2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

WE WERE DRIVING TO DINNER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS FOLLOWING BEHIND US. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THEM STATING THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN ONCE I WOULD GO TO STOP THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF UNTIL I RELEASED THE BRAKE. I WENT TO USE MY CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WOULDN'T WORK. THEN ONCE WE WERE LEAVING THE RESTAURANT I HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE CAR OUT OF PARK, I HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE BRAKE TO GET IT TO RELEASE. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY CAR TURN OFF WHEN I AM STOPPED AND THEN RANDOMLY ILLUMINATE WHEN I AM DRIVING OR PARKED.. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATES WHEN PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED, AND GOES OUT BRIEFLY WHEN ENGAGED MY CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT WORKING AS WELL. I BECAME AWARE OF THIS SITUATION WHEN IN FOR INSPECTION THE CAR FAILED FOR THE CENTER MOUNT STOP LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO BURNED AND MELTED BULBS AND HOLDERS. BEING TOLD I NEEDED TO FIX. IT BECAME KNOW AS TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURNING ON WHEN PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED. I CHANGED BRAKE SWITCH, PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. I SOUGHT INFO ON INTERNET AND CAME UPON FORMER RECALL OF THIS, AND RECENT COMPLAINTS. I CALLED GM DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND REASON FOR BULB HOLDERS MELTING IS FROM HEAT FROM BEING ON ALL THE TIME, MY CRUISE CONTROL GOING OUT. *TR

MY WIFE AND I OWN A PONTIAC G6 AND SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT WHEELS, THE ROTORS WARPED. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRST SET OF ROTORS WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH 4 SETS OF ROTORS. IT SEEMS THAT THE ROTORS WARP WITHIN 10 TO 20 THOUSAND MILES OF INSTALLING NEW PADS AND ROTORS. DRIVING STYLE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE ISSUE AS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS OWNERS OF THIS MODEL CAR. BRAKE SHOPS EVEN SAY THAT IT IS PROBABLY THE WORST CAR MADE OF BRAKES. NOTHING WE CAN DO SEEMS TO FIX IT, ASIDE FROM NOT DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE THE PULL FROM BRAKING IS SO BAD. THIS IS A GOOD CAR WITH A HORRIBLY ENGINEERED BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

MY CAR HAS A VERY BAD SMELL OF GASOLINE. IT SOMETIMES LEAVE A SMALL PUDDLE OF GASOLINE, BUT ONLY WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE NOSE FIRST. IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME THAT IT MAY BE A PLASTIC CONNECTION FROM THE FULE TANK TO THE FUEL LINE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT GM HAS RECALLED CERTAIN CARS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE G-6. IT WOULD COST APPROX, 800.00 FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS COMPLETE 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 WITHOUT THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 8/5/13 *CN

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATES WHEN PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED, AND GOES OUT BRIEFLY WHEN ENGAGED. I BECAME AWARE OF THIS SITUATION WHEN IN FOR INSPECTION THE CAR FAILED FOR THE CENTER MOUNT STOP LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO BURNED AND MELTED BULBS AND HOLDERS. UPON BEING TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT, I TOOK UPON MYSELF TO GET THE AFTERMARKET BULB HOLDER AND FIX MYSELF. UPON COMPLETION IT BECAME KNOW AS TO THE LIGHTS BRAKE LIGHT TURNING ON WHEN PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED. CHANGED BRAKE SWITCH, PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. SEEK INFO ON INTERNET AND CAME UPON FORMER RECALL, AND RECENT COMPLAINTS. CALLED GM DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND REASON FOR BULB HOLDERS MELTING IS FROM HEAT FROM BEING ON ALL THE TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING FAILURE WARNING MESSAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS REPAIRED ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE RECURRING FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN MY FOOT IS NOWHERE NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WILL BE ON THE GAS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL EITHER BE FLASHING OR JUST STAYING ON. OR VICE VERSA, MY FOOT WILL BE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WONT BE ON. IT IS HARD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN WHEN I GO TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. MY CRUISE CONTROL ALSO DOESN'T WORK AT TIMES. *TR