2006 Pontiac G6 complaints

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I LOST POWER STEERING IN A SNOW STORM WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OUT OF THE SLIDE BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM THAT IS ON THE RECALL FOR THE G5. AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING WILL CUT OUT ON A LEFT TURN AN A WARNING LIGHT WITH FLASH ON MY DISPLAY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR. I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME AND WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WOULD COST ME $1,000 TO FIX THE STEERING ISSUE. I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THIS SO I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING SINCE WHICH IS SCARY AS THE WHEEL WILL SNATCH ITSELF OUT OF MY HANDS. LUCKILY I WAS STOPPED BY A CURB. I FIND THIS AS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THIS RESENT RECALL I WAS TOLD THAT I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT MYSELF. THE OTHER ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON IS THAT MY CAR SEEMS TO BE PUT TOGETHER WITH OTHER MODEL PARTS. I FOUND OUT THAT MY WIPER BLADE ARE ACTUALLY CAMARO BLADES BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF G6 BLADES WHILE MY CAR WAS IN PRODUCTION. SO HOW DO I KNOW IF MY STEERING IS NOT A G5 STEERING COLUMN? AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS. I JUST WANT THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE ,1 TO 3 TIMES DAILY,THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING ,REAR BRAKE LIGHT DO NOT WORK RIGHT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BUT I DO NOT FALL UNDER THE RIGHT VIN NUMBER,THESE HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT (WITH NO WARRANTY)THIS CAR ,AND THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE JULY OF 2009 THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT IN MAY OF 2009. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GTP NUMEROUS TIMES INCLUDING AFTER HAVING PARTS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE. STEERING WHEEL LOSES IT'S POWER ABILITY BUT STILL FUNCTIONS. IT HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF AND CAUSED A SMALL FENDER BENDER AS I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT TO FAIL. *TR

INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE ON 2006 PONT G6. AFTER RESTARTING CAR POWER STEERING RESUMES. *TR

POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT IN OUR 2006 PONTIAC G6 THREE TIMES NOW. ONCE WHILE DRIVING UNDER 25 MPH AND TWICE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. IT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. YOU HEAR DINGING AND THE DISPLAY READS "POWER STEERING" THE WHEEL BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE FOUND TO MAKE IT GO AWAY IS TO PARK THE CAR AND TURN IT ON AND OFF. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM CAN BE CORRECTED. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PONTIAC G-6 THAT IS HAVING THE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVEN A VERY SLOW SPEEDS--THIS DOESN'T OCCUR AT ALL TIMES BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT IT IS THE AUTO WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECENT GM RECALL. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 POWER STEERING FAILURE HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. TWICE WHILE I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND OCCURRED AS I WAS TURNING AND WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. EVEN WITH MY TEENAGE SON AND I WE COULD BARELY GET THE CAR TURNED AND OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. I TOOK THE CAR TO A GM DEALER AND THEY SAID MY POWER STEERING MOTOR HAD GONE OUT AND AFTER ALMOST $800 HAD IT REPLACED. THE DEALER KEPT THE FAULTY PART. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT PONTIAC HAD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY HOWEVER IT ONLY WENT THROUGH 70,000 MILES AND AT THE TIME OF MY SERVICE I HAD 70,107 MILES AND IT COULD NOT BE FIXED UNDER THE WARRANT. SINCE THAT REPAIR I STILL EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS USUALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE AND WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART THE POWER STEERING USUALLY RETURNS HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY TIMES IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PULL OVER AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. WITH THE RECALL ON THE PONTIAC G5 IT SEEMS GM KNOWS OF A POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND THE G6 SHOULD BE INCLUDED ALSO. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN AUGUST OF 2009. WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF OWNING IT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WILL GO OUT WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNS AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE IN TURN, MAKING THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS FAILURE HAPPENS EVERY DAY. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE DANGER IT PRESENTS. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, AND TODAY I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT MY 2006 G6 WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. HOW CAN YOU LEAVE OFF A CAR THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES BEING RECALLED? THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION STATES IT WAS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT MANUFACTURING. PROTECT THE CONSUMER, AND DO THE RIGHT THING HERE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING IN OUR PONTIAC G6 KEEPS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS USUALLY WHILE TURNING, PARKING OR GOING AT A SLOWER PACE. IT HAS TAKEN ME OFF THE ROAD AND MADE ME STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF STREETS TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, MOMENTS LATER THE VEHICLE NO LONGER HAD POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90000. UPDATED 04/13/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10

JUST THIS PAST WINTER I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 PONTIAC G6. I HAVE HAD ON 2 OCCASIONS MY CENTER DISPLAY DING WITH A WARNING THAT STATED "POWER STEERING". WHEN I TRY TO TURN MY CAR IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE OTHER PONTIAC VEHICLES THAT ARE UNDER RECALL AND I IMPLORE YOU THAT YOU ALSO ISSUE IT FOR THE PONTIAC G6 AS WELL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AND THE POWER STEERING MOTOR GIVING OUT. I HAVE READ ON BLOGS ABOUT OTHER G6 OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND THE STEERING IS VERY UNSAFE. IF YOU TURN THE VEHICLE LEFT THE STEERING IS VERY TOUCHY AND TURN TO THE RIGHT AND IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING. THE CAR TURNS TO THE LEFT WHILE YOU ARE SITTING AT STOP LIGHTS OR JUST NOT MOVING. THE CAR IS VERY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. [XXX] *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE POWER STEERING WHEEL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, ONCE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE WAS S150. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,511 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 07/07/10.*JB

RANDOM, INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF POWER STEERING. STEERING GETS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WITHOUT WARNING. THIS LOSS OF POWER STEERING HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING DASHBOARD LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE CONDITION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT TO RESET THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 04/20/10

I PREVIOUSLY LEASED A 2005 PONTIAC G6, AND LOVED THE CAR VERY MUCH. THROUGH MY LEASE, I JUST HAD ONE ISSUE, WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. SINCE THE RETURN OF THAT LEASE, I PURCHASED A 2006 G6 BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOYED THE CAR. HOWEVER, I AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AS WELL. THE ISSUE IS REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DANGER OCCURS WHEN FELLOW DRIVERS ARE UNAWARE IF THE BRAKES ARE TRULY BEING PRESSED. WITH THE 2005, THIS PROBLEM PROGRESSED WHERE I ACTUALLY PRESSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ACTUALLY GO OFF, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I ASSUME THAT SINCE I HAVE OWNED TWO CARS, AND BOTH HAVE NOW HAD THIS PROBLEM, THAT IT IS A WIDE-SPREAD ISSUE. SO, I CONDUCTED SOME RESEARCH, AND FOUND THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. I FOUND INFORMATION REGARDING A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE ON SEVERAL WEBSITES, NOTING THAT THE RECALL BEGAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2009, AND ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION TO CALL PONTIAC ABOUT IT. UPON CALLING THIS NUMBER, THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOUND REGARDING MY CAR. I FOUND IT TROUBLESOME THAT I FOUND RECALLS IN RESEARCH, BUT NOTHING WAS ISSUED THROUGH PONTIAC, SO I E-MAILED THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE ON 08/05/09. THEY RESPONDED WITH A PHONE CALL TO INFORM ME THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY CAR. SINCE IT IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE FOR A RECALL; HOWEVER THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE ISSUED AS OF YET, SO I AM HOPING THIS INFORMATION MIGHT HELP. SOME OF THE RECALL INFORMATION THAT I FOU

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2006 G6 PONTIAC HOME ONE WEEK AGO. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR GAVE 3 CHIMES AND THEN NOT A SECOND LATER THE POWER STEERING ALL AT ONCE QUIT, DRAGGING HER OFF THE SHOULDER I WAS FOLLOWING HER HOME AND WE TRADED CARS. I OWN A 1989 JEEP WITH 33INCH TIRES AND MANUAL STEERING, AND THE PONTIAC STEERING WAS ABOUT TWICE AS HARD FOR ME TO STEER AS THE JEEP IS!! WE ARE VERY LUCKY SHE RETAINED CONTROL OF THAT CAR!!! THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR SOME TIME AND NOW G.M. DECIDED TO DO A RECALL ON SOME OF THESE UNITS. WHEN IS THE NHTSA GOING TO DO SOMETHING?? I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK FROM THE SHOP WHERE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN\STEERING MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT COST $700 AND COULD OF COST ME MUCH MORE. THIS IS OUR THIRD PONTIAC, ALL HAD BIG ISSUES AND THE CAR COMPANY DID NOTHING TO ADDRESS THEM. NO MORE G.M. CARS FOR US..... *TR

I OWN A PONTIAC G6, 2006. I BOUGHT IT A YEAR AND 4 MONTHS AGO. I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST CARS EVER! LOOKED CUTE, DRIVES REALLY NICE. UNTIL A MONTH AGO WHEN THE DASH WOULD ALERT ME "POWER STEERING". SO, OF COURSE I WENT OUT TO BUY SOME POWER STEERING FLUID , AFTER SEARCHING COUNTLESSLY I THEN FOUND OUT THERE IS NONE. IT IS ALL ELECTRICAL, WHICH IN ALL HONESTLY IS THE STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD. BUT HEY, WHAT A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SOME BIG BUCKS WHEN IT GOES OUT. I WAS BACKING UP ONE NIGHT AFTER WORK, AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I ENDED UP BACKING INTO A CAR BECAUSE I COULDN'T CONTROL THE STEERING! NOW EVERYDAY, "POWER STEERING" ALERTS ME A COUPLE TIMES WHILE I DRIVE. I JUST WONDER IF ITS GOING TO GO OUT AGAIN. I ALSO WONDER IF IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE. TODAY GM ISSUED A RECALL ON PONTIAC G5'S AND CHEVY COBALTS POWER STEERING COLUMNS, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY DID NOT RECALL ONE ON THE G6. I AM TRULY ANGRY ABOUT THIS, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT WILL NEVER BY A CAR FROM GM AGAIN. THANKS :) *TR

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS HAD STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW AND NOW THERE IS A MORE SERIOUS ONE THAT OCCURRED AROUND 40K MILES. THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. IT HAS QUIT WHILE IN A PARKING LOT AND MAKING TURNS. I AM SCARED THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET WORSE. I DON'T SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RANDOMLY GOING OUT IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. I HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR GM TO RECALL IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

I HAVE A '06 G6 GTP SEDAN, AND MY SON HAS A '06 G6 GTP COUPE. WE HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED BY OTHERS-CLUNKING ,CLINKING AT PARKING SPEED. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND YET HAS REFUSED TO ACT ON A SOLUTION AT THE DEALER LEVEL. DATA SUGGESTS NO FATALITIES, = LACK OF ACTION. DRIVING SKILL FROM MY FELLOW PONTIAC FRIENDS, THANKFULLY SAVED THEM. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US,,,,, *TR

MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD. IT WAS WHEN I JUST HIT ABOUT 55 MPH. I'VE ALSO HAD THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" SHOWING UP ON MY DIU WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AND YES, I HAD NO "POWER STEERING" WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AFTER SHUTTING CAR OF AND RESTARTING IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL! I THEN STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH TO FIND OUT A LOT OF 2006 G6 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I'M SURE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, WHICH WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY. WHICH I DON'T HAVE!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6, SE1 WITH A V^ ENGINE. THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES. IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN AT 50,000 MILES. COME TO FIND OUT WHEN THEY REPLACED IT ORIGINALLY, IT WAS REPLACED BY A DEFECTIVE PART. BETWEEN THE 2 MILEAGE AMOUNTS, GM RE-ENGINEERED THE SHAFT. GM WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART, THEY SAID IT WAS MY PROBLEM, THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. NOW AT 64,000 MILES, MY POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600.00. SEEMS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT DON'T WANT TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT, UNLIKE TOYOTA. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT A LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAVE A RECALL GOING ON NOW FOR A CHEVY COBALT WITH THE SIMILAR PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO STAND UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THERE PONTIACS. I'VE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE, SOME HAVING STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND ACCELERATION. THIS MUST NOT END IN TRAGEDY FOR ANYONE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 PONTIAC G6 IN 2008 WITH 22,000 MILES. A YEAR LATER MY POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY RESET THE STEERING SYSTEM. LATER IN THE YEAR IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND FROM THAT POINT EVERYTIME I MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING GOES OUT. *TR

IN 2008 I TOOK MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. AFTER TESTING THE ALIGNMENT, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING. I WAS TOLD BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THEIR HAD BEEN NUMEROUS BULLETINS ISSUED AND IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. GM FAILED TO REPAIR MY CAR OF THIS PROMINENT DEFECT AT THEIR EXPENSE. NOW 2 YEARS LATER THE ISSUE HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR STEERS ON ITS OWN AND WE BARELY WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HAS QUOTED ME $1,753 TO REPAIR THE STEERING COLUMN AND POSITION ASSIST MOTOR. GM MUST KNOW THIS IS A SEVERE PROBLEM. THROUGH MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THEY NO LONGER USE THIS TYPE OF STEERING AND HAVE GONE BACK TO THE PUMP. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 SUCKS. THE STEERING POPS, BRAKE ALWAYS SQUEAK EVENTHOUGH I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS, AND LOSE POWER STEERING. A WEEK OUT OF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I BROUGHT 4 OF THE 5 CARS I OWNED. ALL WERE GM MODELS. I STOOD ALONG THAT BRAND UNTIL NOW. I HOPE IT TOTALLY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. DO SOME ONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS ISSUE GETS SOLVED. TOYOTA IS FIXING THEIR ISSUE. AMERICAN CARS, SERVICE, AND QUALITY SUCKS. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY GM CARS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY GRANDPARENTS IN MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AND RIGHT TO A REPAIR SHOP BUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE PROBLEM TO HAVE. I'VE BEGUN LOOKING INTO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE A FEW OTHER COMMON PROBLEMS THAT MAKE THIS CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND GIVE IT A GUARANTEED EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE ALSO APPARENTLY SHORTED OUT AND I WILL NOW BE CHECKING FOR A COMMON PROBLEM I HAVE HEARD IN WHICH THE BRAKE LIGHTS MAY BE ON EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING APPLIED DUE TO CORROSION OF A WIRE. THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY SERIOUS AND COULD EASILY CAUSE ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR A 20 YEAR OLD FIRST TIME CAR BUYER LIKE MYSELF. *TR

POWER STEERING ON 2006 PONTIAC G6. MY G6 HAS A 3.5 LITER ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW THAT IF I WAS ATTEMPTING A TIGHT 3 POINT TURN OR MAKING NORMAL ROUTINE TURNS THAT IT FELT AS IF THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT. I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT JUST BE MY IMAGINATION UNTIL THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I LOOKED AT THE CAR MANUAL AND TO MY DISMAY THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD STEERING FLUID IN MY CAR. I LOOKED UP THE INFORMATION ONLINE TO FIND THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS MYSELF. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT AND THE SAME REPAIRS AND BILLS. THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT GM RESOLVES AS IT SEEMS TO BE A HUGE ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND AS A CONSUMER NOT ONE THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF MY POCKET. I SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT HASN'T HAD IT GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT MORE THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR LOOSES POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. ONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WILL RESET ITSELF AND YOU CAN DRIVE FURTHER. THIS HAPPENS VERY SPORADICALLY, NOTHING LETS YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. DOESN'T MANNER THE TEMP, AMOUNT OF TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING, TURNING, DRIVING STRAIGHT, SPEED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! *TR

PUT CAR IN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH, THE CAR JERKED LEFT SO HARD THAT IT PUNCTURED A TIRE WHILE IN THE CAR WASH. WENT TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AND HAVE THEM ALIGNED AND ROTATED. WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN TIRES ON THE RACK WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING (ON THE RACK) THE WHEEL WOULD JERK TO LEFT. THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY PULL TO THE LEFT WITH NO WARNING. WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE RIGHT. WHEN TRYING TO CORRECT BY TURNING RIGHT YOU WOULD BE PULLING SO HARD ON THE WHEEL THAT WHEN IT WOULD RELEASE YOU WOULD ALMOST RUN OFF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY RE-CALIBRATED THE STEERING, CAR HAD 43,812 MILES & I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 STEERING ISSUES SINCE CAR WAS NEW. AT ONE POINT, COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING MAKING CAR DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, TO CONTROL. SINCE THEN, STEERING MAKING LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AND DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON UNEVEN SURFACES. *TR

PONTIAC G6 STEERING DEFECTIVE. MAKES POPPING SOUND AT LOW SPEEDS. DEVELOPED A SERIOUS SHAKE FELT ALMOST LIKE WHEEL WAS COMING LOOSE ON FRONT END OF CAR. STEERING PUMP SHUT DOWN AND LOST CONTROL OF CAR NEAR MISS HEAD ON ACCIDENT. DRIVER IN OPPOSITE LANE VEERED OUT OF WAY JUST IN TIME TO AVOID HEAD ON CRASH. *TR

CLUNKING OR POPPING WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

THE OTHER DAY, I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD. IT WAS WHEN I JUST HIT ABOUT 55 MPH. THEN, 2 DAYS LATER, I GET A DINGING AND THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" SHOWING UP ON MY DIU. I WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER, SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. I THEN STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH TO FIND OUT A LOT OF 2006 G6 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I AM PRETTY SURE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, WHICH WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY. WHICH I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS WITH EASE TO LEFT BUT VERY HARD TO THE RIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM ONLY ONE OF MANY WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. EITHER THE POWER STEERING OR ELECTRIC STEERING IS FAULTY AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN HAS FAILED. *TR

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP. HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT UNLOCKS. VERY UNSAFE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. HAVE RESEARCHED PROBLEM AND SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I NO LONGER HAVE WARRANTY BUT FEEL IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SENSOR. THE SEAT SENSOR WHICH ARMS AIRBAG WHEN OCCUPANT IS PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY DISARMS WHEN SEAT IS OCCUPIED. *TR

POWER STEERING - ELECTRIC POWER STEERING - ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 STOPS WORKING WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES GETS IT WORKING FOR A WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY FAILS AGAIN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. *TR

PONTIAC G6 ISSUE: FUEL GAUGE WOULDN'T WORK AS THERE WAS GASOLINE IN THE CAR BUT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULDN'T ESTABLISH HOW MUCH GASOLINE IN THE TANK. I HAD TO GET IT FIX. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE RECURRED. HIS LOCAL MECHANIC CONFIRMED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND REPAIRED IT. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE ALTHOUGH IT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,571.

MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT'S POWER STEERING KEEPS FAILING. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL STOP WORKING AND THE RADIO WILL SAY POWER STEERING. GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. *TR

POWER STEERING MESSAGE DISPLAYED. STEERING STARTED TO FAIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING GOES TO THE LEFT WHENEVER SHE IS DRIVING. THE STEERING CANNOT TURN TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING IS VERY HARD TO TURN. THE STEERING COLUMN RATTLES WITH A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IN SEPTEMBER 2007. THIS FAILURE IS HAPPENING AGAIN BUT CONTACT HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AS YET. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. UPDATED 3/8/10 *CN THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. UPDATED 05/20/10.*JB

MY CAR IS A PONTIAC G6 2006, AND I PURCHASED IT IN OCTOBER OF 2006. MY POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT ABOUT 2 TIMES A WEEK FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WORKS OK. NOW IT HAPPENS ALSO WHILE DRIVING, OR SITTING IDLE. I'LL FEEL THE WHEEL STIFFEN. LUCKILY THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE I'VE BEEN AT A RED LIGHT. THIS IS A VERY MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I AM HEARING A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING AS I AM TURNING. THIS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 PRIOR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT KEEPS RETURNING. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 40000 MILES AND I NOW HAVE 56000 MILES. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT CONTINUES TO GET LOUDER AND WORSE THE LONGER IT IS LEFT UNREPAIRED. SO FAR ONLY TEMPORARY FIXES HAVE BEEN DONE BY DEALER. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS THE INTERMEDIARY STEERING SHAFT. I HAVE NONE OF THE PARTS AND THE DEALER HAS MANAGED TO FIX IT 3 DIFFERENT WAYS, PROBABLY TO AVOID A RECALL ISSUE. *TW

VEHICLE IS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT, DRIVING AT ANY SPEED A WARNING MESSAGES COMES ON THE RADIO ABOUT THE POWER STEERING, THEN A CHIME ALERTS YOU LIKE A DOOR CHIME. AFTER WORDS THE POWER STEERING ASSIST GOES OUT AND THE DRIVER LOSES ALL CONTROL TO STEER THE CAR BASICALLY THE CAR IS UNMANAGABLE TO STEER SAFELY. WHEN THE CAR IS ABLE TO BE STEERED IT PULLS HARD TO ONE DIRECTION AND IS VERY SHAKY. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 DAYS RESULTING IN NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE YET TO THE VEHICLE, I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT ON 2/1/2010 FOR SERVICE AT A PONTIAC DEALER. I CALLED GM AND OPENED A CLAIM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. NO CRASH OR INJURIES WERE INVOLVED WITH THESE INCIDENTS BUT I FEEL THAT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF CRASH OR INJURIES WITH THIS SITUATION. *CN

BRAKES FOR G6 ARE POOR QUALITY POSSIBLY LEADING TO FATAL CRASHES. 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAVE TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AT LEAST EVERY 15,000 MILES. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY WAS UNABLE TO STEER CAR. ALMOST HIT A CAR. HAS HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G6 WHEN STARTING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY I HAVE BEEN READING CONSUMER REPORTS AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS SCARY THE PROB DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID THE PROB RETURNS AFTER 3 TO 6 MONTHS I HAVE ALSO READ THAT THE STEERING CAN GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LEAVING YOU HELPLESS IN THIS DEATH TRAP I FEAR SINCE I AM A WOMAN THAT IF THIS DOES HAPPEN I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6 GT - POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT. CAR CLUNKS WHEN TURNING, ON HIGHWAY SHAKES AND IS VERY HARD TO TURN. FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND MY HUSBAND'S AND CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN CAR SAFETY. BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE CAR IN 2007. *TR