2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE FIRST INSTANCE, I WAS ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR CHIMED TWO TWICE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, A WARNING CAME ON THE INFORMATION CENTER, STATING POWER STEERING. AT THAT POINT I TRIED STEERING THE CAR TO ANOTHER LANE AND FOUND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AT THE NEXT EXIT AND COMING TO A STOP I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. TWO DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT STEERING FROM CENTER POINT TO THE LEFT WAS EXTREMELY EASY. WHEN STEERING FROM CENTER POINT TO THE RIGHT THERE WAS HARDLY ANY ASSIST. NO WARNINGS WERE GIVEN DURING THIS PROBLEM. THIS CONDITION LASTED TWO DAYS. THIS EVENING I DROVE ABOUT THREE BLOCK AND MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE WARNING CHIME CAME ON AND POWER STEERING WARNING OCCURRED AGAIN WITH A LOSS OF ALL STEERING ASSIST. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT PERFORMED NORMALLY UNTIL I HIT A BUMP AND THE SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES ON BUMPS. DRIVING BACK HOME IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED QUICKLY, ALMOST NO NOTICE, AND YOU HAD IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. A COUPLE OF TIMES I ALMOST WENT INTO THE WRONG LANE FROM LOSS OF ASSIST. THE CAR WAS VERY HARD TO STEER WITHOUT THE ASSIST. *AK

SUDDEN POWEER STEERING LOSS. USUALLY WHEN PARKING, RESULTING IN INCREASED STEERING EFFORT. THE CAR IS A PONTIAC G6. 2005. DEALER CLAIMSED THISWAS A NORMAL CONDITION ON MODELS WITH ELECTRIC STEERING. *AK UPDATE (10/13/08): PONTIAC G6 HAS ELECTRIC STEERING. THE LOSS OF POWER CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING. IF I WAITED A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD RETURN THEN GO OUT AGAIN. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WITH ELECTRIC STEERING. I GOT NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER AND THE REGIONAL REP. WOULDN'T EVEN REPLY TO MY COMPLAINT .OUT OF FRUSTRATION I TRADED THE CAR IN ON A DIFFERENT BRAND. OBVIOUSLY I LOST MONEY AND TO THIS DAY I AM STILL ANGRY. ANYTHING YOU COULD DO WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED.

HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT STARTED OUT INTERMITTENTLY TURNING LEFT ONLY. FINALLY HAD TOTAL FAILURE WHICH ACTIVATED THE SERVICE LIGHT. PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTING VEHICLE WOULD RESET THE FAILURE. VISITED PONTIAC DEALER ON 06/21/07 AND THEY DIDN'T TRY TO FIX IT BECAUSE THE LAST FAILURE WAS 2 WEEKS PRIOR AND IT WAS STORED AS A HISTORY CODE. THE VERY NEXT DAY (06/22/07) THE FAILURE RECURRED EXCEPT A RESTART WILL NO LONGER RESET THE POWER STEERING. MOST FAILURES OCCURRED WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPS WERE BETWEEN 74 AND 78 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. I CONSIDER THIS ISSUE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN THE POWER ASSIST GOES AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

POWER STEERING LOSS. *AK UPDATE (10/13/08): THE ELECTRIC STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT BUT ABLE TO BE TURNED. POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ON. YES I DID TURN OFF AND RESTART THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES, STEERING WAS STILL OUT AND LIGHT REMAINED ON. REPAIR WAS DONE AT THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP, ELECTRIC STEERING WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED.

ON JUNE 5TH, 2007 I HAVE RECEIVED WARNING (DASH INFO SYSTEM) ABOUT POWER STEERING FAILURE IN MY CAR. IN HAPPENED TWICE DURING THE DAY. WARNING IS NOT ON TODAY, JUNE 6TH 2007, BUT I WILL BE GOINT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 06/08/07 TO SEE IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE TO ELIMINATE THE FAILURE. UPDATE PHONE LOG: THE STEERING WAS A LITTLE TIGHT; THE DEALER DID SOMETHING AND FIXED IT. NO REPAIR INVOICE WAS GIVEN.

THE PONTIAC G-6 WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST 2005. IN OCTOBER 2006 THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE WORKING AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING ,BUT I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH WAS LOCKED. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PLACE IN PARK AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART TO UNLOCK THE WHEEL. 8 MONTHS AFTER I HAD IT REPAIRED IT WENT OUT AGAIN. THEY SAID THEY COULD REPAIR I,T BUT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT DOING THIS WHEN THEY DROVE. I COULD NOT PREDICT WHEN IT WAS GOING TO LOCK UP .*AK

ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN POWER ASSISTANCE FOR THE STEERING WHILE I WAS PARALLEL PARKING. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT ,AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY DID NOTHING. THIS CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 5 MONTHS AND IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. THEN THE STARTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, AND THE STARTER GOT REPLACED. THEN THE HEADLIGHTS AND HEAT/ AIR CONDITIONING BLOWER BEGAN DIMMING WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ALONG WITH THE POWER ASSISTANCE GOING AWAY. SO I TOOK IT THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. THOUGHT THAT WOULD DO IT, BUT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM CAME BACK. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SO THEY GAVE ME A DATA LOGGERHEAD RECORD THE PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, SO IT PUSHED THE BUTTON AND RECORDED THE PROBLEM. TOOK THE DATA LOGGER BACK, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN I TOOK IT BACK. THIS CAR WAS A NIGHTMARE AND UNSAFE CAR TO DRIVE.*AK

POWER STEERING FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES. AGGRAVATED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLING ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM, EVEN AFTER BEING PROVIDED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITIN PUT OUT BY GM. LAST FAILURE ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH INTO A MATTRESS STORE DUE TO FAILURE AT THE APEX OF A TURN.*AK UPDATE (10/13/08): THE POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE DURING A RIGHT HAND TURN, AS IF THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. AT THAT POINT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. I WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE MY TURN, HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO "COAST" TO THE CURB AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE POWER STEER STEERING STAYED INACTIVE FOR MULTIPLE ON/OFF STARTS. THEN ONE OF THE STARTS IT STARTED TO WORK. THE POWER STEERING COLUMN / RACK WERE REPLACED WITH A RE-MANUFACTURED UNIT.

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR USED. WITHIN ONE DAY THE POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DRIVER'S INFORMATION CENTER. DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS BEING DONE. *AK

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND NOTICED THAT MY CAR HAD A MIND OF IT OWN. NEXT THING I KNEW, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST MY POWER ASSIST. I PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. NEXT THING I KNEW, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I COULD DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP IS REPLACING THE DRIVESHAFT FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE 1ST TIME IT WENT OUT AS I ON A CURVE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. I'M ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR, THERE SEEM TO BE NO WARNING. IT JUST HAPPENS!! TODAY WAS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPEN IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS. *TR