2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

FAILED OR FAILING POWER STEERING RECALL REPAIR. POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON LAST EVENING (2/23/2015). VEHICLE RECALL ALERT SENT OUT IN JUNE 2014 WAS REPAIRED BY WESTON ONCE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED SINCE REPAIR UNTIL LAST EVENING ON DRIVE HOME FROM WORK. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I HAVE HEARD IT IS NOT POSITIVE TO ALERT DEALER AGAIN AS THEY MAY CHARGE UP TO $800-$1000 TO REPLACE AT WORSE CASE SCENARIO THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR UPDATED 4/19/16 *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH AGAINST A PARKED VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

WE PURCHASED A 2006 G6 AND WHEN DRIVING AND WHILE THE CAR IS TURNED OF SITTING IT HAS A HEAVY SMELL OF GAS...I READ ONLINE IT WAS A RECALL IN SOME BUT WASN'T SURE ON OURS...I WAS TOLD IT IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP...I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE 2007 AND NEWER ARE RECALLED BUT NOT 2006 BUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD MAKE A RECALL FOR 2006!!! *TR

I'VE NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME WHERE GAS IS LEAKING FROM SOMEWHERE ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE ACTUAL TANK. THE GAS IS RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TANK CAUSING IT TO DRIP FROM THE FUEL TANK COVER. I HAVE TO GET AN ASSESSMENT TO FIND OUT WHERE THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY LIES AND HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY IT'LL COST ME TO REPAIR IT. FROM THE LOOKS OF THE OTHER POSTS, I'M NOT THE ONLY G6 OWNER WITH THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF DRIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES/PASSENGERS. I WOULD LIKE FOR GM TO ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES. *TR

JUNE OF 2008, THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AND SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AFTER GETTING IT FIXED IT HASN'T COME BACK ON UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND IT IS NOW NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD IF I DON'T GET IT FIXED THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THEN THE AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY. FEBRUARY OF 2011, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR OF MY O2 SENSORS AND THEN THE BRAIN IN ORDER FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO OFF. BUT EVERY WINTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS 35DEGREES OR LOWER AND THEN I AM UNABLE TO REMOTE START MY CAR. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AND CODE THAT KEEPS COMING UP IS THAT I HAVE BAD O2 SENSORS BUT WHEN THEY ARE CHECKED THEY ARE STILL GOOD. BOTH OF THESE ARE A REAL PAIN. CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. THANK YOU. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED BY A EXXON MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME OF ONE OF THE RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE (ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING). I CONTACTED THE NEAREST GM DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RECALL PROCESS. A MEMBER OF THE SERVICE TEAM INFORMED ME OF 3 OPEN RECALLS ON MY CAR. I ASKED HER WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS. SHE SAID THE RECALL PARTS CAN BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE AT THEIR DEALERSHIP. I ASKED HER IF REPLACING THE CAR OR BEING REIMBURSEMENT WAS AN OPTION. SHE SAID SHE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. AFTER HER DENYING IF THAT WAS EVEN AN OPTION SHE LATER INFORMED ME THAT GETTING REIMBURSED WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS. I ASKED HER TO POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I WAS GIVEN GENERAL MOTORS RECALL NUMBER. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND AFTER EXPLAINING MY STORY TO SEVERAL AGENTS. FINALLY AN AGENT CONTACTED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THAT OCCURRED AROUND 11AM. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM GM OR THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL 3 PM THE NEXT DAY. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE SERVICE GUY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE CAR WAS THERE FOR. MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER 24 HOURS WITH KNOW CONTACT INFO OR SERVICE REQUEST. I CALLED [XXX] AT GM AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHERE MY CAR WAS. THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SENT TO CRISWELL CHEVY DEALERSHIP. I INFORMED HIM IT WAS AT KING BUICK GMC. WE FURTHER DISCUSSED WHAT I WANTED TO COME OUT OF THIS AND I LET HIM KNOW I FELT UNSAFE DRIVING THE CAR WITH POWER STEERING AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES. HE REPEATEDLY ASKED IF I WAS SURE I WANTED TO BE DONE WITH THE CAR. HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD TRY HIS BEST TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BUT FIRST I NEEDED TO GIVE PERMISSION TO REPLACE THE RECALL PARTS WHEN WE SPEAK WITH THE DEALERSHIP IN THE AM. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING REQUESTING A LOANER VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD I CAN NOT GET ONE BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

2006 PONTIAC G6. INSURANCE ADJUSTER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE INSURED ONE VEHICLE STEERING ACCIDENT. *SMD ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SENT. *SMD THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INDICATED THE STEERING LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. *JB

INTERMEDIATE ATEARING SHAFT. 3RD TIME FOR REPLACEMENT! 1ST TIME UNDER WARRANTY. 2ND TIME HAD TO PAY, 3RD TIME HAD TO PAY. THIS NOT A CHEAP PART OR CHEAP LABOR. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF, AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT A SECOND TIME. THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT A THIRD TIME, THE STEERING WHEEL LOOSENED AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS OFF, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED FLUTTERING BACK AND FORTH. *JS