2008 Pontiac G6 Engine Problems

GEAR SHIFTER MOVES BUT CAR ROLLS AS ITS IN NEUTRAL NO MATTER WHAT WHEN I WENT TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK IT STILL ROLLED FORWARD, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT STILL ROLLED FOWARD. ITS AS IF THE GEAR SHIFTER ISN'T PUTTING IT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. NOW I HAVE TURNED MY CAR OFF AND IT WON'T RESTART BECAUSE IT DOESN'T THINK ITS IN PARK? WHAT COULD THIS BE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO BRUCE LOWRIE CHEVROLET (711 SW LOOP 820, FORT WORTH, TX 76134, (817) 293-5811) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO COST. THE VEHICLE ALSO FAILED STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FOR 2 YRS I HAVE HAD TEMP GAUGE PROBLEMS AND A READING THAT SAYS CK RSE. EVERY TIME THIS CK RSE SHOWS UP THE TEMP GAUGE DROPS I EXPLAINED THIS TO THE DEALR ON SEVERAL OCCAISIONS THEY ASSURED ME THAT CK RSE MEANS CK REAR SEAT ENTERTAINMENT CENTER I DON"T HAVE REAR SEAT ENTERTAINMENT CENTER I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AFTER BEING SERVICED CK RSE STILL POPS UP ON RADIO CENTER AND I STILL HAVE TEMP GAUGE AND AIR PROBLEMS AND THE BODY OF MY CAR SEEMS TO LEAK WATER AROUN DOORS AND BUMPERS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH THEN MY VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING EVEN AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT GO FASTER. IT WOULD SLOW DOWN ABOUT 5MPH AND THEN ACCELERATE MAYBE 3MPH. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION IS HAS THIS HAPPEN TOO ANYONE ELSE? IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED 1 TIME. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. *JS THANK YOU, [XXX] [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

MY PONTIAC G6 2008 STARTED HAVING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. WHEN GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET UP TO THE 55-65MPH SPEED. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON PONTIAC G6 FORUMS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM SO EARLY ON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT AS PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FLYING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN GETTING BEHIND A CAR THAT IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET UP THE MATCHING SPEED, YOU ARE ASKING FOR AN ACCIDENT. I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE HONKING THEIR HORN AT ME. THIS CAR HAS SERIOUS ISSUES OUTSIDE OF THE STEERING PROBLEM REPORTED. BETWEEN CONSTANT WATER LEAKS, ACTUATORS FAILING TOO EARLY ON, SPEAKERS BLOWING OUT WHEN HARDLY USED, AND NOW THIS ENGINE ISSUE, I WILL NEVER GET A GM CAR EVER AGAIN. FOR A CAR THAT ONLY HAS 60K ON IT, THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THIS IS STUFF A 100K+ MILE CAR SHOULD HAVE. POORLY DESIGNED CAR THAT EVERY PONTIAC G6 OWNER IS AWARE OF, AND NOW THE US GOVERNMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED A TROUBLE CODE RELATED TO THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,350.

ROUGH ENGINE IDLE, MISFIRE (DTC P0300) OR NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ( NHTSA ITEM NUMBER - 10024543 ). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. IN ADDITION, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN) WAS ISSUED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,304.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE NOTICED AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO ALL INFORMED HER THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THIS VEHICLE HAS MANY PROBLEMS STARTING WITH THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IS MALFUNCTIONING, BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME, WATER PUMP WENT OUT IN 2012, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER STICKS IN PARK, THE CAR HAS SHUT DOWN ON THE STREET WHILE DRIVING AND THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGE APPEARS, THE TWO REAR PASSENGER AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, THE TRUNK BUTTON IS INOPERABLE. I AM FED UP WITH ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC ISSUES AND HAVE TRIED TO HAVE THEM RESOLVED AT THE DEALERSHIP PAID TO HAVE THEM FIXED AND IT HAS RETURNED. THE ROOF OF THE CAR IS SHOWING RUST AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS CLUNKING WHICH WAS FIXED UNDERWARRANTY. *TR

MY PROBLEMS STARTED WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH FAILED AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WHICH I LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS UP TO 100,000 MILES. NEXT MY AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND NOW MY TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON AND MY ENGINE POWERS DOWN AND I SLOW DOWN AT A RAPID RATE. YESTERDAY I WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH AND GET HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND NOW IT WILL NOT START. *TR

INTERMITTENT STALLING OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST THE STALLING TOOK PLACE ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS AND ONLY AS THE SPEED WAS DECREASING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER TO EXPLAIN THE STALLING AND WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE IT. OVER THE LAST 9 MONTHS THE STALLING HAS INCREASED. THE CAR STALLS EVERY FEW DAYS, AND AT TIMES STALLS WHILE ACCELERATING. AFTER THE CAR STALLS, IT IMMEDIATELY STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. *TR

2008 PONTIAC G6 2.2L 4-CYL. CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY-2008 SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I TOOK A NEW JOB THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LENGTHY COMMUTE UNTIL THE WIFE AND I COULD RELOCATE CLOSER TO MY JOB. I HAVE DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 176 MILES ROUND TRIP DAILY BETWEEN JULY-2008 AND JULY-2010. AT 90K MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP CAME ON. THE LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP INFORMED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THEY CONVERTER WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON 7/29/2010 AT A COST OF $787 - INCLUDING LABOR. 85% OF THE MILEAGE WAS INTERSTATE MILES, AND THE REMAINDER WAS INCURRED ON STATE HIGHWAY OR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. INTERSTATE DRIVING WAS THE TYPICAL 70-75 MPH, AND DID NOT ABUSE OR PUT MY FOOT INTO IT OTHERWISE. *TR

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES,TOOK TO DEALER,THEY PULLED A CRUISE CONTROL TC OUT OF COMPUTER. UNABLE TO MAKE IT REPEAT SO NOTHING DONE. *TR