2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

WE OWN A 2005 PONTIAC G6 WHICH WE BOUGHT NEW, AND MY WIFE DRIVES THE CAR. IT'S BEEN A GOOD CAR. BUT, WHEN IT WAS NEW PONTIAC HAD TO FIX A CLUNKY STEERING PROBLEM AFTER ONLY ONE YEAR (UNDER WARRANTY). 59K MILES, AND 4 YEARS LATER, THE STEERING CLUNK RETURNED. IT ONLY CLUNKED WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING AND WHEN YOU TURNED THE STEERING RIGHT AND LEFT. WHEN MOVING IT DIDN'T DO IT. HOWEVER BEFORE THE CLUNK SOUND STARTED AGAIN, ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE TO BE EXACT (AT 56K MILES), THE CAR WAS STEERING ODDLY ON THE ROAD. IT WOULD SHIFT TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT QUICKLY, FOLLOWING RUTS AND MAKING THE CAR HARD TO KEEP ON THE ROAD. IT WAS A GENUINE SAFETY HAZARD, BUT MY WIFE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT IT. ON FLAT ROADS IT WAS OKAY. WHEN I DROVE HER CAR AND DISCOVERED THE STEERING PROBLEM I WENT NUTS. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. I CALLED PAUL MASSE PONTIAC IN WOONSOCKET, RI (WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR) AND ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND THEY SAID IT WAS. STILL, WE HAD THEM REPAIR THE STEERING WHEEL ($400) LAST WEEK. WHAT THEY TOLD ME WAS THE CRASH EXTENSION (TELESCOPING) PART OF THE STEERING SHAFT NOW HAS A NYLON BUSHING TO KEEP THE SMALLER EXTENSION SHAFT IN PLACE AND LUBRICATED. NOW THE CAR'S STEERING HAS NO CLUNK AND IT DRIVES STRAIGHT, EVEN ON RUTTY PAVEMENT. THE WAY IT HAD BEEN DRIVING WAS, IN REALITY, WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I PLAN TO CALL MY FRIENDS AT PAUL MASSE AND COMPLAIN. I BELIEVE THE STEERING ON THE PONTIAC G6 IS A NATIONAL SAFETY ISSUE, PARTICULARLY ON THE EARLIER CARS. *TR

3 INCIDENTS OF CAR SKIDDING, SLIDING AND DOING A 360 WHEN DRIVING IN THE SNOW. 1ST TIME, THOUGHT IT NEEDED NEW TIRES. 2ND TIME HAD GOTTEN NEW TIRES, BUT THOUGHT IT NEEDED A SLIGHT ALIGNMENT. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRING WHILE TURNING. 3RD INCIDENT, HAD GOTTEN TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AND DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN A STRAIGHT PATH WHEN SLID INTO THE OTHER LANE WITH ME HAVING NO CONTROL, THANKFULLY NO CARS WERE COMING, BUT DID A COMPLETE 360 TURN. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING. NO WAY TO CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, BUT IT DID SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER WORE DOWN INTO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS AND CAUSED A RELEASE OF BRAKE FLUID. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED ALL THE DEFECTS ON THE WHEEL. SOON AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS MODULE UNIT FAILED AND WAS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE FRONT BRAKES. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE MODULE AND THE FAILURE CEASED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 33,000. UPDATED 04/21/09. *LJ THE LEFT REAR CLIPER SEIZED. THE ABS UNIT WAS FAULTY. UPDATED 04/21/09.*JB

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT. IT FIRST STARTED WITH THE STEERING TIGHTENING WHILE MAKING A STIR. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT. BUT THREE DAYS AGO THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE. I THANK GOD I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY. I COULD HAVE CAUSED A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO TAKE IT TO A SHOP AND SUGGESTED REPLACING THE POWER STEERING FUSE. THAT WASN'T THE FIX. I CONTACTED A GM DEALER AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $100 TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. ALSO I WILL PROBABLY COST ME ANYWHERE TO $350 TO $500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS DEALING WITH THE LOST OF STEER POWER WITH THE G6. SOME CARS WERE BRAND NEW. ACCORDING TO THE POSTING SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED GM CORPORATE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, BUT WITH NO SUCCESS. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. THESE CARS NEED TO BE INSPECTED. THIS COULD RESULT IN CASUALTIES. PLEASE CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO HAVE GM TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM? I FOUND A WEBSITE THAT HAS SEVERAL COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE. THE SITE IS WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. *TR

2005 PONTIAC G6 HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS, BRAKE PADS, AND ROTORS. *NJ THE DAY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO GET AN ALIGNMENT AND HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED. IN JUNE 2008, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A NOISE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE FRONT PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN. THE SUNROOF HAD TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO A RATTLING NOISE IT WAS MAKING. AFTER THE SUNROOF WAS REPAIRED, IT BEGAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENT NOISE. A TECHNICIAN DETERMINED A PIPE HAD RUPTURED. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHTS AFTER ALREADY PAYING FOR A SENSOR THAT DIDN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOST WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN WHILE PREPARING TO MAKE A TURN OR WHILE PARALLEL PARKING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS YESTERDAY AND I BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PULL MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, DINGS, AND THEN THE POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY GONE. IF I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING COMES BACK. BUT IT WORRIES ME THAT AT ANY TIME I COULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND ALSO CONTROL OF MY CAR. THIS FIRST STARTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO (DECEMBER 2009), AND FOR A WHILE IT HAPPENED ALMOST EVERY TIME I WOULD MAKE EVEN A SLIGHT SHARP TURN OR ATTEMPT TO PARALLEL PARK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, FROM A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK TO A FEW TIMES A DAY. *TR

I PREVIOUSLY POSTED A COMPLAINT ABOUT HAVING A DEFECTIVE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IN THIS CAR THAT'S CAUSING A "CLUNK" SOUND WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER (FRANK KENT IN FT. WORTH, TX) TO SEE IF THEY HAD THIS PART AS I DO NOT CONSIDER IT SAFE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT BEING REPAIRED. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DO AND ALSO ADVISED ME THAT A SAFETY RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS SAME PART IN GM TRUCKS AND SUV'S. WHY WHEN THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SEVERE PROBLEM IN ALL GM VEHICLES WASN'T A RECALL ISSUED FOR ALL THEIR VEHICLES USING THIS SAME PART? I HOPE TO HEAR FROM AN INVESTIGATOR SOON AS THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED MY CALL TODAY COULDN'T PROVIDE ME WITH THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. *TR

CAR HAS DEVELOPED A CLUNK IN STEERING WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. STEERING COLUMN U JOINT IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE BRAKE LAMPS ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS NOT BEEN DEPRESSED, OR THE LAMPS MAY NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ENGAGE, AND GREATER BRAKE PEDAL FORCE IS REQUIRED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. *TR