2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT MALFUNCTIONING LIGHT ON WITHOUT BRAKES PRESSED GO OFF WHEN PRESSED CAN NOT SHIFT VEHICLE FROM PARK WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL HARD. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SAFETY ISSUE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE VEHICLES. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM OF MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 KEPT GOING OUT. EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. ONCE THE WIRES ON THE BACK OF THE CONNECTOR WERE IN A CERTAIN POSITION THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON ONLY TO GO RIGHT BACK OFF. *TR

AIR BAG ERROR MESSAGE SHOWS. NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. DEALER SAYS CORROSION ON COILS AND WIRES. THIS IS ALSO AFFECTING THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND MY POWER STEERING CUT OUT. I ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR INTO A POLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO TUG AT THE STEERING WHEEL AND AVOID THE POLE. I HAD TO TURN MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO REST THE POWER STEERING. THIS HAS OCCURRED COUNTLESS TIMES WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AT LEAST 20 TO 30 TIMES. *TR

I AM SO FRUSTRATED WITH THIS CAR. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME YEAR MODEL MY CAR IS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUES I'M HAVING (RECALL #80317 SUMMARY: GM IS RECALLING 8,012 MY 2005-2006 PONTIAC G6 VEHICLES. THE BRAKE LAMPS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY BECAUSE OF CORROSION IN A WIRING CONNECTOR. CORROSION IN THE CONNECTOR COULD CAUSE THE BRAKE LAMPS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS NOT BEEN DEPRESSED, OR THE LAMPS MAY NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL MAY NOT ENGAGE, AND GREATER BRAKE PEDAL FORCE MAY BE REQUIRED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. CONSEQUENCE: BRAKE LAMPS THAT ARE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY MAY NOT WARN A DRIVER IN A FOLLOWING VEHICLE OF THE BRAKING STATUS AND COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.) AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT FIXED FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS NOW AND NO ONE WILL HELP ME. I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORM ME THAT MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND SEND ME ON MY MERRY WAY WITH NO HELP OR OTHER SOLUTIONS BUT I'M HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AND I'M TO THE POINT WHERE I'M SCARED TO EVEN DRIVE THE THING AND THIS IS MY ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. MINE IS THE 2006 2 DOOR GT I'M NOT SURE WHICH MODELS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL BUT THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AS WELL. EVERY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED HAS BEEN A GM AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS ONE AND IT HAS REALLY PUT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. IF I COULD GET RID OF IT RIGHT NOW I WOULD. *TR

FAMILY NOTICED A VERY STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. INSIDE THE CAR, THE SMELL WAS LESS STRONG, BUT STILL NOTICEABLE. IN TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND BOTH A FUEL LEAK AND A COOLANT LEAK AND REPAIRED BOTH. WHEN I TOOK BACK THE VEHICLE, I COULD STILL SMELL IT AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT WAS RESIDUAL. AFTER A WEEK, THE SMELL WAS JUST AS STRONG AND I RETURNED IT. THEY WASHED THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND SAID THAT WOULD DO IT. IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED IT AND THEY DROPPED OUT THE FUEL TANK (AND FORGOT TO REATTACH IT!), BUT STATED THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE. THEY WASHED IT AGAIN AND SAID IT WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT PONTIAC'S FUEL PUMP. I NOTICED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MULTIPLE YEAR MODELS (RECALL 09V-419), BUT NOT 2006 (YET). ACCORDING TO OUR RESEARCH AND CONTACT WITH GM THE 2006 G6 HAS NOT BEEN ADDED TO THE CURRENT RECALL 09V-419. I AM SURPRISED THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT LOOK FOR THIS PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT APPARENTLY, IT IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THE FUEL PUMP AREA. PLEASE ADD 2006 TO THE RECALL! *TR

SAME COMPLAINT AS OTHERS WITH PONTIAC G6 AND BRAKE LIGHTS. WHILE I AM DRIVING OR IN PARK MY BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON. WHILE BRAKING, MY BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENT RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT OTHER DRIVERS HAVE STOPPED TO TELL ME THIS IS OCCURRING. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS WHILE DRIVING IN WORK TIME TRAFFIC WHERE VEHICLES TEND TO BE ALMOST BUMPER TO BUMPER AND THE OTHER DRIVERS DO NOT KNOW THAT I AM BRAKING BECAUSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. ADDITIONALLY, THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKS SPORADICALLY. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT PONTIAC AND NEITHER ACKNOWLEDGE THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD WORK SPORADICALLY. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED, THEN GO OFF WHEN PEDAL IS PRESSED. ALSO DIFFICULTY SHIFTING VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. *TR

FUEL PUMP HAS A CRACK IN THE TOP AND IS LEAKING FUEL WHILE CAR IS RUNNING OR NOT RUNNING. VERY DANGERUOS DEFECT. *TR

STEERING LOCKS UP, STEERING WHEEL JUMPS AND JERKS WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. *TR