2009 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

PASSENGER LOW BEAM WENT OUT. REPLACED HEADLIGHT. WENT OUT ABOUT A WEEK LATER. GOT ANOTHER HEADLIGHT AND REPLACED IT AGAIN, SAME THING HAPPENED. *TR

DRIVER SIDE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING. REPLACED BULB IN 23 NOVEMBER 2013 AND AGAIN ON 5 OCTOBER 2014. LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN ON 15 OCTOBER 2014. DEALER REPLACED HEADLIGHT LAMP SOCKET AS SOCKET WAS BURNT OUT. INTERNET SEARCHES SHOW NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH PONTIAC G6 HEADLAMPS HAVING ISSUES WITH HEADLIGHT LAMP SOCKETS ... ELECTRICAL ARCING WITHIN SOCKET CAUSING CARBON BUILD UP AND LAMP FAILURE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BY GM ON THIS VEHICLE TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MY 2009 PONTIAC G6 HAS GAS FUMES COMING FROM IT. I BEEN READING ONLINE AND FOUND NUMBERS OF PROBLEM'S WITH THIS. WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS I THINK GM NEEDS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR KILLED. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE IT RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SIDE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

ON OCTOBER 7, 2014, AS I WAS WAITING FOR THE STOP LIGHT TO CHANGE. MY CAR TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER I PARKED MY CAR, I WENT TO START IT, AND IT DIDN'T CRANK AT ALL. I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED, THEY ALL PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE PROBLEM WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIRED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

VEHICLE STARTED SMELLING OF GASOLINE WITH NO APPARENT LEAKS. THE MOTOR HAD BEGUN TO RUN ROUGHLY AND DID NOT START IMMEDIATELY UPON TURNING OVER. NOT LONG AFTER, GASOLINE BEGAN TO DRIP FROM THE HEAT SHIELD BELOW THE FUEL TANK. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FUEL TANK, IT WAS FOUND THAT GASOLINE HAD POOLED ON TOP OF THE TANK AND WAS LEAKING FROM A CRACKED FUEL LINE ELBOW DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FUEL PUMP. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TANK, THE LINE BROKE COMPLETELY FROM THE PUMP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AS THE ESC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,666.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THE SAME HEADLIGHT AT LEAST THREE TIMES. TODAY, 26 SEPT 2014, I ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT BULB AGAIN, BUT FOUND THAT THE CONNECTOR HAS MELTED. I'M CONCERNED THAT MY OTHER HEADLIGHT MAY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING, SO I WILL SEE WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE INSPECTION. I HAVE HEARD THAT IT CAN COST BETWEEN 400 TO 500 DOLLARS. PLEASE HAVE THIS INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN REBUILT THE STEERING COLUMN AND REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E04000 (STEERING) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING. HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. ALSO, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED FOUR TIMES DUE TO ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.