2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I TRIED TO SET MY CRUISE CONTROL. IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I'D NOTICED THIS BEFORE BUT THOUGHT LITTLE OF IT UNTIL SOMEONE ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. LUCKILY THE DRIVER BEHIND ME WAS NICE ENOUGH TO PULL UP BESIDE ME AND INFORM ME STATING, "HEY, YOU KNOW YOUR BRAKE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING. ITS LIKE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING THEY'RE ON BUT WHEN YOU BRAKE, THEY TURN OFF, IT'S KINDA WEIRD." ONCE GETTING TO MY DESTINATION, I HAD ONE OF MY FRIENDS TRAIL BEHIND ME AND OBSERVE THIS ISSUE AND IT WAS INDEED TRUE. LATER THAT NIGHT, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY POSTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DECIDED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION. I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE OR CAUSED SOMEONE THEIRS. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING DEPRESSED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILS TO OPERATE. SLIGHT APPLICATION ON THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO GO OFF. CRUISE CONTROL WILL WORK IF YOU DRIVE WITH YOUR FOOT LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. DRIVERS BEHIND THE EFFECTED VEHICLE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY STOPPING BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED A MAJORITY OF THE TIME. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, EARLIER MODELS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHAT'S THE HOLD UP IN RECALLING LATER MODELS WITH THE SAME DYSFUNCTION???? *TR

2008 G6 SEDAN. REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER LOCK INOPERABLE. THE LOCK MUST BE MANUALLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED BY THE 2ND ROW PASSENGER. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE WITH A SMALL CHILD OR DISABLED PERSON IN THE BACK SEAT WHOM CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOOR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LOCK IS POSITIONED TOO FAR REARWARD FOR FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS TO UNLOCK WITHOUT CLIMBING INTO THE BACK SEAT. MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE POSITION OF THE LOCK IS WHAT MAKES THE FAILURE MODE SO POTENTIALLY UNSAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

AS DRIVER APPROACHED A 2 LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CONTAIN VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC LANE BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. AT SOME POINT THE POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE MODULE REACTIVATED BUT ONLY MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY RESULTING IN HEAVY FRONT-END PASSENGER SIDE DAMAGE AND CONTACT DAMAGE TO ALL CORNERS OF THE VEHICLE. DESPITE TRAVELING BOTH BACK AND FORTH ACROSS TWO LANES SEVERAL TIMES AND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE BARRIERS EACH TIME, NEITHER FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS SIDE WINDOW CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. PASSENGER'S AIR BAG COVER WAS KNOCKED ASKEW BUT AS NOTED DID NOT ACTIVATE. EMT'S ADMINISTERED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE SCENE, BUT DID NOT TRANSPORT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM SCENE AND SUBSEQUENTLY JUDGED "TOTALED". I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND 5 HOURS BEFORE THIS EVENT. NOTICE I DO NOT CALL IT AN ACCIDENT: THIS VEHICLE AND OTHERS FROM THIS MODEL AND YEAR SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OUR ROADS IMMEDIATELY. MANUFACTURER HAS A "SERVICE BULLETIN" OUT ON THE 'POWER STEERING ASSIST'. THEY REFER TO IT AS A SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT. SEE SB-10183 *TR

I JUST BOUGHT THIS 2008 PONTIAC G6 4CYL AUTOMATIC FOR MY DAUGHTER. EVERYTHING WORKS FINE EXCEPT - BOTH REAR DOORS WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK ELECTRICALLY AND NOTHING WORKS FROM A KEY FOB AND THE DEALER COULD NOT PROGRAM IT. THE REAR DOORS MUST BE MANUALLY LOCKED, OR UNLOCKED. ALSO, CANNOT LOCK OR UNLOCK REAR DOORS FROM THE FRONT DOOR SWITCH. BOTH FRONT DOORS DO LOCK AND UNLOCK PROPERLY BY THE DOOR SWITCH AND THE PARK POSITIONS, BUT NOT THE REAR DOORS. THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY WILL NOT OPERATE ANYTHING AND THE DEALER STATED I NEED A NEW BODY CONTROL MODULE TO PROGRAM THE KEY FOBS. THE CAR HAS THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY AP8 CODE AND THE DEALER SAID A REMOTE SHOULD WORK AFTER PROGRAMMING, BUT THEY COULD NOT DO IT. I PAID DEALERS $200 FOR SCANS ONLY TO FIND OUT THE FUNCTION IS LOCKED, THEY SAY. AND NOW DEALER WANTS ANOTHER $550 FOR A NEW BCM AND APPROX. $100 FOR A NEW REMOTE KEY FOB, AND MAYBE ABOUT $300 OR SO MORE FOR BOTH REAR DOOR LOCK LATCHES REPLACED. I DECLINED. DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, IT SEEMS TO ME THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL OR A FIX AT NO CHARGE BY GM. *TR

MY DAUGHTERS BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON UNTIL SHE PRESSES THE BRAKE PEDAL, THEN THEY GO OFF! I'VE TRIED THE DIELECTRIC GREASE THAT THEY SAID TO USE AND IT LASTED 2 DAYS. SAD THING IS THAT UNLESS YOU FOLLOW HER EVERYWHERE AND AT ALL TIMES YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IF THEY'RE WORKING OR NOT! *TR

VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THE PROBLEM IS VERY CONSISTENT IT HAPPENS DAILY. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE VEHICLE HAS ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION BY YOUR AGENCY AT THIS TIME. PLEASE HELP! *JS

THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" KEEPS COMING ON. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A PONTIAC REPRESENTATIVE THEY STATED IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE G6 MODELS. I THEN RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF THE SAME THING, THE PROBLEM IS A BAD SENSOR AND COMPUTER. RESETTING THE AIRBAG SENSOR DOESN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM WHICH IS 600.00 AND CHANGING OUT THE SENSOR IS 1200.00 AND THAT STILL DOESN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND IT IS UNKNOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP IF THE AIRBAG ACTUALLY WORKS! *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME UNTIL I PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE. THEN BRAKE LIGHTS COME BACK ON AFTER A FEW SECONDS. -CRUISE CONTROL WORKS WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OFF, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS BECAUSE OF THE FIRST ISSUE. I HAVE HAD TRUCKS BEEPING AT ME AND CARS FLASHING LIGHTS AT ME FROM BEHIND BECAUSE BRAKE LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME AND ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS WORSE. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO SOMEONE OR RAGE DRIVERS BEHIND ME. *TR