Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2009 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR FLASHED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND AT THE INTERSECTION THAT I TAKE EVERYDAY ON A BUSY ROAD (BOULEVARD). WHEN I TRIED TO TURN RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE CAR WENT STRAIGHT IN THE OPPOSITE LANE WHERE A SEMI TRUCK WAS COMING MY WAY. IF THE SEMI DIDN'T BRAKE FOR ME I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE TODAY. IT WAS ICY AND I SOMEHOW GOT MYSELF BACK IN MY LANE AFTER USING ALL MY STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL. THIS WAS MY CLOSET TO DEATH EXPERIENCE TO THIS DAY AND I HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE CAR EVER SINCE THEN. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE WINTER AND HAS NOT ONLY THREATENED MY SAFETY BUT HAS COST MY POCKET BOOK A LOT OF MONEY. I FIND IT SUSPICIOUS THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR ELECTRONIC ASSIST POWER STEERING FAILURE YET MY 2009 WAS NOT AND IS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME POWER STEERING OPTION. I'M HOPING YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT AS IT WOULD BE SIMPLER AND LESS DRAMA THAN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAW SUIT.
PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING COMES ON.. HAD IT REPALCE NOW IT HAS TO GO TO A GM DEALER THE HAVE CLEARED... VERY EXPENSIVE.. I THOUGH AIRBAG ISSUES WERE WARRANTIED FOR LIFE OF CAR... G8 HAS 99K ON IT... GM SHOULD HELP PART # 92231137
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE INTO PARK. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.
STEERING WHEEL STARTED TURNING / SHIMMYING BY ITSELF JUST WHEN STANDING STILL, RANDOMLY. STARTED DOING IT WHILE DRIVING A FEW WEEKS LATER. SHIMMY/TURNING WHEEL HAPPENED MORE OFTEN AS TIME PASSED, WHILE PARKED, DRIVING, BACKING UP, DRIVING SURFACE STREETS AND FREEWAYS, AND NOW MY POWER STEERING LIGHT IS ON!?! IT TURNS LOOSLY TO THE RIGHT AND TIGHT TO THE LEFT. I AM BEYOND PERTURBED, AS THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED WITH OTHER YEARS THIS MODEL WAS MADE THAT DID HAVE RECALLS. ALL GM OFFERED WAS A $100 VOUCHER TO USE TOWARD DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THEY TOLD ME THAT ANY EXTENDED COVERAGE I HAD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH THIS REPAIR/FIX EXPIRED THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, BUT MAYBE I COULD GET A DEARLER-ASSISTED REPAIR??!?! I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE ANYWHERE, LET ALONE THE FREEWAYS. I'D LIKE TO ADD, I ONLY HAVE JUST OVER 62K MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR HAVE STEERING FAILURE, EVER., LET ALONE IMAGINE THIS AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE! I SWEAR, THAT IF THEY DON'T RESOLVE THIS AND FIX IT IT'LL BE MY LAST GM CAR. SAD, AFTER MY DAD POURED HIS BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS INTO THIS COMPANY FOR SO MANY YEARS. SMH. MAYBE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT? HOW CONVENIENT TO CUT OFF A RECALL OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM BY MANUFACTURING DATES, WHEN THIS RECALL WASN'T EVEN ISSUED UNTIL 2014!! MY MECHANIC IS FINDING THROUGH HIS RESEARCH THAT 'AFTER MARKET' PARTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY FIIXNG THE ISSUE EITHER. WHAT THE HECK?! 62K MILES ON A 10 YEAR OLD CAR AND I NEED A NEW CAR? THIS ISN'T RIGHT!
"AIR BAG FAULT" MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED IN THE INFO CENTER ON THE DASH AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON MY 2009 PONTIAC G8 GT. CODES U0170 AND B0081 WERE READ AT DEALERSHIP. PARTS #92225595 (MODULE) AND #92220398 (SENSOR) ARE REQUIRED AT AN INSTALLED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1100. ENTIRE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION. RESEARCH OF NHTSA COMPLAINTS INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON MALFUNCTION ON THE PONTIAC G8 AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACCIDENTS. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS WARNING MESSAGE AND THE USE OF THE CAR HAS BEEN LIMITED KNOWING THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT BE DEPLOYED IN AN ACCIDENT. I NOTICED THAT THE PART NUMBER HAS CHANGED TO A HIGHER/DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE ORIGINAL MODULE PART NUMBER. THIS INDICATES THAT NOT ONLY DOES GM KNOW WHICH PART TO REPLACE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT THEY CREATED A NEW AND UPDATED MODULE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE; WHICH MEANS THAT GM DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ORIGINAL MODULE WAS A FAULTY PART. WHY WASN'T A RECALL ISSUED? AIR BAG NOT FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I SEE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE NHTSA COMPLAINTS FOR THE PONTIAC G8 AIR BAG MODULE, SURELY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR OTHER GM VEHICLES WHICH USE THE SAME PART AND HUNDREDS MORE CASES THAT WERE NEVER REPORTED. MANY OF THE PONTIAC G8 MODELS HAVE PASSED ON TO YOUNGER DRIVERS NOW, MAYBE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER. THESE YOUNGER DRIVERS MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES ($1K) TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THERE WILL BE MORE ACCIDENTS AND PEOPLE WILL DIE, HO
154K POWER STEERING IS COMING AND GOING AS OF THIS MORNING. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED.
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT ABOUT 3RD GEAR AND HAS NO REVERSE, I HAVE RESEARCH THIS AND HAVE FOUND OTHER GM TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER MULTIPLY TIMES WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE.
WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL RANDOMLY CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THIS MAKES STEERING HARD AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME CASES, DEPENDING ON THE DRIVER. ALSO DEPENDING ON IF THE VEHICLE IS IN A CURVE WHEN THE POWER STEERING QUITS, WHEN THIS IS THE CASE IT ALMOST CAUSES A WRECK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND KEEPS OCCURRING. I HAVE READ LOTS OF MANY OTHER OWNERS'S ACCOUNTS OF EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. SOMETIMES YOU CAN STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT'LL BE OKAY BUT NOT ALWAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED LOTS ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I'M GOING TO PUT THE FIRST INCIDENT AS THE DATE OF WHEN IT HAPPENED.
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RECALL FROM THE SAME MODEL YEAR ( JAN - AUG). LOSS OF POWER STEERING, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BADLY. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENS. CONTACTED GM AND NO HELP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. SINCE APRIL OF 2019, THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE, THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN IN REVERSE AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,722.
AFTER STARTING THE CAR ON DRY PAVEMENT IN A PARKING LOT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING STALL. AFTER TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THE POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY. THIS MADE STEERING THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE. THERE IS A RECALL OUT FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT WAS NOT ISSUED FOR MY VIN. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND GM SHOULD DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEIR VEHICLES ARE SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC TO DRIVE AND BE SAFE WHILE OTHERS ARE DRIVING THEM.
MY CAR, WHEN DRIVING, WILL HAVE THE ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK UP. MY STEERING WILL BE LOCKED AND I CAN'T TURN IT RIGHT OR LEFT. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON A FEEDER ROAD, AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND RESTART MY CAR TO RESET THE ELECTRONIC STEERING. LUCKILY NO CARS WERE AROUND ME OR I WOULD OF COLLIDED WITH THEM. THIS IS VERY SCARY IF I WERE TO DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY I PROBABLY WOULD CRASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO BE TWICE SO FAR. ANOTHER TIME I LUCKILY WAS IN A LOW SPEED PARKING GARAGE WHEN IT HAPPENED. I RECENTLY WENT TO 2 CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS. THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX THIS FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS A RECALL. WHEN I WENT INTO BOTH THEY SAID THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED AND THEY WOULD NEED TO CHARGE ME. PLEASE HELP ME SEARCH IF THIS IS A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS BIG ISSUE WITH MY CAR.
BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INTERMITTENTLY STAYING ON CONTINUOUSLY OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. MY VIN SHOWS NO RECALLS, HOWEVER WHEN I SEARCH ONLINE, I FIND THE RECALL AS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS OCCURS WHILE I AM DRIVING
MY VEHICLES AIR BAGS CODE SHOWING ON DISPLAY. IT STAYS ON WHETHER CAR IS PARKED AND RUNNING OR WHILE DRIVING. I'M AFRAID I'LL HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS WON'T WORK. I QUESTION WHETHER THEY EVER WORKED. I HAD A DOG RUN OUT IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND COULDN'T STOP IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING DOG. DAMAGED FRONT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NOW I'M DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, MAJOR METRO STREETS, AND I'M CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. I'VE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING AND MAJOR HARM TO DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A STATISTIC. REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED OVER A LONG RANGE OF YEARS AND I FEEL THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE THE CALL FOR GM TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND EITHER REPLACE THE PROBLEM PART(S) OR BUY BACK THE VEHICLES. THERE ARE MULTIPLY PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR THAT I'VE HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS MADE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONAL. AS AN OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, I'M ASKING FOR HELP.
TWICE, THE POWER STEERING HAS GIVEN OUT IN MY CAR WHEN I FIRST START IT. SIMULTANEOUSLY, "POWER STEERING" APPEARS ON THE INFORMATION PANEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE CAR AT ALL. BOTH TIMES I TURNED THE CAR OFF BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY UNDRIVABLE. OUT OF DESPERATION, I TURNED IT BACK ON; THE INFORMATION PANEL RETURNED TO IT'S REGULAR DISPLAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO IT'S REGULAR FUNCTIONALITY. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS. I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THESE SYMPTOMS AND FOUND SOME VERY DISTURBING CONCERNS. FOR ONE, THIS SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO A GREAT MANY PEOPLE IN SIMILAR MODEL YEARS TO MY OWN CAR. FOR TWO, I'M SEEING REPORTS WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO INDIVIDUALS AS THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AT LEAST ONE PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE REPORTED IT AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT I'M ON MY OWN HERE. I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS DIED FROM AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS? IF SO, WOULD ANYONE EVEN KNOW SINCE THE PROBLEM IS TRANSIENT? I INTEND TO HAVE THIS MATTER INVESTIGATED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TOMORROW. BUT, MY REAL QUESTION IS THIS: DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED? MY KIDS LIVES ARE ON THE LINE WITH THIS CAR EVERYDAY, AND THIS KIND OF PROBLEM IS TERRIFYING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE POWER STEERING FUNCTIONED PROPERLY; HOWEVER, "POWER STEERING" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CALLED AND SUGGESTED REPLACING THE STEERING RACK DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
I WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH, I BRAKED AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO APPROXIMATELY 5-15 MPH AS I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A GAS STATION, AS I WAS TURNING I HEARD A CHIME AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, AND AT THE SAME TIME A MESSAGE POPPED UP ON DASH STATING "SERVICE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING" I PULLED UP TO PUMP, TURNED VEHICLE OFF, FILLED FUEL TANK, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. I RESEARCHED ONLINE FOUND THAT GM HAS RECOGNIZED THE ISSUE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. SO I TOOK TO GM DEALERSHIP, THEY RAN VIN INFORMED ME THAT THE COVERAGE EXPIRED DECEMBER OF 2018. SO I CALLED GM HOTLINE AT 800-762-2737 AND THEY SAID SAME THING. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN OF IT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT IF MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING THEY MAY HAVE PANIC AND GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT. THEY AGAIN SAID AS OF DECEMBER 2018 THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. I FEEL THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY ADMITTED THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WHY ARE THEY NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT ?
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR, WHICH IS AT 136000 MILES, AND I HAD STOPPED AT A STORE AND PARKED IT. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR, I TURNED THE IGNITION AND POWER STEERING CAME ON THE RADIO SCREEN. I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL WHATSOEVER. I TURNED THE CAR BACK OFF AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND DROVE HOME JUST FINE. I'M WORRIED THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN. IT SEEMS VERY UNSAFE.
MY POWER STEERING WAS GOING OUT ERATICALLY AND I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART MY VEHICLE TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. THEN IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. THERE ARE SEVERAL VIDEOS ONLINE FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME CARS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE BEING REPLACED, IT WAS DETECTED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SOCKETS WERE BURNT AND MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,349. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
TRACTION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON WITH PRESSING THE TRACTION BUTTON. WHILE BRAKING THE CAR PULLS QUICKLY TO THE LEFT, IT'S REALLY BAD WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SPEED. WHILE BRAKING TO GO AROUND A CURVE THE STEERING PULLS THE OTHER DIRECTION THEN WHAT YOUR TURNING SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL
WHEN DRIVING MY CAR WILL LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND THEN A WARNING MESSAGES ABOUT THE POWER STEERING COMES ON. IF I SHUT CAR OFF AND BACK ON POWER STEERING IS RESTORED THEN THE WHEEL SHAKES AND IT GOES OUT AGAIN, RESEARCH IT AND FOUND A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR THAT DESCRIBES THE EXACT ISSUE I AM HAVE AND WHEN I CONTACT PONTIAC OR A GM DEALER THEY TELL ME BASED ON MY VIN I HAVE NO RECALLS. GAVE PONTIAC NHTSA # 14V153000, GM# N140115 AND BULLETIN # 14116 AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL WITH THOSE NUMBERS. I SHOULD THE RECALLS WERE ISSUED ON 3/31/2014
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR WILL LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND THEN A LIGHT ABOUT THE POWER STEERING COMES ON IF I SHUT CAR OFF AND BACK ON POWER STEERING IS RESTORED THEN THE WHEEL SHAKES AND IT GOES OUT AGAIN THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND WHEN IT DOES I CAN'T STEER THE CAR IT NEEDS FIXED OR IT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS
POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHEN DRIVING AND AT IDLE THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A HALF AN INCH.
MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN DISABLED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST IT WOULD DISABLE UPON IGNITION. I AT TIMES RESTART 3X BEFORE IT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. NOW IT'S GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS! CURRENTLY AT 71,000 MILES. I DRIVE CITY STREETS AND FREEWAY TO AND FROM WORK.
WONT STEER VERY HARD
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (BERGER CHEVROLET, 2525 28TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI) WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR KEEPS MAKING THE HEADLIGHT GO OUT MORE THEN IT STAYS ON....I THINK IT'S A POOR SETUP THE WAY IT IS CONNECTED IN THE CAR....WE HAVE REPLACED THE CONNECTOR SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL HAVING THIS ISSUE!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HENDRICK BUICK GMC (115 TEAM HENDRICK WAY, CARY, NC 27511, (919) 439-0249) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.
MY 2009 PONTIAC G6 WAS IN PARK. STARTED MY CAR WITH REMOTE STARTER AND OPENED DOOR WITH IT. WHEN I GOT IN THE ALARM WENT OFF ABOUT MY POWER STEERING. IT WAS FROZEN AND COULDN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS UNDRIVEABLE. LUCKILY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD AAA TOW IT TO MY MECHANIC. FAILED TWO CODES C0460 AND C0545 FOR THE STEERING TORQUE INPUT SENSOR AND THE STEERING WHEEL SENSOR. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN FREEZE UP ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING. MOST LIKELY NEED A NEW STEERING COLUMN. ESTIMATE TO FIX AROUND $700. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM ON THESE CARS THAT GM FAILS TO RECOGNIZE. IT'S QUITE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT CAN HAPPEN A MOMENTS NOTICE.
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND OTHER TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED THERE IS ALREADY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. RESTARTING THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES 'FIX' THE ISSUE FOR A WHILE, BUT USUALLY AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES POWER STEERING WILL BE LOST. THE ISSUE HAS BECOME CONSTANT. TCM WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED DUE TO SIMILAR ISSUES, BUT THIS WAS ONLY 3 YEARS AGO. STEERING WHEEL ALSO CONSTANTLY SHAKES WHILE IN PARK OR DRIVING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED TROY-ALAN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC AT (724) 578-8248 (LOCATED AT 217 GROVE CITY RD, SLIPPERY ROCK, PA 16057) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE WHEELS SHOOK VIOLENTLY, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
I'M HEARING A INCREASINGLY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND FEELING EXCESSIVE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT OF THE CAR.
MY CAR IS HARD TO TURN IT TAKES HELP OF MY LITTLE BROTHER TO TURN THE STREEING WHEEL.I CAN DRIVE OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH OUT THE STEERING WHEEL SHANKING. I WENT TO TWO AUTO SHOP TO HAVE POWER STEERING FLUID ADDED AND WAS TO IT WAS A RECALL IN THREE POWER STEERING PUMP. I WOULD LIKE GM TO REPLACE MY POWER STREERING PUMP SO I CAN DRIVE MY CAN WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY BROTHER BECAUSE IT IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION.
I HAVE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST REGARDING ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THIS CAR. MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT CONTINUES TO GO OUT EVEN WITH ME HAVING IT REPLACED TIME AFTER TIME. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS TESTS FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE CAR AND THEY HAVE COME BACK SAYING THE CAR IS FINE. ALTHOUGH WHEN I GO TO DRIVE IT, SOMEHOW A LIGHT COMES ON. EXAMPLES INCLUDE('ESC SYSTEM OFF' LIGHTS, 'SERVICE TRACTION' LIGHTS, 'TC' OFF. THE MAIN ISSUE THAT I AM REPORTING JUST OCCURRED TWO DAYS AGO. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE WALMART PARKING LOT ONTO THE MAIN ROAD AND THE LIGHT ON MY CAR APPEARED 'POWER STEERING OFF SERVICE ESC' MY STEERING WHEEL THEN STIFFENED UP AS I WAS TURNING ONTO THE MAIN ROAD. THERE WAS A CAR TURNING RIGHT INFRONT OF ME THAT I ALMOST HIT, BECAUSE I LOST CONTROL OF MY STEERING WHEEL. I THEN TOOK MY CAR INTO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT FIX BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS AND I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO A PONTIAC OR A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING BEING ELECTRICAL IS NOT SAFE AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS MODEL AS WELL. I USE MY CAR TO COMMUTE TO SCHOOL AND WORK EVERYDAY AND THIS PROBLEM POSES AS NOT ONLY A SAFETY RISK BUT A INCONVENIENCE TO MY EVERYDAY LIFE. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM WITH PONTIACS AND I HAVE NOTICED IT'S A REOCCURRING ISSUE, THESE CARS SHOULD NOT BE SOLD TO CUSTOMERS WITH ALL OF THESE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS TH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A CRACKING SOUND WHEN TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE U JOINT BEARING MAY BE THE SOURCE OF THE FAILURE. PENSKE CADILLAC OF SOUTH BAY (18600 HAWTHORNE BLVD, TORRANCE, CA 90504, (877) 591-3502) STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,786.
THE AIR BAGS LIKE SAY SERVICE BUT NO ONE SEE WHAT'S WRONG, THE FUEL CAR WILL NOT CRANK AFTER GAS IS PUT IN. IT ASK TO CHECK GAS CAP EVEN PUT NEW CAP ON AND STI NOT WORKING
STEERING PUMP STOPED WORKING ON THIS MODEL WHEN DIVING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED DAVIDSON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC OF ROME AT 315-337-2440 (LOCATED AT 5871 ROME-TABERG RD, ROME, NY 13440) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,119.
STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING EVERY OTHER DAY SO I AVOID THE HIGHWAY IN FEAR OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CHILDREN IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN. VERY HARD TO CONTROL / STEER THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN START THE CAR AGAIN TO UNLOCK THE STEERING. NOW A WARNING CHIME CONSTANTLY BEEPS WHILE DRIVING AND ONLY STOPS THEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP.
STEERING PUMP CONTINUED PROBLEMS. WASN'T MADE AWARE AS AN OWNER THAT THERE WAS SPECIAL COVERAGE TO REPLACE THESE AT MANUFACTURERS EXPENSE. IT CAUSE THE MODULAR TO MAKE IT NOT RESPOND TO STEERING. AS A CUSTOMER WE HAVE FIXED IT TWICE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT THE CAR HAD STEERING. DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THAT AS OWNERS LIKE YOU DO WITH YOUR RECALLS. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WILL BE MY EXPENSE @ 900$. THAT STEERING COVERAGE FOR THE RAN OUT AT 150,000 MILES. IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. AND CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER 900 TO FIX. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE ON SOMETHING THAT'S SAFETY. IT BROKE AGAIN WHILE TRANSPORTING MY GRANDCHILDREN. AGAIN, THIS COVERAGE TO FIX IT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION UNTIL COVERAGE RAN OUT AT 150,000 MILES. YOU FIXED THE OTHER 4 MANUFACTURERS RECALLS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MADE THE CONSUMER AWARE, EXCEPT WITH THIS STEERING SAFETY (COVERAGE) . IT PUT MY FAMILY AT HUGE SAFETY RISK. COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU'RE NOT FIXING IT. DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T SEND ANY NOTICE OF THE SAFETY RECALL OR COVERAGE (YOUR WORDS) BEFORE NOW OR EVER, WE HAD TO GET IT FROM THE TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP . SO I PICK UP A CAR AND DRIVE IT HOME THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND IS UNSAFE BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD $900 AND YOUR COMPANY WILL NOT COVER IT! SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO A LIFELONG CHEVY CUSTOMER..
TAKATA RECALL SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2009 PONTIAC G6 THE WORDS POWER STEERING IN MY CAR POPS UP ON MY DASH WHICH LOCKS UP MY STEERING WHEEL AS I'M DRIVING THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES I'VE ALMOST GOT IN TO ACCIDENT LUCKILY I NEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPUTERS AND I FOUND A WAY TO DRIVE IT EVEN WITH THAT BAD MALFUNCTION WHICH I'LL HAVE TO TURN MY ENGINE OFF REPOSITION MY STEERING WHEEL AND TURN IT BACK ON I CALL IT RESET BASICALLY THIS KINDA TELLS THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR THAT IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE POWER STEERING AND ONCE I TOOK IT TO GET CHECK OUT THEY SAID THAT IT WAS FINE THAT I SHOULD BE OK WELL THAT WAS A LIE I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MY PONTIAC G6 2009 I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND MY CHILDREN SAFETY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND IF THIS DOESN'T GET LOOKED INTO SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT REAL BAD ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY I STOP DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WORD POWER STEERING WILL POP UP ON MY DASH AND I CANT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL BARELY
CONSTANT FUEL SMELL, AFTER READING OTHER ISSUES IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE RUBBER HOSE ON TOP OF FUEL PUMP IS CRACKED AND IS EMITTING GAS SMELL. SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.
ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMEBER 31, 2018, THE FAMILY AND I WERE GETTING READY TO GO OUT WHEN WE NOTICED THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND ALL THE OUTSIDE LIGHTS WERE STAYING ON AND DIM. PRIOR TO THIS NIGHT, MY SPOUSE NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE STAYING ON AS WELL SO HE REMOVED THE FUSE AS A TEMPORARY FIX SO THAT I MAY GO TO WORK. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE RECALLS THAT I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT. IM UNCERTAIN OF THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE BUT FROM WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT THE RECALLSB I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH EITHER THE IGNITION OR THE BRAKE PEDAL SHORTING OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR EVEN IN MOTION AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING LOCKS UP. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON IN ORDER FOR THE STEERING TO BE RELEASED. THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE AS MINES, BUT MY VEHICLE BY VIN HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND GM SHOULD RECALL ALL VEHICLES TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. MY FIANCEE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AS SHE WAS BACKING UP WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP. ANOTHER TIME SHE WAS TURNING THE CORNER WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE WE CAN NOT AFFORD THE REPAIRS AND CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE.
ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED CAR AND STEERING ASSIST TURNED BACK ON IT ALSO HAPPENED TO MY WIFE IN THE SAME WAY
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