2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

STEERING DEFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON IN (O3) SEPARATE INCIDENTS THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE A STEERING MALFUNCTION. (52 YEAR OLD EXPERIENCE DRIVER - HORRIFIC DRIVING EXPERIENCE. VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED-USED, AND THIS HAPPEN WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE SALE. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO EXPLANATION, OF DEFECTS? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IF ANY WAS DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I RETURNED THIS VEHICLE TO THE GMC-PONTIAC DEALER, WHICH I EXPLAINED THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE CRUSHED AND DESTROYED FROM THE DRIVING PUBLIC TO PREVENT A NEAR FUTURE FATALITY TO THE PUBLIC. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE LOCATED BY THE NTSB AND THE BRAINS CHECKED, BECAUSE IF IT IS SOLD AND PUT BACK ON THE ROAD SURELY A FATAL ACCIDENT IS TO COME, FROM THE DEFECT NOT THE DRIVER. WARNING THIS IS NOT TOYOTA, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ONE OF OUR ON. AMERICAN NAME {PONTIAC G-6 2005 EST. MILEAGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT 114,800}. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP STATED PRIOR TO THE SALE THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS CERTIFIED? UPON RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL WERE RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS THIS DEFECT AND IT'S FINDINGS. END. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED. THE BRAKE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE SEEMED SPONGY. THE SPEED CONTROL ALSO DID NOT FUNCTION. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 09V036000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS) BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. SHE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE FAILURE HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING AND MODULE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY HAD DONE SO ONCE BEFORE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,000. UPDATED 03/24/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED.

POWER STEERING STARTED TO GET REALLY HARD TO TURN INTO PARKING SPOTS OR WHEN YOU WOULD TRY TO TURN THEN IT STARTED TO JUST FREEZE UP. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A TPS BULLETIN ON THE PART, THEY REPAIRED THE PART BUT I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS COMPLETELY REPAIRED B/C IT HAS STARTED DOING IT AGAIN BUT NOT AS BADLY AS BEFORE. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME CONSTANTLY AND I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING AND UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER OR TURN, AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE EXACT SAME EPS SYSTEM WAS RECALLED ON THE G5'S BUT GM HAS NOT RECALLED ON THE G6'S. THE REPAIR IS NOT MINOR - UPWARDS OF $1000. *TR

FOR PAST SIX MONTHS, MY 2005 PONTIAC G6 WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND BACK SLIGHTLY WHEN I WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CAR HAS LOW MILES (NOW AT 21,525). HOWEVER, I HEARD A SEVERE SQUEAL/GRINDING WHEN PULLING MY CAR OUT FROM PARKING SPACE. I TOOK THE CAR TO GM DEALERSHIP . DEALER INFORMED ME THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR ROTORS NEED TO BE RESURFACED. REAR BRAKE PADS SHOULD BE REPLACED AS WELL. DECIDED TO DO ALL PADS, RESURFACE ALL ROTORS. BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN REPORTED ELSEWHERE ON INTERNET, THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE G6 BRAKE SYSTEM, OR, OEM ROTORS THAT WERE INSTALLED. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2008. IN JULY OF 2008 I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORKING OPPOSITE, CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AS WELL AS INSTRUMENT PANEL. I HAD A NEW BODY CONTROL MODULE PUT IN MY CAR AND IT WAS FINE UP UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2010 WHEN I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AGAIN. IN DECEMBER OF 2010 MY BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED WORKING OPPOSITE AGAIN AS WELL AS FLASHING WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY OTHER MOTORISTS WHO I HAVE GOTTEN MAD BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS OTHER MOTORISTS CANNOT TELL IF IM BRAKING. I HAVE CALLED GM THIS WEEK AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE WORK I HAD DONE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. SURPRISING. I HAVE DONE SOME HOMEWORK AND LOOKED UP THE 2005 PONTIAC G6 PROBLEMS AND IT SHOWS ONLY A SMALL MAJORITY OF THESE CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. MINE WAS NOT ON THIS LIST. WHY? I HAVE ALSO FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT THAT I PURCHASED IN 2005. AROUND 2007 WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THE POWER STEERING "LOCK-UP". I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND I WAS SENT ON MY WAY. I REGULARLY MAINTAIN MY CAR AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT. IN THE LAST YEAR THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE (HAPPENED 5-6 TIMES LAST YEAR AND AGAIN THIS MORNING) AND I WAS TOLD BY GM THAT IT IS "EASIER" TO FILE A LAW SUIT THAN FOR THEM TO RECALL THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND VERY INCONSIDERATE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. WHAT HAPPENS IS, THE "POWER STEERING" LIGHT COMES ON ACROSS THE RADIO, THE MAINTENANCE WRENCH SHOWS ON THE DASH AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THE CAR THEN HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO RE-GAIN CONTROL. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MESSAGE CENTER, CHIMES HEARD AND THEN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN MY 2005 PONTIAC G6. EVERYTIME I TURN ON THE VEHICLE THE MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN I AM DRIVING, AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER A LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS REGARDING THIS. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON PONTIAC G6 OWNER BLOGS REPORTING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TOOK VEHICLE TO GM DEALER ON 12/5/10 AS HAVE NOTICED A KNOCKING/STICKING IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE HAD 2 STEERING GEAR REPLACEMENTS. HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE IS OFTEN HARD TO TURN. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS AND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. ON 12/13/10, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE WARNING LIGHT CHIMED AND LIT UP ON THE CONSOLE, THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" CAME UP ON THE SCREEN DISPLAY, AND THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT. THIS WAS WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH. I COULD BARELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS I TRIED TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND ASSURED ME THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BARELY BE TURNED WHEN THIS OCCURS. *TR