There are 50 owner-reported brakes complaints for the 2006 Pontiac G6in NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
My brake light switch keeps going out which makes it to where my brake lights are on until i press on the brakes then the brake light goes off. i have a 06 G6. i have had it replaced two times and it went out again. has anyone had this problem and what can i do to make sure it doesnt keep going out. my mechanic says its the way it is designed but this has happened 3 times in three months!
I HAVE HAD HIS PROBLEM LOOKED AT A FIXED EVERY SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. THE BRAKE LIGHTS BLINK OFF AND ON WHEN YOU GO TO BRAKE YOU HAVE NO LIGHTS AT ALL. THE WHOLE TIME YOUR DRIVING THEY BLINK OFF AND ON. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE . SEMI KEPT HONKING AND POINTING TO THE BACK LOOKED OUT REAR VIEW MIRROR AND BOULDER SEE THEM FLASHING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (DENOOYER CHEVROLET IN KALAMAZOO, MI) WHO STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN RECALL WAS CLOSED. ANOTHER DEALER WAS CONTACTED (COLE GILMORE GMC IN KALAMAZOO, MI) AND ASLO STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS CLOSED AND THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKES SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE LANDED IN A DITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 193,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SPUN TWICE INTO ANOTHER LANE AND LANDED IN A DITCH. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,000.
BRAKES LIGHTS WORK IN REVERSE. WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED AND WHEN I PUT THE BRAKES ON THE LIGHTS GO DIM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS CAR 2ND HAND AND WAS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
SMELL OF FUEL AND SEE FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK. BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING.
WHILE COMING TO A QUICK STOP TO AVOID A VEHICLE WHICH RAN A RED LIGHT,MY CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT END. I PROCEEDED A COUPLE OF MILES AND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE MY TURN THE FRONT STARTED VIBRATING AND SHAKING AGAIN. I HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED BY MY LOCAL GMC DEALER. TO MY SURPRISE THEY FOUND THE BRAKES WERE WELL IN RANGE OF SPECS. I LEFT THINKING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE NEXT DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN I REACHED 50 MPH IT STARTED SHAKING AGAIN. SEEMS EVERY TIME I HAD APPLIED MY BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY THE FRONT OF THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE. I AGAIN HAD THE TECH GUY LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME THEY FOUND THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE INTERNAL WAS READING FAULT.
COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND I WAS TRYING TO STOP AND MY BRAKES WENT. *TR
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
I PULLED IN KROGERS PARKING LOT AND MY BRAKES WENT OUT THEN CAME BACK ON. I WENT INTO THE STORE CAME BACK NOW MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON AND MY CAR WON'T START. *TR
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL #13036 AND REPAIR REIMBURSEMENT.* LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR THE NO CHARGE PROVISION. *JB
THE BRAKE LIGHTS WON'T COME UP WHEN YOU PRESS THEM DOWN AND THEN COME ON WHEN YOU'RE MOVING. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH A MOTORCYCLE BEHIND US. *TR
THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY LIT WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THEY TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. *TR
BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND SHUT OFF WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. *TR
BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN BRAKES ARE NOT PRESSED AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED. *TR
I AM EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY STAYING ON WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT ISN'T PRESSED AND THEN TURNING OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. MY CRUISE CONTROL WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING AND IT WILL TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE IT WILL WORK AGAIN. I AM ALSO HAVING AN ISSUE GETTING OUT OF PARK SOMETIMES. IT SEEMS I HAVE TO PRESS DOWN INCREDIBLY HARD ON THE BREAK PEDAL TO SHIFT IT INTO GEAR. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THESE PROBLEMS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CAUSE COULD BE. I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK LONG BECAUSE I WAS FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH SIMILAR IF NOT IDENTICAL CARS. I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2005 AND 2006 G6'S BUT OF COURSE MY VIN WASN'T COVERED. IN FACT, I TALKED TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FROM GM AND SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THERE WERE RECALLS OF THE 2005 2006 G6'S FOR THIS PROBLEM AND VERBATIM I RECEIVED "NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE". I JUST FINISHED TALKING WITH THAT GM REP LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AGO. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP WORKING FOR GM HASN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS RECALL? I'M FRUSTRATED BY THE RUNAROUND I GOT WITH THE GM REPS AND IN THE END I STILL HAVE TO TAKE IT IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO OTHER VIN'S. *TR
I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 35K MILES ON IT IN SEPTEMBER 2013. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS TWICE AND NEEDING IT DONE AGAIN NOW. AND THE CAR ONLY HAVE 71K MILES ON IT NOW. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THE CAR FOR BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR
MY 2006 PONTIAC G6 HAS PROVEN ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM. PERIODICALLY, BUT OFTEN, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHILE I'M DRIVING WITHOUT ME PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHENEVER I ACTUALLY PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE LIGHTS GO OFF! OTHER VEHICLES HAVE NEARLY RUN INTO THE BACK OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE SENSOR REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND RESEARCH HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES OF THIS PLAGUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN THE PEDAL IS NOT BEING DEPRESSED. *TR
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