2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT AS A WAS TURNING A CORNER AND HAS NOT CAME BACK ON SINCE...IN REPAIR SHOP NOW WAITING ON ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COST. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 THAT HAS STARTED TO MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN I TURN AND MAKES THIS WEIRD HUMMING SOUND WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES (AT TIMES), WHEN I PRESS THE GAS (AT TIMES), WHEN I TURN (AT TIMES), AND SOMETIMES WHEN I AM JUST DRIVING FORWARD, WHICH MAKES IT VERY HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS "CLUNKING" SOUND WHEN TURNING AND FEEL THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED ASAP. J FROM MO

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. SHE STATES THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED HER VEHICLE HER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD ROLL DOWN THEN SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T. SHE BELIEVES THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR IS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60000. BL

POWER STEERING PROBLEMS WITH 2006 PONTAC G6. IT DIFFICULT FOR A MECHANIC TO DETECT BECAUSE ONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF THE STEERING RESET. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AN MY STEERING LOCKED. I COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I FREAKED OUT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND THE POWERSTEERING STOPS WORKING SOMETIMES. IT JUST LOCKS UP AND YOU CANT MOVE IT AT ALL. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT LOWER SPEEDS BUT IF IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY OR SOMETHING IT WOULD NOT BE SO EASY TO CONTROL. YOU CAN NOT MOVE THE WHEEL AT ALL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GM HAS NOT GOTTEN SUED OVER THIS. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS ME. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIE FOR A RECALL TO GO INTO EFFECT. *TR

MY PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING SIGNAL WAS COMING OWN FOR REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR PUMP. THE MOTOR GOT REPLACED, BUT THAT SAME NIGHT I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE ON MY DASH ABOUT POWER STEERING. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO DEALER FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CAR AND THEY FOUND THAT MY STEERING COLUMN NEEDS REPAIR. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY STEERING WHEEL NEEDS REPAIR CONSIDERING MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. MY WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, SO I CALLED GM TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. THIS IS A FACTORY PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR HAS ONLY 47,000 MILES AND THAT ITS NOT COMMON FOR THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS EARLY IN THE MILEAGE. MY CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE DUE TO ACCIDENT CONCERNS, THIS COULD REALLY CAUSE DEATH BECAUSE IT POPS ON OUT OF NOWHERE AND LOCKS YOUR STEERING WHEEL. IMAGINE BEING ON THE HIGHWAY AND EVERYONE IS GOING 50-60 MPH AND YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF YOUR CAR AL OF A SUDDEN. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM EARLY IN THERE MILEAGE ON PONTIAC G6 MODELS (2006). THIS HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS OR SOMEONE COULD LOOSE THERE LIFE AND THINGS COULD GET REAL BAD FOR GM. *TR

WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH OUR 2006 G6. OUR EXTERIOR LIGHT SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK, THE CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK. WE HAD TO REPLACE AT OUR OWN EXPENSE THE BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO INFERIOR QUALITY. WE WERE HAVING THE VIBRATION ISSUE SOME MENTIONED. MY WIFE COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF PARK ONE DAY, WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE GOT THE SAME STORY ABOUT THE RECALL ABOUT NOT BEING COVERED BY THE RECALL AND HAVING TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AT OUR EXPENSE. LAST YEAR OUR BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED AND WE REAR ENDED A MINIVAN. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT OUR INSURANCE IS GOING UP. I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL OUR LEASE IS UP IN FEB 2010. WE WILL TRADE THIS THING IN AND GET A DEPENDABLE FOREIGN VEHICLE. *TR

STARTER STAYS ENGAGED AFTER ENGINE HAS STARTED. THIS WEB SITE SHOWED OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR EVERY TIME - JUST OFTEN ENOUGH TO BE A CONCERN! PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS. DEALER GAVE ME AN 800 NUMBER. *TR

LIKE A TON OF OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE WITH MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT AT 50-53K MILES. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE MY GARAGE OR AFTER MAKING A FEW TURNS. POWER STEERING IS DISPLAYED ON THE COMPUTER AND ASSISTED POWER STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT. SIMILAR TO OTHER I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR A 10-15 MINUTES AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT DAILY AND NOW IS OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW MECHANICS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES ON THE 2005 AND 2006 PONTIAC G6'S BECAUSE THIS WAS PONTIAC'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING VS. PUMP. *TR

THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SUMMER 2008. I WAS PULLED OVER THREE TIMES BY HIGHWAY PATROL AND ASKED WHY I WAS RIDING MY BRAKES. I WASN'T. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING, WENT OFF WHEN I MASHED THE BRAKES, FLICKERED BACK ON WHILE IDLING, THEN STAYED ON WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. I HAD IT FIXED THEN UNDER WARRANTY. A YEAR LATER, THE PROBLEM IS BACK. I WAS TOLD BY THE PONTIAC DEALER SERVICE MANAGER IT WOULD COST ALMOST $900 TO REPLACE THE BCM (BODY CONTROL MODULE) PLUS LABOR. OR I SHOULD BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, DRIVE THE CAR 30 DAYS, AND THEN HAVE IT FIXED. ON TOP OF THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES OF FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTS, I'M ALSO NOT AS FOCUSED ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I'M ALSO EXTRA WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND ME. *TR