2010 Pontiac G6

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2018· ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  'ESC OFF' WAS DISPLAYED SHORTLY AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED ON, WHILE IT WAS PARKED. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. IT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS OF TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I RESEARCHED IT AND PONTIAC HAS RECALLED SIMILAR ESC ISSUES WITHIN THE SAME TIME FRAME THAT MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED.

• 12/31/2018· STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  ESC IS SAYING OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME HARD TO TURN WITH.

• 12/31/2013· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE AND SEIZED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

• 12/29/2020· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, ON THE DASH IT SAID POWER STEERING CHECK EVC. I COULD MOVE THE WHEEL AT ALL, AND ALMOST WRECKED MY CAR.

• 12/29/2018· STEERING,AIR BAGS,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  ESC OFF AND SERVICE ESC CAME ON AS SOON AS VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED UP THEN WOULDN'T TURN AT ALL WHEN YOU TRY TO TURN IT IT JERKED BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE. BURNT NASTY SMELL FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CAR. NOW CAR WON'T EVEN START OR NOTHING

• 12/29/2016· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING EPS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000. UPDATED 02/21/17*LJ

• 12/28/2020· STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE

  REPEATED LOSS OF POWER STEERING, DISPLAYING "SERVICE ESC" MESSAGE ON DASH WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ONCE ON A HIGH SPEED ROAD. OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO HELP AT GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

• 12/28/2017· UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  TAKATA RECALL ESC AND TRACTION LIGHTS WONT GO OFF WEATHER DRIVING OR STATIONARY. LEFT HEAD LIGHT KEEPS BLOWING OUT, I'VE SEEN THIS ON SEVERAL CARS JUST LIKE MINE

• 12/26/2019· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE POWER STEERING RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HOBSON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (655 SOUTHVIEW DR, IN-37, MARTINSVILLE, IN 46151) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE AND STEERING SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED THE CONTACT A $300 CREDIT TOWARDS THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

• 12/26/2017· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THERE WAS AN INITIAL RECALL DONE TO WHERE PONTIAC PUT A BANDAID ON THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE BANDAID WAS TO JUST REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT BULB. IF YOU DO RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ON THIS MAKE MODEL AND YEAR OF VEHICLE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS THE WIRING HARNESS AND CORROSION. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ISSUE BUT FOR SOME REASON NO ONE IS REPORTING IT BUT I AM DUE TO THE FACT THAT MINE HAS NOT JUST AFFECTED THE HEADLIGHTS BUT ALSO MY FUEL PUMP WHICH IT CAUSED IT TO SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE 68 WITH TRAFFIC COMING UP BEHIND ME. LUCKILY THEY REALIZE I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM AND WENT OUT AROUND ME BEFORE HITTING ME. I HAVE SINCE BEEN PULLED OVER 4 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS DUE TO THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT WHICH WAS WHAT THEY RECALL WAS FOR. IF YOU HIT THE LIGHT IT COMES ON. I'M AND TIRED OF THIS AND WANT THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED AND ACTUALLY FIXED. AGAIN I WAS PULLED OVER AND ISSUED A REPAIR ORDER FOR THE ISSUE THAT WAS A RECALL BY PONTIAC BUT WAS NEVER ACTUALLY FIXED.

• 12/23/2015· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A REOCCURRING FAILURE IN WHICH THE ESC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND ONCE IT WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

• 12/22/2014· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE

  I HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES MY CAR PULLS WHEN I AM AT REST AND DRIVING. TODAY, I SAT IN MY CAR TO GET SOME HEAT ON MY LUNCH BREAK. MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND MESSAGES AND LIGHTS POPPED UP. THE ENGINE, TCS AND ESC LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED IT OFF AND CRANK IT AGAIN AND I COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RATTLING. THAT HAPPENED AROUND 1 PM. I GOT OFF AROUND 730 PM TONIGHT AND AS I DROVE THE CAR RODE GOOD FOR ABOUT 2 MILES AND THEN IT BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND ALL OF THESE WARNINGS POPPED UP REGARDING TRACTION AND POWERING DOWN. I PULLED OVER SAT AND CRANK MY CAR AND THE ENGINE RATTLED HORRIBLY. I TURNED IT OFF AND CRANK IT AGAIN. THE RIDE WAS NOT SMOOTH AND IT WAS JERKING. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE THIS YEAR. I RECEIVED ONE I BELIEVE LAST YEAR AND TOOK CARE OF IT. *TR

• 12/21/2019· STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED AND RUNNING THE POWER STEERING CONTROL ESC WILL BE ON ON THE DASH AND LOCK UP THE STEERING WHEEL AND I CAN'T TURN OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I USED TO BE ABLE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WOULD BE OFF. BUT RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING A LOT MORE OFTEN. I WAS PARKED WITH CAR RUNNING AND THE POWER STEERING ESC WOULD STAY ON EVEN AFTER TURNING IT ON AND OFF. THEN THE NO TRACTION LIGHT APPEARED. ONCE THE POWER STEERING CONTROL WAS OFF I WOULD DRIVE MY CAR AND TURN IT OFF BUT WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE POWER STEERING WOULD BE ON AGAIN SO I CAN'T STEER MY CAR. THE POWER STEERING CONTROL ESC HAS EVEN TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING AND BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND HAD FOUND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF 2010 MODELS, AND SOME HAVE EVEN GOT INTO ACCIDENTS AND INJURED. THE 2010 MODELS DO NOT HAVE RECALLS BUT THE 2005-2009 MODELS DO FOR THE SAME REASONS. I WOULD ADVISE THIS PROBLEM TO BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER AND NOTIFY ALL WHO HAVE 2010 MODELS.

• 12/21/2019· STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  WHEN I START THE CAR AND RUNNING (PARK) , THE POWER STEERING CONTROL ESC SHOWS ON THE DASH AND LOCKS UP THE STEERING SO I CAN'T TURN OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IT HAS LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN BEFORE BEFORE TO. WHENEVER THIS HAS HAPPENED, ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON TO TURN OFF THE POWER STEERING CONTROL ESC. BUT RECENTLY THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE PARKED THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING CONTROL WOULD NOT GO AWAY EVEN AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND ON. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2010 MODEL AND ARE GETTING INJURED. I WOULD ADVISE THIS PROBLEM BEING RECALLED, WHILE ALL OTHER MODELS FROM 2005-2009 HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND 2010 SEEMS TO BE THE WORSE.

• 12/20/2019· SUSPENSION

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DUE TO A NOISE EMERGING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

• 12/20/2017· STEERING

  POWER STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT WENT OUT. I HAD TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF, THEN IT CAME BACK ON. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR EARLIER YEARS OF THE G6. MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE SAME ISSUE BUT NO RECALL. I CAN'T PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.

• 12/20/2013· STEERING

  FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS NOW THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE HAS BEEN SHOWING UP ON THE DIC AND THE VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL HAS HAD A BAD SHAKE TO IT WHILE DRIVING AT JUST ABOUT ALL SPEEDS. AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A DAY UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AND I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE TO REGAIN POWER STEERING. IT HAS ALSO LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 3 TIMES NOW IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT IS GETTING WORSE AND IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH AND NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL UP UNTIL 2009 MODEL YEAR BUT NOT ON THE 2010? THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE 2010 PONTIAC G6 BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE VERY COMMON AMONGST US G6 OWNERS. GM NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS AND MAKE THESE VEHICLES SAFE BEFORE SOMEONE OR MYSELF GET SERIOUSLY HURT. ALSO THE SERVICE ESC MESSAGE HAS BEEN APPEARING AS WELL AND "ESC OFF" LIGHT IS ON. PLEASE GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. *TR

• 12/16/2019· STEERING

  POWER STEERING DROPS OUT.

• 12/16/2014· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AS THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

• 12/16/2011· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  I HAVE GOT LOCKED INSIDE MY CAR. I WAS WITH MY FAMILY AT CASEY'S AND I COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR. WE UNLOCKED IT AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO OPEN. THE OTHER DOORS WORKED FINE. FINALLY MY DAUGHTER HELPED ME OUT OF THE CAR. THIS JUST HAPPENED TO MY SON TOO AND HE TOLD ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT AS WELL. THERE IS ONE OTHER GIRL THAT WE KNOW OF THAT HAS THE SAME ISSUE. IT WAS VERY SCARY BEING TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR. I WAS JUST GLAD I WASN'T ALONE. *TR

• 12/16/2011· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  I HAVE BEEN LOCKED INSIDE MY VEHICLE AT LEAST 15 TIMES. YESTERDAY BOTH THE DRIVER DOOR AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CAR WAS IN PARK, I PRESSED THE UNLOCK BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD HEAR THE DOOR UNLOCK, HOWEVER THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. I HAVE CALLED PONTIAC AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS. SO I LOOKED FURTHER INTO THIS BY DOING A GENERAL SEARCH ON GOOGLE AND APPARANTLY THERE ARE HUNDREDS HAVING THIS ISSUE. MY MOTHER AND SISTER BOTH DRIVE A G6 AS WELL AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THEM AS WELL. I WOULD THINK AN ISSUE LIKE THIS WOULD BE JUST A SERIOUS AS TOYOTA'S BRAKES NOT WORKING. IF THERE WERE TO BE A FIRE OR SERIOUS WRECK I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY CAR. I HAVE HAD TO CRAWL OUT THE WINDOW OR THROUGH THE BACKSEAT TO GET OUT OF MY CAR. AS A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS MAN LET ME TELL YOU HOW EMBARASSING THIS IS WHEN YOU ARE ARRIVING AT A MEETING WITH A CLIENT AND THEY HAVE TO SEE YOU CRAWL THROUGH THE BACK DOOR TO GET OUT. PONTIAC IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM AND IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE AND THE MODEL OF THE YEAR OF THE CAR REALLY DOES NOT MATTER. I SAW A 2006 WITH THIS ISSUE ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE 2010 MODEL YEAR. *TR

• 12/08/2015· STEERING

  I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STEERING AND POWER STEERING AS IN THE RECALLS THRU 2009 MODELS. IT WILL GO OUT. SOMETIMES YOU CAN TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AND IT WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A MINUTE. I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6 THAT WITHIN THE LAST WEEK INCURRED A POWER STEERING FAILURE. RECALL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ON MARCH 2014 THE NHTSA REQUIRED GM TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IT ONLY COVERED THE G6 MODELS UP TO THE YEAR 2009. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE "PROBLEM" WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STEERING PROBLEM FOR EARLIER MODELS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE RECALL. HOWEVER, SINCE THE 2010 MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA RECALL, THE COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM FALLS TO THE CONSUMER AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE $1,800 TO $2,000 RANGE. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND MIRRORS THE SAME CHARACTERISTIC'S AS EARLIER MODELS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED GM REGARDING THIS MATTER AND HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT A LOCAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE CONTACTING ME WITHIN 48 HOURS. WHILE I APPRECIATE GM'S WILLINGNESS TO "CONSIDER" THE MATTER, I URGE THE NHTSA TO RE-VISIT THE MODEL YEARS SUBJECT TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE BURDENED WITH THE COST OF REPAIRING WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN DEFECT. FURTHER AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IS SAFETY FOR THE PASSENGERS AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER ACCORDINGLY AND AMEND THE POWER STEERING RECALL TO INCLUDE 2010 MODELS. THANK YOU. *TR

• 12/06/2019· ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED DRIVING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREINER BUICK GMC (14555 CIVIC DRIVE, VICTORVILLE CA, 92394, (760) 245-3451) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

• 12/05/2018· STEERING

  WILL DRIVING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW I HAVE NO POWER STEERING.WHY IS THIS CAR NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THE PROBLEM THAT EFFECTS OTHER YEARS.

• 12/04/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSIONS AND AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON THE INTERENET I HAVE FOUND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR STARTS BUT IT DOES NOT TURN OVER ALL THE WAY. IT WILL DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES THEN IT FINALLY STARTS. THE BATTERY IS BRAND NEW AND IS VERY STRONG, AND LIKE I MENTIONED IT STARTS AND IS STRONG IT JUST DOES NOT TURN ALL THE WAY OVER. ALTERNATOR IS FINE, ETC. BELIEVED TO BE SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE.

• 12/03/2019· STEERING

  LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN THIS DATE. LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE LEFT ROADWAY INTO SHALLOW DITCH LINE. WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND REENTER BACK ONTO HIGHWAY CROSSING CENTERLINE AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HAD REPLACED STEERING COMPONENT THREE DAYS PRIOR. NHTSA REF # 11281715.

• 12/03/2019· STEERING,AIR BAGS,VISIBILITY/WIPER

  AIR BAG LIGHT SAYS SERVICE AIR BAG HEADLIGHT GETS SO HOT IT MELTS WORKING WIPER CLIP BREAKS OFF MOTOR FAILING TO ACTIVATE WIPER BLADES STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES AND POWER STEERING FAILS IN CITY AND ON HIGHWAY

• 12/02/2014· STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR WENT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN, SHORTY FOLLOWED BY THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR. I PULLED OFF ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN, BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED ONCE MORE ON MY 35 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK. ON THE WAY HOME, HOWEVER, THE POWER STEERING WOULD ONLY WORK FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS EACH TIME I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON. NOW BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND ESC DONT WORK AT ALL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GM DEALER WHERE I LIVE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAR WAS DISPLAYING ERROR CODE C0545, INDICATING THAT THE STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR, THE TORQUE POSITION SENSOR IN THE STEERING, NEEDS REPLACEMENT, AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON OTHER YEARS OF PONTIAC G6'S FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT 2010 WAS LEFT OFF THE RECALL. NO WORD YET ON WHETHER GM IS GOING TO OWN UP TO THEIR PROBLEM AND TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE RELATED TO THE SAME PROBLEM, I AM NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT GM CAN MANUFACTURE AND SELL VEHICLES WITH PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. IT'S A WONDER THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT INVOLVED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *JS

• 11/30/2019· STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  IT STARTED WITH THE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN EVEN AFTER NEW BULBS. THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH A CHAIN OF EVENTS HAS TURNED INTO STEERING PROBLEMS AND THE WHOLE DASHBOARD CLICKING AND FLASHING TO THE RYTHYM OF THE CLICK. WHEN THE DASHBOARD GOES BLACK THE WHEEL WONT TURN AT ALL. I KNOW OF SOMEONE WITH THE SAME CAR WHO HAS THE SAME HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. EASY TO GET PULLED OVER FOR THAT ONE. CALLED PONTIAC THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. WILL NEVER BUY A PONTIAC AGAIN.

• 11/29/2019· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, THE MESSAGE 'POWER STEERING ESC' SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

• 11/28/2013· STEERING

  ON NOVEMBER 2ND 2013 THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING TO WORK WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANES BUT WAS FORCED THE LEFT NEARLY HITTING THE CEMENT BARRIER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF SO THAT IT WOULD RESET BUT IT ONLY WORKED FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES THEN IT DID IT AGAIN. I TRAVEL 62 MILES ONE WAY TO WORK AND THANK GOD I DID NOT BOUNCE OFF THE CEMENT BARRIER AND CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I STOP BY A LOCAL STORE TO PURCHASE POWER STEERING FLUID BUT ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT I COULD NOT LOCATE THE RESERVOIR ON OUR 2010 PONTIAC G6. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FROM GM, BUT THAT THERE ARE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE 2005 AND 2006 MODELS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE 2010 MODEL AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON ALL PONTIAC G6 MODELS. I PLAN TO TAKE THIS MATTER UP THE CEO OF GM AND IF NOT RESOLVED THERE WILL HIRE A LAWYER TO TAKE TO THE NEXT LEVEL BEFORE MYSELF OR A FAMILY MEMBER BECOME A FATALITY NUMBER FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. *TR

• 11/22/2019· STEERING

  DRIVING VEHICLE TO WORK THIS DATE, 4:45 AM.11/22/2019. POWER STEERING WENT OUT. NO WARNING. DISPLAY THEN SHOWED 'POWER STEERING ESC'. ROAD/WEATHER CONDITIONS: US HWY 68, 6MILES EAST PERRYVILLE, KY. EXTREMELY CURVY 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD. DARK, MODERATE RAINFALL MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS.

• 11/22/2016· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  2 YEARS AGO,I HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT LIGHT HARNESS. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LIGHT HARNESS.THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.I REPLACED THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ONLY FOR IT TO NOT WORK 2 DAYS LATER.THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.

• 11/17/2014· STEERING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

• 11/16/2017· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  VEHICLE ONCE A WHILE DOES NOT WANT TO START. STARTER IS CRANKING AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THEN YOU LET IT STAND FOR A WHILE AND VEHICLE STARTS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND DOES IT AGAIN. YESTERDAY IT STALL ON HIGHWAY IT WAS VERY UNSAFE AND AFTER FEW MINUTES RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD AND NO OBD CODES. LOT MORE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND GM DEALERS ARE NOT ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

• 11/16/2017· STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  FIRST THE POWER STEERING LIGHT KEEPS ILLUMINATING AND THE THEN SERVICE ESC IS NOW ON AND IT SHUT OFF. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT WASN'T FIXED IN THE 2014 RECALL. ALSO THE SERVICE ESC AND BRAKE LIGHTS SOMETIME ILLUMINATE AND THEN GO OFF. NOW IT'S JUST ON ALL THE TIME AND HAS SHUT OFF MY ESC. IT IS LIT WHEN DRIVING AND IN PARK.

• 11/13/2019· STEERING

  WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT TO TURN LEFT,THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, LET OF GAS AND COULD NOT TURN WHEEL OF VEHICLE AS USUAL. DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, AND CAR GAVE A POWER STEERING FAILURE ERROR MESSAGE. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE USE EXTREME OF FORCE. ONCE I FORCED THE CAR TO MAKE A WIDE LEFT AND HAD MANEUVERED THE CAR TO A SAFE LOCATION, I THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND WARNING WAS GONE AND STEERING REGAINED NORMAL FUNCTION.

• 11/13/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES

  I HAVE A 2010 PONTIAC G6 AND SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I'VE HAD IT INTO GM SERVICE CENTERS SEVERAL TIMES TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH MY BRAKE LIGHT LAMPS NOT WORKING. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE LAMPS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE, AND WHEN NOT PRESSING THE PEDAL AND DRIVING THE LAMPS WOULD OCCASIONALLY ILLUMINATE. ADDITIONALLY, THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT AND SERVICE ESC LIGHT WOULD COME AS WELL AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. THIS PROBLEM WAS "FIXED" AT LEAST 4 OR 5 SEPARATE TIMES (AND WOULD ALWAYS RETURN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER) BEFORE LAST YEAR WHEN IT THEN WAS "FIXED" AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2014 AS AN OFFICIAL GM SAFETY RECALL (GM RECALL 13036). APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKS AGO, JUST OVER 12 MONTHS LATER, THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS BEGAN HAPPENING TO MY CAR AGAIN! WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL, ALONG WITH THE OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN MY RECALL LETTER (SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ESC, ETC). I TOOK IT BACK TO GM SERVICE CENTER AND THEY ARE CLAIMING NOW THAT RECALL REPAIRS ARE ONLY DONE ONCE, AND SINCE THEY CAN'T BE SURE THAT THE ROOT CAUSE IS THE SAME, THAT I NOW HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET ($1200) TO HAVE THIS ISSUE CORRECTED. THEY TRIED TO RE-DO THE RECALL REPAIR AS IT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE LETTER, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT CORRECTED. AT THAT POINT, GM TECHNICAL SUPPORT ADVISED THEM THAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO REPLACE ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME AND SAID THAT NOT ONLY WOULD I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS, BUT ALSO THAT IT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THEY THEN SAID MY OTHER OPTION WAS TO DRIVE IT HOME AS IS, WITHOUT FUNCTIONING BREAK LAMPS. IF THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME (I.E. BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK) AS BEFORE WHEN THE NHTSA DETERMINED THIS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE, WHY IS GM NOW UNWILLING TO FIX MY VEHICLE?

• 11/11/2013· AIR BAGS

  THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT AND WARNING SCRIPT COME ON AND OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES. DEALER WILL ONLY LOOK AT IF WE PAY FOR IT. THEY SAY AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK WHEN THIS LIGHT IS ON. IT IS CAUSED BY A LOOSE OR BROKEN WIRE UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. I HAVE FIXED IT MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT A PERMANENT OUT COME. WE FEEL DEALER SHOULD FIX THIS SAFETY DEFECT WITHOUT CHARGE. *TR

• 11/08/2019· STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE, ABS, AND SEVERAL OTHER UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. ADDITIONALLY, THE TACHOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT GEARS ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

• 11/08/2018· STEERING

  I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6 THAT WITHIN THE LAST WEEK INCURRED A POWER STEERING FAILURE. WHILE MAKING A TURN OR A CURVE THE STEERING LOCKS UP. . RECALL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ON MARCH 2014 THE NHTSA REQUIRED GM TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IT ONLY COVERED THE G6 MODELS UP TO THE YEAR 2009. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE "PROBLEM" WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STEERING PROBLEM FOR EARLIER MODELS.

• 11/03/2015· STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A RECALL I RECEIVED REGARDING THE POWER STEERING STATED POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND LAST, STEERING SHAKING TERRIBLY GM SERVICE HAD THE CAR AND TOLD ME I NEED TO PAY OVER $300 TO FIX THE BATTERY CABLES BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. SO IT BECAME MY PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE RECALL ISSUE. RIDICULOUS THEY LET ME TAKE THE CAR AS IS. I AM APPALLED AT THIS POINT. MY VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING MANY TIMES AND IS VERY UNSAFE BUT UNTIL I DO SOMETHING GM WONT DO ANYTHING.

• 10/31/2014· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATE 15 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

• 10/29/2018· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY, IN THE REVERSE POSITION, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVE POSITION BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD INTO A NEARBY DRIVE-WAY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE FRACTURED. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO TEMPORARILY REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BR DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. COURTESY OF VERMILION (1201 US-167, ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA 70510, (337) 347-8983) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN) WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ON THE VEHICLE IN 2015. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

• 10/28/2019· STEERING

  WHEN DRIVING FEELS LIKE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT AND UNABLE TO STEER CORRECTLY.

• 10/23/2020· STEERING

  MIDWAY INTO A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE DRIFTING INTO ADJACENT LANE UNTIL DRIVER REGAINED CONTROL. THIS WAS A LOW-SPEED EVENT WITH NO COLLISION INVOLVED AS TRAFFIC IN ON-COMING LANE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME. THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RE-STARTED. PRESUMABLY THIS EVENT IS LIKELY TO RE-OCCUR UNTIL DEFECTIVE PARTS ARE REPLACED.

• 10/18/2019· STEERING

  WHEN DRIVING POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF

• 10/17/2016· STEERING

  I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN A MOUNTAIN WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND ITS ALSO SAYING SERVICE ENC AND ALSO THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON, THE STEERING WAS REAL HARD FOR ME TO CONTROL GOING AROUND THE CURVES, AS SOON AS I GOT DOWN I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, TURNED OFF MY ENGINE, TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS WHERE OFF, AS SOON AS I STARTED DRIVING IT SEEMED LIKE MY STEERING ON MY LEFT HAND SIDE WOULD START TO GET ROUGH AND THEN THE LIGHTS WOULD POP BACK ON AND I WOULD HAVE TROUBLE STEERING, I LIVE ON SOME PRETTY WINDING ROADS AND A COUPLE OF THE TURNS I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA END UP ON THE SIDE, BUT I JUST COULD NOT KEEP STOPPING AND STARTING IT UP ALL THE TIME CAUSE IT WAS DARK AND NOT TO MUCH PLACES TO PULL OVER. *TR

• 10/13/2016· STEERING

  WHEN I START THE CAR, I GET A POWER STEERING FAILURE AND CANNOT MOVE THE SHEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF TO GET IT WORKING AND HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TIMES. TODAY THE CAR WAS ON AND WAS GOING TO PARK MY CAR, MOVING SLOWLY AND THE POWER STEERING CUT OFF. I HAD TO RESTART MY VEHICLE TO GET THE POWER STEERING TO WORK AGAIN. THE SIGNAL FOR A POWER STEERING POWER COMES UP ON THE DASH BOARD. WHY WAS THERE A RECALL OF THIS UNTIL 2009. WHEN MANY 2010 G6 ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM SCARED IF THIS HAPPENS AT A HIGH SPEED.

• 10/13/2014· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTIONS EASILY BECOME CORRODED AND BURNS OUT THE CONNECTION AND THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WILL NOT WORK. *TR