2006 Pontiac G6 Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2006 Pontiac G6. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Midas. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure and was advised to take the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was then towed to an undisclosed dealer and the contact was informed that the engine failed due to the timing belt and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL DINGING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND RESTARTED ON ITS OWN. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ALL THE OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AROUND A SHARP TURN MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RADIO DISPLAY READ 'ENGINE POWER REDUCED' CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REDUCE SPEED DRASTICALLY AND AN ACCIDENT NARROWLY ESCAPED. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FAULTY PART OR NOT THAT MY LIFE SHOULD BE ENDANGERED OR BUT AT RISK BY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT OR WHATEVER THE CAUSE. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO, BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

LETTER FROM SENATOR GILLIBRAND ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2006 PONTIAC G6 CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER STATED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING HARD. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE EXHAUST CAM SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, A MONTH LATER THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING THE ISSUE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING OIL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL FILTER HOUSING ADAPTOR SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PAN, WATER PUMP AND THE CROSS OVER PIPE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

DRIVING 35 MPH, ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, "ENGINE POWER REDUCED", SLOWED SPEED AND RETURNED HOME. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT VEHICAL WOULD NOT START AFTER BEING SHUT OFF WAITED 1/2 HOUR AND STARTED NORMALLY. SECOND INCIDENT DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND LOST ALL POWER TO VEHICLE, CAR SHUT OFF LET IT SIT 10 MIN STARTED NORMAL THIRD INCIDENT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 65 MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO VEHICLE, CAR SHUT OFF, LET SIT 10 MIN STARTED NORMAL HAD A RECALL (#13036)DONE ON CAR IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AND THEN STARTED TO HAVE THESE ISSUES- CAN NOT GET BACK INTO THE PONTIAC DEALER IN MY AREA FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS! SEEMS STRANGE TO ME,WE HAD NO ISSUES TILL WE TOOK IT IN FOR THIS RECALL! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

I HAVE A PONTIAC G6 2006, I WAS DRIVING AT OR AROUND 25 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, WHEN I CAME TO A STOP I TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. BEFORE IT SHUT OFF I HEARD SOME SORT OF SCREECHING SOUND. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. I BOUGHT IT PREOWNED WITH 63,000 MILES. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINE WOULD DIE AFTER 73,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN IGNITION BROKE AND THEN THE ENGINE LOCKED. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS IN THE RECALL. OR SHOULD I GET A LAWYER? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE HIGHWAY THE IGNITION BROKE SO ENGINE LOCKED UP. WHO WANTS TO PAY $6,000.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE ON A 2006 CAR? THANK GOD I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. CAR IS A LOSS AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DECREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

I WENT TO START MY CAR N IT HESITATED AS IF IT WOULD NOT KICK OVER... I RETRIED SEVERAL TIMES N IT SEEMED TO REV IT'S ENGINE HARDER THAN NORMAL. AFTER FEW ATTEMPTS IT KICKED OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL DAYS SINCE. I HAVE HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE, BATTERY CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES N NOTHING SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED WRONG! FRUSTRATING.... TO SAY THE LEAST! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT CROSSOVER PIPE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH AFTER ENGAGING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO CHIME AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY CURRENT RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

KNOCKING LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR, MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT AND BACK MOTOR MOUNT BROKEN ALONG WITH THE BOLTS ALSO BROKEN. REPAIRED COST $474.10. FRONT OF BODY NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY THERE IS A GAP WITHIN THE HOOD AND THE CAR BODY DON'T KNOW WHETHER WAS CAUSED BY THE MOTOR SHIFTING AROUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,808.

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN EXCESSIVE CRANK AND WOULD SPORADICALLY FAIL TO START. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE TEST DID NOT DETERMINE ANY DEFECTS WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FAULTY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. KMJ