2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TOO MANY COMPLAINTS TO WRITE THEM ALL UP, HERE ARE A FEW: ENGINE MAKES METAL GRINDING "WHOOSHING" NOISE INDEPENDENT FROM ACCELERATION-DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE, WARPED ROTORS-DEALER WANTED OVER $1,000 TO FIX, HAVE HAD RADIO REPLACED 5 TIMES DUE TO DISC ERRORS-DEALER KEEPS REPLACING, HAD STEERING RACK AND WATER PUMP REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES-DEALER COVERED, SENSOR THAT TURNS ON LIGHTS WENT-DEALER REPLACED, POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, HARD TO TURN AND ROUGH, BUT NO "LOCK-UPS" LIKE OTHERS HAVE HAD(THANKFULLY)-DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE, HAD DRIVERS SIDE FRONT PANEL SUNROOF DRAIN CLOG, WATER SOAKED FRONT CARPET(3 INCHES OF WATER)-DEALER FIXED BUT LEFT ME WITH A MOLDY CARPET!, ENGINE FLUTTERS/STUTTERS TO A START ON RANDOM-DEALER HAS NO ANSWER FOR ME, TRUNK LID WAS SCRAPING REAR BUMPER DUE TO LATCHES BEING TIGHTENED WRONG-DEALER FIXED, HEADLAMP FULL OF CONDENSATION-DEALER FIXED, CAR RIDICULOUSLY BAD IN THE RAIN AND SNOW, STABILITY CONTROL MAKES LOUD GRINDING NOISES AND CAUSES THE CAR TO BUCK, REPLACED TIRES WITH SNOW TIRES, STILL BAD-DEALER HAS NO ANSWER FOR ME, LARGE DEEP SCRATCH ACROSS WINDSHIELD RIGHT IN THE LINE OF VIEW FROM CONTOUR OEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DEALER SAID TOO BAD. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW, I CANT REMEMBER THEM ALL, THIS CAR IS SUCH A LEMON. IM STICKING WITH TOYOTA FROM NOW ON! I LEARNED MY LESSON! *TR

2005 PONTIAC G6 GT: WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, WE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR A LEAKING PANORAMIC ROOF. THE SECOND TIME IT LEAKED, THE DASH SHORTED OUT. THEN AT ABOUT 36,000 MILES WE STARTED HEARING POPPING NOISES WHEN STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. AT AROUND 42,000 MILES THE POPPING NOISES GOT SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. IT WAS AT THIS POINT, WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE MAN AT THE SERVICE DESK SEEMED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE WITHOUT EVEN DIAGNOSING IT. HE TOLD US THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN A LOT OF G6S. I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT AND HE SAID NO. HE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $550 TO FIX IT AND THAT THE COST WOULD BE ON ME AS I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY ON MILEAGE. AFTER I RETURNED HOME I DECIDED TO DO SOME SURFING ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS EXPERIENCING G6 STEERING ISSUES. I FOUND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR STEERING ISSUES. IN FACT, I NOTICED THAT THE NHTSA WAS EVEN INVESTIGATING GM FOR G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE AFFECTING SOME 176K VEHICLES. FRANKLY, THIS SCARED ME TO DEATH! SO MUCH SO, THAT THE VERY NEXT DAY I WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND TRADED IN THE G6 FOR A 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX-L (5-STAR RATING). I TOOK IT IN THE SHORTS ON THE TRADE-IN, BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM TO GET RID OF THIS NIGHTMARE! PARTING QUESTION: SINCE WHEN IS ?POWER STEERING FAILURE? NOT WORTHY OF A RECALL. SHAME ON GM! *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND THE SERVICE VEHICLE (NOT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) CAME ON AND I LOST POWER STEERING ON MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING A CURVY ROAD WITH TRAFFIC. I NARROWLY MISSED GETTING INTO A VEHICLE TO VEHICLE ACCIDENT. I PARKED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED TO FIND THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I CONTINUED HOME AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THE BELTS WERE INSPECTED AND THEY ARE FINE. THERE IS ALSO A CLUNKING NOISE AND FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT GM SAYS IS NORMAL. IT IS NOT TO ME!!! *TR

STARTING ABOUT A MONTH AGO I GET UNEXPECTED POWER STEERING LOSS. SOME TIMES ITS FINE OTHER TIMES IT GOES AWAY COMPLETELY. THIS IS RATHER SCARRY BECUASE IT IS UNEXPECTED. *TR

THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED MORE TIMES THEN I CAN COUNT. THE MOST RECENT TIME, HOWEVER, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE DRIVING AND IT WILL JUST LOCK UP SO I CANNOT STEER. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC G6 AND ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AS WELL. THE PROBLEMS FIRST BEGAN AROUND JULY 07, WHEN I WOULD PULL MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TURN TO THE LEFT AND WOULD VEER LEFT WHILE I WOULD DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER STRAIGHT AND MAKE RIGHT HAND TURNS. IT WASN'T EVERYDAY THAT I HAD THIS PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. THE PROBLEMS DIDN'T END THERE, THE POWER STEERING EVENTUALLY WENT OUT AS IT DID WITH EVERYONE ELSE FILING A COMPLAINT. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETLY LOCKING UP ON ME AND THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" POPPING UP ON MY RADIO. THIS COMPLETLY WORRIED ME BECAUSE I HAD MY BABY IN THE CAR WITH ME AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MORE WOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS COMPLETLY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE FIXED. AND I DON'T MEAN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNERS, BECAUSE WITH MORE THAN 40 COMPLAINTS AND IM SURE MORE OUT THERE, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM HERE. *TR

LEAVING WORK AS USUAL I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND BEGAN DRIVING HOME. WHILE ON RTE. 9 I NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT EASILY TURN TO THE RIGHT, AS IT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD LOST STEERING CONTROL ON THAT SIDE ONLY. HOWEVER STEERING TO THE LEFT THE WHEEL SEEMED TO OVER COMPENSATE AND DRAMATICALLY VEER LEFT. I CONTINUED TO CAREFULLY DRIVE AND SAFELY ARRIVED AT MY RESIDENCE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, AS I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE FROM LUNCH, I STARTED MY CAR WHEN I NOTICED THE DIC RED "POWER STEERING". I MADE MY WAY OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND NOTICED THE STEERING WAS BARELY THERE. I IN-TURN HAD TO SHIFT MY WEIGHT TO TURN THE WHEEL OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND NAVIGATE SEVERAL OTHER TURNS BACK TO THE OFFICE, A MILE AND A HALF AWAY. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN. THE STEERING CAME BACK UPON STARTING VEHICLE AGAIN AND THEY COULD DETECT NO PROBLEMS THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTICS. THE DEALER TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN AS WELL AS THE ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT GOES WITH IT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LOCKED UP INTERMITTENTLY AND PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM STEERING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,560 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 01-11-08. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

1. INTERMIT LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. 2. COULDN'T DRIVE THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED. 3. STEERING COLUMN/SENSOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TORQUE INPUT SENSOR. *TR UPDATED 01-16-08. *KB

POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT FREE UP UNTILL CAR CAME TO A STOP AND WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED.