2009 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

CAR WOULD NOT STEER-WHILE DRIVING IT, ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK, --THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED---SAFETY ISSUE. CALLED A MAN NAMED [XXX] AND HE WAS TO GET BACK TO ME PAYING FOR MY REPAIRS. ODI #11317903---REF [XXX], ANOTHER NUMBER HE GAVE ME WAS 14V1563000. HE WAS TO EMAIL ME WITH HOW TO RESOLVE . [XXX]====[XXX]---NO NOTICE RECEIVED STATING THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING ASSIST WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE POWER STEERING MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,939.*DT CONSUMER'S WIFE WHO HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT AND DUE TO THE STRESS HAD A MINOR TIA STROKE. CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL.*JB*BF*JB

TRANSMISSION CLUTCH IS DEFECTIVE, WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP, THE CAR WON'T ROLL BACK, HAVE TO APPLY GAS

CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACING WITH LESS THAN 125, 000 MILES ON ENGINE. COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE SO COULD NOT GET STATE INSPECTION TO PASS. HAS BEEN SITTING AND NOT DRIVEN SINCE MARCH 2019. BETWEEN DEC 2018 AND MARCH 2019, BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED. CAR DRIVER'S DOOR AND CONVERTIBLE TOP STOPPED WORKING. NEEDS APPROX. $3000 TO FIX WHICH I DON'T HAVE BUT STILL PAYING $261./ MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND CANNOT DRIVE. FINANCE COMPANY SAYS THEY WILL NOT LET ME DO VOLUNTARY REPO. I AM RETIRED ON FIXED INCOME. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. CANNOT EVEN SELL BECAUSE I OWE $7000 ON IT AND NOT WORTH HALF THAT. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A CAR THAT ONLY SITS IN DRIVEWAY?

CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON .GARAGE PULLED CODES AND DISCOVERED 4 FULL QUARTS LOW ON OIL. THEY PROCEEDED WITH DIAGNOSIS AND TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED TO BLOWN MOTOR. NO OIL LIGHT EVER CAME ON NOR ANY WARNING FROM THE DRIVER INFO CENTER ON THE DASH.

WHILE DRIVING CAR UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS YOU LOSE POWER TO THE STEERING WHEEL MAKING IT HARD TO TURN VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN POWER TO THE STEERING CONTROL IS TO COMPLETELY TURN THE CAR OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR ON THE HIGHWAY.

STEERING WHEEL TWITCHES AND SHAKES WHILE IN IDLE AND WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATES WHEN INITIALLY STARTING THE VEHICLE AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON AGAIN, POWER STEERING WILL COME BACK. LOSS OF POWER STEERING HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, AND WHILE IDLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HIS DAUGHTER TURNS ON THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNEXPECTEDLY. ALSO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (CHAMPION CHEVROLET OF FOWLERVILLE GRAND AVE, FOWLERVILLE, MI 48836) AND WAS TOLD A RELATED RECALL ENDED AS OF JANUARY 2019. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

THE POWER STEERING IN MY CAR IS INCREDIBLY BAD. IF I START MY CAR, I CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL, IT NEEDS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO TURN. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND START IT UP AGAIN, ITS GOOD AS NEW...UNTIL I START DRIVING. IF I AM DRIVING TO A PLACE THAT TAKES 25 MINUTES, IT WILL LOCK UP ATLEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES. THIS MORNING WHILE TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, IT LOCKED UP AND EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO PULL OVER AND START IT UP AGAIN, IT STAYED LOCKED.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND ONLY TURNS BACK ON IF THE CAR IS RESTARTED. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED TO ME COMING FROM IDLE AND WHILE MOVING ABOVE 50MPH ON THE FREEWAY