2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONVERTIBLE TOP AND THE TRUNK FAIL TO CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 16,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE 2006 PONTIAC G6. BEFORE POWER STEERING FAILURE THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME STARTING . SHORTLY AFTER THE POWER STEERING WILL SEIZE, MAKING THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. FORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT TO DATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP , AND THE SENSOR FOR THE POWER STEERING WAS RESET. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTED TOTROUBLESHOOT THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR WAS $1200 AND UP.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE WARNING INDICATOR READ "TOP CLOSING NOT COMPLETED". THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THE TOP WILL ONLY PARTIALLY OPEN. THE ENGINE SIZE AND CORRECT VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 11,000. THE CONSUMER STATED IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED AND COULD NOT EXPLAINED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/31/07 *TR

THE POWER STEERING IN THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 SEDAN HAS BEEN FAILING RECENTLY. AT FIRST, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MUCH FREER WHEN TURNING LEFT AND VERY TIGHT WHEN TURNING RIGHT. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT BUT IS OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. I AM NOW GETTING A TOTAL FAILURE OF POWER STEERING ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY. WHEN THIS OCCURS I HAVE TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART. SOMETIMES, IT OPERATES PROPERLY, BUT TODAY IT CONTINUED TO FAIL AFTER THREE DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO RESTART. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED IN THE SPAN OF ONE MILE. ALTHOUGH WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, I HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT THE GUARD RAIL. *MC THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD A POWER STEERING PROBLEM 2 WEEKS PRIOR AND IT WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *JB A VEHICLE QUESTIONAIRE WAS MAILED TO CUSTOMER TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE COMPLAINT. *TR

SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE 2006 G6 THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2005. WE HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED, I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE, THE PASSING GEAR ON THE CAR DOES NOT KICK IN. WE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER A 2ND TIME ON 04/23/2007 BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR OVER THE WEEKEND THE CAR DIDN'T KICK INTO THE PASSING GEAR AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND WHEN IT DID THE CAR DROPPED DOWN TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND JERKED AND FINALLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER IT WENT BACK TO A NORMAL SPEED BUT STILL WOULD ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. TOOK IT TO THE DEAL WHO FINALLY GOT IT TO DO AS WE DESCRIBED BUT NOT HAS BAD, ON THE NEXT DAY THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE SO WE WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US SINCE IT WASN'T FLASHING ANY CODES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT FEELS AS IF THE POWER OF THE CAR IS DROPPING WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AND I AM AFRAID TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL NOT GO AND THEY WILL BE INJURED. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DEALER KNOWING THAT IT HAD AN ISSUE TURNED AROUND AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT CODES TELLING THEM THERE WAS A PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DROVE THE CAR AND REALIZED THAT THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD A BLOCKAGE THAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS STALLING OR THE POWER WAS DROPPING. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE AC MODULE REPLACED. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS A SAFE CARE FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *JB

BRAKE LIGHTS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY! BRAKE LIGHTS EITHER WAS ON ALL THE TIME OR FLICKERED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN GREAT BY PUTTING ME IN ALT TRANSPORTAION ,BUT SEEMED THE PROBLEM ONLY EXISTED WITH ME FOR THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR WHILE IN THEIR POSSESION, BUT WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR THE PROBLEM WAS AGAIN THERE. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, ABS MODULE, AND REPROGRAMMED THE BCM. BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. VERY DANGEROUS, NO ONE COULD TELL WHEN STOPPING ,SLOWING OR GOING OR JUST RIDING THE BRAKES. THIS HAS TO BE ADDRESSED . *AK

MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED OCTOBER 3RD, 2006, AS A DEMO VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES. BEGININNING AT END OF DECEMBER MY HEATER/AIR CAME ON ITSELF AND RUNNING ON HIGH. UNIT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & KEPT APPROX 3 DAYS AND REPLACED COMPLETE HEAT/AIR UNIT. BEGINNING IN JANUARY MY CONSOLE LIGHTS COME OFF AND ON ON A REGULAR BASIS. ALL GUAGES GO TO ZERO AND ALL LIGHTS IN CONSOLE LIGHT UP. VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND CONSOLE WAS REPLACED. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM AND STARTING DOING AGAIN THE THE VERY NEXT DAY. KEPT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AND HAVE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT TWO TECHNICIANS HAVE CHECKED VEHICLE AND THEY CAN'T RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. AT 18,998 MILES VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND DETERMINED ROTORS WERE FAILING. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE ROTORS BUT TURNED THEM AND SAID IF THAT FAILED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRES THEY WOULD POSSIBLY REPLACE

POWER STEERING COMPUTERIZED MODULE FAILED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. POWER STEERING LOSS ALERT APPEARED ON RADIO. WHEEL OF CAR LOCKED; VEHICLE WAS RENDERED UNSTEERABLE CAUSING CRASH AND PERSONAL INJURY. VEHICLE HAD THIS EXACT MODULE REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP TWO WEEKS PRIOR WHEN POWER STEERING WAS LOST IN THE SAME MANNER W/THE SAME WARNING ALERT, BUT FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED AT A 2MPH SPEED IN PARKING LOT.

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 28438 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 4936 MILES AS A NEW VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 8/16/06 THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE A STRONG VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STOKES HODGES PONTIAC OF THOMSON GA THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE PERSON THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE ON 3/31/06 FOR VIBRATION PROBLEMS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD AT TIME OF THE REPAIR OF 8/16/06 THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN 06-02-32-0007 HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POWER STEERING GEAR. THIS WAS REPLACED ON 8/19/06. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SERVICE SHE WAS SHOWN A FILE REGARDING THE VEHICLES PREVIOUS REPAIRS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE ON 3/31/06, WHICH WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT DISCLOSED AT THE PURCHASE TIME. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT SINCE THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM, AND THE FACT THAT THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION AND SOLD THE VEHICLE AS NEW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,131 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,300.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT A VIBRATION WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. UPDATED 05/21/07*JB