2010 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO HAVE BODY WORK REPAIRED. AFTER PICKING UP FROM INSURANCE, I DROPPED IT OFF AT SEWELL GMC DALLAS TO TAKE CARE OF RECALLS. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING IS IN THE RECALL AND WILL BE FIXED. ONCE I WAS CALLED TO PICK UP, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. EVERY PONTIAC G6 HAS A RECALL ON LOSS OF POWER STEERING EXCEPT MINE. I HAD A WRECK BECAUSE OF SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. THE 2010 MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. SO MANY OTHER ISSUES TOO INCLUDING LOW BEAM HARNESS BURNING. MINE DOES THAT TOO...NO RECALL. MAINLY FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS TOLD POWER STEERING WAS COVERED ONLY TO FIND OUT NOT.

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A RECENT ISSUE I HAD WITH MY VEHICLE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ESC INDICATOR CAME ON AND LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL IN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT PERIODICALLY. IF THE CAR DID START AND NO LIGHT WOULD APPEAR, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. THE SHAKING WAS VERY VERY NOTICEABLE. WE HAD TAKEN IT INTO OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THE VEHICLE THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED FOR HIM THAT THE ESC LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THIS TIME HE EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING STEERING WHEEL. BEFORE HE WOULD TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT IT, HE LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET; HE FOUND THERE A RECALL FROM GM ON THE ESC SENSOR AND ASKED US TO TAKE IT TO OUR DEALER. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE WAS THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FIND THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. WE WERE TOLD OUR VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND SAME ISSUE IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE A BIGGER CONCERN OVER THE SAFELY OF US DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE IF THE STEERING WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I HAD AN INCIDENT IN 2013 THAT MIGHT COME IN TO PLAY WITH A RECENT RECALL. I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD TRAVELING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 45MPH MY VEHICLE BECAME IMPAIRED. THE DASH SCREEN PROJECTED SERVICE ESC/ LOW TRACTION. THE STEERING BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 5 MPH. THE CAR ALSO BECAME JERKY, JERKING THE WHOLE CAR BACK AND FORTH FOR A MOMENT. I THIS HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GM SHOP AND AFTER CHANGING A LOT OF PARTS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE CHANGED THEY FINALLY CHANGED A PART CALLED A SENSOR AND THAT SEEMED TO STOP THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THERE IS STARTING TO BE A RECALL ON THIS BUT NOT MY CAR AND I'M NOT SURE WHY. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS CAR SENSE I GOT IT. ...UPDATED 08/12/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 9/29/17*CN

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABILITY TO BE IMPAIRED. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANY FURTHER. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EXITED MY VEHICLE TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AS MY CAR STARTED TO ROLL AWAY. I RAN TO CATCH THE CAR TRYING TO PREVENT MY CAR FROM RUNNING INTO ANOTHER CAR, PEDESTRIANS AND A NEARBY ITEMS. I WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. THE INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT THEY CONSISTED OF BRUISING, BACK INJURIES AND MY FOOT BEING RAN OVER. MY CAR ALSO HAS SCRAPES. IF THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THEN THE CABLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN THAT SOON OR AT ALL PUTTING THE CAR IS THAT STATE OF DANGER. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE, IF THEY REPAIRED THE RECALL CORRECTLY AND IT WAS A EFFICIENT METHOD THIS SHOULD NOT OF STILL HAPPEN. THE FIX THEY DID IS EITHER ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AND/ OR THE METHOD THEY ARE USING IS NOT EFFECTIVE. ALSO A POSSIBLY THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PARTS OF THE CABLE THAT ARE DEFECTED. GM WAS VERY INCOMPLIANT AND DID NOT CARE TO EXAMINE OR SEE THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER, BUT IF THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME IT COULD ALSO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH OTHERS STILL. I HAD TO PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED, BUT THIS DEFECT AND SOLUTION ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL NOT WORKING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BREAKAGE FOR ANY VEHICLE. ...UPDATED 03-23-15 *BF UPDATED 06/09/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 9/28/2017*CN

WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE POWER STEERING FAILED, EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN WHEEL, BROUGHT CAR TO STOP. DASH INDICATED "SERVICE ESC", AND "POWER STEERING". PULLED INTO PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF CAR, AND A SHORT TIME LATER, RESTARTED CAR, SEEMED TO WORK CORRECTLY, THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES OVER THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DAYS, BUT WOULD COME BACK AFTER CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. AFTER A WEEK OF THIS, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT WOULD NOT COME BACK AFTER CAR WAS RESET. UNABLE TO DRIVER CAR AT THIS TIME AS A RESULT. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN RIGHT AT A LIGHT. FORCEFULLY TURNING THE WHEEL WITH GREAT EFFORT I MANAGED TO MAKE MY WAY INTO A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN THE STEERING WAS BACK AND I CONTINUED ON TO WORK RELUCTANTLY SINCE I AM UNSURE WHEN AND IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

HAD SAME ISSUE AS OTHER DAYS COMPLAINT. THIS TIME TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING DIDN'T HELP. TOOK CAR STRAIGHT TO SHOP. LEFT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER THEY CALLED SAID TORQUE SENSOR BAD SAME AS THE 09 RECALL ISSUE. IT'S GOING TO COST 517.00 DOLLARS TO FIX. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I NEED THE CAR TO GET TO AND FROM WORK SO WHAT DOES A PERSON DO BUT FIX AND HOPE IT'S MADE PART OF RECALL. I OWN 2 OTHER GM VEHICLES READY TO GET RID OF THEM BEFORE THEY START FALLING APART. *TR

HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES PAST TWO WEEKS. ISSUE TYPICALLY OCCURS AT STARTING OF CAR, ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY: A CHIME IS HEARD, THE DIC DISPLAYS POWER STEERING, THE ESC OFF INDICATOR COMES ON, AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING CAN RESET AND POWER STEERING WORKS. WHEN POWER STEERING IS WORKING, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHILE AT A STOP, CAN SOMETIMES BE FELT WHEN DRIVING. *TR

I WAS WAITING IN A DRIVE THRU LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR MADE A CHIMING NOISE AND FLASHED POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE. THIS HAPPENED 4 OTHER TIMES AFTER THAT, HAVING TO RE-START MY CAR TO GET POWER STEERING. THEN WHEN MY CAR IS COMES TO STOP THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND MAKES A TERRIBLE KNOCKING NOISE. VERY FRUSTRATING THAT MODELS 2006-2009 ARE RECALLED FOR EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2010??? GET WITH IT GM THIS IS A TERRIBLE HAZARD AND CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY SERVICE POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC. LOST STEERING VERY HARD TO STEER. TURNED CAR OFF RESTARTED THEN HAD NO ISSUES. THEN SEVERAL HOURS LATER HAD SAME ISSUE TURNED CAR OFF AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. *TR