2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

PONTIAC G6 STEERING DEFECTIVE. MAKES POPPING SOUND AT LOW SPEEDS. DEVELOPED A SERIOUS SHAKE FELT ALMOST LIKE WHEEL WAS COMING LOOSE ON FRONT END OF CAR. STEERING PUMP SHUT DOWN AND LOST CONTROL OF CAR NEAR MISS HEAD ON ACCIDENT. DRIVER IN OPPOSITE LANE VEERED OUT OF WAY JUST IN TIME TO AVOID HEAD ON CRASH. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 STEERING ISSUES SINCE CAR WAS NEW. AT ONE POINT, COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING MAKING CAR DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, TO CONTROL. SINCE THEN, STEERING MAKING LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AND DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON UNEVEN SURFACES. *TR

PUT CAR IN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH, THE CAR JERKED LEFT SO HARD THAT IT PUNCTURED A TIRE WHILE IN THE CAR WASH. WENT TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AND HAVE THEM ALIGNED AND ROTATED. WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN TIRES ON THE RACK WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING (ON THE RACK) THE WHEEL WOULD JERK TO LEFT. THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY PULL TO THE LEFT WITH NO WARNING. WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE RIGHT. WHEN TRYING TO CORRECT BY TURNING RIGHT YOU WOULD BE PULLING SO HARD ON THE WHEEL THAT WHEN IT WOULD RELEASE YOU WOULD ALMOST RUN OFF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY RE-CALIBRATED THE STEERING, CAR HAD 43,812 MILES & I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS WITH EASE TO LEFT BUT VERY HARD TO THE RIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM ONLY ONE OF MANY WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. EITHER THE POWER STEERING OR ELECTRIC STEERING IS FAULTY AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED. *TR

THE OTHER DAY, I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD. IT WAS WHEN I JUST HIT ABOUT 55 MPH. THEN, 2 DAYS LATER, I GET A DINGING AND THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" SHOWING UP ON MY DIU. I WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER, SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. I THEN STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH TO FIND OUT A LOT OF 2006 G6 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I AM PRETTY SURE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, WHICH WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY. WHICH I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT. *TR

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP. HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT UNLOCKS. VERY UNSAFE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. HAVE RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I NO LONGER HAVE WARRANTY BUT FEEL IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR

POWER STEERING - ELECTRIC POWER STEERING - ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 STOPS WORKING WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES GETS IT WORKING FOR A WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY FAILS AGAIN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SENSOR. THE SEAT SENSOR WHICH ARMS AIRBAG WHEN OCCUPANT IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY DISARMS WHEN SEAT IS OCCUPIED. *TR

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT'S POWER STEERING KEEPS FAILING. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL STOP WORKING AND THE RADIO WILL SAY POWER STEERING. GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE RECURRED. HIS LOCAL MECHANIC CONFIRMED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND REPAIRED IT. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE ALTHOUGH IT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,571.