2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHERE BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER DRIVING EVERY 1,000 MILES. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. RECENTLY, THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE UNINTENDEDLY AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

I PURCHASED MY PONTIAC BRAND NEW WITH 189 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, I NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. I HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED OUT AND THEY WERE FINE. WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO DIRT IN THE BRAKES. IN 2011 MY INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON TELLING ME TO CHECK MY FUEL CAP. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC, AND ENDED UP PAYING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FUEL SYSTEM CHANGED. I AM STILL ENCOUNTERING ISSUES WITH THE INDICATOR LIGHT TO CHECK THE FUEL CAP. THE GAS MILEAGE IS TERRIBLE! I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO IT BEING WINTER. I THEN WAITED UNTIL SUMMER AND STILL AM EXPERIENCING FUEL ISSUES. A MAJOR ISSUE IN WHICH I HAVE NOTED THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS ARE HAVING IS WITH THE STEERING. MY STEERING IS MAKING TERRIBLE CLANKING NOISES. I AM AFRAID THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK ON MY CAR. I AM SELF EMPLOYED AND TAKE CLIENTS ON ERRANDS/DR APPOINTMENTS AND RELY ON MY CAR TO GET US THERE SAFELY. I WILL BE TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN OF THIS ISSUE. I ALSO WILL BE COMPLAINING OF SEVERE RUST ISSUES ON MY CAR. MY WINDOW ALSO LEAKED WATER. MY DOOR WAS IMPROPERLY ALIGNED. WATER LEAKED INTO THE DOOR OF MY CAR AND DID NOT RELEASE CAUSING WATER TO STAY IN MY DOOR. I TRULY BELIEVE WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE STEERING THAT THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY. NOT TO MENTION WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS THE STEERING SHAFT IS CAUSING YOUR VEHICLE. *TR

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK FAILS TO FULLY LOCK/UNLOCK REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, REQUIRES MANUAL OPERATION. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR PREVENTION OF INTRUDERS AFTER ENTRY INTO THE VEHICLE. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT, ELECTRICAL, ADJUSTABLE (2 WAY) FAILED TO ADJUST UP/DOWN AND TENSION SPRING PROTRUDED INTO SEAT AREA. REMOVED SEAT TO FIND WELD BROKEN AT LEFT REAR ADJUSTMENT BRACKET- BROKEN/TORN FROM STEEL SEAT SUPPORT BAR AND BRACKET JAMMED AGAINST SUPPORT BAR. TENSION SPRING ATTACHED TO ADJUSTMENT BRACKET COULD HAVE CAUSED GRAVE INJURY IF BRACKET NOT JAMMED AGAINST SUPPORT BAR ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO SHAKE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE BUT SLOWED DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE STOPPED BUT RECURRED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 50- 55 MPH WHEN THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DESPITE THE BRAKES NOT BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

IN THE BEGINNING THE WHINNING NOISE WAS ONLY WHEN I MADE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. NOW WHENEVER I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT IT MAKES A LOUD PIERCING WHINNING NOISE LIKE RUBBER OR SOMTHING IS ABOUT TO SNAP. IT IS EVEN LOUDER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. IT CAN'T BE SAFE TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED GM HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ARCADIAS, BUT GM HAS DECIDED TO PAY FOR THE FIX ON THAT VEHICLE BUT NOT DESIGN THE PART TO FIX THE PONTIAC G6. THEY STATED THAT PART WOULD NOT FIT MY G6. THEY ALSO STATED BECAUSE G6S ARE NO LONGER BEING MADE, THEY HAVE NO REASON TO FIT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM. IF THEY KNOW HOW TO FIT IT ON THE ARCADIA'S, THEN THEY SHOULD BE FIXING IT FOR FREE ON THE PONTIAC G6S. I THINK THIS IS SUCH BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FEEL THEY WILL BE LOSING MANY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED GM OVER THE YEARS. HONESTLY, I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR WITH THIS NOISE, BECAUSE I FEEL THE MORE I DRIVE, THE WORSE IT GETS, UNTIL THE POINT SOMETHING IN THAT STEERING WILL SNAP AND I LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. *TT

MY CAR HAS DEVELOPED A POPPING NOISE WHENEVER I BREAK OR TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO FAR TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH ALOT OF 2008 PONTIAC G6 OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS.IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING OR THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. I AM CONCERNED THE STEERING MIGHT GIVE OUT WHILE DRIVING. IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL BY GM FOR THIS? *TT

WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES A POPPING NOISE. IT STARTED A FEW WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR AND HAS GOTTEN MORE FREQUENT AND LOUDER. *TT

GEAR SHIFT CABLE DISLODGED FROM THE GEAR SHIFT ARM AS I WAS PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK. CAR WAS LEFT IN DRIVE AND ROLLED FORWARD TO THE CURB & THE CAR SIMULTANEOUSLY SHUT OFF AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE GEAR SHIFTER IN THE INSIDE CONSOLE WAS LIMP AND ABLE TO MOVE FROM GEAR TO GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD THIS MORNING, I COULD SEE THE PLASTIC EYELET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE ORIFICE OF THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE BROKE OFF . I KEEP MY PARKING BRAKE ON AND SHIFTED THE CAR TO DRIVE (WITH THE ENGINE OFF) AND RE-ATTACHED THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE TO THE SHIFT ARM. I WAS THEN ABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK AND RE START THE CAR. IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO THE DEALER, THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE IS DUCT TAPED TO THE ARM SO IT WON'T BOUNCE OFF AND STALL THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS THE 2007, 2009, 2010 MODELS HAVE RECALLS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN WILL THE 2008 BE RECALLED BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE? THANKFULLY THIS HAPPENED IN MY PARKING LOT BUT IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WOULD HAVE LOST ALL POWER, RESULTING IN DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS. *TR