2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, HE WAS ALERTED BY A DRIVER IN ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE FAULTY STEERING COLUMN SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 2/4/13 *CN UPDATED 02/20/2013 *JS

THE WIRING IN MY HEADLIGHT IS EITHER BURNING OR SHORTING OUT MY LIGHT BULB. THERE IS THE CONNECTOR TO ATTACH THE HEADLIGHT TO THE CAR THAT IS GET HOT ENOUGH TO MELT THE PLASTIC. IT CHOOSES WHEN IT WANTS TO WORK AND WHEN I PUT IN A NEW LIGHT BULB (I AM AWARE NOT TO TOUCH THE LIGHT BULB) IT WILL WORK FOR ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AND THEN CONTINUE NOT TO WORK. SEEING AS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM AND FRIENDS OF MINE WHO ALSO OWN THE SAME CAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS NOT JUST A COINCIDENCE. THIS IS BECOMING A HUGE PAIN IN MY REAR!! *TR

MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN THE SAFETY RECALL 12106. I FOUND THIS INFORMATION OUT VIA INTERNET PRIOR TO THE RECALL TAKING AFFECT BY GM. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE SERVICE DEPT AFTER BEING STRANDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND HAVING MY CAR TOWED THEY STATED IT WAS JUST A BAD BATTERY AND NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE AND RELEASED MY CAR TO MY FATHER WHO IS NOT THE LEGAL OWNER, NEVER EVEN SPOKE TO ME. THE NEXT DAY I WAS STRANDED AGAIN WITH MY SMALL CHILDREN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE COLD. HAD MY CAR TOWED AGAIN TO THE SERVICE DEPT WHERE THEY FINALLY LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE. ARGUED WITH ME THAT MY CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH I KNEW IT WAS. I PAID FOR IT TO BE FIXED $467.41. THEY RELEASED MY VEHICLE TO ME SEVERAL DAYS LATER AS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE FOR A FEW DAYS TO LOOK AT THE CAR. RELEASED THE FIRST TIME UNFIXED AND UNSAFE AND NOT EVEN TO THE LEGAL OWNER WHICH IS A HUGE LIABILITY. I TOOK MY CAR TO LES SWAB AND PAID OVER $100 FOR A NEW BATTERY THAT WASN'T NEEDED ONLY TO BE STRANDED AGAIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. WHEN WE TOOK MY CAR IN THE FIRST TIME WE TOLD THEM WHAT WAS WRONG DUE TO THE RECALL I FOUND ONLINE AND THEY NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE PER THE SERVICE MANAGER. THIS WHOLE PROCESS TOOK ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. THEY DID PROVIDE ME A RENTAL CAR FOR 3 DAYS WHICH THEY COVERED. THIS WAS A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION AND NO ONE BELIEVED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. RECALLS SHOULD REALLY BE PUT OUT ASAP AS I HAPPENED TO HAVE THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE OF THE RECALL. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB AND HAVE BEEN TOLD I SHOULD CONSULT WITH A LAWYER FOR RELEASING MY CAR UNFIXED, UNSAFE AND NOT TO THE LEGAL OWNER. I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR MY TIME, STRESS AND THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELEASING MY VEHICLE UNSAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)). UPON CONTACTING THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY 2013. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REMEDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE CONSEQUENCES PERTAINING TO THE ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE NOTICED AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO ALL INFORMED HER THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL WHENEVER MY CAR IS STARTED AND RUNS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR LEAKING LIQUIDS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO MIMIC THE SYMPTOMS FOUND ON THIS POPULAR GM FORUM POST : HTTP://WWW.G6OWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=12672 . I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE A CRACKED FUEL LINE INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK. GM RECALLED MANY CARS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE PONTIAC G6, WHICH POTENTIAL USES THE SAME PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) AND CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REMEDY PART WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 2013. THE RECALL WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 12, 2012. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO FROM A WELL KNOWN DEALERSHIP. AND THE CAR IS IN GOOD CONDITION. I AM HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING THOUGH I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BUT NOTHING HAS COME UP. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK LATE ONE NITE WHEN I GOT ONTO THE FREEWAY I WAS ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED OF ABOUT 60 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEEL JUST RIPS OUT OF MY HAND IT SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO WRECK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS IT HAS DONE IT A FEW TIMES SINCE BUT THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION SO I THINK GM NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THIS IS NOT A SAFE CAR AND I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER GM AFTER. I JUST REALLY HOPE SOMEONE FIGURES OUT WHY IT IS DOING THIS. THERE IS NO NOISES WHEN I TURN I HAVE HAD PEOPLE LOOK INTO IT BUT NOONE CAN SEE ANYTHING WRONG SO PLEASE CAN THIS ISSUE BE FIXED. *TR

SPEAKERS IN BOTH FRONT DOORS ALL SUDDEN QUIT WORKING. GAS MILEAGE ONLY GETTING 12 CITY 17 HIGHWAY NOT SURE WHY. TOOK TO DEALER YEAR AGO WHEN NOTICED SAID EVERYTHING IS FINE. *TR

WHEN YOU PULL UP TO A STOP SIGN THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE BACK AND FORTH IN YOUR HANDS. (VIBRATES) THEN WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR WITHOUT POWER STEERING. TO THE POINT THAT WHEN YOU STEER IT FEELS LIKE YOU MAY OVER STEER AND END UP IN THE DITCH OR THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC. THERE IS A GOOD UTUBE VIDEO THAT SIMULATES WHAT THE STEERING WHEEL DOES. *TR