2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TAKARA RECALL I WAS ON MY WAY TO A STORE DRIVING AND MY CAR STARTED SHAKING AND SO I GOT OF THE INTERSTATE AND IT STARTING ACTING LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER SO I PULLED OVER SHUT IT OF FOR A HR AND TURNED IT BACK ON TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE NOTHING HAPPENED TRIED TO GO IN DRIVE NOTHING HAPPENED IT DIDNT YO ANYWHERE SO I PUT 2 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT THEN IT WOULD GO IN DRIVE BUT NO REVERSE. I BROUGHT IT TO A GARAGE AND A TON OF CODES CAME UP THEY CLEARED IT AND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRIE ABOUT IT BUT IT SMELT WEIRD AND I NEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION CABLES AND A THROTTLE SENSOR BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING LIKE IT WANTED TO GO FAST N THE THROTTLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN I DIDNT PUSH MORE ON THE PADDLE KINDA LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN CRUISE CONTROL BUT EVEN WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES IT STILL REV.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED WITH LESS THAN 100,00 MILES ON THE CAR LOSS OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3 LANE HIGHWAY. ALMOST CAUSING US TO BE HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT GM NEVER NOTIFIED US AND NOW WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR

THE VEHICLES MAIN WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONS. WE HAVE CONTACTED A NUMBER OF PONTIAC DEALERSHIPS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. MY DAUGHTER IS IN COLLEGE AND LIVES 32 MILES AWAY AND IS DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLIGHT. EVERY TIME WE PUT A NEW BULB IN IT BLOWS. WE HAVE TO PAY HER SCHOOL TUITION AND CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER $500-$800 TO HAVE THE MAIN HARNESS REPLACED.

PONTIAC RECALL #N140115...SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE, THE STEERING BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, WHEELS LOCKING, STEERING AND TURNING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS GOING STRAIGHT FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I STOPPED DRIVING THE CARE IN FEAR OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL, CLAIMING I NEED TO PAY $140 FOR A DIAGNOSIS.

CAR SITTING IN PARK AND POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GOES. ALSO HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.

I NOTICED THAT MY DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. I PURCHASED A NEW ONE BUT UPON INSTALLATION, I NOTICED THAT THE OLD ONE DID NOT VISUALLY APPEAR TO BE BAD. I REPLACED IT ANYWAY. A FEW WEEKS LATER THE SAME ONE WAS OUT AGAIN. I CHECKED IT FOR CONNECTION PROBLEMS ETC AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WAS OUT AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO, I WAS UNLOCKING MY DOORS WITH THE KEY FOB WHILE PARKED IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE DOOR AND NOTICED ON THE GARAGE DOOR THAT BOTH LIGHTS WERE WORKING; HOWEVER, WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR IT WENT OFF AND STAYED OFF UNTIL I UNLOCKED THE DOOR WITH THE FOB AGAIN.

TAKATA RECALL I JUST FINISHED PUMPING MY GAS INTO MY CAR. I TURNED MY CAR ON AND PUT IT ON DRIVE. AS I WAS TURNING TOWARDS THE EXIT OF THE GAS STATION, MY STEERING WHEEL MADE SOME CLINK NOISES AND WENT OUT. MY WHEELS WERE NO LONGER ARE ABLE TO BE DIRECTED BY MY STEERING WHEEL. I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO STEER MY CAR. THE ONLY ABILITY I HAVE IS TO DRIVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I CAN NO LONGER CONTROL MY TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND CAUSED THE STEERING TO LOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WHITE BEAR LAKE SUPERSTORE (612-276-2922, LOCATED AT 3900 HWY 61 N, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN 55110) WHERE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR MODULE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED A YEAR LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALSER BUICK GMC BLOOMINGTON (612-326-6297, LOCATED AT 4601 AMERICAN BLVD W, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55437) WHERE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR MODULE WAS REPLACED AGAIN, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR MODULE COVERAGE EXPIRED. NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING FUEL AND THE FUEL PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.