2009 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

AT LOW SPEED THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED CAUSING HARD FEEDBACK TO THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE SYSTEM REENGAGED THE CAR SUDDENLY JOLTED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TURN. THE DEFECT HAS REPEATED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND PAID FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO ERRORS WERE FOUND AND THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL FOR SIMILAR ISSUES IN PAST VEHICLE MODELS. DECIDED TO REPLACE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR AT OWN EXPENSE SINCE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,095.

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I LOOKED UP AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING SO I ENTERED MY VIN NUMBER BUT MY VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL YET THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THE RECALL WAS DONE FOR. NOW MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. *TR

LUCKILY, THE CAR WASN'T DAMAGED BESIDES A SCRATCH TO THE SIDE AND DENTED RIM, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING SLOWLY. THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT IT, THE POWER STEERING TRIED TO COME BACK ON, SURGED, AND CAUSED MY CAR TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PONTIAC/GM HAS NOT TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT SO FAR, EVEN THOUGH OTHER CARS OF THE EXACT SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. IF I HAD BEEN GOING ANY FASTER, I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND 14E044000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THIS INITIALLY OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013. MILEAGE IS ESTIMATED AT 120000 MILES AT THE TIME. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING A MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH THAT SAID POWER STEERING. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION THE FORCE REQUIRED TO TURN THE WHEEL WHILE THE POWER ASSIST IS FAILING IS MASSIVE. I AM 6 FT TALL AND 200 POUNDS, AND I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME MAKING A TURN OR SHARP CURVE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PAID $700 OR MORE TO HAVE IT FIXED. 14 MONTHS LATER THE SAME THING BEGAN TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TWITCH AT IDLE. HOWEVER THE CAR STOPPED HAVING THE POWER STEERING FAILING ALL THE TIME UNTIL 3/10/2015. WITH 167000 MILES NOW ON THE CAR THE REPLACED POWER STEERING IS FAILING WITH REGULAR FREQUENCY, EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED AND I HAVE NO ASSIST. IF ANYTHING THE STEERING SYSTEM FIGHTS YOU TO PREVENT TURNING. ALSO IT SEEMS AS IF THE STEERING PINION JUMPS OFF A TOOTH WHEN TURNING AT A STOP I HEAR A STRANGE PINGING NOISE AND THEN THE CAR PULLS TO WHATEVER DIRECTION I TURNED TO AT THE STOP UNTIL I STOP AND TURN BACK THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ALL IN ALL THE ORIGINAL POWER STEERING MODULE AND THE ONE I PAID TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL ONE HAVE BOTH FAILED MISERABLY AND ARE A REAL DANGER ON THE ROADS. IF I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE FORCE REQUIRED TO TURN THE WHEEL WHEN THE STEERING FAILS I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SOMEONE SMALLER THAN ME WILL DO IF THIS HAPPENS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. ONCE I CYCLED POWER AND STARTED THE CAR BACK UP THE POWER STEERING WORKED. I THEN STARTED DRIVING AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES WITHIN 200 MILES. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED EXTREMELY HARD STEERING AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS WHICH PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER ALONG THE INTERSTATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING BECAME SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

POWER STEERING FLASHED ON THE DIC AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AFTER TURNING THE WHEEL AND RESTARTING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF THIS HAPPENING IT STOPPED. HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN NOW. ALSO NOW THE STEERING IS MAKING SOME NOISED ACCOMPANIED BY SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL, EVEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN PARK. *TR