. ONLINE IT STATED TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THEN TRY AGAIN. I DID SO AND MY CAR STARTED AND THE MESSAGE WAS GONE AND MY POWER STEERING WAS BACK (AS NORMAL). EVERY TIME I START MY CAR THE SAME MESSAGE COMES ACROSS. ALTHOUGH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT A WEEK SINCE THIS ORIGINALLY STARTED AND IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW AND TAKES 4 OR 5 TIMES FOR ME TO SHUT MY CAR OFF AND RESTART IT BEFORE IT "GOES BACK TO NORMAL". ALSO, WHEN I'M DRIVING MY CAR VEERS TO THE LEFT PRETTY BADLY AND I HAVE TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL CROOKED TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. THERE'S ALSO A KNOCKING NOISE ON THE DRIVER SIDE THAT ALSO WAS STATED TO BE APART OF THE RECALL ON PREVIOUS YEARS. MY CAR STARTED SMELLING LIKE IT WAS BURNING TODAY AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S PART OF THE ELECTRICAL/STEERING ISSUES THAT MY CAR IS HAVING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. :(