2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

ON 11/26/2013, AFTER I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN I HEARD A POP AND LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS TURNING INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH 3 LANES IN EITHER DIRECTION, WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND I ENDED UP IN THE FAR LEFT HAND LANE WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE CARS BESIDE AND BEHIND ME (TRAVELING 40MPH) WERE ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND ME AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT ONLY RUNNING OVER A CURB. MY VEHICLE WAS/STILL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE POWER STEERING MODULE POWER LOSS RECALL. NO ERROR CODES WERE FOUND AFTER I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP LOCALLY AND I WAS CHARGED $400 FOR AN IGNITION SWITCH THAT WAS "LOOSE" TO SEE IF THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM. ON 10/9/2014, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING 50 MPH WITH MY INFANT SON IN THE CAR AND WE ALMOST CRASHED AS I WENT OFF THE ROAD. I HEARD A LOUD POP AND ALL POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS LOST. *TR

DRIVING INTO A CURVE POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAR WAS VERY HARD TO HANDLE...WENT UP ONTO A SIDEWALK. AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE STEERING RELEASED. DROVE TO DUNLAP JOHNSON CHEVROLET TO HAVE LOOKED AT. NOTIFIED A RECALLED ON STEERING TORQUE SENSOR WAS RELEASED ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 BUT NOT ON MY VIN YET SO I PAID TO HAVE FIXED. RECALL # 14116. [XXX] SERVICE MANAGER SAID MY CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PARKED CAR WAS DOING FINE CAME TO GET IN CAR AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT DIDN'T COME ON THEN IT CAME WHILE DRIVING THEN DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND TURNING OFF FOR A WHILE THEN POPS ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT AND AIR BAG STAYS ON WHEN PASSENGER LEAVES CAR AND FLASHES SAYING TO PUT ON SEAT BELT BUT NO PASSENGER IS IN CAR THIS ALL HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE IT DOES NOT DETECT THAT SOMEONE IS BUCKLED UP IN DRIVER SEAT AND DOESN'T DETECT WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES PASSENGER SEAT IT ALL HAPPENED AT ONCE THE STEERING RACK MAKES A POPPING NOISE AND WE TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT IT AND THE LOOSENESS THEY SAD THAT CAR HAS NO OPEN RECALLS ON THIS VIN BUT CERTAIN OTHERS OF THIS CAR DOES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 EQUIPPED WITH SUMITOMO TOURING LST TIRES, SIZE P215/60 TR16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BULGING AND CUPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ERUPTED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL FROM THE VEHICLE. NO APPEARING LEEK FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN PARKED, NOTICED A LEEK UNDER THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND A FUEL ODOR WAS PRESENT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,517. UPDATED 11/21/14*CN UPDATED 12/11/14

WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, LOST POWER STEERING. BROUGHT TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED CODE CO545. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME SINCE THEN. GM SAYS THIS VIN NOT UNDER RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM DESPITE OTHER 2006 PONTIAC G6'S BEING UNDER RECALL FOR EXACT SAME PROBLEM. REFUSED TO HELP. THEY SAID MAYBE IN FUTURE THIS PROBLEM WILL BE PART OF A RECALL. SUCH CALLOUSNESS. *TR

I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND STARTED TO DRIVE. I WENT APPROXIMATELY 500 FT AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I HAVE NOTICED OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

HEY MY CAR WAS LEAKING GAS AND AFTER DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB FOR TWO WEEKS ACTUALLY LEARNED WHAT THE ISSUE WAS THE GAS CABLE CONNECTED TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD A LEAK FROM WEAR AND TEAR AND GAS WAS COMING OUT. IF SOMEONE THREW ANYTHING LIT BEHIND MY CAR IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP THIS FUEL PUMP ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL I WAS CHARGED A HEFTY REPAIR BILL AS WELL IM REALLY STARTING TO REGRET THIS PONTIAC G6 GT COUPE THE CAR ITSELF SHOULD BE RECALLED IF IT ISNT THE STEERING ITS SOMETHING ELSE. *TR