2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.

MY CAR BEGIN TO SMELL LIKE GAS. ONCE THE SMELL WAS NOTICED FUEL WAS SEEN BY A MECHANIC FRIEND SLOWLY DRIPPING FROM THE AREA OF THE FUEL TANK WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF. WHEN CRANKING MY CAR THE DRIP SPEED INCREASED. AFTER DROPPING AND LOOKING AT THE FUEL TANK IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HOUSING AROUND THE FUEL PUMP IS CRACKED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN WATT AVENUE AND SUDDENLY MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE WHEEL BUT THANKFULLY I WAS JUST GOING STRAIGHT AND NOT TURNING. THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE GONE AWAY BUT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AND I SUSPECT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER DRIVERS, DRIVING A PONTIAC VEHICLE AND IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING WITHIN THIS VEHICLE AND I URGE THE NHTSA TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN ON THEIR INVESTIGATION A FEW YEARS AGO AND DEMAND A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR. CONSIDERING THE POWER STEERING WAS BUILT INTO THE TRANSMISSION, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT CAN'T JUST BE FIXED BY ADDING POWER STEERING FLUID. IF THE NHTSA DOES NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A POSSIBLE RECALL, THERE WILL BE MORE ACCIDENTS AND SOME MAY END UP FATAL. *TR

MOST OF THE TIME MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS ARE ON WHEN I START MY VEHICLE AND SOMETIMES THEY COME ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON THEY GENERALLY DO NOT TURN OFF AND I DRIVE AROUND WITH BRAKE LIGHT ALWAYS ON. SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WHILE DRIVING AND I BEGIN TO ACTUALLY BRAKE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WHILE DRIVING THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE I SET MY CRUISE CONTROL AND IT SUDDENLY DISENGAGES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE FOLLOWING MY VEHICLE THAT THIS IS WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON WITHOUT ME HITTING THE PEDAL. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WHEN I START THE VEHICLE THAT IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO SHIFT MY CAR OUT OF PARK. *TR

UPON STARTING CAR THERE WAS A CHIME AND "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE ON DASH DISPLAY. VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE/CONTROL AS THE STEERING IS HEAVY--NO POWER AT ALL. PARKING AND TURNING AT LOW SPEED NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY FOR STEERING COLUMN REPLACEMENT PER TSB. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THIS FAILED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AND THAT IT MIGHT BE THE PS MOTOR. AM BEING TOLD THE PS MOTOR IS NOT COVERED BY TSB, NOR IS THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE, BUT GM SHOULD COVER AS I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EMIT A GASOLINE ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING NEAR THE MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT, THESE PARTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS TANK. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND FOUND IT WAS A CHEAP PLASTIC PART ON THE FUEL PUMP. UNFORTUNATELY THE PLASTIC PART IS PART OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND A TOTALLY NEW FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH THE G6 MODELS. *TR

HAD THE CAR CHECK BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, COULDN'T DETECT. NOW IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS. PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND THE POWER RETURNED ONCE THE CAR WAS BACK ON. TODAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED AGAIN. I RECALLED GETTING A LETTER A WHILE BACK, IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POWER STEERING WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST DO A RECALL. IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED THEN YOU CAN SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM. WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST RECALL THE CAR. I HAVE MY CAR SINCE 2005 AND IT HAS BEEN SERVICE ON A REGULAR BASICS TO ASSURE THAT IT IS IN PROPERTY WORKING CONDITIONS. I'VE KEPT THE OIL CHANGE, BRAKE REPAIRS, ETC. NOW THE STEERING IS GIVING A PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS PROVEN ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM. PERIODICALLY, BUT OFTEN, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHILE I'M DRIVING WITHOUT ME PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHENEVER I ACTUALLY PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE LIGHTS GO OFF! OTHER VEHICLES HAVE NEARLY RUN INTO THE BACK OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE SENSOR REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND RESEARCH HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES OF THIS PLAGUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.