2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

2005 PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT POWER STEERING HAS FAILED AND BEEN REPAIRED TWICE. HE STATES THAT THE MANUFACTURER REIMBURSED HIM FOR $100.00 AND HE WOULD LIKE THE REMAINDER OF THE REPAIR COST REIMBURSED. *KB

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHILE I'M DRIVING AND DISPLAYS THE MESSAGE "POWER STEERING" ACROSS THE STEREO. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL BLOGS ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY DEALERSHIP KNOWS NOTHING OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POWERSTEERING GOING OUT. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BUT WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT CAME BACK ON THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE LAST 3 DAYS IN A ROLL I HAVE HAD NO POWER STEERING AFTER DRIVING THE CAR 10 MINUTES. AND IT WON'T TURN ON UNTIL THE CAR SITS FOR AT LEAST 5 HOURS. ONLY TO GO OFF AGAIN AFTER TEN MINUTES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SUN ROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS REGARDING THE SUN ROOF FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,018 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. UPDATED 03-11-08 *BF

MY 2005 G6 GT IS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING AND IT RANDOMLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, "POWER STEERING" WAS DISPLAYED ON THE CONSOLE, AND ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST. LUCKILY I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR ELSE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CATASTROPHIC AT HIGH SPEEDS OR IN A TURN. PONTIAC ISSUED A BULLETIN STATING THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ISSUE AND SHOULD ONLY BRING THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS IF THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. THIS LOGIC IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS. SHOULD A CAR COMPANY REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY ACCEPT THAT A DANGEROUS DEFECT EXISTS IN THEIR PRODUCT? STEERING COLUMN BEING REPLACED NOW BUT SKEPTICISM IS HIGH. *TR UPDATE (10/14/08): DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND CORRECTED THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE RACK AND PINION UNIT WAS REPLACED TWICE AND THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS LUBED ONCE AND REPLACED ONCE, BUT THEY WERE JUST MAKING NOISES AND DID NOT RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

I HAVE A PONTIAC G6 2005 THAT I HAVE HAD SINCE APRIL 2005. STARTING THIS YEAR I NOTICED A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING. I FOUND A TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN) ABOUT IT STATING IT WAS A LUBRICATION PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS WHERE THE LUBRICATION WAS NEED YOU HAD TO TAKE THE STEERING APART TO LUBE IT. WHAT? IN OTHER WORDS THE WARRANT WOULD NOT COVERED THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS A LUBE PROBLEM. GREAT ENGINEERING. JUST STARTING THIS MONTH (DECEMBER 2007) I HAVE NOTICED MY STEERING HAS BEEN REALLY TIGHT TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, AND INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. I STUMBLED ON THIS WEBSITE AND BECAME CURIOUS AND FOUND THAT SO MANY G6 OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND NEEDED THE SAME FIX. I HAVE A VERY GOOD QUESTION, "YOUR STEERING GIVES OUT WHILE DRIVING, IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE?" HOW IS IT THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL PROBLEM YET? IS BECAUSE NO ONE WAS KILLED YET? IT APPEARS THE SENSOR IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

I OWN A 2005 PONTIAC G-6 WITH ABOUT 60,000 MILES . BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND HAVE ONLY PUT ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS A PANORAMIC SUNROOF THAT WAS WORKING FINE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS STUCK . MY FIRST PANEL IS OPEN.. WANTS TO WORK BUT LOOKS OUT OF LINE WITH THE OTHER PANELS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THAT IT IS "COMING APART" AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE IT . I DON'T HAVE AN EXT WARRANTY SO IM QUOTED $1,400 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING. WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE THEY SAY THAT SAME THING, I HAVE TO REPLACE IT. I AM ABOUT TO GET THIS THING FIXED FOR ABOUT $ 800 OR SO FOR A USED ONE. JUST RECENTLY I SPENT $700.00 REPLACING MY STEERING COLUMN DUE TO POWER STEERING FAILURE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 1 YR AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM WITH IT ! I HATE THIS CAR AND PLAN ON TRADING IT IN SOON.... *TR

POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT ON MY CAR FOR NO GOOD REASON, SOMETIMES WHEN I WASN'T EVEN TURNING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THIS CAR HAS ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND THAT AT TIMES WHEN POWER STEERING IS BEING USED TOO MUCH (EXAMPLE IN A U TURN AND YOUR KEEPING IT IN THE POSITION FOR LONG TIME) THAT IT CAN GO OUT AND ?SHOULD? RETURN AFTER A FEW TURNS OR MOVEMENTS. LATER THEY FOUND OUT THEY HAD TO RESET THE STEERING COLUMN (RE-SYNCHRONIZED THE SENSORS THAT WERE OFF) CAR WORKED FINE FOR 1 WEEK. THEN .. . FINALLY THEY SAY THAT THE STEERING COLUMN HAS TO BE REPLACED AND ITS GOING TO COST 700.00. SINCE I HAVE DONE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE. NOW PONTIAC IS REIMBURSING FOR THE REPAIR. I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE BUYING A PONTIAC. *TR

I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY MY PONTIAC G6 THAT HAD POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, BUT IT WAS NOT. AT TIMES WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT, IT TAKES THE STRENGTH OF TWO MEN AND WHEN I TURN IT TO THE RIGHT, ITS SO LOOSE A BABY CAN TURN IT. I EVEN HAD IT BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO GET IT CORRECTED AND EACH TIME THEY SAID THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, BUT NEVER DID. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2005 PONTIAC G6 PULSE WHEN APPLIED, ESPECIALLY GOING DOWN HILL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE JULY 2006 WITH ONLY 7,900 MILES ON IT. BOTH THE REAR AND FRONT ROTORS WERE MACHINED AND PULSING STOPPED. THE PULSING BEGAN AGAIN AROUND MAY OF 2007. THE CAR WAS THEN INSPECTED IN AUGUST 2007 AND THE REAR BRAKES FAILED TO PASS INSPECTION AT 11,400 MILES. THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS BOTH NEEDED REPLACED. SHORTLY AFTER THOSE WERE REPLACED THE BRAKES BEGAN PULSING AGAIN AND THE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE MACHINED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2007 WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS RUSTING AND I HAVE HAD TO PUT $600 INTO BRAKES FOR THIS CAR WITH LESS THAN 13,000 MILES ON IT. *TR