2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OFTEN AND BOTH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WORK OK BUT CANNOT BE DIMMED FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENS. CHANGING BULBS DOES NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT PUSHED, BUT GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED, JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. FOLLOWING VEHICLES CANNOT BE SIGNALED WHEN SLOWING DOWN CREATING DANGER OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT CAN TELL IT IS HAPPENING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. *TR

THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED (I.E. WHILE BOTH PARKED AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD). THIS DISABLES THE CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, WHICH ARE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED, THEN TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED (UNDER LIGHT TO NORMAL BRAKING). THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO ILLUMINATE AGAIN IF YOU CONTINUE TO APPLY INCREASED PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, HOWEVER NOT UNTIL CONSIDERABLY HEAVY BRAKING CONDITIONS EXIST (NEARLY ACTIVATING THE ABS). UNDER MOST BRAKING SITUATIONS (I.E. APPLYING MODERATE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES) THIS MALFUNCTION EFFECTIVELY CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO WORK THE OPPOSITE OF HOW THEIR INDENTED. *TR

DOOR LOCKS STOPPED OPENING BACK DOORS OR ON OCCASION WOULDN'T LOCK OR UNLOCK. IF I AM IN A SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS IN BACKSEAT THE DOORS WOULD REMAIN LOCKED. I WOULD HAVE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOWS TO UNLOCK THE BACKSEAT DOORS, BEFORE I COULD GET AN INFANT PASSENGER AND REMOVE FROM CAR SEAT. LORD FORBID I'M ON TRAIN TRACKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE REMEDY PART HAD NOT BEEN PRODUCED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 8/11/14*CN

VEHICLE BATTERY WAS DRAINED OVERNIGHT FROM CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (DVD CHARGING, GPS) TO THE POINT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START NEAR ZERO VOLTAGE WITH INSIDE LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF. CHARGED WITH 10 AMP BATTERY CHARGER TO FULL BATTERY. AFTERWARDS KEY FOBS WOULD NOT WORK. DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING NOTICED THE TIRE PRESSURE INFO WAS ALL -- (NOT POSTING). TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM MONITORING WAS COMPLETELY OFF WITH NO NOTIFICATION TO DRIVER. FOUND SEVERAL SITES THAT SAY A G6 CAN LOSE IT'S TIRE SENSOR/KEY FOB MEMORY FROM A SLOWLY DRAINING BATTERY AND MUST BE TAKEN TO A DEALER TO FIX IT. TOOK IT TO A GMC (FORMERLY PONTIAC) DEALERSHIP, $95 LATER ONLY GOT THE TIRES WORKING AGAIN. NEWER VEHICLES HAVE A PROCEDURE FOR OWNERS TO INITIATE THIS SETUP THEMSELVES AND REPROGRAM THE TIRES AND KEY FOBS, BUT NOT 2008. THE LACK OF TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS WHEN THEY WERE THERE PRIOR SHOULD TRIGGER AT MINIMUM A WARNING ON EVERY START. IT CAN TELL ME I NEED AN OIL CHANGE EVERY DAY. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A LOW VOLTAGE EVENT IS TERRIBLE CIRCUIT DESIGN / BAD PROGRAMMING. IF AN OWNER CHARGES HIS KID'S DVD PLAYER AND IT KILLS THE BATTERY THE NEXT DAY THE MANDATORY TMPS SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK, AND NOT WORK WITHOUT WARNING. HOPEFULLY THE DAY THE DVD PLAYER NEEDS A CHARGE ISN'T THE SAME DAY THEY DEVELOP A MEDIUM LEAK DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH, BECAUSE THE DRIVER WON'T BE NOTIFIED THE SYSTEM FORGOT THE SENSOR ID'S AND DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THOSE PRESSURE READINGS ANYMORE, EVEN THE FALLING PRESSURE ON THE TIRE HOLDING THE CAR IN THE CORRECT LANE AT A 8% GRADE, DOWNHILL. #1 FIX THE SAFETY ISSUE. #2 DON'T CHARGE ME TO RE-PROGRAM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SAFE AND WAS CORRECTED ON NEWER VEHICLES. *TR

REPLACED THE POWER STEERING UNIT AND INTERMEDIATE SHAFT PER GM DEALER RECOMMENDATION. COST $1200. *TR

THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SO DOES THE TIRE INFLATION WARNING AT START UP AND STAYS ON.. THIS USE TO BE OCCASIONALLY AND THEN NOT COME ON THE NEXT TIME YOU STARTED IT ...NOW IT DOES IT ALMOST CONTINUALLY..ALSO THE SEATS ELECTRIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE BASE ON THE FLOOR...THE WELD HAS BROKEN ON THE TUBE ON THE BASE OF THERE CAR...I SEE SO MANY OTHER CAR OWNERS WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUES YET NO ONE IS ADDRESSING THEM OR ISSUING A RECALL...THESES ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE FIXED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE WHEN GM KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE AND A SEAT IN A CAR SHOULD NEVER HAVE WELDS FAIL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE..THESE SEATS WOULD NEVER HOLD UP IN A CRASH. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT SHOW SOMEONE IS SITTING IN IT FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. THE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON IN FEBRUARY BUT WENT OFF A FEW DAYS LATER IT THEN CAME BACK ON IN MARCH AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. IF A CRASH HAPPENS MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK. ALSO I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS REPLACED THREE TIMES 600 DOLLARS LATER MY WIPERS DO NOT WORK. THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT KEEPS SNAPPING I CAN'T KEEP SPENDING MONEY ONTHIS. ALSO MY GEARS DO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED OUT GOOD. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS BUT THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX IT STATING THE PART WAS NOT RECEIVED YET. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RECALLS BY MAIL EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM. THIS WHOLE CAR NEEDS RECALLED. *TR

I WAS FOLLOWING MY WIFE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WENT OUT WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES. I DID FIND ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. HE TOLD ME I COULD TAKE IT IN AND THEY COULD CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR AND THEN IF A RECALL SHOWS UP ON MY VEHICLE FOR THAT, THEN I COULD TRY TO GET A REIMBURSEMENT FROM GM. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AS IT IS A RECALL ON CERTAIN 2008 G6 VEHICLES AND OBVIOUSLY MY CAR HAS THIS ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT SEE A SPECIFIC RECALL ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. *TR