2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

OK SO I STARTED HAVING ISSUES STARTING THE VEHICLE OUT OF KNOW WHERE. THEN I STARTED GETTING BAD WHEN I SMELLED GAS EVERY TIME I DRIVE AND ONCE ITS PARKED. I NOW CAN SMELL GAS FUMES AS WE DRIVE SOMETIMES. I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD RIDES WITH ME. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT MY CAR MIGHT BLOW UP OR CATCH FIRE IF A SPARK WAS TO HAPPEN. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD STAY OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHENEVER THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. IN ADDITION, THE REAR DRIVERS DOOR LOCK AND TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR STOPPED WORKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

MY PONTIAC G6 2008 STARTED HAVING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. WHEN GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET UP TO THE 55-65MPH SPEED. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON PONTIAC G6 FORUMS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM SO EARLY ON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT AS PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FLYING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN GETTING BEHIND A CAR THAT IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET UP THE MATCHING SPEED, YOU ARE ASKING FOR AN ACCIDENT. I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE HONKING THEIR HORN AT ME. THIS CAR HAS SERIOUS ISSUES OUTSIDE OF THE STEERING PROBLEM REPORTED. BETWEEN CONSTANT WATER LEAKS, ACTUATORS FAILING TOO EARLY ON, SPEAKERS BLOWING OUT WHEN HARDLY USED, AND NOW THIS ENGINE ISSUE, I WILL NEVER GET A GM CAR EVER AGAIN. FOR A CAR THAT ONLY HAS 60K ON IT, THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THIS IS STUFF A 100K+ MILE CAR SHOULD HAVE. POORLY DESIGNED CAR THAT EVERY PONTIAC G6 OWNER IS AWARE OF, AND NOW THE US GOVERNMENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 PONTIAC G6 AND WAS PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE. THE OFFICER ISSUED 3 SERVICE REPAIR ORDERS ALL ASSOCIATED WITH MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING. A MONTH PRIOR TO THIS, IN OCTOBER 2013, THE LOW BEAMS STOPPED WORKING. I WAS GIVEN A WARNING AT THAT TIME SO I WENT TO A MECHANIC. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE BULBS FOR 20 DOLLARS AND PAID 88 DOLLARS FOR THE SERVICE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, I'D SAY MID-OCTOBER, A FRIEND TOLD ME MY LIGHTS WEREN'T ON AND SURE ENOUGH THEY WERE NOT. SO I AVOIDED NIGHT DRIVING UNTIL I COULD GET THEM CHECKED OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME. BUT THEN I NOTICED THAT SOME DAYS THE LOW BEAMS WERE ON AND SOME DAYS THEY WERE NOT SO I FIGURED IT MIGHT BE A SHORT CIRCUIT OR SOMETHING HAVING TO DO WITH FUSES. BUT ON THAT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER, I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO PICK MY TEENAGED SON UP FROM THE METRO STATION ONE NIGHT SO I USED MY HIGH BEAMS. I HAD NO CHOICE. THE POLICE OFFICER PULLED ME OVER BECAUSE OF THE GLARE THE HIGH BEAMS CAUSED AND ISSUED THE 3 REPAIR ORDERS. I TOOK MY CAR TO AUTOZONE WHERE THEY DID A DIAGNOSTICS CHECK ON MY VEHICLE. I RECEIVED 4 PRINTOUTS EXPLAINING THAT MY PROBLEM WAS ALL RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I HAVEN'T HAD THE REPAIRS DONE YET BECAUSE THEY WILL COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS AND I CANNOT AFFORD IT WITH A NEWBORN BABY AND MY RESULTING REDUCED WORK SCHEDULE. THE LOWEST ESTIMATE I RECEIVED WAS FOR 650. FURTHERMORE, THE DEALER WANTS TO PERFORM THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTICS CHECK FOR ANOTHER 130 DOLLARS. SO BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY TO GET THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FIXED MY VEHICLE REGISTRATION IS ABOUT TO BE SUSPENDED. NOT ONLY WILL I NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE STATE WILL CONFISCATE MY TAGS, I WON'T BE ABLE TO RENEW MY TAGS OR REGISTRATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I SEE THAT THIS IS NOT A SINGULAR ISSUE AND THIS CAR DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6 GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

ON 2/20/2014 I WAS TRAVELING AND WAS HIT ON MY BACK RIGHT SIDE, MY CAR SPUN OUT ACROSS 3 LANES AND END UP FACING ON COMING TRAFFIC ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE MY CAR HIT AND RAN OVER A SMALL POLE. THOUGH ALL THESE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED WHICH LEFT MY CAR AT A TOTAL LOSS MY AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH MY AIR BAGS AS WELL AS MY BRAKES, WITH DIDN'T ASSIST ME BY MUCH IF ANY. *TR

THIS IS A 4-DOOR VEHICLE DESIGNED WITH ONLY ONE EXTERIOR KEYED DOOR LOCK AT THE DRIVERS DOOR, HAS ELECTRIC DOOR ACTUATORS THAT ARE OPERATED INDIVIDUALLY AT EACH DOOR WITH A MASTER CONTROL AT THE DRIVERS DOOR FOR "ALL DOORS UNLOCKED OR LOCKED" + MANUAL LOCK KNOBS ON EACH DOOR. BOTH REAR DOORS ARE LOCKING/UNLOCKING ERRATICALLY FROM THE DRIVER SEAT MASTER CONTROL. SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER DOOR WON'T UNLOCK OR LOCK AND OTHER TIMES THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WON'T WORK. THE RESULT IS YOU CAN'T UNLOCK THE BACK SEAT DOOR(S) AND WOULD NEED TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW FOR THE LOCKED DOOR FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT MASTER WINDOW CONTROL AND REACH IN FROM THE EXTERIOR TO UNLOCK/LOCK THE INTERIOR DOOR LOCK KNOB MANUALLY FROM THE OUTSIDE OR CRAWL INTO THE BACK SEAT TO OPERATE THE LOCK KNOB MANUALLY. IF THE WINDOW CONTROL GOES BAD THE ONLY OPTION WOULD BE CRAWLING INTO THE BACK SEAT TO MANUALLY OPERATE LOCK KNOB. DOESN'T SOUND THAT BAD UNTIL YOU CONSIDER DRIVERS NEW TO THIS PROBLEM, AN ELDERLY, INVALID OR BABY IN THE BACK SEAT/CAR SEAT CAN'T BE ACCESSED WITHOUT A DELAYS. SINCE THE BACK DOORS DON'T LOCK CONSISTENTLY YOU HAVE TO GO TO EACH DOOR IF IT DOESN'T LOCK AND LOCK IT MANUALLY AT THE LOCK KNOB WHICH MEANS IT PROBABLY WON'T UNLOCK LATER WITHOUT USING THE MANUAL KNOB THROUGH THE WINDOW FROM THE EXTERIOR OR CRAWLING INTO THE BACK SEAT, I'M NOT A SAFETY EXPERT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ITS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD PRACTICE TO SHUT AND THEN LOCK ALL THE DOORS WHEN DRIVING, DOESN'T THAT ADD A SAFETY FUNCTION TO THE LOCK MECHANISM? THE MECHANISM ISN'T RELIABLE ON THIS VEHICLE, DOESN'T FUNCTION AS DESIGNED OR HAVE A BACKUP KEYED LOCK AT EACH DOOR FOR EMERGENCIES. I ALSO FOUND AN '08 CHEVY EQUINOX OWNER THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. ON THE INTERNET THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH EVEN A HIGHLY TECHNICAL U-TUBE VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE THE REPAIR. AND NO END TO SUPPLIERS OF THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR PARTS. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT. SINCE ITS ELECTRICAL ASSISTANT POWER STEERING THEIR WAS LITTLE TO NOTHING WE COULD DO OTHER THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN YOU FIRST START UP THE CAR YOU HAS NO POWER STEERING AND HAD TO RESTART THE CAR A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE SHOP 1 WEEK LATER FOR A DIAGNOSTICS. 3/3/14 THE DIAGNOSTICS CAME BACK THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN AND MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I EXPRESS MY CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT WE COULD LOSE ALL POWER TO STEERING WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR. I ASKED HIM IF OUR CAR WAS ON THE LAST RECALL THAT GM HAD FOR THE PONTIAC G6 FOR THIS ISSUE. OUR VIN WAS NOT RECALLED. I CONTACTED GM DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD BE THEY COULD GIVE ME A 50% DISCOUNT BECAUSE WE WERE A LOYAL CUSTOMER TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GM. TOTAL REPAIR WAS $1400. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD RECALL MY VIN NUMBERS FOR REPAIR BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT. SINCE ITS ELECTRICAL ASSISTANT POWER STEERING THEIR WAS LITTLE TO NOTHING WE COULD DO OTHER THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN YOU FIRST START UP THE CAR YOU HAS NO POWER STEERING AND HAD TO RESTART THE CAR A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE SHOP 1 WEEK LATER FOR A DIAGNOSTICS. 3/3/14 THE DIAGNOSTICS CAME BACK THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN AND MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I EXPRESS MY CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT WE COULD LOSE ALL POWER TO STEERING WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR. I ASKED HIM IF OUR CAR WAS ON THE LAST RECALL THAT GM HAD FOR THE PONTIAC G6 FOR THIS ISSUE. OUR VIN WAS NOT RECALLED. I CONTACTED GM DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD BE THEY COULD GIVE ME A 50% DISCOUNT BECAUSE WE WERE A LOYAL CUSTOMER TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GM. TOTAL REPAIR WAS $1400. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD RECALL MY VIN NUMBERS FOR REPAIR BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED A TROUBLE CODE RELATED TO THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,350.