2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

2006 PONTIAC G6 TAKEN TO DEALER FOR NOISE IN FRONT WHEN STEERING. DEALER RETURNED VEHICLE STATING "THEY COULD FIND NOTHING." APPOX 2 MONTHS LATER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK FOR SAME PROBLEM ONLY WORSE. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED WITH DEALERSHIP STATING THE RACK AND PINION NEED REPLACED ALONG WITH A RIGHT FRONT HUB (WHEEL BARING) BUT THE PARTS NEEDED ORDERED. ONE WEEK LATER DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED "PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER." THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL WITH THESE PROBLEMS. LATER TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND PARTS CANNOT BE PRODUCED FAST ENOUGH TO CORRECT THEM ALL. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED VEHICLE WAS OK TO DRIVE. *NM

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 PONTIAC G6 IN JAN 06, AT 3000 MILES THE CAR WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER WITH LOW COOLANT, IT'S BEEN IN THE 2 TIMES SINCE AND IS GOING BACK FOR THE SAME REASON 10/16/06. TOTAL THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE CENTER 7 TIMES INCLUDING THIS TRIP. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME FOR COOLANT LEAK. 1 FOR AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE, 1 FOR A PINCHED BRAKE LINE, AND 1 TO REPAIR ITEMS THE SERVICE CENTER LEFT UNDONE. 7 TIMES IN THE SERVICE CENTER IN 9 MONTHS, WOW SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG HUH? I HAVE CONTACTED THE GM 800 SPOKE TO 5 DIFFERENT REPS THEY SEEM TO BE OF THE OPINON NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT.

I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 55-60 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CROSSING THE CENTER LANE. IT REMAINED LOCKED FOR ABOUT 30 YARDS AND THEN RELEASED. *NM UPDATE (10/9/08): THE STEERING IS ELECTRICAL. THE STEERING WOULD NOT BUDGE...I WAS PULLING DOWN ON IT WITH EVERYTHING IN ME TO TRY TO GET IT BACK INTO MY LANE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. OUT OF FEAR OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN AND GM UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, MY VEHICLE SAT FOR NEARLY 3 MONTHS BEFORE I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE RISK AND DRIVE IT.

THE EXHAUST PIPE TIP ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 (STANDARD MODEL WITH V6) HAS A SHARP EDGE THAT CAN CUT AND INJURE SOMEONE WORKING ON THIS VEHICLE. THE SHARPNESS OF THE TIP AND ITS LOCATION NEAR THE REAR BUMPER CAN EASILY INJURE SOMEONE WHO IS HAND WASHING THE CAR. I LACERATED MY MIDDLE FINGER WHILE WASHING THE CAR IN THIS AREA WITH A SPONGE. IT WAS ALMOST DEEP ENOUGH TO REQUIRE STITCHES. IF I DIDN'T HAVE IMMEDIATE TRAVEL PLANS, I WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD IT STITCHED UP. *JB

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. TRAFFIC HAD SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND DID NOT NOTICE AND STRUCK MY VEHICLE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS FORCE PUSHED MY VEHICLE INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING THEIR SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP AT THE TIME. DURING THIS INCIDENT, THE STEERING WHEEL ALONG WITH THE MAIN SHAFT CAME FREE OF THE COLUMN AND WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S LAP WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE WIRING HARNESS WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE STEERING WHEEL. MY MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT, WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE DRIVER'S LAP WITH THE SHAFT STICKING STRAIGHT UP, THE DRIVER COULD HAVE BEEN IMPALED WITH THE SHAFT THROUGH THEIR JAW AND UP THROUGH THEIR SKULL IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED AT THAT TIME. I DO HAVE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF THE STEERING WHEEL PLACED LOOSELY BACK INTO THE COLUMN IF YOU NEED TO SEE IT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A BRIDGE AND CAME TO A STOP. THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE RIGHT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 09/12/06. *JB

MANUAL TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THREE REPAIR ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND STILL HAVE NOT CORRECTED IT. ALSO, THE INTERLOCKING SYSTEM, WHICH IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO ALLOW THE KEY TO BE REMOVED IN REVERSE, LETS YOU TAKE THE KEY OUT IN ANY DRIVE GEAR. *JB

MY CAR EVERY TIME I TURNED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT MY TIRES WOULD MAKE A SQUEALING SOUND, SO MY HUSBAND THOUGHT I NEEDED MY TIRES ROTATED, I TOOK IT DOWN TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED BUT HE (SALES PERSON) TOLD ME THAT MY TIRES WERE FINE. WELL I WAS GOING TO WORK AT 6:00 A.M MY CAR STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT SO I WENT OFF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO GET MY CAR BACK ON THE ROAD BUT MY TIRES LOCKED UP OR SOMETHING B/C MY CAR STARTED TO SPIN IN CIRCLES, I TRIED TO GET CONTROL OF MY CAR BUT BEFORE I KNEW I HIT A TREE. WHAT SCARED ME THE MOST WAS THAT MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOYED, I HAD FRONTAL AND SIDE DAMAGE. I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG OR WHAT BUT I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE GAP INSURANCE. I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT IF MY SALES PERSON WOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT TO ME. NOW I HAVE TO PAY 3000.00 TO PAY THE REST OF A CAR THAT IS NOT DRIVABLE BEFORE I CAN GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION I DON'T WANT PITY I JUST WANTED TO LET OTHER DRIVERS KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE SUNROOF GLASS BLEW OUTWARD. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT TO BE HEAT AND RECOMMENDED THE SUNROOF BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DASHBOARD WARNING FOR STEERING ILLUMINATED AND WAS AUDIBLE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE STEERING FAILED . THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN RESET THREE TIMES. THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. FOR THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, THE STEERING SHAFT WILL BE REPLACED.