2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO MERGE OUT OF THEIR LANE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE RELATED TO A MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,500.

LAST NIGHT ON TWO OCCASIONS MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND THE LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD WENT OFF AS WELL AS MY HEADLIGHTS. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEN AGAIN WHILE PULLING ONTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. MY CAR WOULDN'T TURN AND THERE WAS A BUS COMING MY DIRECTION. I COULD HAVE EASILY GOTTEN INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO PARK. ALSO, THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL AWAY AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

2 DAYS IN A ROW I HAVE BEEN PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, AND A ALERT CHIME SOUNDS. PONTIAC HAS RECALLED OTHER MAKES/MODELS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, BUT THE 2006 G6 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. MY CAR IS BECOMING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. THERE ARE PLENTY OF REPORTS OF THIS ONLINE. WHY IS PONTIAC NOT BEING REQUIRED TO RECALL THESE FAULTY CARS? 2 MONTHS AGO I CONTACTED PONTIAC BECAUSE MY CAR WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE GAS LINE. THIS WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF A FAULTY PLASTIC PART IN THE FUEL PUMP. AGAIN, PONTIAC HAD A PARTIAL RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME PART, AND THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER MODELS, BUT NO RECALL FOR THE 2006 G6. SINCE LEAKING FUEL IS A HAZARD TO MY FAMILY I WAS FORCED TO GET THIS FIXED, AND PONTIAC DID NOT REIMBURSE OR HELP WITH THE COST. AGAIN, WHY IS PONTIAC NOT BEING REQUIRED TO RECALL THESE FAULTY CARS THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO THE FAMILIES WHO ARE DRIVING THEM? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE WARNING CHIME BEGAN TO SOUND. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO BE JERKING AND SHAKING. WHILE LEAVING THE STORE, I WAS TURNING RIGHT WHEN I HEARD A BELL SOUND AND ON THE DISPLAY PANEL IT READ "POWER STEERING". I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BUT IT WOULD BARELY MOVE. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT IS LOCKED UP. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME VERY CAREFULLY TO KEEP FROM HAVING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

IN APRIL I STARTED TO NOTICE A FAINT SMELL OF GASOLINE EMANATING FROM THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. THINKING NOTHING OF IT I PAID LITTLE MIND. AS THE MONTHS HAVE GONE BY I HAVE NOTICED THE SMELL HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW FUEL DRIPS FROM THE BACK OF THE FUEL TANK IN SMALL QUANTITIES AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME. RESEARCHING ON FORUMS I HAVE FOUND MUCH TALK OF THIS SAME PROBLEM AS SHOWN: HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2006/PONTIAC/G6/FUEL+SYSTEM HTTP://WWW.G6OWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2647 THIS SEEMS TO THE AVERAGE OBSERVER TO BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE CURRENT EXPANSION CAMPAIGN 12V459000 WHICH ORIGINALLY ADDRESSED IN RECALL 09V-419 A QUICK GLANCE OVER OF THE PARTS SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERING MODEL NUMBERS, HOWEVER HAVE AN DESIGN IN THE AREA IN WHICH THE BREAKAGE IS OCCURRING. MY PRIMARY CONCERN AS A CONSUMER IS THAT THIS IS A NON MOVING PART THAT IS NOT IN AN AREA THAT COULD BE EXPOSED TO "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" AS SUCH IT CAN BE DEDUCED THAT THIS INCIDENT IS TIED TO A FAULTY DESIGN AND NOT USER ERROR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW THAT THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED IS IN ERROR IN MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES AND AS SUCH THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER THE 2006 PONTIAC G6. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. AS THE CONTACT APPROACHED A TURN, HE REALIZED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST HAD FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT'S FATHER WHO WAS A MECHANIC AND CONCLUDED THAT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM), WHICH INCLUDED THE PONTIAC G5 MODEL, BUT NOT THE G6 MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

AS I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT I HEARD THE WARNING CHIMES ,LOOKED AT THE RADIO AND IT READ POWER STEERING.. I HEARD A POP AND THEN COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL.. LUCKILY I HAD THE RED LIGHT OR I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR WRECK SINCE I WAS PULLING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY! TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LIKE MAGIC... THE STEERING RETURNED. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN A CAR THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED. A LIFE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE LOST IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN...I WANT ANSWERS!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE STEERING COMPONENT AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE BUT EACH TIME THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.