2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES DUE TO POWER STEERING WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO STEER AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY HEADLIGHTS 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. NOW THEY ARE BLOWN AGAIN AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM - AND OF COURSE NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE - BAD WIRING COULD LEAD TO A FIRE.

THE VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY ON WHILE THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 43,000 MILES IN DECEMBER 2011. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS NOW APPROXIMATELY 73,000 MILES. APPLYING DIALECTRIC GREASE TO THE CONTACTS OF THE BCM SEEMS TO TEMPORARILY CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTHS. AFTER WHICH, THE PROBLEM RESUMES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHILE I AM DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. I DON'T MIND PERIODICALLY GREASING THE BCM TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT THERE IS NO FEEDBACK FROM THE COMPUTER ALERTING ME THAT MY BRAKES LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST, AND EACH TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED BY A FRIEND FOLLOWING BEHIND IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON ICE WHEN MY PONTIAC G-6 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE STARTED SLIDING TO THE LEFT FROM BACK TO FRONT AND FLIPPED END OVER END AND THEN ROLLED 2 MORE TIMES AND LANDED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP. I ABLE TO EASILY UNFASTENED THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR WHICH WAS AROUND ME. *TR

I WENT TO GO START MY CAR TO LET IT WARM UP AND TURNED ON THE DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER HEATED SEATS. I HAVE USED THE DRIVER'S HEATED SEAT OFTEN. TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER WHEN I AND MY FIANCE WENT TO LEAVE AND WE OPENED THE DOORS TO MY CAR WE BOTH SMELLED BURNT PLASTIC. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT HAD BURNED A SPOT AND THERE WAS A VISIBLE SCORCH MARK ON THE SEAT. ON MONDAY, JAN. 20, 2014 I CALLED SERRA CHEVROLET IN JACKSON, TN AND THEY REFERRED ME TO CALL GENERAL MOTORS SINCE MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WE THEN SET UP A TIME TO HAVE MY CAR DIAGNOSED IN ORDER TO SEE IF GENERAL MOTORS WOULD DO ANYTHING TO ASSIST. ON TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 2014 I TOOK MY CAR TO SERRA CHEVROLET TO BE DIAGNOSED. AT 5:00PM WHEN I GOT OFF WORK AND WENT TO GO GET MY CAR, SERRA CHEVROLET INFORMED ME THAT GENERAL MOTORS WOULD ONLY PAY ROUGHLY 10% AND THAT THE DAMAGE DONE AND THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION WAS: "FOUND HIGH RESISTANCE IN PASSENGER HEAT ELEMENT CAUSING CUSHION AND COVER TO BURN". THE MALFUNCTION WITH THE SEAT ALSO CAUSED THE AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE SEAT TO MALFUNCTION AND NOW MY SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. CHRYSLER HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AND THEY RECALLED THEIRS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED, SOMEONE COULD GET HURT POSSIBLY EVEN FATALLY. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS, A MALFUNCTIONING HEATING ELEMENT, IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING STARTED ACTING ABNORMAL WHILE SITTING IN PARK, SHAKING VIGOROUSLY. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE SHAKING INCREASES DRAMATICALLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CAR STEERING THEN TRIES TO DRIVE ITSELF AT RANDOM TIMES AND IF NOT HOLDING THE WHEEL FIRMLY THE WHEEL WOULD BE RIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS. THE POWER STEERING ALSO LOSES POWER SOMETIMES WHILE SITTING IN PARK AND/OR WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL ON STEERING AND THERE IS NO CHANGE IN STEERING (LIGHT IS STILL ON AND STEERING IS ERRATIC). WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 685.00 FOR THE STEERING COLUMN TO BE REPLACED. REFERENCED RECALL NOTICE 10183 IN WHICH STEERING COLUMN SENDS SIGNAL CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING BUT DEALER REFUSE TO REPLACE COLUMN. CONTACTED GM PONTIAC (FILE # 71-1263309904) AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY RESOLUTION WAS FOR ME TO PAY THE 685.00 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE 3RD STEERING COLUMN IN THIS CAR IN 5 YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ERRONEOUSLY AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,096.

BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHILE DRIVING, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. *TR

"POWER STEERING" WARNING MESSAGE IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CONSOLE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH CHIME TO ALERT OF AN EVENT. DEALER INSPECTED AND FOUND THE DTC C0460 FOR STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR, PHYSICAL INSPECTION FOUND A WORN SENSOR. DEALER REPLACED STEERING COLUMN AND RECALIBRATED THE PSCM TO THE VEHICLE, CLEARED CODES AND RECHECKED OPERATION. DEALER FOUND NO OPEN RECALLS IN THE US FOR THIS VIN, BUT DID FIND REFERENCE TO 2012 RECALL IN CANADA FOR POWER STEERING FAILURE COVERING THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR WITH REPLACEMENT OF STEERING COLUMN AS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLUS POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROL MODULE FOR 2008 SPECIFIC. *TR

BEGINNING ON NOV 17, 2013 AND UP UNTIL PRESENT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT OF MY 2008 PONTIAC G6 CONTINUES TO BURN OUT. THE FIRST INCIDENT CAUSED ME TO GET A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THE TICKET IS THE WAY I INITIALLY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM. THE VERY NEXT MORNING AFTER RECEIVING THE TICKET, I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE HEADLIGHT. TO MY DISMAY, THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS FIRST REPLACED. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHT REPLACED AGAIN. ON TODAY'S DATE, DECEMBER 28TH, WHILE DRIVING I SMELLED A VERY STRONG ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS BLACKENED. I REMOVED THE HEADLIGHT AND OBSERVED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR WAS COMPLETED BURNED WITH SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT. NOW I AM FEARFUL TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. UPON ARRIVING HOME, I WENT ON THE INTERNET TO LEARN WHAT THE CAUSE MAY BE AND DISCOVERED MANY OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE PONTIAC G6. TO REPAIR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE IS COSTLY. CLEARLY, THIS IS A DANGEROUS MANUFACTURER'S DEFEAT. SADLY, WITHOUT A RECALL, THIS PROBLEM HAS AND WILL RESULT IN ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLY UNNECESSARY FATALITIES. *TR