2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL, HE HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE NOISE IS ONLY HEARD WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE DEALER HEARD THE NOISE AND CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED THE GEAR ASSEMBLY POWER STEERING. WHEN THE CONTACT RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE, THE NOISE WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE STEERING SHAFT. THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY, BUT THE NOISE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER A THIRD TIME AND THEY REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING. THE NOISE RETURNED ONE YEAR LATER. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON MAY 30, 2009 FOR A DIAGNOSIS. ALL OF THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE FOURTH REPAIR WILL BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,465 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,103.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE MOVED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE WHEEL SEVERAL TIMES AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY TO GET IT TO UNLOCK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TIMES. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE POWER STEERING MODULE WAS REPAIRED. SHE SPOKE WITH THE DEALER WHEN SHE BROUGHT IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY ONLY TURNED OFF THE LIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,700.

I OWN A PONTIAC G6 AND RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED A METAL SCRAPING SOUND, A LOUD ROARING AND TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT EXAMINED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT TIRE ROD WAS FALLING APART, THE PASSENGER SIDE HUB BEARING WAS LOOSE, THE DRIVER SIDE CV BOOT WAS LEAKING, OVERALL THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE POWER STEERING WAS TO GO OUT AT ANYTIME. THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW INFO, SEEING HOW I HAVE KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT. I READ THAT THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE POWER STEERING ON THIS MODEL. SO WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL? I DO NOT HAVE A COUPLE OF GRAND LAYING AROUND TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM , JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE US CITIZENS IN THIS ROUGH ECONOMICAL TIME. AGAIN, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, SO WHY NO RECALL? THE INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED BACK IN 2007, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? AM I SUPPOSE TO WAIT UNTIL SERIOUS DAMAGE OCCURS AND FILE A LAWSUIT? THIS IS UTTERLY ABSURD AND SHOULD NOT BE APPARENT IN A VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING, PONTIAC KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM.A SENSOR IN THE STEERING WHEEL GOES BAD. COST OF 600.00 OR MORE TO BE FIXED AND PONTIAC WILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. 30 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO PONTIAC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, WHICH STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS FAILING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER SAFELY. SHE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING SENSOR FAILED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $700. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,200.

I'VE HAD MY 06 G6 FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AND THE CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. THE CAR HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR THE SAME REASON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ONLY TO HAVE NOTHING DONE AND BE CHARGED RIDICULOUS PRICES. THE MAIN ISSUE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEN MAKING A TURN IN ANY DIRECTION. THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE GEAR BOX AND HAD THAT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, AND 6MTHS LATER THE EXACT NOISE IS BACK AND MY VEHICLE BACK IN THE DEALERSHIP. WELL THIS TIME IT'S NOT THE GEAR BOX IT'S THE SHAFT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IT'S NOT COVERED. GO FIGURE! MY NEXT QUESTION TO THE DEALER IS HOW IS IT THAT MY CAR IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE IT WAS MAKING 6MTHS AGO FROM THE EXACT SAME AREA AND IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW AND NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY? HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPETENT WORKERS AND THEIR REPAIRING WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED? OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE HERE IN THIS DEALERSHIP EVERY 6MTHS LIKE IM ON THE PAYROLL. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES BEFORE THIS THING TURNS INTO SOMETHING TRAGIC.*TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS STOPPED WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS A BATTERY ISSUE, AND TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND THAT SHOULD FIX IT. I DID THAT AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, IN FACT IT GOT WORSE. BEFORE IT WOULD START WORKING AFTER A FEW MILES, BUT NOW IT HASN'T STARTED WORKING SINCE I REPLACED THE BATTERY. IF THE STEERING GOES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT DOES, WHILE MY WIFE IS DRIVING THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT AN ACCIDENT. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ GM DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WANTS ME TO PAY TO REPLACE EVERYTHING UNTIL THEY CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *TR

I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING LOT AT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL AND THE POWER STEELING FAILED-AGAIN. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WITH CHILDREN ALL AROUND. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR. THE 1ST OCCURRED 10MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AT THAT TIME I WAS NEARLY HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR (2006 PONTIAC G6) WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE POWER STEERING AND REPLACED EVERYTHING. NOW, 10 MONTHS AND 6000 MILES LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW HAVING THE POWER STEERING REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME - NOW AT A COST OF OVER $1,000 TO ME. BOTH TIMES PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I AM NOW FEARFUL TO EVEN DRIVE MY CAR MUCH LESS LET MY CHILDREN GET IN IT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MODEL ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, YET THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL OF THESE CARS. WILL THE GOVERNMENT WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE FATALITIES IN ORDER TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING? *TR

I HAVE NOW HAD MY CAR ALITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND IM GETTING FED UP WITH IT. THE BRAKES ON MY CAR SEEM TO WORK ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TO THEN HAVE A GRINDING SOUND WHEN I PUSH THE BRAKE AND THE CAR ISN'T EVEN THAT OLD, WHEN I TURN MY WHEELS THE IS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE MOTOR, AND NOW MY RADIO IS ALL MESSED UP. THE RADIO WORKS BUT IT WONT TURN OFF. THE SCREEN ON THE RADIO SHUTS OFF BUT THE MUSIC KEEPS PLAYING AND I HAVE TO MANUALLY SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN. I HAVE ONLY BOUGHT FROM PONTIAC IN THE PAST BUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS NOW AND THE PROBLEMS JUST KEEP COMING I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER BUY A PONTIAC AGAIN! *TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY PONTIAC G6 IS CONSTANTLY ACTING UP. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOPS LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM AND STILL THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TIGHTEN UP WHILE I AM DRIVING. DOES SOMEONE HAS TO DIE OR GET HURT BEFORE THIS PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, THERE ARE SEVERAL WITH COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. EVERYTIME I GO DRIVE IT SEEM LIKE I HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. WHAT KIND OF CAR HAVE POWERSTEERING PROBLEM, BUT NO POWER STEERING PUMP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND LAST NIGHT WHEN I TURNED ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND MY STEERING WHEEL TIGHTEN UP ON ME. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY CAR. AFTER I RESTARTED MY CAR, ALL WAS FINE FOR THE MOMENT. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE POWER STEERING IN THESE CARS. I WOULD HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS HURT OR DIE FROM THIS PROBLEM. WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED IN 07 WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. *TR