2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

CONSUMER PONTIAC G6 MADE A RATTLING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. *TS ***NAR*** THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSULATED THE FUEL FILLER TUBE. THE RATTLE WAS DECREASED BUT STILL NOTICEABLE. THE DEALER THEN SUGGESTED THE CONSUMER HAVE THE STEERING RACK REPLACED. THE RACK WAS REPLACED ON 7/6/05. THE NOISE CONTINUED AND THIS TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY. THE NOISE RETURNED AND THE DEALER RESURFACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS, COMPLETED THE LATERAL RUNOUT CHECK AND INSTALLED BRAKE ALIGNMENT SHIMS BEHIND BOTH FRONT ROTORS. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. THIS TIME THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE PADS. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE REPAIRS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE VIBRATES VIOLENTLY. THE ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE ROTORS ARE WARPING. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE FIRST REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY 5-25-05. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE RECENTLY CHANGED THREE WEEKS AGO. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING THE REPAIRS AGAIN.

MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT WHERE SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER SMALL PICKUP TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN HER 2005 PONTIAC G-6. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE LOCAL POLICE WERE SURPRISED THAT THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE INITIAL INJURIES TO MY WIFE WERE SOME SORENESS TO HER SIDE AND BACK, AND A BRUISE ABOVE HER NOSE WHERE HER GLASSES HIT HER. LUCKILY HER INJURIES WERE NOT MORE SEVERE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE POSITION CLIP ON THE CHILD RESTRAINT FAILS TO KEEP THE HARNESS STRAPS SECURED. WHEN THE CLIPS ARE TIGHTENED THE CHILD IS ABLE TO LOOSEN THE STRAPS. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 05C003000 ON THE EDDIE BAUER 22-625 GLC GB1B. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE SITUATION AND IS SENDING REPLACEMENT POSITIONING CLIPS. THE CHILD SEAT IS AN EDDIE BAUER 22-625 GLC OG2B, MANUFACTURED BY DORAL JUVENILE GROUP ON MARCH 18, 2004. *AK

2005 PONTIAC G6 VG. 16755 MILES. STEERING LOCKED UP ON FIRST USE MORNING OF 3/11/06. STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO TIGHTLY SHIFT LEFT AND RIGHT AT RANDOM INTERVALS DURING FIRST MINUTES OF USE. WITHIN 3 MINUTES, STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED CONSIDERABLY, MAKING TURNS DIFFICULT. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT. PARKED CAR. TURNED OFF IGNITION. WAITED HALF A MINUTE. TURNED IGNITION. STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED ALMOST BEYOND USE, TOOK INCREDIBLE EFFORTS TO MAKE TURNS. POWER STEERING APPEARED ON DIC WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF IGNITION, FOLLOWED BY SERVICE ICON IN THE DASH DISPLAY. CAR PARKED AND SHUT OFF AGAIN. NOT RETURNED TO FOR ANOTHER 75 MINUTES. STEERING PROBLEM DID NOT REAPPEAR. SUBJECT DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA; NO FASTER THAN 30 MPH AT ANY TIME WITH ONLY TWO SHARP LEFT/RIGHT TURNS -- MOSTLY STRAIGHT AWAY. TEMPERATURE 70 DEGREES F. *JB

I LEASED A BRAND NEW PONTIAC G6 IN SEPTEMBER 2005, ON JANUARY 29, 2005 THE ABS MODULE BURNT UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNT THE ABS SYSTEM AND HALF OF THE CARS ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE CALLED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, THEY STATED IF I WAITED ANY LONGER THE CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE CAR FOR A MONTH NOW, THEY TELL ME THEY CAN FIX THE CAR BUT PARTS ARE AND TO QUOTE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, " THE PART IS ON SUPER GALACTIC BACK ORDER". MY 16 YEAR OLD IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR, AND FRANKLY SO AM I. GM WILL NOT REPLACE THE CAR, OR EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR THE LIFE OF LEASE. I AM CONSIDERING CONTACTING THE BBB, AND A LAWYER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 10-15 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WAS ENOUGH DAMAGE DONE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE FAN BLADE AND RADIATOR REPLACED, HOWEVER THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND INJURIES DID OCCUR. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED.

PURCHASED PONTIAC G6 GT IN APRIL 2005 SINCE FALL OF 2005 STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED UP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR 2 SEC INTERVALS. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK 5 TIMES FOR THIS TILL THEY REPLACED STEERING COLUMN. AS OF TODAY 1/11/06 IT WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ALONG WITH BRAKE PEDAL AND PANELS AROUND IT RATTLING. CAR ONLY HAS 13,800 MILES ON IT. *JB

STEERING LOCKS UP. DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT 3-4 TIMES TO KNOW SUCCESS. WHEN STEERING LOCKS THERE IS NO WAY TO STEER THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ATLEAST 20 TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS. 3 TIMES I HAVE ALMOST PUT THE CAR IN A DITCH, DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND DROVE INTO A 4 FOOT HIGH SNOW BANK. *NM

I WAS MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN IN A PARKING LOT. THE CAR STALLED AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. I SAW THAT THE RPMS HAD DROPPED TO ZERO. EVERYTHING CAME BACK ON AND I CONTINUED. A VERY FUNNY AND SCARY FEW SECONDS. I SEE BY READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW G6. *JB