2006 Pontiac G6 complaints

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY CAR ONLY WORK PROPERLY ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON AT TIMES WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NO LONGER ENGAGED. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL ALSO JUST DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR FAIL TO SET A SPEED WHEN TRYING TO SET. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH CARS LIKE MINE. HOWEVER, GM CLAIMS THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL AS THE DEFECTIVE PART/ISSUE IS NOT ON MY VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE VIN NUMBER ISSUED. *TR

FAULTY STEERING. WHEN YOUR DRIVING IT LOCKS UP AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SPEED VARIOUS BETWEEN TIME TO TIME WHEN IT HAPPENS. HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.IF YOU REMOVE KEY AND RESTART IT GOES AWAY THEN DEALER SAYS THEY CANT FIND PROBLEM.BUT THAT DOESNT HELP ME WHEN MY STEERING LOCKED UP AND I WAS GOING HEAD ON A GROUP OF KIDS.DANGEROUS STEERING!! FAR WORST THAN THE TOYOTAS THEY RECALLED.I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVENT RECALLED THESE 2006 PONTIAC G6'S THEY ARE DANGEROUS.I WANT IT FIXED! NOW WHEN I CLICK LOCK/UNLOCK ONE OF MY DOORS WONT WORK.SOMETHING ELECTRICAL.

POWER STEERING FAILURE IN 2006 PONTIAC G6

I JUT PURCHASED A PONTIAC G6 WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AND WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I HEARD A CLUNK WHEN TURNING THE CAR AND THE DEALER SAID IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE CAR HAD ELETRIC STEERING. THJE CAR BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN THE OTHER DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND I BECAME VERY WORRIED AND HAD TO PULL OVER . IT STOPPED BUT I'M AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I ALSO NOTICED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM FROM OTHERS.

I BOUGHT A 2006 G6, 23,000M, IN MAY 2006. WITHIN THREE MONTHS I WAS HEARING A CLICKING WHEN I TURNED THE RIGHT WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER (STILL UNDER WARRENTY) AND THEY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM. AS SOON AS THE WARRENTY WAS OUT, THE SAME NOISE WAS BACK IN BOTH WHEELS. RECENTLY THE STEERING HAS BECOME STIFF WHEN BACKING OUT AND TURNING CORNERS. THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK IN THE POURING RAIN, I THOUGHT I WAS HYDROPLAINING WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS THE STEERING LOCKING! WHEN I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE THE WHEEL WAS WHOBBLING AS IF IT WAS SEVERELY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PUSH FOR A 2006 G6 RECALL BECAUSE OF STEERING PROBLEMS BUT UNTIL THIS MORNING THOUGHT I WOULD LET OTHERS FILE COMPLAINTS. NOW I'M AFRAID OF MY CAR. PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL A DEATH HAPPENS TO RECALL. IT MAY BE THAT G6 OWNERS ONLY RECOURSE IS TO SEEK A CLASS ACTION SUITE AGAINST GM BUT HOPEFULLY MY AND ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS WILL LET NHTSA REALIZE THIS ISSUE IS SERIOUS AND GM HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS IT!!

THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST MOTOR FAILED ON MY PONTIAC G6. THERE WAS NO WARNING UNTIL IT WENT OUT, THEN IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND A "POWER STEERING" WARNING WAS DISPLAYED ON RADIO. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT, IT RESET, ONLY TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE STEERING WENT OUT ABOUT TWO DOZEN TIMES IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONE TIME ON THE INTERSTATE I IT HAPPENED AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHILE GOING AROUND 60 MPH. I HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST MOTOR REPLACED, AND THEN THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. SO FAR THE FIX HAS WORKED. JUST HOPE GM DOES THE RIGHT THING AND RECALLS ALL FAULTY VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR INJURED AS A RESULTS OF LOSS OF STEERING.

HOPE NO YOUNG KIDS ARE DRIVING 2006 PONTIAC G6 WHEN THE POWER STEERING DECIDES TO GO OUT AND YOU NEARLY WRECK AND HAVE TO PAY NEARLY $800 TO FIX IT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT NEEDS RECALLED OR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!

POWER STEERING WHEEL LOCK WHEN DRIVING. *DT

STEERING ISSUES. STEERING GOES OUT, ERRATIC AND DEALER KEEPS REPLACING PARTS. THIS IS MY SECOND G6-GTP..THE FIRST ONE HAD SAME ISSUES AND DEALER REPLACED WITH THIS ONE AND SAME ISSUES..CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

STEERING FAILURE...ALMOST HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT BUT RECOVERED CAR IN TIME. REPORTED TO DEALER. *TR

STEERING FAILURE. DOING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY ON LONG TRIP,STEERING TOTALLY WENT OUT AND SPUN THE CAR, I RECOVERED AND NO ACCIDENT. I REPORTED THIS AGAIN TO DEALER AND THEY HAD NO FIX. THEY WITNESSED CLUNKING AND WOBBLES AS WELL AS A GROAN IN STEERING AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY IT. I GOT G.M. INVOLVED AND THEY DID NOTHING..EVEN THOUGH DANGEROUS AND CERTIFIED USED CAR. *TR

3RD TIME SAME PROBLEM....DEALER COULD NOT FIX...STEERING FAILURE. DOING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY ON LONG TRIP,STEERING TOTALLY WENT OUT....I REPORTED THIS AGAIN TO DEALER AND THEY HAD NO FIX. THEY WITNESSED CLUNKING AND WOBBLES AS WELL AS A GROAN IN STEERING AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY IT. I GOT G.M. INVOLVED AND THEY DID NOTHING..EVEN THOUGH DANGEROUS AND CERTIFIED USED CAR. DEALER THEN PUT ME IN ANOTHER 2006 G6-GTP (COUPE)FOR LESS MONEY THEN I PAID FOR ORIGINAL AND NOW HAVE SAME ISSUES WITH THE NEW ONE!!!!!!!! I SPEND MORE TIME AT DEALER THEN DRIVING CAR...AND NOW WILL LOSE MY JOB DUE TO TIME OFF FOR DEALER AND SO-CALLED BAND AID REPAIRS. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE. DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEEL... COMES AND GOES... I THOUGHT I NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS ELECTRIC?? TOOK TO GOODYEAR AND THEY SAID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER... I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 6 MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL?? THEY SAID AT LOWER SPEEDS THE STEERING IS MORE DIFFICULT AND THIS WAS NORMAL. BUT IT ONLY DOES IT SOMETIMES, HOW CAN THIS BE NORMAL. I DO NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATE I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

BOUGHT A 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT AUG1, 2007 WITH 34,000KM ON IT. SUMMER OF 2008 IT STARTED TO MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS IE: PULLING IN OR OUT OF PARKING. TOOK IT TO GM DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE INTERMITTENT STEERING SHAFT AND THEY SAID STEP ONE WAS TO LUBRICATE IT. THAT WORKED FOR APPROX 1-2 DAYS. NEXT STEP WAS TO REPLACE IT WHICH WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER IN THE FALL OF 2008. IT IS NOW END OF FEB 2010 AND IY IS BACK AGAIN. THIS TIME IT PROGRESSED QUICKLY SO THAT IN LESS THAN 1.5 WEEKS IT HAS GONE FROM OCCASIONALLY TO CONSISTENTLY. HOWEVER, I WILL NOT RETURN TO GM FOR THIS REPAIR AS I HAVE NOW HAD 3 OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND NONE OF THEM WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THOUGHT LOST WEIGHT OFF TIRE BECAUSE CAR STARTED SHIMMY AND DRIVING FUNNY, TOOK TO SHOP TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED, GUY SAID HAD WIRES SHOWING ON FRONT TWO TIRES AND CAR WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BOUGHT IT WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT NOW. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP TO FIND WHAT CAUSED ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, FOUND OUT TODAY THAT LOWER BALL JOINT IS BAD AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU CANT REPLACE JUST LOWER BALL JOINT, MUST REPLACE WHOLE A ARM AND NOW TIRES, WHICH WERE FINE WHEN I HAD OIL CHANGED LAST TIME. THIS SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH A CAR WITH SO LITTLE MILES AND LITTLE WEAR AND TEAR, THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THERE HAS TO BE A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE. *TR

AS OF RECENTLY MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS BEEN HAVING STEERING ISSUES. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT EARLY 2007. EITHER THE WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT TO TURN, OR THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME UP ON THE RADIO DISPLAY. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP (SINCE PONTIAC IS NO MORE) WHERE UPON INSPECTION THEY STATED THAT MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS FAULTY BUT 'FIXABLE". THE PART WAS TAKEN OUT, CLEANED, LUBED UP, AND PLACED BACK INTO THE CAR ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP. PARTLY DUE TO BEING IN A RUSH, I DIDN'T QUESTION THIS BUT BROUGHT IT UP TO MY BOYFRIEND WHO THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP FOR CLARIFICATION. TURNS OUT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT IN THE CAR. WHY ISN'T THIS BEING ADDRESSED BY THE MEDIA/TO THE PONTIAC OWNERS?!!? LOOKING ONLINE MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME CAR/SAME YEAR! I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE ISSUES WHILE DRIVING SHORT DISTANCES BUT WHAT IF I WAS IN THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED?! I'M A TINY 100 LB GIRL - THERE WOULD BE NO CHANCE OF ME CONTROLLING A CAR LIKE THAT FOR A LENGTH OF TIME WITHOUT POWER STEERING/PROPERLY WORKING VEHICLE. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AND IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING ME CONSIDER PURCHASING A NEW CAR WHICH I SO DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW BUT FOR MY SAFETY WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I WAS SUCH A HUGE FAN OF GM AND NOW MY OPINION IS CHANGING. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THEY CAN'T NOTIFY THEIR DRIVERS OF A POSSIBLE

MY DAUGHTER'S 2006 PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE. POWER STEERING PROBLEM INDICATED ON DISPLAY. I HAVE SEEN THIS REPORTED BY OTHERS. WHEN IS GM GOING TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE? *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A PONTIAC G6 2006. I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES WHEN DRIVING IT. ONE DAY MY STEERING WHEEL JUST LOCKUP AND IT WAS WHILE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, LUCKY THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO STAY THERE UNTIL MY CAR WAS TOWED. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME, THEN IT CONTINUED EVERY NOW AND THEN. THE WHEEL WILL LOCKUP AND I WILL TRY TO TURN OFF THE CAR TO RESET THE COMPUTER BUT IT WILL NOT DO IT. I KEPT ON DRIVING THE CAR SINCE THAT'S MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND I JUST PRETTY MUCH USE IT TO GO TO WORK. I RECENTLY SAW A RECALL ON PONTIAC G6 BUT FOR 2005. MY CAR IS HAS THE SAME DEFECTS AS THE ONE IN THE RECALL EXCEPT ITS 2006. APPARENTLY THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN PONTIAC CARS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT WE HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY PREGNANT AND I FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE MY CAR DUE TO NOT KNOWING WHEN IS THIS PROBLEM GOING TO OCCUR AGAIN, BESIDES THE FACT IT IS DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE. *TR

1. DRIVING, TYPICAL EVENT 2. THE CAR'S STEERING WHEEL SPONTANEOUSLY BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS, I'M AFRAID TO TAKE IT ANYWHERE. CONSEQUENCES, COULD BE FATAL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. NO WARNING. 3. NOTHING. *TR

INCIDENT OF CARRIAGE PARTS ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT...BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS ALONG WITH REAR PARTS BELIEVED TO BE UNDER SPEC...MEANING THAT THEY ARE TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EVERYDAY ROAD ABUSE....PARTS WORE OUT AT ROUGHLY 45K...THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COMPLAINTS I SEE ABOUT THE FRONT END PARTS ON THIS CAR... *TR

THE EXACT SAME POWER STEERING PROBLEM LEADING TO THE RECALL OF THE PONTIAC G5 AND CHEVY COBALT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE PONTIAC G6 FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 4 YEARS!!!! I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND HAVE HAD THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST 3 1/2 YEARS. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING COLUMN WITH TORQUE SENSOR REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $800 AND STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING ON THE VEHICLE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED AND SPOKE TO AN INVESTIGATOR, WHO I THINK RECOMMENDED THAT I SHOULD LUBE THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT OR SOME RIDICULOUS TWO-BIT FIX LIKE THAT!! I GUARANTEE THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND THAT IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN FLAW IN GM'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I CAN DO EXCEPT CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS ISSUE KNOWN TO THE NHTSA IN THE HOPES THAT LIVES MAY NOT BE NEEDLESSLY LOST DUE TO INACTION ON THE AGENCY'S PART. IT MAY BE THAT G6 OWNERS ONLY RECOURSE WILL BE TO SEEK A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM AND HOPEFULLY OPEN THE BOOKS ABOUT WHAT THE NHTSA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WHY IT HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS IT!! *TR

MY DAUGHTER IN LAW AND CHILDREN TRAVELING OUT TO IOWA 3 WEEKS AGO TO HAVE THE STEERING IN HER 2006 PONTIAC G6 START DOING WHAT IT WANTED TO ON THE HIGHWAY AT70 MPH. GOT TO DESTINATION TO RENT A CAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALER TO HAVE DIAGNOSED THE ELECTRONIC STEERING TO HAVE FAULTED OUT,ESTIMATE @ 1700.00 TO REPAIR. DAUGHTER COULD NOT AFFORD THAT KIND OF MONEY ,SO FAMILY GOT TOGETHER AND WENT OUT AND TOWING VEHICLE HOME. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH ANOTHER STEERING COLUMN OUT OF A WRECKED VEHICLE BY FAMILY MECHANIC. CONTACTED GOVERNMENT MOTORS TO FIND NO REIMBURSEMENT OF RECALL AT THIS TIME FOR THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT REPAIRED AT A GM DEALER. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM AND PARTS AS THE G5,WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE ? A DEATH AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO HAVE THEM PULL THERE HEADS OUT!!!! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH ALL THIS BUREAUCRATIC BULL. THIS KIND OF INCIDENT WILL NOT GO UNSEEN BY THE CONSUMERS WHO DRIVE THESES VEHICLES,THERE WILL BE A WIDE SPREAD THREAD OUT TO ADVISE PEOPLE OF THE G6 PROBLEM AND REBEL AGAINST GM FOR A SOLUTION. *TR

MY PONTIAC 2006 G6'S ELECTRIC ASSIST POWER STEERING IS WINING AROUND EVERY TURN EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAVE 35,000MILES ON THE CAR. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STEER AND I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL COST $800+ DOLLARS TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL 'IN WARRANTY'. IF THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THIS EQUIPMENT, THEN WHY WAS IT REPLACED ON LATER G6 MODELS AND G5 AND G8S WITH IT WERE RECALLED. THE WINING OCCURS WITH NEARLY EVERY TURN. DIFFICULTY TURNING HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, AT 65MPH WHILE CHANGING LANES. THE EQUIPMENT WINED AFTER I STRAIGHTENED OUT AND I COMPLETED MY TRIP. *TR

JUST RECENTLY MY PONTIAC G6 2006 LOST POWER STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 10-15 MILES PER HOUR. AT FIRST I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING ALL I REALIZED WAS THAT MY CAR BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME SAFELY ONCE I GAINED CONTROL AND REALIZED MY POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT. THE NEXT MORNING I TRIED MY CAR AND NOTICED IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. FOR THE LAST WEEK IT HAS GONE IN AND OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE NOTICED IF I TURN OFF MY CAR AND RESTART IT DOES WORK AGAIN. THIS CAUSES SOME CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE IF I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD I COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT INITIALLY WENT OUT. NOW I KNOW HOW TO RESPOND WHEN IT GOES OUT ITS NOT TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE AS A HASSLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6. I PULLED MY CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND STARTED BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE WHEEL WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN, THEN THE SCREEN STATED "POWER STEERING" COME TO FIND OUT, THE POWER STEERING IS ALL ELECTRICAL AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL CAR FOR THIS PROBLEM. I USE MY CAR TO TRANSPORT VULNERABLE ADULTS FOR WORK AND GOD FORBID IF I AM DRIVING AND THE STEERING GOES OUT AND KILLS MY CLIENT. THERE WILL FOR SURE BE A LAWSUIT IF THIS DOES NOT GET RECALLED. HOW DANGEROUS. I WILL BE BRINGING IT IN TO GET I FIXED, BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR A DEFAULT ON PONTIACS END. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO CONTROL AND WOULD NOT TURN. SHE THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO RESET THE POWER STEERING. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WERE CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 5/17/2010 * CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME AFTER SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN GEAR. UPDATED 05/20/10. *JB

INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT CLUNKING WHEN TURNING LEFT. DID RESEARCH AND ONLY FOUND THAT YOU NEED TO PUT SOME LUBE ON THE STEERING SHAFT RIGHT BELOW THE STEERING WHEEL, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS. TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ENTIRE THING, AND WAS TOLD THAT BY PUTTING ON LUBE, IT IS ONLY GOING TO HIDE/COVER UP THE PROBLEM, NOT FIX IT. IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AT ALL. PONTIAC NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH AND HIGHER, THE DRIVER CONTROL CENTER WOULD CHIME THREE TIMES, FOLLOWED BY A WARNING MESSAGE THAT WOULD READ "LOSS OF POWER STEERING." IMMEDIATELY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS A FAIRLY MEDIUM BUILT INDIVIDUAL AND HE WOULD HAVE TO USE EXTREME BODILY FORCE IN ORDER TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS FAILING AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 83,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE 2006 PONTIAC G6 THAT IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS. MY WARRANTY IS OVER AND ALL REPAIRS ARE OUT OF POCKET. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE, BATTERY, FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS, REAR BRAKES, WHEEL BEARING AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE STEERING RACK. PONTIAC OBVIOUSLY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING RACK. I HAVE VIEWED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND WE ARE ALL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES: LOUD NOISES WHEN TURNING, CLUNKING, CAR PULLS TO RIGHT WHILE DRIVING, UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN IT IS COLD OUT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G6 (4 CYLINDER). I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GOING OUT ON THE CAR. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING ON CAR, IT WOULD HAVE WARNING CHIME AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WILL INDICATE THAT THERE IS A POWER STEERING ON THE DIGITAL DASH DISPLAY. THEN I CAN FEEL THE STEERING GO OUT. I CAN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT WILL SOMETIMES RESET THE STEERING. OTHER TIMES I MAY DRIVE WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE AND JERK EVEN WHEN PARK OR DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO GET REPAIRED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND MOST OF THE TIME AFTER STOPPING AND STARTING AGAIN OR WHEN I VERY FIRST START MY CAR THE POWER STEERING SHOWS IN MY INFORMATION CENTER AND I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME CONTROLLING MY CAR. MY CAR HAS 80,476 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY AND CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 94000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. A LOCAL MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY A WARRANTY AND THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,700. UPDATED 5/6/10 *CN UPDATED 05/20/10.*JB

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND HAVE ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING NOT FUNCTIONING WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW RATES OF SPEED. WHEN I PULL INTO OR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HAVE AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. I OFTEN 'BUMP' THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE THE PUMP RE-ENGAGE AND SUPPLY ENOUGH PRESSURE TO ASSIST STEERING AGAIN. WITHOUT BUMPING THE PEDAL TURNING THE WHEEL IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I AM NOT A LITTLE PERSON. I AM 6'1 AND WEIGH 220 POUNDS SO TURNING A STEERING WHEEL IS NOT AN ISSUE. IRONICALLY, AT LOW SPEEDS MY G6 WHEEL IS HARDER TO TURN THAN MY 1976 JEEP'S STEERING WHEEL AND IT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH POWER STEERING. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR AS THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MADE ME BUMP INTO MY WIFE'S CAR. THE DEALER JUST SAID "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR." NICE HUH? ANYWAY, I SAW THE RECALL ON THE OTHER VEHICLES AND PRAYED, UNSUCCESSFULLY, THAT MINE WAS ON THE LIST. SINCE IT WAS NOT, I FIGURED I WOULD AT LEAST LET YOU KNOW THE POWER STEERING ISSUE EXTENDS BEYOND YOUR CURRENT LIST OF RECALLED VEHICLES. CHECK WWW.G6PERFORMANCE.COM AND YOU WILL FIND OTHERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. *TR

I HAVE RECENTLY DID A TUNE UP ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 JUST PLUGS AND PLUG WIRES. WHEN MY WIFE TOLD ME THE CAR LOCKED IT STEERING WHEEL UPON A QUICK TAKE OFF I THEN DROVE THE CAR AGAIN AND ALSO HAD TWO LOCK UPS WITH ME. AFTER THAT HAPPEN TO US WE NEVER REALLY DO ANY FAST TAKEOFFS WITH THE CAR. THIS HAPPEN 3 TIMES IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WITH A TAKEOFF AND ALL THE PANEL LIGHTS ACT LIKE THEY TURN OFF WITH ALL GAUGES DROP IN OFF POSITION, BUT THE CAR STILL RUNNING. IM NOT SURE IF THIS IS PART OF THE DEFECT, BUT FOR THE PAST 9 MONTHS THIS CAR HAS BEEN REAL HARD TO START UP AND NO LIGHTS DISPLAY FOR A CHECK ENGINE. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR IN FOR A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO GET A NEW KEY AND I DID AND IT DIDN'T HELP. *TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 SEEMS TO FAIL IN COLD WEATHER. WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS, THE STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THIS DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN IN LOW-SPEED SITUATIONS, AS THERE ARE TIMES WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT THE CAR SEVERELY PULLS TO ONE SIDE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A TIRE OR ALIGNMENT ISSUE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TIRES, AS THE AIR PRESSURE IS CORRECT AND THERE IS NO WEAR ON THE TIRES THAT INDICATE AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE. *TR

NO INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED YET BUT MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 4 DOOR SEDAN HAS A CLUNK IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT AND TIME TO TIME THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. IF I WAS DRIVING AT A FAIRLY HIGH SPEED THIS COULD RESULT IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I HAVE YET TO GET IT CHECKED BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FROM WHAT I READ WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX BUT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MANY 2006 PONTIAC G6 VEHICLES. *TR

POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT. IT MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN EVER IT IS TURNED LEFT. WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND JUST STARTED SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEEL WILL MOVE ON ITS OWN LEFT AND RIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 LOSES POWER STEERING AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES PER WEEK. IT USUALLY KICKS BACK IN AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES. APPROXIMATELY BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2009 THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD MAKE A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2009 THE WARNING CAME ON "POWER STEERING". WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE WARNING THE POWER STEERING BEGAN GOING OUT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MAY GO OUT WHEN MY TEEN IS DRIVING. WE HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL. AT TIMES THE ELECTRICAL GOES OUT COMPLETELY IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR

PONTIAC 06 G6 HAS POWER STEERING ISSUES, AND STEERING SHAFT ISSUES. THE POWER STEERING IS VERY HARD TO STEER , SOME TIMES IT WONT STEER. IT LOCKS UP AND IS ALWAYS VERY TIGHT. *TR

MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY PONTIAC G6 ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I LOST POWER STEERING MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN AN HOUR. I HAVE LOST CONTROL BUT ONLY GONE OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO ME OR THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NO REPLACED ANY PARTS OF ME VEHICLE BECAUSE OF MY FINANCIAL SITUATION. I USE A LOT OF CAUTION WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF OPERATE IT. *TR

STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN IT LOCKED UP. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G6 (4 CYLINDER). I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GOING OUT ON THE CAR. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS DURING WARMER WEATHER. I WILL BE DRIVING, I WILL HEAR A WARNING CHIME AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WILL INDICATE THAT THERE IS A POWER STEERING FAILURE ON THE DIGITAL DASH DISPLAY. THEN I CAN FEEL THE STEERING GO OUT. I CAN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT WILL SOMETIMES RESET THE STEERING. OTHER TIMES I MAY DRIVE WITHOUT POWER STEERING FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE IT WILL RESENT. IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STEERING ISSUE THAT RECENTLY CAUSED A GM RECALL ON THE COBALT, G4 AND G5. I'VE READ OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE ON THE G6 AS WELL, BUT GM FAILED TO INCLUDE THAT MODEL IN THE RECALL. THIS FAILURE CAN TAKE PLACE ANYWHERE FROM SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO ONCE EVERY FEW DAYS. *TR

POWER STEERING ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 MODEL CAR IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWERSTEERING MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER AND MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 LOST ALL POWERSTEERING. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY AND BACK, NEARLY 60-70 MILES AWAY. DON'T EVEN TRY CHECKING THE FLUID, THERE IS NONE. THE VALET PARKING ATTENDANT AT OUR DESTINATION COULD HARDLY PARK IT OR BRING IT BACK TO US UPON OUR EXIT . I HAD TO TAKE THE G6 TO OUR LOCAL GM DEALER ON FEB. 24 AND IT WAS THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND COST ME WELL OVER $600.00 TO REPAIR. NOW, AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK FROM PICKING IT UP FROM THE SHOP, I SEE THAT GM IS RECALLING SOME OTHER PONTIAC MODELS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THE 2006 PONTIAC G6 SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE BEFORE THE COMPLETE FAILURE THE CAR BEGAN GETTING HARD TO CONTROL. WHEN THE POWERSTEERING FAILS IT BECOMES AWFULLY HARD TO STEER THE CAR AT SLOW SPEEDS AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PARK OR TURN ONTO ROADS. WHILE SITTING IDLE AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, ETC. THE STEERING WHEEL JUST QUIVERS BACK AND FORTH. PLEASE PLEASE GM RECALL THIS MODEL BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO SOMEONE. (ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID THIS SINCE IT CANNOT BE MAINTAINED)... AFTER MY REPAIR, THE CAR DRIVES WONDERFULLY, I JUST HOPE IT LASTS. *TR

AT FIRST THE PROBLEM WAS RANDOM ONLY OCCURRING AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERE. STEADILY THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE AND MORE COMMON. CHANGING FROM HAPPENING EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HAPPENING ALMOST EVERY DAY. THE PINNACLE WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. THE CAR NOW HAS POWER STEERING FAILURE EVERY TIME I TURN LEFT, AND OR PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PARTS REPLACED OR HAD ANYTHING DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, DUE TO THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. SO UNTIL THERE IS EITHER A RECALL, OR A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO REPAIR THE CAR, I'M DRIVING A VERY UNSAFE CAR. *TR

I DRIVE 100 MILES BACK AND FORTH TO WORK EVERY DAY. EARLY ON, I HAD NOTICED SOME PULL IN THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT LIKENED IT TO AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY ALIGNED THE CAR - EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR ALIGNED ABOUT ONCE EVERY 2 MONTHS AND BY AUGUST 2009, WAS ON MY 3RD SET OF TIRES IN 3 YEARS DUE TO UNEVEN TREAD WEAR. I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL DITHER UPON STARTING THE CAR AND WHEN I WOULD BREAK, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN SHARPLY LEFT. THE LOCAL SHOP LOOKED AT THE CAR AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A STEERING MOTOR ISSUE AND URGED ME TO CALL GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE - MIND YOU THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. AT THE TIME, THE CAR HAD ABOUT 75,000MI. AS SOON AS I TOLD THEM THIS INFORMATION, I BEGAN TO GET THE RUN AROUND AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A GM DEALER BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OF COURSE, GM CHARGED TO ME LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINED I WOULD NEED A NEW STEERING MOTOR, STEERING COLUMN, AND TORQUE SENSOR TO THE TUNE OF $1000! I DID SOME RESEARCH AT THAT TIME AND FOUND OTHERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. AND NOW GM ISSUES A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER GM CARS DURING THE SAME YEARS! I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM - I HAVE HAD THE STEERING MOTOR RE-CALIBRATED ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACED. THE CAR IS EASIER TO STEER, BUT I STILL GET A DITHER EVERYTIME I TURN THE CAR ON A

MY POWER STEERING MOTOR IN MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 KEEPS LOCKING UP ON ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF. IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT ON AND IT STARTED TO CHIME. SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON IN A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT WAS FINE. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS LATER WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I DID THE SAME THING AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. TWO WEEKS LATER (YESTERDAY) IT HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 3 HOURS. I TOOK THE SAME ACTIONS AND RESTARTED THE CAR JUST SO I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT. IT'S VERY SCARY CAUSE IT IS SO HARD TO STEER. THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN A PLACE THAT I COULD JUST STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WOULD JUST GO OUT ON ME. I WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO TURN EASILY. I COULD STILL DO IT, IT WAS JUST VERY HARD. THE POWER STEERING WARNING WOULD POP UP ON MY RADIO AND WITH A DINGING SOUND AS SOON AS THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. IF I TURNED MY CAR OFF THEN BACK ON, IT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND I COULD STEER AGAIN. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THAT, IT FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN IF I TURNED MY CAR OFF TO RESET IT, IT WOULD GO OUT AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED. THAT COST ME $750.10. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND ARE HAVING MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT RANDOMLY. THIS GENERALLY OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS AND PARTICULARLY IN REVERSE TRYING TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPACES. I KNOW THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND HOPE TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE THE POWER STEERING BEGINS TO CUT OUT AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR