2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL TURN ON BUT IT WILL NOT ENGAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT THEN ACCELERATED TO 25 MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO JUMP-START THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO START THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

THE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND FLICKER WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. *JS

UPON DRIVING THE G6, A POPPING NOISE BEGAN COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. THE NOISE IS PRESENT WHEN NOT MOVING, WHEN MOVING AT LOW TO MODERATE SPEED WHILE TURNING, AND WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE STEERING OR INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BY GM. OVERTIME, THIS CAN BE A VERY LARGE DANGER WHEN STEERING IS COMPROMISED. *TT

I PURCHASED THIS PONTIAC G6 IN 2008 USED. AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I NOTICED MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD STOP WORKING. AT THE TIME I WAS UNAWARE THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ALSO MALFUNCTIONING. I REALIZED THIS MALFUNCTION AFTER BEING NOTIFIED BY A RANDOM PERSON DRIVING BEHIND ME ON THE ROAD. SHE NOTIFIED ME THAT WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE MY LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND WHEN I WAS NOT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THEY WERE ILLUMINATING. A COMPLETE REVERSAL. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I REALIZED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED. WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP I WAS NOTIFIED THAT ALTHOUGH MY CAR WAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, IT WAS A GTP AND WAS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL. EVENTUALLY THE DEALERSHIP DECIDED TO PERFORM THE RECALL PROCEDURES WHICH ONLY TEMPORARILY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. SINCE THAT ORIGINAL FIX, I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE MODULE CHANGED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, TAKEN TO TWO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND ALSO TO A TRUSTED MECHANIC. NO ONE CAN GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. I AM NOW TOLD THERE IS A CHANCE IT IS THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. I AM SO TIRED OF SPENDING MONEY TO CORRECT A DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ON GUARANTEE OF A FIX. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. UPDATED 09/10/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED HOWEVER THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATE WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BPP SWITCH NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V036000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A DRIVE WAY, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO TIGHTEN WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WAS IN JULY 2009 AT WHICH TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT WAS ON, IT WOULD DIS-ENGAGE ITSELF. I TOOK THIS IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY APPLIED DIELECTRIC CREASE TO A CONNECTOR. THE CRUISE THEN WORKED WELL AGAIN FOR SOME TIME. INTERMITTENTLY I WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. THEN IN MAY 2011, MY CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF PARK, BUT THIS RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. EVENTUALLY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE, THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO ON BUT WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING WITH NO ONE IN IT, THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS WENT ON. I TOOK IT BACK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING OUT OF PARK. MY CRUISE CONTROL THEN WORKED AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN IN JUNE 2012, MY CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH AGAIN. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS NOT BEEN WORKING (USUALLY IT WILL NOT ENGAGE AND WHEN IT DOES, WILL DIS-ENGAGE ITSELF AFTER A FEW SECONDS). I ALSO RECENTLY DISCOVERED (WHEN A FRIEND WAS FOLLOWING ME) THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NOT PRESSING ON MY BRAKES, MY EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD BE ON. HOWEVER, WHEN I ACTUALLY PRESS ON MY BRAKES TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN, THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF. *TR

WE FIRST STARTED NOTICING A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL AFTER ADDING GAS TO THE G6 BACK IN APRIL. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST RESIDUAL FUMES FROM HAVING RECENTLY ADDING GAS. AFTER THIS WE NOTICED THE SMELL ALL THE TIME WHETHER WE WERE ADDING GAS OR NOT. WE KNOW THAT THE GAS IS LEAKING OUT BECAUSE WE CAN PUT GAS IN THE CAR, THE MESSAGE WILL SHOW 100 MILES TO EMPTY, DRIVE 2-3 MILES AND IT DROPS DOWN TO 75 MILES TO EMPTY. THIS ISSUE HAS STEADILY GOTTEN WORSE AND WE ARE CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY WHEN IN THE VEHICLE. WE CALLED OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR A LEAKING FUEL PUMP ON THE G5 MODEL, THE 2007 G6, AND SEVERAL OTHER MODELS BUT NOT THE 2006 G6. IN OUR INTERNET SEARCH WE HAVE FOUND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OTHER 2006 G6 OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE AND RECEIVING THE SAME ANSWER FROM THE DEALERSHIP. A VEHICLE THAT IS LEAKING GAS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. GM NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE 2006 G6 IN THE RECALL TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.