2006 PONTIAC G6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER IT WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED BUT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND REFERRED HER TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 136,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN IT IS TO WARM OR TO COLD THE POWER STEERING FAILS WHICH IS VERY OFTEN. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE JUST STARTED THE VEHICLE OR BEEN DRIVING IT ALOT JUST RANDOMLY FAILS. *TR

POWER STEERING DISPLAYED OVER THE RADIO SCREEN, STEERING STARTED TO FEEL TIGHT AND SHOOK. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME BUT AFTER ALL THE REPORTS OF THE STEERING LOCKING AND ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAY, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING LINE MELTED AS A RESULT OF IT BEING LOCATED CLOSELY TO THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND CRUISE CONTROL WORK DO NOT ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL AND OTHER TIMES THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I GOT A WARNING FROM A POLICE OFFICER THAT I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEN REALIZED THAT WHEN MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING, NEITHER WERE BY BRAKE LIGHTS. MY WIFE SAID SOMETIMES SHE CANNOT GOT THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND MUST TURN OFF THE CAR AND TRY AGAIN TO GET IT OUT OF PARK. *TR

I ALMOST GOT INTO A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN THIS MORNING. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50MPH AND LOST ALL STEERING IN MY CAR. MY CHILDREN WERE SCREAMING. IT IS A GOOD THING NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE EITHER WENT INTO A TREE/WOODS OR SOMEONE WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED ME. THANK GOD WE ARE ALL OK. THERE HAS BEEN A KNOCK IN THE STEERING EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT. MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT IT WOULD COST A LOT JUST FOR HIM TO GET INTO THE DASH TO SEE WHAT PART IT NEEDS. BUT THIS STEERING ISSUE TO NOT SAFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT WHATSOEVER. ALL OF A SUDDEN I GO TO START MY CAR THIS MORNING AND MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. ALSO, MY CLOCK IS DISPLAYING THE WORDS, "POWER STEERING" AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED." I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED BUT I COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR VERY WELL AND THE ENGINE WAS REMMING HIGH AND LOW EVEN AFTER I HAD STOPPED THE CAR. I HAD TO PRESS REALLY HARD DOWN ON THE BRAKES TO GET IT TO STOP MOVING BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL REMMING HIGH AND LOW. LUCKILY, THIS HAPPENED AS I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX SO I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK HOME. AS YOU CAN SEE THOUGH, HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE OUT ON A MAIN ROAD OR ON THE HIGHWAY, THIS COULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE OR MY CAR JUST SHUTTING DOWN. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 THAT HAS FAULTY STEERING. I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN AT 45MPH AND MY STEERING GAVE OUT AND I COULDN'T MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AS I WAS GOING AROUND THIS TURN. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE COMING THE OTHER WAY, OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES HAPPENED LIKE THIS AND MY MECHANIC CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE ISSUE. ON A WEBSITE CALLED G6 OWNERS FORUM, I WAS READING THROUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH DIFFERENT YEARS. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT THERE WAS ONE DEATH INVOLVED WITH THIS VERY ISSUE AND MANY INJURIES REPORTED. I REALLY THINK GM/PONTIAC NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THIS ISSUE AND SCHEDULE A RECALL TO PROTECT THE OWNERS OF CURRENT GM VEHICLES. *TR

ON OR ABOUT 8:30 AM, 11/16/2011 THE POWER STEERING FAILED AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER CAN KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL BUT A NOVICE DRIVER PROBABLY COULDN'T. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. THE POWER ASSIST SUDDENLY CEASES WHEN YOU TURN, THE WORDS POWER STEERING APPEAR ON THE RADIO CONSOLE. IT CAN'T BE FIXED AS IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE COMPUTER. *TR