2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

HOPE NO YOUNG KIDS ARE DRIVING 2006 PONTIAC G6 WHEN THE POWER STEERING DECIDES TO GO OUT AND YOU NEARLY WRECK AND HAVE TO PAY NEARLY $800 TO FIX IT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT NEEDS RECALLED OR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!

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

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

STEERING FAILURE...ALMOST HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT BUT RECOVERED CAR IN TIME. REPORTED TO DEALER. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

THE EXACT SAME POWER STEERING PROBLEM LEADING TO THE RECALL OF THE PONTIAC G5 AND CHEVY COBALT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE PONTIAC G6 FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 4 YEARS!!!! I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND HAVE HAD THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 3 1/2 YEARS. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING COLUMN WITH TORQUE SENSOR REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $800 AND STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING ON THE VEHICLE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED AND SPOKE TO AN INVESTIGATOR, WHO I THINK RECOMMENDED THAT I SHOULD LUBE THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT OR SOME RIDICULOUS TWO-BIT FIX LIKE THAT!! I GUARANTEE THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND THAT IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN FLAW IN GM'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I CAN DO EXCEPT CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS ISSUE KNOWN TO THE NHTSA IN THE HOPES THAT LIVES MAY NOT BE NEEDLESSLY LOST DUE TO INACTION ON THE AGENCY'S PART. IT MAY BE THAT G6 OWNERS ONLY RECOURSE WILL BE TO SEEK A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM AND HOPEFULLY OPEN THE BOOKS ABOUT WHAT THE NHTSA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WHY IT HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS IT!! *TR