2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

MY TRACTION CONTROL WILL GO OFF AND LIGHT UP ON THE DASH. MY BREAK LIGHTS STAY ON MIST OF THE TIME.

ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THEN WHEN IT IS TIME TO START DRIVING, IT BECOMES HARD TO TURN. TOP SPEED DRIVEN WHILE THIS HAPPENED WAS 45 MPH. WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY A TORQUE SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED. NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER LEAVING THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SECOND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY THE NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. GOING OVER A BUMP DURING DRIVING KNOCKS THE LIGHT OFF AND SHUTTING THE HOOD OR TAPPING ON THE HEADLAMP MAY TURN IT BACK ON. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS BOTH LIGHTS MAY GO OUT. WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING CONNECTOR INSIDE THE LAMP CASE COULD MELT FROM THE HEAT OF THE LIGHT BULB.

LOSS OF STEERING AT TIMES. STEERING SEIZING UP. VERY LOOSE STEERING. DANGEROUSLY UNPREDICTABLE. MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THIS REASON. I'VE TRIED TO CONTACT A GM DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ZERO RESPONSE. THE STEERING LOSS HAPPENED RANDOMLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITH 'POWER STEERING' MESSAGE DISPLAYING. THE CONTACT STATED IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO OPERATE CORRECTLY, SHE WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSES OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AN AUDIBLE CHIME ACTIVATED AND POWER STEERING MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE STEERING BECAME FIRM AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PATRIOT BUICK GMC LOCATED AT (4600 EAST CENTRAL TX. EXPWY KILLEEN, TX) WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND STEERING TORQUE SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V15300 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

THE STEERING IN MY PONTIAC HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY STREET AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE POWER STEERING ALERT CAME UP ON THE RADIO. AND I'VE BEEN READING AND I'VE READ ARTICLES WHERE PONTIACS POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RECALLED.

WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT TO WHERE I CAN'T STEER THE CAR AND THAN I TURN THE CAR OFF LEFT IT RESET TURN IT BACK ON AND IT'S FINE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND DOES IT AGAIN. I HAVE KIDS AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY KIDS AND MYSELF.

SENSOR IN STEERING COLUMN MALFUNCTIONS AND POWER STEERING GOES OUT. GM ADMITS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE /MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND FIXED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT NO COST. NOW THEY EXPECT CONSUMERS TO BEAR THE COST, ABOUT $1000. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR USED AND AM EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS POWER STEERING JUST QUITS WITH NO WARNING.