2006 Pontiac G6 Suspension Problems

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES IN A CERTAIN PATTERN WHEN ABOVE 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. ALL 4 STRUTS ARE NEW, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, SWAY BAR LINKS, CONTROL ARMS BOTH UPPER AND LOWER, ALL BRAKE ROTORS ARE NEW. CANNOT GET THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY ANYONE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF (CODE GIVEN IS FOR RUNNING LEAN) BUT NO MECHANIC OR DEALERSHIP HAVE FOUND WHY IT'S HAPPENING. ONE DEALERSHIP EVEN TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE CARS ECU. SO THEY TOLD ME TO VERIFY IF MY CAR HAD ANY RECALLS. PLEASE, ANY HELP ABOUT THIS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A MONTH NOW (TODAY'S DATE 5/9/19)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FAILURES THAT RANDOMLY PROGRESSED UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE SELLER. DUE TO THE VARIOUS FAILURES, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO PASS STATE INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT A PERMANENT REMEDY COULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO PREVENT THE FAILURES. THE VARIOUS MECHANICS REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, SPARK PLUGS, AIR FLOW SENSOR, AND BATTERY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, AND FAILED TO START AND RESTART ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER COMPUTER AND THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I ASSUME ARE THE CAUSE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEMS. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS HAS STAYED OFF, REGARDLESS OF PASSENGERS BEING PRESENT SINCE 2014, I BELIEVE. USING THE KEY DOES NOT CHANGE THE AIR BAG STATUS. ALSO THIS MAY BE PART OF THE ELECTRICAL AREA, BUT AT AROUND THE SAME TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN I REALIZED BOTH THINGS. ALSO I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRACTION CONTROL COMING ON OUT OF NO WHERE, AND INSTEAD OF THE ENGINE SPEED BEING REDUCED, THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. SOMETIMES IT WILL LIKE RESET AFTER I PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR OVER 10 MINUTES, BUT IT WILL COME BACK ON REPEATEDLY. I HAVE TO PULL OVER WAIT RESTART, PULL OVER WAIT RESTART SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN A USUAL 20 MINUTE DRIVE AT TIMES. ALSO I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR COMPRESSOR STAYING ENGAGED. MY CAR KIND OF BOGS DOWN WHEN THE COMPRESSOR DOES KICK IN, AND IT REPEATEDLY KICKS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING ANY DISTANCE AT ALL. ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER CONSTANTLY. THE MESSAGE CENTER ON THE RADIO CONSTANTLY SAYS THAT I HAVE LOW COOLANT, BUT THAT IS AN ERROR MESSAGE. IN THE SUSPENSION AREA MY WHOLE FRONT END(STRUTS, BALL BEARINGS, ETC) SEEM TO BE BAD. WHEN I DRIVE OVER A SMALL BUMP THE WHOLE CAR SHUTTERS AND PULLS WILDLY TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. IT FEELS LIKE MY TIRES HIT INTO THE RIM ITSELF OVER SPEED BUMPS WHEN I AM DRIVING MERELY 10 MILES PER HOUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE CONTACT HAD TO DECREASE THE VEHICLE'S SPEED IN ORDER FOR THE SHAKING TO CEASE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CONTROL ARMS WERE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

I HAVE A 2006 PONITAC G6 4 DOOR SEDAN. THE CAR HAS 45,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AT 44,024 MILES I HAD TO HAVE A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. NOW AT 45,500 MILES I DISCOVER THAT SINCE THE FULL ALIGNMENT BOTH OF THE SWAY BAR LINKS HAVE GONE BAD. THE CAR WAS MAKING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND THE CAR SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH CORNERS OR IN A STRONG SIDE WIND. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 32,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND AT 34,000 MILES WHILE ON VACATION I HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS ALONG WITH THE FRONT BRAKES WITH A TOTAL BILL BY THE CHEVY DEALER OVER $600.00. I ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE CARS THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING GETTING HARD TO TURN AND THEN GOES BACK TO NORMAL. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER ABOUT MY CONCERNS AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT MY PROBLEMS WERE THE RESULTS OF THE BAD ROADS WERE I LIVE. IT SEEMS STRANGE TO ME THAT MY 1993 CORVETTE WITH 110,000 MILES ON THE SAME ROADS AS MY PONTIAC DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION. *TR

2006 PONTIAC G6, CAR STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE WHEN DRIVING AND BRAKING AT AROUND 60,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE ALSO MADE A CLUNK NOISE WHEN STEERING WHEEL TURNED AT LOW SPEEDS, WENT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE OUTER TIE RODS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHAKE AND THUMP. NOW THE MECHANIC IS TELLING ME THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARM, BUSHINGS ETC. MY WHOLE FRONT SUSPENSION IS HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS. MY CAR VEERED OFF TO THE NEXT LANE ON ITS OWN. LOTS OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. ITS IN THE SHOP NOW, ALSO NEEDING THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED. PLEASE RECALL THIS. MY FAMILY WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR BE HIT. THANKS. *TR

THOUGHT LOST WEIGHT OFF TIRE BECAUSE CAR STARTED SHIMMY AND DRIVING FUNNY, TOOK TO SHOP TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED, GUY SAID HAD WIRES SHOWING ON FRONT TWO TIRES AND CAR WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BOUGHT IT WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT NOW. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP TO FIND WHAT CAUSED ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, FOUND OUT TODAY THAT LOWER BALL JOINT IS BAD AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU CANT REPLACE JUST LOWER BALL JOINT, MUST REPLACE WHOLE A ARM AND NOW TIRES, WHICH WERE FINE WHEN I HAD OIL CHANGED LAST TIME. THIS SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH A CAR WITH SO LITTLE MILES AND LITTLE WEAR AND TEAR, THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THERE HAS TO BE A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE. *TR

INCIDENT OF CARRIAGE PARTS ON 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT...BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS ALONG WITH REAR PARTS BELIEVED TO BE UNDER SPEC...MEANING THAT THEY ARE TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EVERYDAY ROAD ABUSE....PARTS WORE OUT AT ROUGHLY 45K...THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COMPLAINTS I SEE ABOUT THE FRONT END PARTS ON THIS CAR... *TR

ALL FOUR BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 22,000 MILES DUE TO PRE-MATURE WEAR AND SUB-STANDARD ORIGINAL PARTS. DEALERSHIP WANTED OUTRAGEOUS PRICES TO REPLACE WITH THE SAME CRAP PARTS. ALSO SUGGESTED REPLACING A FAILED BALL JOINT AND STRUT WHICH WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. OFFERED MINIMAL ASSISTANCE FROM GM, SO WENT TO MR. TIRE WHICH WAS MUCH BETTER AND CHEAPER. THIS CAR IS JUST MADE POORLY. *TR

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT MY 06 PONTIAC G6 NEEDS A NEW LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE WHEEL COULD FALL OFF. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT ONLY 52,000 MILES. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD OTHER THINGS WRONG, WHEN IN RETURN THOSE PARTS WERE FINE AND THE WHOLE CONTROL ARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AFTER READING THROUGH SOME COMPLAINTS I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THE G6 STARTING BACK FROM 2005. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION ISSUES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE STRUT. WITH THESE PARTS FAILING, THEY ALSO RUIN THE TIRES. THIS CAUSES FOR ME TO HAVE TO REPLACE BRAND NEW TIRES AS WELL. INTERIOR LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN DOORS ARE OPENED. PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT FULLY RELEASE CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE BRAKE PAD OF THE REAR BRAKES. *TT

AFTER LEAVING A STOP SIGN THE DRIVER'S FRONT UPPER,LOWER CONTROL ARMS, CV JOINT, BALL JOINT AND UPPER STRUT MOUNT COMPLETELY BROKE AWAY FROM THE CAR CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND STRIKE A PARKED CAR. WITNESSES INCLUDING THE POLICE OFFICER WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT SAY THE CAR JUST ABRUPTLY WENT LEFT AT APPROX 15 MPH ON DRY LEVEL, SMOOTH PAVEMENT. LUCKILY THE CAR WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED OR MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OF KILLED. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM #1 COCHRAN OF ROBINSON AND FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT I HAD SQUEALING COMING FROM THE FRONT END. UPON HAVE THE TIRES AND BRAKES CHECKED NOTHING COULD BE FOUND TO BE WRONG. I JUST HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT THE TIE RODS WERE BOTH COMPLETELY WORN OUT. THIS IS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS NOW COST ME WELL OVER $1,100 TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

AT FIRST THE CAR STARTED MAKING THIS LOUD NOISE. THE NOISE IS CONSTANT ONCE YOU GET UP PAST 20 MPH OR ACCELERATE. THE CAR ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE A MOTORCYCLE OR SOMETHING. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY. TO BAD THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED; NOR IS IT COVERED UNDER THE DRIVE TRAIN EXT. THIS PROBLEM EXIST EVERY TIME WE TAKE A DRIVE ( OVER A WEEK). THIS PART IS ON BACK ORDER THROUGHOUT THE PARTS WAREHOUSES IN THE U.S. (OVER 900 AND SOMETHING ODD BACKORDERS). I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FACTORY ISSUE AND NOT A CASE-BY-CASE. *TR

STARTING AT APPROX. 25K MILES THE FRONT PASSENGER STRUT WAS REPLACED, 10K MILES LATER THE STRUT AND STRUT MOUNT WERE REPLACED PASSENGER AND DRIVER, ROUGHLY 10K MORE MILES AND THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS REPLACED. AT 55K MILES THE STRUT IS AGAIN BAD AND NOW THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL BEARINGS ARE BAD AND WHINING VERY LOUDLY AS YOU INCREASE SPEED AND THEN DECREASE AS THE SPEED DECREASES TO A STOP. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. MY DEALERSHIP HAS REMARKED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS CANNOT BE RESOLVED LONG-TERM. I HAVE ENTERED THE ROUGH ORIGINAL DATE OF ISSUE WHICH BEGAN THE FIRST YEAR THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR. *TR

SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE 2006 G6 THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2005. WE HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED, I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE, THE PASSING GEAR ON THE CAR DOES NOT KICK IN. WE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER A 2ND TIME ON 04/23/2007 BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR OVER THE WEEKEND THE CAR DIDN'T KICK INTO THE PASSING GEAR AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND WHEN IT DID THE CAR DROPPED DOWN TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND JERKED AND FINALLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER IT WENT BACK TO A NORMAL SPEED BUT STILL WOULD ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. TOOK IT TO THE DEAL WHO FINALLY GOT IT TO DO AS WE DESCRIBED BUT NOT HAS BAD, ON THE NEXT DAY THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE SO WE WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US SINCE IT WASN'T FLASHING ANY CODES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT FEELS AS IF THE POWER OF THE CAR IS DROPPING WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AND I AM AFRAID TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL NOT GO AND THEY WILL BE INJURED. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DEALER KNOWING THAT IT HAD AN ISSUE TURNED AROUND AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT CODES TELLING THEM THERE WAS A PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DROVE THE CAR AND REALIZED THAT THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD A BLOCKAGE THAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS STALLING OR THE POWER WAS DROPPING. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE AC MODULE REPLACED. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS A SAFE CARE FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *JB

MY VEHICLE SQUEAKS WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS, EVEN REALLY SMALL ONES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 10 TIMES. MY SHOCKS WERE REPLACED, BUT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, IT WAS DOING IT AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW. MY BATTERY DIED IN MY CAR AND IT CAUSED MY CD PLAYER NOT TO WORK. WHEN MY BATTERY WAS RECHARGED AND CAR RUNNING AGAIN, THE CD PLAYER WOULD NOT WORK. THE RADIO DOES, BUT NOT THE CD PLAYER. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A BRIDGE AND CAME TO A STOP. THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE RIGHT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 09/12/06. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THE BEARING & HUB ASSEMBLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 2006 PONTIAC GC FAILED AT 14, 295 MILES. AFTER HEARING A LOUD, ROARING NOISE THE DEALER REPLACED THE BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AT 32,485 BOTH ROTOR ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ROARING NOISE AGAIN AT 43, 010 MILES AND BOTH FRONT STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT 43, 022 MILES, THE CONTACT HEARD A ROARING NOISE AND THE DEALER STATED THE HUB FAILED AND REPLACED THE FRONT HUB & BEARINGS. ON 1/16/07, THE CONTACT STATED THE HUB ON THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000. THE CONTACT STATED HE CONTINUES TO HEAR LOUD ROARING NOISES ON THE VEHICLE. *AK