2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RANDOMLY GOING OUT IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. I HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR GM TO RECALL IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

I HAVE A '06 G6 GTP SEDAN, AND MY SON HAS A '06 G6 GTP COUPE. WE HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED BY OTHERS-CLUNKING ,CLINKING AT PARKING SPEED. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND YET HAS REFUSED TO ACT ON A SOLUTION AT THE DEALER LEVEL. DATA SUGGESTS NO FATALITIES, = LACK OF ACTION. DRIVING SKILL FROM MY FELLOW PONTIAC FRIENDS, THANKFULLY SAVED THEM. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US,,,,, *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6, SE1 WITH A V^ ENGINE. THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES. IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN AT 50,000 MILES. COME TO FIND OUT WHEN THEY REPLACED IT ORIGINALLY, IT WAS REPLACED BY A DEFECTIVE PART. BETWEEN THE 2 MILEAGE AMOUNTS, GM RE-ENGINEERED THE SHAFT. GM WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART, THEY SAID IT WAS MY PROBLEM, THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. NOW AT 64,000 MILES, MY POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600.00. SEEMS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT DON'T WANT TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT, UNLIKE TOYOTA. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT A LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAVE A RECALL GOING ON NOW FOR A CHEVY COBALT WITH THE SIMILAR PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO STAND UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THERE PONTIACS. I'VE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE, SOME HAVING STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND ACCELERATION. THIS MUST NOT END IN TRAGEDY FOR ANYONE. *TR

MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD. IT WAS WHEN I JUST HIT ABOUT 55 MPH. I'VE ALSO HAD THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" SHOWING UP ON MY DIU WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AND YES, I HAD NO "POWER STEERING" WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AFTER SHUTTING CAR OF AND RESTARTING IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL! I THEN STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH TO FIND OUT A LOT OF 2006 G6 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I'M SURE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, WHICH WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY. WHICH I DON'T HAVE!!! *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 PONTIAC G6 IN 2008 WITH 22,000 MILES. A YEAR LATER MY POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY RESET THE STEERING SYSTEM. LATER IN THE YEAR IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND FROM THAT POINT EVERYTIME I MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING GOES OUT. *TR

IN 2008 I TOOK MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. AFTER TESTING THE ALIGNMENT, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING. I WAS TOLD BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THEIR HAD BEEN NUMEROUS BULLETINS ISSUED AND IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. GM FAILED TO REPAIR MY CAR OF THIS PROMINENT DEFECT AT THEIR EXPENSE. NOW 2 YEARS LATER THE ISSUE HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR STEERS ON ITS OWN AND WE BARELY WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HAS QUOTED ME $1,753 TO REPAIR THE STEERING COLUMN AND POSITION ASSIST MOTOR. GM MUST KNOW THIS IS A SEVERE PROBLEM. THROUGH MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THEY NO LONGER USE THIS TYPE OF STEERING AND HAVE GONE BACK TO THE PUMP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY GRANDPARENTS IN MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AND RIGHT TO A REPAIR SHOP BUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE PROBLEM TO HAVE. I'VE BEGUN LOOKING INTO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE A FEW OTHER COMMON PROBLEMS THAT MAKE THIS CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND GIVE IT A GUARANTEED EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE ALSO APPARENTLY SHORTED OUT AND I WILL NOW BE CHECKING FOR A COMMON PROBLEM I HAVE HEARD IN WHICH THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY BE ON EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING APPLIED DUE TO CORROSION OF A WIRE. THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY SERIOUS AND COULD EASILY CAUSE ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR A 20 YEAR OLD FIRST TIME CAR BUYER LIKE MYSELF. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 SUCKS. THE STEERING POPS, BRAKE ALWAYS SQUEAK EVENTHOUGH I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS, AND LOSE POWER STEERING. A WEEK OUT OF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I BROUGHT 4 OF THE 5 CARS I OWNED. ALL WERE GM MODELS. I STOOD ALONG THAT BRAND UNTIL NOW. I HOPE IT TOTALLY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. DO SOME ONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS ISSUE GETS SOLVED. TOYOTA IS FIXING THEIR ISSUE. AMERICAN CARS, SERVICE, AND QUALITY SUCKS. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY GM CARS. *TR

POWER STEERING ON 2006 PONTIAC G6. MY G6 HAS A 3.5 LITER ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW THAT IF I WAS ATTEMPTING A TIGHT 3 POINT TURN OR MAKING NORMAL ROUTINE TURNS THAT IT FELT AS IF THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT. I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT JUST BE MY IMAGINATION UNTIL THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I LOOKED AT THE CAR MANUAL AND TO MY DISMAY THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD STEERING FLUID IN MY CAR. I LOOKED UP THE INFORMATION ONLINE TO FIND THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS MYSELF. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT AND THE SAME REPAIRS AND BILLS. THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT GM RESOLVES AS IT SEEMS TO BE A HUGE ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND AS A CONSUMER NOT ONE THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF MY POCKET. I SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT HASN'T HAD IT GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT MORE THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR LOOSES POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. ONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WILL RESET ITSELF AND YOU CAN DRIVE FURTHER. THIS HAPPENS VERY SPORADICALLY, NOTHING LETS YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. DOESN'T MANNER THE TEMP, AMOUNT OF TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING, TURNING, DRIVING STRAIGHT, SPEED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! *TR