2005 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

ON OUR 2005 PONTIAC GT 6, DURING MOST DAYLIGHT DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS SO DIFFICULT TO READ THAT, AT TIMES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL HOW FAST ONE IS TRAVELING. SOMETIMES, IT TAKES A SECOND OR MORE TO MAKE IT OUT. RARELY, IT IS EASILY READABLE. WE THINK THAT THE EXTRA TIME NEEDED TO DISCERN ONE'S SPEED, IF IT CAN BE DETERMINED AT ALL, COULD EASILY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THE GAS GAUGE AND COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGES ARE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT, BUT THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT AS SERIOUS A PROBLEM AS FAILING TO BE ABLE TO READ ONE'S SPEED. IF THE ABILITY EXISTED TO TURN ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING, THE PROBLEM WOULD BE ELIMINATED. *NM

DASH RATTLE,AT ABOUT 500 MILES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A RATTLE COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE OF DASH WHEN ON A ROUGH ROAD,A FEW MILE LATTER THE PASSENGER SIDE BEGAN SAME THING. VEHICLES HAD MADE NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALER, WHICH PROCEDED TO REPLACE STRUTS(ALSO VERY NOISEY,DEALER SAID IS NORMAL)DO'NT AGREE.AFTER CALLING PONTIAC ABOUT THE RATTLE PROBLEM DEALER MADE MORE OF EFFORT TO FIND PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH CAR DOE'S SEEM TO BE FIXED(RATTLE IN DASH) STILL HAVE APROBLEM WITH NOISE IN STRUTS AND LOOSE FEELING IN FRONT END WHEN BOTH WHEELS ENCOUNTER A ROUGH ROAD,AGAIN I AM TOLD THAT IS NORMAL,I DROVE A RENTAL-(06 G-6)NO NOISE WHAT SO EVERY HANDLED WELL ON ROUGH ROAD!

I HAD TAKEN A TRIP OUT OF STATE AND HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT THREE HOUR AND DECIDED TO STOP FOR DINNER, AFTER GOING THROUGH FOUR STOP LIGHTS THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING EXTREMLY HARD IN TO GEARS, SO HARD THAT THE CAR WAS JERKING IN THE NEXT GEAR. I WENT THROUGH TWO MORE LIGHTS AND PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE CAR PUT ON A ROLLBACK AND BROUGHT BACK THE N.C. AT MY REQUEST. THE SERVICE CENTER HAD THE CAR FOR NINE DAYS AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME WITH NO REPAIRS PREFORMED. THEY SAID THAT NO CODED SHOWED UP ON THE CARS COMPUTER.1024 MILES ON THIS G6

DT: ] THIS VEHICLE IS A NEW 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND UP WITH BACK REAR WINDOWS DOWN THERE WAS POUNDING VIBRATION, IT WAS ASSUMED TO BE AIR THAT FILLED THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO HAD NO REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY EITHER. DEALER DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, TESTED OTHER PONTIAC 2005 G6 THAT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE 2006 MODEL. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

STEERING ON THIS VEHICAL HAS LOCKED UP MULTIPLE TIMES, CAUSING THE VEHICAL TO GO OFF THE ROAD. GM HAS INVESTIGATED THE CAR AFTER THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND CLAIMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND WILL NOT CHECK THE CAR AGAIN. MOST RECENT STEERING LOCKUP OCCURED AT 8400 MILES.

DT: THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONTINUALLY ON, OTHER DRIVER'S THINK THE CONSUMER IS BRAKING AT ALL TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 7 TIMES AND CHANGED SWITCHES IN THE FOOT PEDALS AND BRAKES. THEY SAY IT HAS CODES OF BRAKE SLIPPING AND THEY STILL CANNOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *JB

1) DRIVING MY PONTIAC G6 ONTO A REGULAR DRIVEWAY SLOPE 2) FORWARD METAL IMPINGEMENTS (ONLY DRIVER SIDE AFFECTED) ATTACHED TO THE CHASSIS WAS BENT BACK DUE TO THE I-BEAM STRUCTURE "CATCHING" THE CONCRETE DRIVEWAY SLOPE. CONSEQUENCE OF DESIGN FAILURE CAUSED THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE TO SHIFT AND THERE BY ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE IN DAMAGE POSSIBILITIES TO ENGINE BLOCK AND RADIATOR TO OCCUR. ALSO WITH I-BEAM STRUCTURE BEING BENT DOWNWARD IT HAS CREATED A HANGING PIECE OF METAL TO POSSIBLY CATCH ROAD DEBRIS (COULD LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE) AND ALLOW SLOPE CHANGES IN THE ROAD TO ONCE AGAIN CATCH THE BENT METAL TO CREATE EVEN MORE DAMAGE. 3) THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED REPLACING TO THE WHOLE ENGINE CRADLE. I SUGGEST THAT GM SHOULD ATTACH A METAL BAR HORIZONTALLY TO THE TWO FRONT METAL IMPINGEMENTS TO EFFECTIVELY CREATE A GRIND BAR, GREATLY REDUCING THE POSSIBILITIES OF METAL BENDING CAUSING A ROAD HAZARD AND ENGINE CRADLE REPLACEMENT.

STEERING SYSTEM LOCKED. THIS OCCURED ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING AROUND A RIGHT TURN AT 50MPH (UPHILL). IT RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE CONCRETE BARRIER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ABILITY TO STEER RETURNED AFTER THE DRIVER YANKED THE WHEEL HARD. THE DRIVER FELT A POP AND THE STEERING RETURNED, BUT THERE WAS NO TIME TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR.

OPEN REAR WINDOW OR WINDOWS AT SPEED OF 40 MPH AND ABOVE CREATES A SAFETY PROBLEM AS THE NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR BECOMES SO INTENSE THAT YOU EITHER HAVE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW OR STOP THE CAR. THE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE A ROTAR ON A HELICOPTER AND THE FASTER YOU GO OVER 40 THE LOUDER IT BECOMES AND YOUR HEARING BECOMES SO BAD YOU MUST STOP OR PUT WINDOW BACK UP. IR REPORTED THIS TO GM AND THEY TOLD ME ITS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE ANSWER. *AK