2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND COMPLETING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THREW US FORWARD WHICH RESULTED IN US RUNNING INTO SOME CEMENT PILLARS. I HAD TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR UP TO THE RADIATOR WAS CRUNCHED. I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HIT THE CEMENT PILLARS AN NOT ANOTHER CAR OR PERSON, BUT AM DEFINITELY WORRIED ABOUT IT NOT BEING FIXED PROPERLY AND HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

I WAS FOLLOWING MY WIFE LAST MIGHT IN 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT. I NOTICED HER BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, HER BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD TO FOLLOW HER IN HER CAR, I DO NOT NOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. SHE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, IT IS A ONE OWNER SO I KNOW NO ONE HAS MESSED WITH ANY OF THE PARTS/WIRES. I STARTED LOOKING ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NOTICED THERE WERE SEVERAL PAGES ON THIS SITUATION. ALSO, THAT THERE WERE RECALLS IN THE PAST. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT A RECALL. IS THIS SOMETHING THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD FIX OR ARE WE STUCK TRYING TO FIX THIS ISSUE? *TR

I WAS JUST LEAVING WORK WHEN I HEARD A CHIME AND I LOOKED AT MY DASH BOARD AND NOTICED A YELLOW CAR WITH A WRENCH IN IT. I THEN FELT MY STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AND BECAME HARD TO STEER. I THEN LOOKED AT MY RADIO AND IT SAID POWER STEERING. I HAD TO DRIVE 6 MILES HOME WITH NO POWER STEERING. I KNEW I COULD STILL DRIVE WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. I THEN FIGURED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND WAS ELECTRONIC. VERY DANGERS AND VERY HARD TO MAKE 90 DEGREE TURNS BUT MADE IT HOME SAFE. *TR

WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT ON 11/28/13 THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, AS I PROCEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN I COULDN'T, IT SEEMED AS THO MY STEERING WHEEL HAD FROZE! IMMEDIATELY A MESSAGE CAME ACROSS MY MESSAGE BOARD THAT SAID POWER STEERING AND THEN A SYMBOL OF A CAR WITH A WRENCH INSIDE OF IT APPEARED ON MY DASH IN THE LEFT CORNER. OF COURSE I PANICKED BECAUSE THE CAR BEHIND ME STARTED BLOWING THE HORN. I MANAGED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. I PULLED OUT MY MANUAL AND FOUND OUT THAT I HAD ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ! I HAD TO FIND SOMEONE TO DISCONNECT MY BATTERY TO SEE IF IT WOULD RESET ITSELF WHICH IT DID, SO THAT I COULD GET HOME. ONCE AT HOME I WENT ON-LINE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT I COULD FIND ON THE EPS AND IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT I FOUND ! LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN 2010 THAT DID NOT INCLUDE MY MAKE. SEEING THAT THIS IS A DOCUMENTED DEFECT I FEEL LIKE GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE REPAIRS AS WELL. THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL MATTER ! I FEEL LIKE MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE THEREFORE I HAVE TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. *TR

HAPPENED 2X'S IN THE LAST 3 DAYS. FIRST COMING IN TO THE DRIVE WAY OF MY HOUSE. POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. CAR COASTED IN TO STOP. NO ISSUE SINCE IN MY DRIVEWAY. TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED. STEERING WORKED. CALLED DEALER MADE APPOINTMENT FOR 11/29. IN ROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AT A STOP READY TO TURN ON TO TRAFFIC. AS I ACCELERATED THE STEERING DIED.. HAD TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE TURN. TOLD THE DEALER. RECEIVED A CALL THAT THIS WILL BE COVERED EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST HE SAID IT WOULD NOT BE. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE HERE. THIS CAR IS DRIVEN BY MY DAUGHTER FOR LONG DISTANCE AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY NOT ON A HIGHWAY OR IN MOVING TRAFFIC WHILE SHE DROVE IT. BUT IT DID HAPPEN TO ME. THIS SHOULD BE MADE VERY PUBLIC. *TR

WELL DRIVING ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW THE POWER STEERING HAS COMPLETELY WENT OUT ON US . TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD TO STOP THE CAR , TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT . AND TODAY IT LOCKED UP WHERE WE COULDN'T EVEN TURN THE WHEEL AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT , GM REALLY NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2005 G6 FOR THIS STEERING ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED . WE CARRY PRECIOUS CHILDREN IN THIS CAR AND WITH OVER 300 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WHEN ARE THEY GONNA WAKE UP AND RECALL JUST AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE 2006 .. IS IT GONNA TAKE THE PRICE OF PEOPLES LIVES BEFORE GM FIXES THIS KNOWN PROBLEM ... *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR CAR AND THE POWER STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT LOCKED UP AND GOOD THING THAT SHE WAS DRIVING SLOW BECAUSE SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT IF SOMEONE WAS NEXT TO HER THEN SHE WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS MY STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING IN MY STREET. FOR EXAMPLE TODAY IT DID SO, AND THEN IT STALLED AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE DISPLAYING ON THE RADIO, ALONG WITH WRENCH ICON ON THE DASH. THIS IS REALLY SCARY AND NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT OCCURS, IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE BY ITSELF FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. IT WILL EVEN DO THIS WHEN IN PARK. PLEASE MAKE A RECALL FOR THIS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING LIGHT POPPED UP ON MY MONSOON RADIO. AT THE SAME TIME MY POWER STEERING INSTANTLY WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. LUCKILY, NOONE WAS BEHIND ME. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 BUT NONE ON 2005. *TR