2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

1)POWER STEERING WENT OFF IN THE HIGHWAY MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. 2)STEERING BOX STARING TO MAKE A THUMPING NOISE AT 29K MILES NOW IS WORST.3) DISPLAY A "POWER" IN THE DASH BOARD. ALL OF THIS PROBLEMS IN THE SAME DAY *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING. IF DRIVING FASTER COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT. *TR

I PURCHASED THE 06 IN MAY 2006. IN LESS THAN 6MTHS TIME BOTH KEY FOBS AND THE TRUNK RELEASE IN THE CAR STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD THE PROBLEMS FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. ALSO, THE CAR IS HARD TO CRANK AT TIMES. IT HAPPENED OFTEN IN THE PAST, BUT EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THEN ON YESTERDAY I HAD TO 3 TIMES TO START MY CAR BEFORE IT CRANKED. THEN TODAY, I HAD TO TRY 2X BEFORE IT CRANKED. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE. I'M GLAD TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS. GM SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE WHO HAS PURCHASED THEIR PRODUCT. I'M NOT SURE OF THE DATES I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE STARTING THE VEHICLE, BUT IT HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR. ALSO, I'VE HAD TO HAVE MY BRAKES REPLACED AND IT HASN'T BEEN CLOSE TO A YEAR AND THEY ARE MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE ALREADY. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 PONTIAC G6 IN MAY (APPROXIMATELY 33,000 MILES). SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE MY HUSBAND AND I NOTICED A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE STEERING SHAFT JUST NEEDED TO BE LUBED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE PROBLEM NEVER WENT AWAY. LATELY WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR THE INFO CENTER READS "POWER STEERING." MY HUSBAND AND I DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME THING. I READ A BLOG ON MOTORTREND.COM THAT SAID THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. SO, I AM WRITING TO YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS FAULTY IN THE PONTIAC G6. IN ADDITION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WHEN DRIVING THIS CAR I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT I KNOW YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THIS INVESTIGATION. IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR INPUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME VIA E-MAIL. *TR

STEERING HAS FAILED ON MY 06 PONTIAC G6, THE GEAR & CORE RETURN WAS REPLACED ONE YEAR AGO AT 23,000 AND NOW AT 51,700 MILES IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN! THE STEERING LOCKED AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THAT WAS MORE CONCERNED WHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR THEN MY SAFETY. THE STEERING LOCKED AND CAUSED A MINOR ACCIDENT. IN 30 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A STEERING GEAR OR CORE RETURN, MUCH LESS TWO IN ONE YEAR. *TR UPDATE (10/2/08): WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP I HAD NO CONTROL AND HIT A CART. I HAVE A $1000 DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE AND HAD MENTIONED THAT I AM STRUGGLING A LITTLE AND HAVE NOT GOT ESTIMATES AS I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED AND NO ACCIDENT REPORT WAS MADE. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE REPAIR ON THE STEERING COLUM, HE WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL I AGREED TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK STATING THAT I WOULD PAY THE 100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. SO, I HAD TO DRIVE AWAY AND I AM STILL DRIVING THE CAR IN THIS DEFECTIVE STATE.

CLUNK IN FRONT END AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING. HAD REPAIRED BUT NOISE IS BACK. MANY OTHER G6 OWNERS WITH SAME COMPLAINT. *TR

MR. DID EVASIVE MANUEVERS AT 65 MPH TO AVOID DEADLY COLLISION WITH FULLY LOADED SENIOR CITIZEN VAN BY A DRIVER WITH A CELL PHONE. STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY LOOSE, BRAKES PEDALS WERE VERY EASILY DEPRESSED, NONE OF THE FRONT AIR-BAGS DEPLOYED AND CAR SEATS DID NOT LOCK. MR. HIT MEDIAN CONCRETE AT 60 MPH. AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY ROOM DICTATED, "YOU ALL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED." 3RD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR(ESIS) COUNTER CLAIMS MR.. THAT BECAUSE MR. COLLIDED WITH MEDIAN SIDEWAYS THE AIR-BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR. ARGUES THAT FRONT DRIVER PORTION OF CAR HIT MEDIAN FIRST, AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND SEAT BELTS SHOULD HAVE LOCKED. 3RD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR COUNTERS. BECAUSE THERE IS NO PROOF WE CANNOT CLAIM SUCH FACT. SHE (3RD PARTY) IS INSISTING ON US TO SIGN MEDICAL RELEASE FORMS AND SUBMIT PICTURES OF CAR. MR. HAS ADVISED THAT CAR IS REPAIRED AND HAS BEEN SOLD. CONFUSION ARISES WHEN DEALER AGREES THAT CAR HAS SENSORS AND COLLISION SHOP DID NOT INDICATE ANY SENSORS. MR. IS CONFUSED WHETHER STABILI-TRAK OR SOME OTHER SYSTEMS SHOULD BE IN PLACE TO HAVE PREVENTED THE COLLISION WITH MEDIAN AND UNDER THE TIRE SENSORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE. IF ANY SYSTEM (STABILI-TRAK OR OTHER) WERE IN PLACE, THE WHOLE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. ESIS-CLAIM #[XXX]. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

GEAR SHIFT CONTROLLER GETS STUCK IN DRIVE. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM, THAT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON CONSTANTLY AND MY CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY REPLACE A BRAKE SWITCH. TWO DAYS LATER THE PROBLEM WAS BACK. I WAS TOLD THE SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED WAS BAD AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH WITH ANOTHER SWITCH. THE NEXT MORNING THE PROBLEM WAS BACK AND THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE DEALER AGAIN. THIS IS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVING WITH BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ON. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, MANY OF WHICH HAVE NOT YET HAD THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. GM HAS NOT YET ISSUED ANY KIND OF RECALL. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN MY CAR WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME OR IN FRONT. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME $1200 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR