PONTIAC Complaints

THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING WITH MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND MY ONE YEAR OLD GRANDSON.

CAR HAS LESS THAN 10000 MILES AND THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. MANUAL SAYS NEVER NEEDS SERVICE. THE IDIOT LIGHT ALSO CAME ON SHOWING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT

I'M ON A BUSY CITY STREET AND I WENT TO PUT MY VEHICLE FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE AND I NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T GOING INTO GEAR AND WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE ON THE GAS TO MAKE MY VEHICLE GO IT WOULD JUST REV UP LIKE IT WASN'T A YEAR AND THEN I WOULD YOU KNOW TAKE IT BACK TO REVERSE AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE AND IT WOULD STILL NOT GO INTO GEAR FINALLY AFTER ABOUT TWO OR THREE TRIES OF THIS IT FINALLY GOT TO GO INTO DRIVE AND I MADE IT TO HOME THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE I TRIED TO CRANK MY VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START SO A FRIEND OF MINE POP THE HOOD AND HE NOTICED THAT THE THING THAT PUTS MY CAR INTO GEAR WAS NOT ATTACHED ANYMORE AND THAT IS WHY MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND I HAD THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD THE NIGHT PRIOR. NEXT PROBLEM I HAVE IS MY AIRBAG SYMBOL POPS UP OFF AND ON WHILE I'M DRIVING AND WE'LL STAY ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN GO OFF AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK ON ABOUT A WEEK LATER AND THEN IT'LL GO OFF AGAIN AND THIS HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOWN THE STREET JUST RANDOMLY. NEXT IS MY POWER STEERING POWER STEERING WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND PUT MY CAR INTO GEAR AND ATTEMPT TO TURN MY WHEEL TO REVERSE OR YOU KNOW TO GET OUT OF A PARKING POSITION MY POWER STEERING WILL BE REALLY HARD REALLY TIGHT I TRY TO TURN IT AND I CAN'T TURN IT VERY FAR BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE BEHIND IT I WILL PUT MY CAR BACK INTO GEAR TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AS MUCH AS I CAN TO THE LEFT AS FAR AS IT'LL GO AND THEN TO THE RIGHT AS FAR AS IT'LL GO AND THEN FINALLY IT WILL LOOSEN UP SO WHERE I CAN TURN MY VEHICLE.

PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND IS ALWAYS ON. DRIVER INFO DISPLAY INDICATES "SERVICE AIRBAG" EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. PPS MAT RECALL HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. THE REINFORCEMENT REPAIR HAS FAILED. THE EXACT SAME PPS MAT IS USED ON THE CADILLAC CTS, AND THE RECALL FOR THAT WAS TO REPLACE THE SENSOR BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THE MATERIAL MAY FATIGUE AND CRACK. THUS IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE PPS MAT AND THEREFORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED, NOT REPAIRED IN THE SOLSTICE/SKY. A TAPE-ON REINFORCEMENT STRIP IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

2009 PONTIAC G6- THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LOSS POWER WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH AND REVERTED INTO MANUAL STEERING MODE CAUSING EXTREME DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION ALMOST CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. I RESEARCHED THE DEFECT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLES WERE INCLUDED IN A GM SAFETY RECALL FOR THE TORQUE SENSOR ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT WHICH IS WHAT THE NECESSARY REPAIR THAT IS REQUIRED FOR MY VEHICLE. I CALLED GM/PONTIAC 1-800-762-2737 REPORTING THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VIN FOR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL BULLETIN NUMBER FOR THE EPS LOSS OF POWER REFERENCED IS 14116.

TRANSMISSION AUTOMATIC IS STARTING TO GO AND OR SLIP. HAVE TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY TO GET CAR MOVING. WILL START REVING ONCE IT'S PAST 3 RPMS. HAPPENS IN MOTION, ON STREETS WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. I HEAR A NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE.

BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF WHEN BRAKING. ALSO THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING THE CAR. I TURN IT OFF AND RESTART AND IT WORKS. IT HAS ALSO KICKED OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. BASED ON YOUR WEBSITE THE ISSUES ARE LISTED FOR THE PONTIAC G6 SAAB AND CHEVY MALIBU. BUT BASED ON MY VIN # IT'S NOT INCLUDED. IN CHECKING WITH GM THEY DID THE BRAKE LIGHT RECALL BACK IN 2014 ON THIS CAR BUT THE PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN AND THEY SHOW NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. THE POWER STEERING IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE ALONG WITH THE PROPER FUNCTIONING BRAKE LIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER.

AS I WAS REVERSING FOR WORK MY WHEEL GOT STIFF AND WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO TURN POWER STEERING CAME ON THE MESSAGE DISPLAY BOARD. 6 MONTHS LATER AS I WAS ON MY WAY TO FILL MY TANK & TRYING TO TURN LEFT INTO THE GAS STORE MY POWER STEERING CAME ON IN MESSAGE DISPLAY BOARD. I WAS GOING BELOW 35 PRIOR TO ARRIVING.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. JUMPED BATTERY TO GET STARTED. STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. SHUT OFF AFTER LETTING RUN TO CHARGE BATTERY. SHUIT OFF. VEHICLE WILL NOT RESTART AND THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE LAST TIME THE POWER STEERING MOTOR CONTROL AND THE STABILITY CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. ALL THIS WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. VEHICLE HAS 26000 MILES ON IT.

I HAVE SAME PROBLEM AS OTHERS. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START CAR SOMETIMES BY PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I LEFT THE CAR WITH OUR SON TO SEE IF HE COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MY WIFE QUIT DRIVING THE CAR AFTER BEING STRANDED A FEW TIMES. WHEN USING BLINKERS THE HIGH BEAM WOULD COME ON. IT HAS A ROARING SOUND LIKE A WHEEL BEARING GOING OUT.THE KEY FOB DOESN'T WORK. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE BCM BODY CONTROL MODULE COULD BE CAUSING PROBLEMS. HAD ESTIMATE OF $500 TO REPLACE AND PROGRAM NEW BCM.. WE HAVE TOWED CAR HOME AFTER GOING TO STORE. I USED TO DRIVE OTR SO WE GOT A SECOND VEHICLE TO DRIVE. AFTER READING OTHER POSTS ON THIS CAR 4/4/2021 I DON'T THINK I WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT. ESPECIALLY WHEN I'VE READ GM TECHS CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEMS.. ONCE THE VACUUM LINE TO BRAKE BOOSTER CAME OFF WHEN MY WIFE WAS GOING DOWN HILL. I PUT THE LINE BACK ON, IT HASN'T DONE THAT AGAIN. WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE CAR OUT OF TOWN FOR FEAR OF IT BREAKING DOWN. AND SHOPS NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL US WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT.. I TIED A CABLE ON TRUNK RELEASE SO I CAN OPEN TRUNK. . WE DID LOVE THE CAR WHEN IT WAS RUNNING. HAS 193,000K AT THIS TIME. HAS STALLED/QUIT ON CITY STREETS. AND WE QUIT DRIVING IT ON HIGHWAY.