2008 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK OPTIMO H725A TIRES, SIZE 225/50/17 WITH DOT NUMBER, 5MLPPDYH4707. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SIDEWALL ON ALL FOUR TIRES EXHIBITED SEVERAL CRACKS WHICH RESULTED IN CONSISTENT LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,400.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE PWOER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 91,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY PONTIAC G6, THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME PULLED UP ASIDE MY VEHICLE, INFORMING ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHILE DRIVING, MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ACTUALLY ON; AND WHILE BRAKING, MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF. I WAS ALMOST 800 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING PART OF A MULTI-CAR PILE UP. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I ALSO KNOW ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2008 PONTIAC G6, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE, THEY SHUT OFF ONLY TO COME BACK ON IN A SHORT TIME. THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ALSO AFFECTED BY THIS. CRUISE CONTROL WILL SHUT OFF WHEN BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAD CHANGED THE BRAKE SWITCH THINKING THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOTHING. I THEN BROUGHT IT IN AND HAD IT CALIBRATED. THIS SEEMED TO FIX IT, HOWEVER, NOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUALLY STAY ON WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKE. MY TRACTION LIGHT ALSO STAYS ON AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN PRESSING THE TRACTION BUTTON. I STRONGLY SUGGEST SOMETHING BE DONE BY GM TO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE READ MANY STORIES LIKE MY OWN ABOUT THE SAME THING AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT DRIVERS BEHIND YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE BRAKING AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

MY PROBLEMS STARTED WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH FAILED AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WHICH I LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS UP TO 100,000 MILES. NEXT MY AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND NOW MY TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON AND MY ENGINE POWERS DOWN AND I SLOW DOWN AT A RAPID RATE. YESTERDAY I WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH AND GET HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND NOW IT WILL NOT START. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND BRAKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART IN PARK. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE TO START IN NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL AWAY IN PARK GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACT AS IF IT WAS IN A CORRECT GEAR AND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO IN REVERSE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT SERVICE. IT WAS REPAIRED AND FINALLY WAS TOLD THAT THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE WAS REPLACED. I INITIALLY TOOK MY VEHICLE IN 9 DAYS (7/25/11( AFTER PURCHASED (7/14/11 PURCHASED DATE) BACK TO THE AUTO STORE TO TELL THEM MY CAR ACTS AS IF I DID NOT WANT TO GET GEARS OR IT WOULD ACT ASK IT WANTED TO CUT OFF IN PARK. I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. AFTER THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART I TOOK IT BACK AND TOLD THEM THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND IT WAS STILL ACTING THE SAME FROM MY FIRST VISIT ON 7/25/11. AFTER RESEARCH, I REALIZED THAT SOME 2009 PONTIAC G6 WERE RECALLED DUE TO GEAR SHIFT CABLES. MINES IS A 2008 THAT EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

INITIAL ISSUE BEGAN WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED BUT RESOLVED WITHOUT ISSUE. SINCE INITIAL ONSET THE STEERING PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND SPORADIC AT ALL SPEEDS. SOMETIMES WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BOBBLE LEFT TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE AND NOW HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AS IF THE WHEEL IS LOCKING A FEW DEGREES LEFT OR RIGHT. THE STEERING ALSO FEELS VERY HEAVY, THE CAR GIVES NO WARNING BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. NOTICEABLE MOTOR-LIKE NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN WHILE STEERING WHEEL IS BOBBLING. DEALER INSPECTED, COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, NO BAD CODES WERE NOTED. HOWEVER, ISSUE CONTINUES WITH CONTROL PROBLEMS. *TR

INITIAL ISSUE BEGAN WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED BUT RESOLVED WITHOUT ISSUE. SINCE INITAL ONSET THE STEERING PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND SPORATIC AT ALL SPEEDS. SOMETIMES WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BOBBLE LEFT TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE AND IS NOW HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING THE VEHICAL TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AS IF THE WHEEL IS LOCKING A FEW DEGREES LEFT OR RIGHT. THE STEERING ALSO FEELS VERY HEAVY, THE CAR GIVES NO WARNING BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER REGUARDING THIS PROBLEM. *TT

MY BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AFTER I START THE CAR. I DO NOT HAVE THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THE LIGHTS WILL STAY OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER I RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN THEY WILL TURN BACK ON, AGAIN WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I NOTICE THIS AT NIGHT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON (I CAN SEE THE REFLECTION OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME). AFTER THIS OCCURRED MOST RECENTLY, I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTS AND THIS ISSUE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR REPAIR AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT, WHICH IS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES PER WEEK. *KB