2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

IN OCTOBER 2012, MY PONTIAC G6 'ROLLED OFF' FROM MY DRIVEWAY, RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED, AND THE KEY REMOVED, AT THIS TIME. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP CONTACTED, TOLD ME THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS, THIS CAR WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY UNDER RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THIS PROBLEM DID OCCUR, I WISHED TO CONTACT YOU, FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY. IT APPEARS THAT GM MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE. *JS

AS I WAS DRIVING A BELL WENT OFF IN THE CAR AND AN ALERT ON DASH READ POWER STEERING. THERE WAS A CLUNK NOISE AND THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO GO OFF MAKING THE CAR ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL SENSOR AND MODULE WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

MY FAMILY AND I WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A FAMILY VACATION AND ONE-HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES INTO OUR TWO-HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTE DRIVE THE AIR-BAG SERVICE ICON APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND CAR RADIO DISPLAY. CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIGNAL, MY WIFE OPEN THE CAR SERVICE MANUAL AND CONTINUED TO READ HOW DANGEROUSLY THIS SIGNAL CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUAL STATED THE AIRBAG COULD NOT DEPLOY DURING A COLLISION OR COULD DEPLOY AT ANY POINT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AT THE NEXT REST STOP (10 MINUTES AWAY) AND FOLLOWED THE QUICK GUIDELINES OF THE MANUAL. CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY, WE CALLED OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND WERE INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A SAFE AS POSSIBLE DRIVE BACK HOME AND DO NOT FURTHER DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE CAR IS PUTTING OUR LIVES IN JEOPARDY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE WHILE THE VEHICLE HAS THAT WARNING DISPLAYED. WE FOLLOWED OUR INSURANCES STRICT GUIDELINES AND MADE A FEARFUL FORTY-FIVE MINUTE DRIVE HOME IN THE CONDITION WITH MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS. THE FOLLOWING MORNING I FURTHER INVESTIGATED AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHTS FOR A 2008 PONTIAC G6 AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE 2006 AND 2007 PONTIAC G6 MODELS HAD RECALLS BASED ON THE SAME INCIDENTS AND SPECIFICS THAT MY WIFE'S CAR CURRENTLY WAS AND IS IN. TO BE PUT IN THIS POSITION IS FEARFUL ENOUGH, BUT TO BE PUT IN THIS POSITION WITH YOUR CHILDREN IN THE CAR IS FRIGHTENING ESPECIALLY DRIVING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE 2008 PONTIAC G6 MODEL SHOULD BE PUT ON RECALL FOR ITS AIRBAG SYSTEM. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE OUR AIRBAG NOT DEPLOY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT WITH THE AIRBAG SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE. SOME FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL MAKES OF VEHICLES HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE FOR EVERYONE TO DRIVE IN AND NOT HAVE ANY FEAR OF THE VEHICLE HAVING SOME SORT OF MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT CAN PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK. *TR

BACK IN SEPTEMBER MY STEERING LOCKED UP ON ME TWICE AND SHOWED UP ON SCREEN AS POWER STEERING ISSUE. I TOLLK IT IN TO A GM DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT GET THE CODES TO COME UP. THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD BCM. I CHANGED THAT AND IT WORKED FOR A WHILE. THEN IN MARCH IT DID IT AGAIN BUT I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY AS MY CAR HAD OVER 150000 MILES ON IT. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION WITH GM WE CHANGED THE BCM, STEERING MODULE AND THE STEERING COLUMN APPROX $1200 (AFTER A DISCOUNT FROM GM). A FEW DAYS LATER THEY ANNOUNCED THE RECALL. I HAD NOT SEEN ANYTHING IN THE MAIL SO I CALLED GM TO BE TOLD THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I AM SO DISGUSTED OBVIOUSLY THE PARTS ARE BAD AND ALL SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LOW BEAM BULB SOCKETS WERE MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

ON MY 2008 PONTIAC G6 THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP BULB SOCKET MELTED CAUSING THE NEED FOR THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO BE REPLACED. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT AROUND 37,000 MILES. THE CAR LIGHTING IS OEM. NO AFTER MARKET BULBS OR HEADLIGHTS. NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS OR IF IT COULD LEAD TO A MORE CATASTROPHIC ELECTRICAL FAILURE OR FIRE.

ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS HAD BURNT OUT SO I CHANGED IT. A MONTH LATER, THE SAME HEADLIGHT BURNT OUT AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT IT HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT MELTED THE PLASTIC THAT HELD THE BULB. I TOOK IT TO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS. I WAS TOLD NO, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR CARS IN FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NOTICED TODAY, ONE OF THE BREAK LIGHT BULBS THAT IS LOCATED IN THE TRUNK LID WAS BLOWN. IT HAS DONE THE SAME THING AS THE HEADLIGHT, IT HAS GOTTEN SO HOT IT HAS MELTED THE PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE BULB. I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE THE BULBS SHOULD NOT BE GETTING SO HOT THAT THEY ARE MELTING PLASTIC. I AM AFRAID MY CAR MAY CATCH A FIRE IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE ABOUT THIS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHE DROVE AT 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO REPLACED THE POWER STEERING UNIT BUT THE REPAIR FAILED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH THEN MY VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING EVEN AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT GO FASTER. IT WOULD SLOW DOWN ABOUT 5MPH AND THEN ACCELERATE MAYBE 3MPH. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION IS HAS THIS HAPPEN TOO ANYONE ELSE? IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED 1 TIME. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. *JS THANK YOU, [XXX] [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).