2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT LOST ABILITY TO STEER WHILE PULLING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY. THIS LASTED FOR 2 MINUTES WITH NO POWER STEERING AND VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY AND TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL. I GUESS IT WAS A GOOD THING WE WERE NOT ON A CURVY ROAD OR ON THE HIGHWAY NEEDING TO TURN. THE INFO PANEL ON THE CAR INDICATED A POWER STEERING ERROR RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENED. I RESTARTED THE CAR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR LATER AND IT ACTED NORMAL AT THAT POINT. WE WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN UNTIL IT IS FIXED. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO STEER AND STOP A VEHICLE TO DRIVE SAFELY. THIS PONTIAC IS NOT SAFE. IT ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2007 PONITAC G6 STALLED ON THREE OCCASIONS. FIRST TIME THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. SECOND TIME THE BATTERY WAS CHARGED AND WIRE WAS TIGHTENED. THIRD TIME DEALER STATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *KB THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE RELATED TO THE RADIO COMING ON BY ITSELF AND THE DRIVERS WINDOW HAVING A PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE REAL PROBLEM. *JB

I HAD THE TIRES OF MY PONTIAC G6 ROTATED AND DISCOVERED THAT I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE LEFT REAR OUTBOARD IS NEARLY METAL ON METAL. IT HAS WORN IN SUCH A PATTERN THAT CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED BY USE. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 22,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC FEELS IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN EITHER THE CALIBERS OR THE ROTOR. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR G6 VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. APPARENTLY, PONTIAC IS FIGHTING WARRANTY CLAIMS AND REFUSING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR

06 PONTIAC G6- LOUD CLUNKING IN FRONT END. POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED AT 35,200 MILES. CAR HAS HAD NOISE SINCE PURCHASED WITH 15,000MI. CAR STILL HAS STRANGE STEERING, LOOSE WOBBLY FEEL. CAR ALSO HAS EXTREME TORQUE STEERING WHEN ACCELERATING HARD, PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT. CAR HAS HAD WARPED ROTORS SINCE 20,000MI. I REPLACED ALL ROTORS AND PADS WITH NEW AT 35,000MI. FRONT ROTORS WERE TOTALLY WORN OUT. ALL PADS WERE MORE THAN 3/4 WORN. *TR

I HAVE A 06 PONTIAC G6 W/ 20K MILES. AT 4K MILES IT WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A CD PLAYER PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS. 3 WEEKS AGO WE WENT TO USE THE VEHICLE AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND BATT. FOUND TO BE BAD. LAST MONDAY 29TH WE FOUND THE BATTERY TO BE DEAD AGAIN SO IT WAS TOWED BACK TO TE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN BATTERY WAS BAD AND REPLACED. THEN WE HAD BEEN NOTICING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL RANGE, MILEAGE AND LOW FUEL LIGHT. YOU WOULD BE DRIVING AND THE GAS GAUGE WOULD SAY YOU HAD 1/4 TANK LEFT AND 39 MILES TO EMPTY. YOU DRIVE A MILE AND THE GAUGE IS ON EMPTY AND IT SAYS LOW FUEL!!! THE DEALERSHIP SAYS " NO PROBLEM FOUND, WORKING AS MANF. BUILT" THEN IT WOULD SAY YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF MILES TO EMPTY THEN THE NUMBER WOULD JUMP UP AND DOWN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO SAID. " NO PROBLEM FOUND, WORKING AS MANF. BUILT". I PICKED IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IT SAID 206 MILES TO EMPTY, I DROVE A HALF MILE AND IT SAID 180 MILES TO EMPTY. THEN DROVE A QUARTER MILE AND IT SAID 193 MILES TO EMPTY. THIS WAS UNDER NORMAL SPEEDS AND ACCELERATION. MY DEALERSHIP FINALLY REFUSED TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHO SAID "CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM" SO I DROPPED IT OFF TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. COME BACK 15 HOURS LATER AND THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AGAIN. I PICKED IT UP ONCE AGAIN AND THE FUEL MILEAGE SAID 142 I DROVE A HALF MILE AND IT WENT TO 130 I DROVE A QUARTER MILE AND IT SAID 126 MILES AND THEN I DROVE 700 FEET AND IT SAID 116 MILES. I DROVE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WHEN I STOPPED I HAD 131 MILES TO EMPTY. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY DAY SINCE MONDAY THE 29TH. *TR

RECENTLY WHEN I AM DRIVING MY POWER STEERING WILL DISABLE ITSELF AND THEN I HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT IT. THE THING THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WEATHER IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN NORTHERN OHIO AND WHAT IF I AM DRIVING ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING DISABLES. I AM ASSUMING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF ACCIDENT AND OR INJURY. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTRONICALLY POWER STEERING ON THE PONTIAC G6 AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN AN INVESTIGATION OPENED. CAN YOU PLEASE UPDATE ME ON THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND FILE ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH PONTIAC ON MY BEHALF. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU MAY PROVIDE. *TR

FIRST LEAK WAS THE XM ANTENNA. WATER CAME IN THROUGH ROOF CENTER CONSOLE LIGHTS. SECOND LEAK WAS FROM THE SUNROOF WATER ENTERED THE CABIN THROUGH THE SAME PLACE. DEALER REPAIRED SUNROOF DRAIN TUBE. THIRD LEAK WAS THE SUNROOF DRAIN TUBE. DEALER REPAIRED THE OTHER SUNROOF DRAIN TUBE. THE WATER ENTER THE CABIN AND RAN ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT. THIS HAPPENED IN THE WINTER AND THE SEAT BELT FROZE SOLID IN THE RETRACTION REEL. AT THE SAME TIME THE WATER ALSO DAMAGED THE AIRBAG SENSORS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND CAUSED THE AN AIRBAG FAILURE. THE FORTH LEAK SOAKED BOTH SEAT BELTS. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP EXTENDED THE SUNROOF DRAIN TUBES PER A SERVICE BULLETIN. NOW THERE ARE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE HEADS LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON UNTIL THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF THEN RESTARTED. THE TURN SIGNALS, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS, AND HEATER CONTROL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. OF COURSE THEY WORKED FINE WHILE THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE CAR. *TR

I BOUGHT A PONTIAC G6 IN SEP 06 AND IN NOV 07 IT STARTED KNOCKING IN THE FRONT END. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING SHAFT ARE BAD. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED PONTIAC G6 (2006) SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE WHEN I WOULD BRAKE AT HIGH SPEEDS. I TOOK MY CAR IN AND THEY SAID THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE RE-MACHINED AND THAT THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW, 10,000 MILES LATER THE WHEEL IS SHAKING AGAIN AND I AM IN FEAR OF THE SAME PROBLEM. NOT TO MENTION THE WHEEL HAS BEEN MAKING CLICKING/BUMPING NOISE WHEN IT IS TURNED AND A CREAKING TENSION NOISE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ROTORS BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM RE-MACHINED/TURNED EVERY 10,000 MILES BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I ALSO FEEL THE CAR IS NOT SAFE IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN IN A 2 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

MY BRAKES STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE THE WEEK OF 11-12-07. I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY THE DEALER ON 11-21-07..THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY BRAKE PADS AND RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE ROTORS RESURFACED. MY CAR FIRST CAME OUT IN 2005. I'VE HAD MY CAR 1.5 YEARS. I DO NOT DRIVE IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IF ANYTHING I DRIVE LESS THAN WHAT I'VE EVER WITH ANY CAR. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CARS LEADING UP TO THIS ONE AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE/FIX ANYTHING WITH THE BRAKES. I HAD MY BRAKES FIXED 11-26-07 AND HAD TO RESURFACE THE BACK ROTORS DOWN TO A 1,000. THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BE RESURFACED AGAIN. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACE THE FRONT ROTORS AS WELL. I AM VERY SHOCKED THAT I HAD TO FIX THE BRAKES THIS SOON! *TR