2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 LOSES POWER STEERING AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES PER WEEK. IT USUALLY KICKS BACK IN AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES. APPROXIMATELY BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2009 THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD MAKE A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2009 THE WARNING CAME ON "POWER STEERING". WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE WARNING THE POWER STEERING BEGAN GOING OUT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MAY GO OUT WHEN MY TEEN IS DRIVING. WE HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL. AT TIMES THE ELECTRICAL GOES OUT COMPLETELY IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT. IT MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN EVER IT IS TURNED LEFT. WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND JUST STARTED SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE ON ITS OWN LEFT AND RIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G6 (4 CYLINDER). I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GOING OUT ON THE CAR. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS DURING WARMER WEATHER. I WILL BE DRIVING, I WILL HEAR A WARNING CHIME AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WILL INDICATE THAT THERE IS A POWER STEERING FAILURE ON THE DIGITAL DASH DISPLAY. THEN I CAN FEEL THE STEERING GO OUT. I CAN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT WILL SOMETIMES RESET THE STEERING. OTHER TIMES I MAY DRIVE WITHOUT POWER STEERING FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE IT WILL RESENT. IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STEERING ISSUE THAT RECENTLY CAUSED A GM RECALL ON THE COBALT, G4 AND G5. I'VE READ OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE ON THE G6 AS WELL, BUT GM FAILED TO INCLUDE THAT MODEL IN THE RECALL. THIS FAILURE CAN TAKE PLACE ANYWHERE FROM SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO ONCE EVERY FEW DAYS. *TR

MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY PONTIAC G6 ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I LOST POWER STEERING MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN AN HOUR. I HAVE LOST CONTROL BUT ONLY GONE OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO ME OR THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NO REPLACED ANY PARTS OF ME VEHICLE BECAUSE OF MY FINANCIAL SITUATION. I USE A LOT OF CAUTION WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF OPERATE IT. *TR

PONTIAC 06 G6 HAS POWER STEERING ISSUES, AND STEERING SHAFT ISSUES. THE POWER STEERING IS VERY HARD TO STEER , SOME TIMES IT WONT STEER. IT LOCKS UP AND IS ALWAYS VERY TIGHT. *TR

MY POWER STEERING MOTOR IN MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 KEEPS LOCKING UP ON ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF. IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT ON AND IT STARTED TO CHIME. SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON IN A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT WAS FINE. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS LATER WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I DID THE SAME THING AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. TWO WEEKS LATER (YESTERDAY) IT HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 3 HOURS. I TOOK THE SAME ACTIONS AND RESTARTED THE CAR JUST SO I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT. IT'S VERY SCARY CAUSE IT IS SO HARD TO STEER. THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN A PLACE THAT I COULD JUST STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. *TR

I DRIVE 100 MILES BACK AND FORTH TO WORK EVERY DAY. EARLY ON, I HAD NOTICED SOME PULL IN THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT LIKENED IT TO AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY ALIGNED THE CAR - EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR ALIGNED ABOUT ONCE EVERY 2 MONTHS AND BY AUGUST 2009, WAS ON MY 3RD SET OF TIRES IN 3 YEARS DUE TO UNEVEN TREAD WEAR. I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL DITHER UPON STARTING THE CAR AND WHEN I WOULD BREAK, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN SHARPLY LEFT. THE LOCAL SHOP LOOKED AT THE CAR AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A STEERING MOTOR ISSUE AND URGED ME TO CALL GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE - MIND YOU THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. AT THE TIME, THE CAR HAD ABOUT 75,000MI. AS SOON AS I TOLD THEM THIS INFORMATION, I BEGAN TO GET THE RUN AROUND AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A GM DEALER BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE, GM CHARGED TO ME LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINED I WOULD NEED A NEW STEERING MOTOR, STEERING COLUMN, AND TORQUE SENSOR TO THE TUNE OF $1000! I DID SOME RESEARCH AT THAT TIME AND FOUND OTHERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. AND NOW GM ISSUES A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER GM CARS DURING THE SAME YEARS! I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM - I HAVE HAD THE STEERING MOTOR RE-CALIBRATED ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACED. THE CAR IS EASIER TO STEER, BUT I STILL GET A DITHER EVERYTIME I TURN THE CAR ON AND ONCE AGAIN IT IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, AND I HAVE SOME UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. MY PROBLEM IS NOT AS SEVERE AS OTHERS, BUT THESE ARE ONLY TEMPORARY FIXES. IT HAS BEEN THE CONSENSUS OF ALL THE MECHANICS I HAVE TALKED TO INCLUDING THE ONES AT THE LOCAL GM DEALER THAT THE MOTOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE I COMPLETELY LOOSE MY POWER STEERING ALTOGETHER. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE 2006 G6! *TR

AT FIRST THE PROBLEM WAS RANDOM ONLY OCCURRING AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERE. STEADILY THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE AND MORE COMMON. CHANGING FROM HAPPENING EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HAPPENING ALMOST EVERY DAY. THE PINNACLE WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. THE CAR NOW HAS POWER STEERING FAILURE EVERY TIME I TURN LEFT, AND OR PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PARTS REPLACED OR HAD ANYTHING DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, DUE TO THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. SO UNTIL THERE IS EITHER A RECALL, OR A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO REPAIR THE CAR, I'M DRIVING A VERY UNSAFE CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWERSTEERING MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER AND MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 LOST ALL POWERSTEERING. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY AND BACK, NEARLY 60-70 MILES AWAY. DON'T EVEN TRY CHECKING THE FLUID, THERE IS NONE. THE VALET PARKING ATTENDANT AT OUR DESTINATION COULD HARDLY PARK IT OR BRING IT BACK TO US UPON OUR EXIT . I HAD TO TAKE THE G6 TO OUR LOCAL GM DEALER ON FEB. 24 AND IT WAS THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND COST ME WELL OVER $600.00 TO REPAIR. NOW, AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK FROM PICKING IT UP FROM THE SHOP, I SEE THAT GM IS RECALLING SOME OTHER PONTIAC MODELS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE BEFORE THE COMPLETE FAILURE THE CAR BEGAN GETTING HARD TO CONTROL. WHEN THE POWERSTEERING FAILS IT BECOMES AWFULLY HARD TO STEER THE CAR AT SLOW SPEEDS AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PARK OR TURN ONTO ROADS. WHILE SITTING IDLE AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, ETC. THE STEERING WHEEL JUST QUIVERS BACK AND FORTH. PLEASE PLEASE GM RECALL THIS MODEL BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO SOMEONE. (ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID THIS SINCE IT CANNOT BE MAINTAINED)... AFTER MY REPAIR, THE CAR DRIVES WONDERFULLY, I JUST HOPE IT LASTS. *TR

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I LOST POWER STEERING IN A SNOW STORM WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OUT OF THE SLIDE BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM THAT IS ON THE RECALL FOR THE G5. AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING WILL CUT OUT ON A LEFT TURN AN A WARNING LIGHT WITH FLASH ON MY DISPLAY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR. I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME AND WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WOULD COST ME $1,000 TO FIX THE STEERING ISSUE. I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THIS SO I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING SINCE WHICH IS SCARY AS THE WHEEL WILL SNATCH ITSELF OUT OF MY HANDS. LUCKILY I WAS STOPPED BY A CURB. I FIND THIS AS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THIS RESENT RECALL I WAS TOLD THAT I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT MYSELF. THE OTHER ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON IS THAT MY CAR SEEMS TO BE PUT TOGETHER WITH OTHER MODEL PARTS. I FOUND OUT THAT MY WIPER BLADE ARE ACTUALLY CAMARO BLADES BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF G6 BLADES WHILE MY CAR WAS IN PRODUCTION. SO HOW DO I KNOW IF MY STEERING IS NOT A G5 STEERING COLUMN? AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS. I JUST WANT THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR