2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

WE OWN A 05 PONTIAC G6. THIS VEHICLE HAS A CHRONIC ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL SENSOR. WHEN THE SENSOR IS HAVING ISSUES, IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO GET THE CAR TO GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH IS THEN THE SENSOR CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHT TO WORK IN REVERSE. WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES, THE LIGHTS GO OFF, WHEN THE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED, THE LIGHT STAYS ON. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SENSORS REPLACED AND NOW HAVE BEEN TOLD THE "FIX" IS THE ELECTRICAL LUBRICANT. THIS ELECTRICAL LUBRICANT IS ONLY GOOD FOR A FEW MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A HALF[XXX] "FIX". WE HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL "FORMER" PONTIAC DEALERS ONLY TO HAVE BEEN TOLD WE ARE "OUT OF LUCK". THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, IF YOU DEPRESS YOUR BRAKES AND NO LIGHTS COME ON IT COULD LEAD TO A REAR-END COLLISION.THANKFULLY THIS LAST TIME MY HUSBAND WAS WARNED OF THIS EVENT BY A GAL WHO WAS DRIVING BEHIND HIM. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT HE WAS DRINKING. HE WAS TOLD THAT A CHARACTERISTIC OF A DRUNK DRIVER IS THAT THEY "RIDE THEIR BRAKES". GM NEEDS TO GET THIS CORRECTED!! IT IS NOT SAFE. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY HUSBAND WHO DRIVES 50 MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK EVERYDAY. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING TRADING IN THE VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE OF THIS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH THE G6. IT HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE WE GOT IT BETWEEN THIS BRAKE ISSUE, A "CLUNKING" NOISE WHEN TURNING (WHICH WE WERE TOLD IS "NOTHING" FROM OUR FORMER PONTIAC DEALERS) AND THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF LEAKING AND NOISE ISSUES, WHICH AS WELL WE WERE TOLD NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT. (WE HAD STANDING WATER IN THE VEHICLE W/ THE LEAKS) THIS BRAKE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT!!!! WE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GM VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS CRAPPY SERVICE AND LACK OF CARE IN GETTING THIS VEHICLE RECALLED. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE??? I HAVE SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ADDRESSING THIS SAME THING. I WOULD IMPLORE NHTSA TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM

TODAY WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT MY POWER STEERING FAILED. A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DIC AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I MANAGED TO TURN THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT. I SHUT OFF THE CAR, AND RE-STARTED AND THE POWER STEERING BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR THE FAILURE, BUT I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DRIVERS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THE 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT HAS THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST POWER STEERING. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED NEARLY A DOZEN NEAR ACCIDENTS AS THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT FAILS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, THE WHEEL LOCKS UP AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO TURN. IT HAPPENS APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK AND HAS DONE SO FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN BRINGING IN THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR BECAUSE TURNING OFF THE ENGINE RESETS THE ISSUE, AND THE POWER STEERING WORKS AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY PONTIAC SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN JANUARY 2005. NO DEALER I HAVE TAKEN IT TO HAS BEEN ABLE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK WHEN MAKING A PARTIAL TURN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER TO LUBE THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY LUBING THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. WITHIN THREE MONTHS THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO LOCK AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THREE DAYS AGO, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM INDIANAPOLIS, 350 MILES FROM HOME, RETURNING FROM TRAINING FOR MY NEW JOB. IT WAS RAINING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, IT FELT AS IF MY CAR WAS ON ICE, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT AT ALL. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT TIRES WERE BALD, I BOUGHT THEM BRAND NEW TWO WEEKS PRIOR. AFTER DRIVING CAREFULLY HOME, I TOOK IT INTO SERVICE. COMES TO FIND OUT THAT MY WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH MY 2 FRONT TIRES. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, MY STEERING GEAR BOX AND EVERYTHING WAS CRACKED OR BROKEN IN HALF??? I APOLOGIZE THIS ISN'T VERBATIM. I HAVE READ ALL THESE COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT ANYONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. DOES SOMEONE REALLY HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF? ALSO, I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM GM ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS ABOUT THIS AND THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE NO RECALLS FOR THIS. I ALSO JUST ROLLED 100K MILES, SO IF THERE WERE TO BE ANYTHING THAT GM WERE TO DO ABOUT IT, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS TOO LATE NOW. THIS REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME APPROXIMATELY $900. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH.... I CERTAINLY PRAY THAT NO ONE LOSES THEIR LIFE OVER THE STEERING PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY SINCE PONTIAC IS NO LONGER AND GM TOOK THE BAILOUT MONEY. GLAD THEY CAN DO THAT AND PAY THEIR BILLS. THIS REPAIR MEANS MY FAMILY DOESN'T GET REAL FOOD FOR A BIT.... *TR

CONSTANT CLUNKING IN STEERING COLUMN. THERE'S ALSO PLENTY OF "PLAY" AND DRIFTING WHILE DRIVING. OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND HAVE CLAIMED NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM IT CONSISTENTLY COMES BACK. BOUGHT THIS CAR TO MAKE 1000 MILE TRIPS BUT AM NOW TO SCARED TO TAKE IT FAR FROM HOME OR ON THE INTERSTATE. IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THESE ISSUES I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR. *TR

THE POWER STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. CAR IS OVER 70,000 AND IS OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND I'VE CALLED AROUND TO OTHER MECHANICS TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. *TR

FIRST PROBLEM, THE EXTERIOR REAR TAIL BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION WELL. I DID FIND THE RECALL AND DID TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST EVEN AFTER CHANGING OUT THE DEFECTED PART. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SECOND PROBLEM, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND SERVICE LIGHT, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO STEER. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNS TO "NORMAL". I HAVE SEEN ON DIFFERENT FORUM OF COMPLAINT THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND DEATHS. THIS PROBLEM EXIST AND NOT ONLY IN MY VEHICLE BUT IN MANY OTHER OF THE SAME MAKE. THIS IS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TO STEER MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I AM VERY ANGRY BECAUSE EVER SINCE I GOT THE CAR I HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES WITH IT, AND AS A STUDENT ATTENDING COLLEGE IT IS EXTREMELY AN INCONVENIENCE. I HAVE THREE YEARS PAYING THE CAR AND HAVE ONE YEAR TO GO, THIS SO UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AS FAR AS ALL THE REVIEWS THE PROBLEM IS NEVER TAKEN CARE OF WHICH WOULD MEAN I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE FAILURES EXPERIENCED IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY TWELVE MONTHS DUE TO THE QUALITY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS ALSO NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILANLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

2005 PONTIAC G6 - WATER POURS FROM THE INTERIOR LIGHTS SPLASHING THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND DRIVER WHICH IS AS UNEXPECTED AS A CHILD RUNNING IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE. THE SUDDEN DOWNPOUR MAY CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY LOOK UP TO SEE WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM.. NOBODY WAS INJURED IN MY INCIDENT HOWEVER, THE WATER IS COMING FROM THE DRAIN TUBES FROM THE TOP OF THE CAR WHICH HAVE A TENDANCY TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. I AM TOLD THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD BUT A DRIVER DOES NOT EXPECT TO BE SUDDENLY SOAKED BY WATER WHEN DRIVING A CAR AND CAN CAUSE THE DRIVER TO BECOME RECKLESS WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY TO A VEHICLE OR A PERSON IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED AS A SAFETY HAZARD. OTHER THAN THE SAFETY HAZARD THAT IT IS, IT ALSO CAUSES THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR TO BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED FROM MOLD AND/OR MILDEW NEEDING COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERS ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT YET I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN TWICE AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T LEAKING AT THE TIME, THE COULD NOT SEE A PROBLEM. MIND YOU THE BACK FLOORBOARD AND SEAT WERE COMPLETELY SOAKED FROM 8 GALLONS OF WATER WHICH HAD BEEN SUCKED OUT OF THE CAR PRIOR TO DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR