2010 Pontiac G6 Complaint Log

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?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED. THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ENGAGE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. SHORTLY AFTER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD NOT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY SINCE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS RECEIVED. LOST POWER STEERING/VERY HARD TO STEER. TURNED CAR OFF RESTARTED THEN HAD NO ISSUES. THEN SEVERAL HOURS LATER HAD SAME ISSUE OCCURRED...TURNED CAR OFF/ON AND POWER STEERING RESTORED. THIS ISSUE KEEPS RE-OCCURRING WITH THIS 2010 G6, 2.4L V4 WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALER INDICATES NO OPEN RECALL FOR THIS 2010 MODEL DESPITE RECALLS FOR EARLIER YEAR G6 MODELS WITH THESE EXACT SYMPTOMS.

I WENT TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND THE DOOR HANDLE WOULDN'T LET ME OUT(DRIVERS SIDE). MY CAR SHOWS ITS UNLOCKED, YET IT WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. FINALLY, THE DOOR OPENED UP. BUT AGAIN, AFTER GROCERY SHOPPING, MY CAR FAILED TO LET ME IN!! I WAS STRANDED AT WALMART FOR A GOOD 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE DOOR DECIDED TO START WORKING AGAIN! THIS IS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION WITH GM CARS! I LOOKED UP MY PROBLEM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURING THING WITH GM. WHY ARE THEY NOT RECALLING THIS?! I DO NOT HAVE A KEY FOB, AND THE ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK MY CAR IS FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE, WHICH IS THE SIDE THAT WILL NOT OPEN! I HAVE TO KEEP MY DOORS UNLOCKED EVERY WHERE I GO AS OF NOW BC OF THIS STUPID MALFUNCTION PROBLEM! HOW EMBARRASSING TO BE 24 AND HAVE TO CLIMB OVER FROM YOUR PASSENGER SEAT TO DRIVE YOUR CAR. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY GM!

MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL OCCASIONALLY TURN ON WHEN MY FOOT ISN'T ON THE BRAKES WHETHR THE CAR IS MOVING OR NOT, AND THEN THEY TURN OFF WHEN I DO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD OR IF THE ABS ARE NEEDED. CRUISE CONTROL WILL SOMETIMES NOT ENGAGE AT ALL OR WILL SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING.

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO HAVE BODY WORK REPAIRED. AFTER PICKING UP FROM INSURANCE, I DROPPED IT OFF AT SEWELL GMC DALLAS TO TAKE CARE OF RECALLS. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING IS IN THE RECALL AND WILL BE FIXED. ONCE I WAS CALLED TO PICK UP, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. EVERY PONTIAC G6 HAS A RECALL ON LOSS OF POWER STEERING EXCEPT MINE. I HAD A WRECK BECAUSE OF SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. THE 2010 MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. SO MANY OTHER ISSUES TOO INCLUDING LOW BEAM HARNESS BURNING. MINE DOES THAT TOO...NO RECALL. MAINLY FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS TOLD POWER STEERING WAS COVERED ONLY TO FIND OUT NOT.

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A RECENT ISSUE I HAD WITH MY VEHICLE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ESC INDICATOR CAME ON AND LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL IN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT PERIODICALLY. IF THE CAR DID START AND NO LIGHT WOULD APPEAR, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. THE SHAKING WAS VERY VERY NOTICEABLE. WE HAD TAKEN IT INTO OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THE VEHICLE THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED FOR HIM THAT THE ESC LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THIS TIME HE EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING STEERING WHEEL. BEFORE HE WOULD TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT IT, HE LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET; HE FOUND THERE A RECALL FROM GM ON THE ESC SENSOR AND ASKED US TO TAKE IT TO OUR DEALER. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE WAS THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FIND THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. WE WERE TOLD OUR VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND SAME ISSUE IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE A BIGGER CONCERN OVER THE SAFELY OF US DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE IF THE STEERING WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABILITY TO BE IMPAIRED. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANY FURTHER. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EXITED MY VEHICLE TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AS MY CAR STARTED TO ROLL AWAY. I RAN TO CATCH THE CAR TRYING TO PREVENT MY CAR FROM RUNNING INTO ANOTHER CAR, PEDESTRIANS AND A NEARBY ITEMS. I WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. THE INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT THEY CONSISTED OF BRUISING, BACK INJURIES AND MY FOOT BEING RAN OVER. MY CAR ALSO HAS SCRAPES. IF THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THEN THE CABLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN THAT SOON OR AT ALL PUTTING THE CAR IS THAT STATE OF DANGER. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE, IF THEY REPAIRED THE RECALL CORRECTLY AND IT WAS A EFFICIENT METHOD THIS SHOULD NOT OF STILL HAPPEN. THE FIX THEY DID IS EITHER ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AND/ OR THE METHOD THEY ARE USING IS NOT EFFECTIVE. ALSO A POSSIBLY THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PARTS OF THE CABLE THAT ARE DEFECTED. GM WAS VERY INCOMPLIANT AND DID NOT CARE TO EXAMINE OR SEE THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER, BUT IF THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME IT COULD ALSO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH OTHERS STILL. I HAD TO PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED, BUT THIS DEFECT AND SOLUTION ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL NOT WORKING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BREAKAGE FOR ANY VEHICLE. ...UPDATED 03-23-15 *BF UPDATED 06/09/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 9/28/2017*CN

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO TURN RIGHT AT A LIGHT. FORCEFULLY TURNING THE WHEEL WITH GREAT EFFORT I MANAGED TO MAKE MY WAY INTO A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN THE STEERING WAS BACK AND I CONTINUED ON TO WORK RELUCTANTLY SINCE I AM UNSURE WHEN AND IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

HAD SAME ISSUE AS OTHER DAYS COMPLAINT. THIS TIME TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING DIDN'T HELP. TOOK CAR STRAIGHT TO SHOP. LEFT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER THEY CALLED SAID TORQUE SENSOR BAD SAME AS THE 09 RECALL ISSUE. IT'S GOING TO COST 517.00 DOLLARS TO FIX. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I NEED THE CAR TO GET TO AND FROM WORK SO WHAT DOES A PERSON DO BUT FIX AND HOPE IT'S MADE PART OF RECALL. I OWN 2 OTHER GM VEHICLES READY TO GET RID OF THEM BEFORE THEY START FALLING APART. *TR

HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES PAST TWO WEEKS. ISSUE TYPICALLY OCCURS AT STARTING OF CAR, ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY: A CHIME IS HEARD, THE DIC DISPLAYS POWER STEERING, THE ESC OFF INDICATOR COMES ON, AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING CAN RESET AND POWER STEERING WORKS. WHEN POWER STEERING IS WORKING, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHILE AT A STOP, CAN SOMETIMES BE FELT WHEN DRIVING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY SERVICE POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC. LOST STEERING VERY HARD TO STEER. TURNED CAR OFF RESTARTED THEN HAD NO ISSUES. THEN SEVERAL HOURS LATER HAD SAME ISSUE TURNED CAR OFF AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE POWER STEERING FAILED, EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN WHEEL, BROUGHT CAR TO STOP. DASH INDICATED "SERVICE ESC", AND "POWER STEERING". PULLED INTO PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF CAR, AND A SHORT TIME LATER, RESTARTED CAR, SEEMED TO WORK CORRECTLY, THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES OVER THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DAYS, BUT WOULD COME BACK AFTER CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. AFTER A WEEK OF THIS, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT WOULD NOT COME BACK AFTER CAR WAS RESET. UNABLE TO DRIVER CAR AT THIS TIME AS A RESULT. *TR

I WAS WAITING IN A DRIVE THRU LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR MADE A CHIMING NOISE AND FLASHED POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE. THIS HAPPENED 4 OTHER TIMES AFTER THAT, HAVING TO RE-START MY CAR TO GET POWER STEERING. THEN WHEN MY CAR IS COMES TO STOP THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND MAKES A TERRIBLE KNOCKING NOISE. VERY FRUSTRATING THAT MODELS 2006-2009 ARE RECALLED FOR EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2010??? GET WITH IT GM THIS IS A TERRIBLE HAZARD AND CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! *TR

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH AND THE STEERING JUST WHEN OFF AND WAS HARD TO STEER. CHECK POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC AND THE ESC OFF INDICATOR CAME ON (THE WARNING CAME AT THE SAME TIME, SO THAT WAS WORTHLESS) AND HAD TO RE-SET BY TURNING THE CAR OFF. IT HAPPENS AGAIN ON 2/23/2015. WHEN IT DID HAPPEN IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. I SEE WHERE GM HAS RECALLED UP TO THE YEAR 2009 BUT NOT BEYOND THAT. WHATS UP GM?? I HAVE BEEN A GM OWNER MOST OF MY LIFE, BUT IF GM DOES NOT OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IS BETWEEN $800.00 TO $1200.00 GM RECALL IT NOW BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR KILLED!!!!! *JS

DRIVING TO TOWN AND THE CAR STARTS TO"DING" AT ME. I LOOK DOWN AND IT SAYS "POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE ESC" AND THEN I NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO LONGER ANY POWER STEERING. *TR

IN THE BEGINNING MY CAR WOULD PULL TO ONE SIDE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE REALLY BAD. IT WOULD SHAKE DRIVING AND AT A STAND STILL. AFTER IT WOULD SHAKE THE POWER STEERING WOULD SHUT OFF. I COULD BE DRIVING OR AT A STAND STILL WHEN IT SHUTS OFF (IT DIDN'T MATTER). I START MY CAR NOW AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AS SOON AS I TURN THE KEY SAYING THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING. *TR

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT, JUST LIKE AS DESCRIBED IN THE LATEST RECALL OF GM'S, WHICH ADDED TO LAST YEARS MODELS. MY YEAR MAKE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL AS OF YET. I JUST GOT THIS ITEM REPAIRED AT A DEALER FOR OVER $500 DOLLARS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO RECALL MY 2010 FOR THE EXACT SAME STEERING ISSUE. I WILL DEMAND TO GET REIMBURSE FOR THE COST OF MY REPAIRS WHEN AND IF IT GETS RECALLED, I HOPE THERE'S MANY MORE CARS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM TO MAKE AN EXTENDED MASS RECALL, BEFORE FOR POTENTIAL OF MORE ACCIDENTS IS INEVITABLE. *TR

I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD GO TO START THE VEHICLE I WOULD GET SOME WARING LIGHTS SUCH AS "NO POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE ESC" OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT. THERE WOULD BE NO POWER STEERING WHEN I WOULD FIRST TURN ON THE CAR BUT IT I SHUT IT BACK OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT WOULD CLEAR OUT AND I WOULD HAVE POWER STEERING. SHORTLY AFTER THAT STARTED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE JERKING OR RAPID MOVEMENTS BACK AND FORTH BY ITSELF SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. EVENTUALLY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NEARLY CAUSED ME TO WRECK! I BEGAN A SEARCH TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY STEERING PROBLEMS WITH THE PONTIAC G6 REPORTED AND I FOUND THAT THERE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS BUT WHEN I CONTACTED GM AND THEY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE PONTIAC G6 2005-2006 AND 2008-2009 MODELS HAD BEEN RECALLED THAT MY 2010 HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR..... EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE EXACT SAME PART THAT FAILED (STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR) ON THE VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.....$503! *JS

TORQUE SENSOR IS OUTSIDE OF RANGE REGARDING POWER STEERING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY THE SERVICE LIGHTS STARTING GOING OFF SAYING POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC AND I NO LONGER HAS POWER STEERING. I'VE NOTICED THAT UPON STARTING THE CAR SOMETIMES I HAVE POWER STEERING AND SOMETIMES I DON'T. *TR

DEAR NHTSA; 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 NTSB WILL INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER ACCORDINGLY AND AMEND THE POWER STEERING RECALL TO INCLUDE 2010 MODELS. THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

DRIVING INTO WORK THE WARNING BELLS SOUNDED ON THE CAR. THE POWER STEERING WAS ILLUMINATED AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE ESC OFF AND ESC WARNING ALSO CAME IN. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 PONTIAC G6. A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING THRU TOWN AND STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. AS SOON AS I STOPPED THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE. THEN AS I PROCEED THRU THE LIGHT ALL POWER STEERING STOPPED AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED "POWER STEERING FAULT". IF I SHUT THE CAR OFF WITH THE WHEEL STRAIGHT AND RESTART, I WILL HAVE POWER STEERING FOR A FEW MILES. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID MY CAR IS NOT AFFECTED WITH THIS RECALL. WHY?!? ALL OTHER MODELS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WHEN I WOULD START MY CAR THE POWER STEERING, SERVICE ESC MESSAGES WOULD COME ON AND I WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING, HOWEVER RESTARTING MY CAR USUALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE NOTICED IT GETTING WORSE AND THERE IS NOW A SHAKE IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND NOW THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE I AM DRIVING. I WAS DOING 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY TODAY AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I HAVE LOOKED THIS UP AND ALL OTHER YEAR G6 HAVE A RECALL FROM THIS ISSUE BUT THE 2010 DOES NOT, AND IT SEEMS ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, THIS IS GOING TO COST ME AROUND 700 TO GET REPAIRED *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING AND ESC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED IN REAR RIGHT AREA. SEAT HAS A CRACK IN STEEL FRAME, CAUSING IT TO TILT IN AN AWKWARD DIRECTION, MAKING DIFFICULT TO DRIVE.

MY CARS POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT AND I'VE NOTICED A RECALL ON THE 09S AND EARLIER BUT NOT ON A 2010. I HAVE HAD ISSUES DRIVING WITH IT LIKE THAT. I LIVE IN NORTHERN IDAHO WHERE THE ROADS ARE ICY, SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WITH THE POWER STEERING OUT IT IS HARD TO CORRECT MY SLIDES AND ALMOST MAKES IT WORSE AND REALLY HARD TO CONTROL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE RECALL ISN'T ON THE 2010S YET. IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS. *TR

I NOTICED I HAD A LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT OUT AROUND CHRISTMAS BUT DIDN'T GET AROUND TO REPLACING IT UNTIL 1/19/15. ONCE IT WAS REPLACED, IT WAS AGAIN NOT WORKING WITHIN LESS THAN 24 HRS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. I RETURNED IT TO THE SHOP, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS AROUND THE NEW BULB HAD MELTED. I AM NOW AWAITING PARTS TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH GM CARS OF THAT YEAR, AND THAT THEY TEND TO KEEP BLOWING BULBS AND NEEDING HARNESS REPLACEMENTS. *TR

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

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

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.

I LOSE POWER STEERING FROM TIME TO TIME. I MAY HAVE IT WHEN I START THE CAR AND THEN LOSE IT GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I MAY NOT HAVE IT WHEN I START THE CAR AND THEN IT COMES BACK. *TR

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

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.

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.

THE STEERING IS MAKING A NOISE LIKE GEARS SLIPPING OVER RIDING ONE ANOTHER,AND CATCHES IN TURNS,THE POWER STEERING LIGHT IS ON,THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND YOU HAVE TO RUN IT TO A HIGH RPM TO SHIFT OUT FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER,AND IT SHIFTS HARD WHEN IT DOES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED AND POWERING OFF, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

WIRES BURNED OFF LIGHT SOCKETS. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. DOOR LOCK SOLENOID WENT BAD. DAUGHTER WAS UNABLE TO GET IN OR OUT OF DRIVERS DOOR. GETTING ABS WARNING LIGHT. GETTING PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE FRONT AND REAR LIGHTS FAILED TO SIGNAL. THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

POWER ADAPTER WENT OUT FIRST AND FUSES BLOW AND SPARK WHEN REPLACED, AUGUST 2014 RADIO AND CLOCK QUIT WORKING, BLINKERS FLASH BUT DO NOT DING WHEN ON, KEY IN IGNITION WITH DOOR OPEN DOES NOT DING, AND TODAY OCTOBER 3, 2014 THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYS ON. ARE THESE RECALL ITEMS OR FIRE HAZARDS THAT GM SHOULD REPLACE? *TR

WAS PARKED IN FRIENDS DRIVEWAY, EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. STARTED CAR AND DEPRESSED BRAKE AND RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE, THEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WHEN I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE CAR DIED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED.. ENGINE WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH, KEPT TRYING TO DIE, NO POWER STEERING, NO COOL AIR OR A/C.. SERVICE ESC MESSAGE ON DISPLAY AS WELL AS TRACTION CONTROL "OFF". CALLED ONSTAR FOR ONDEMAND DIAG. AND THEY SAID WAS MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TO SHUT OFF CAR AND THEN RESTART... DID THAT AND CAR RAN FINE.. FOR APPROX. A MONTH.. THEN HAPPENED AGAIN.. ON DEMAND DIAG COULD NOT GET A CODE.. NEITHER COULD DEALERSHIP. THIS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO.. @ 60,400 MILES (NOW OUT OF WARRANTY) TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 2 CODES.. ONE SAYING ELECTRONIC STABILIZER AND OTHER SAYING THERMOSTAT HAS WENT OUT. (1 CONSISTENT THING WITH ALL THIS .. MY THERMOSTAT GAUGE WOULD BE FLATLINED NO MATTER IF CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN RECENTLY OR NOT) UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT, JUST AS I WAS PULLING ONTO ROAD .THE "BUMPS"FROM THE TRANSITION CAUSED THE GAUGE TO START DISPLAYING AGAIN.. AND POWER STEERING, A/C AND COOL AIR RESUMED WORKING AS WELL... HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE EPISODES FOR ABOUT A MONTH.. UNTIL 9/2 WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR AND STARTED IT .. TEMP GAUGE NO WORK, NO A/C NO PWR STEERING.. REACHED DESTINATION AND CAR SAT APPROX 4 HRS.. THEN DROVE 4 MILES AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS REMAINED ON. CHECKED FLUIDS .. ALL FINE.. BUT DID NOTICE ENGINE FAN STAYING ENGAGED CONTINUALLY WHILE DRIVING AND FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER TURNING OFF CAR. *TR

I WAS GETTING READY TO DRIVE ONE MORNING. I STARTED UP MY CAR AND PUT IT ON DRIVE SO AS I STARTED DRIVING OUT THE PARKING LOT MY POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND ON THE DASH BOARD IT SAID "POWER STEERING UNSERVICEABLE". IT WAS HARD TO STEER SO I PUT IT ON PARK, POPPED THE HOOD OPEN AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THEN I REMEMBERED I HAVE A ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SO I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND ON AND EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THEN I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT RESET ITSELF AND THERE'S NOTHING TO DIAGNOSE. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS RECALLS FOR OTHER MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. I WAS BROWSING THE WEB, LOOKING AT ARTICLES AND WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR SAME YEAR WITH ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE AND NOT SAFE TO SELL IF EVER THE PROBLEM COMES BACK. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN EXCEPT FAULTY AIRBAGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 8/19/14*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING PRESSED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING PRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WOULD ERRONEOUSLY SHUT OFF WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED NO LESS THAN 100 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS. STARTED OFF IN MID APRIL WITH THE DASHBOARD ALERT BEEPS, AND WARNING DISPLAY THAT THE POWER STEER IS NOT SERVICEABLE, FOLLOWED BY A 2ND ALERT THE ESC IS OFF. ALONG WITH THE ALERTS. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, THE ERROR WAS CLEARED AND NORMAL STEERING CONTROL RESUMED.AND FROM MID APRIL 2014 UNTIL EARLY JUNE, THIS ERROR WAS VERY RANDOM AN OCCURRED ONLY A FEW TIME (LESS THAN 10) BUT SINCE EARLY JUNE, IT HAPPENS ALMOST CONSTANT. I NO SOONER STOP, TURN OFF THE CAR, THEN RESTART THE CAR WHICH SOMETIMES CLEARS THE ERROR AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T. I WAS JUST TOLD MINUTES AGO THAT MY CAR'S VIN WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, YET THE MODEL AND YEAR IS! ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHERS... I CAN'T DRIVE IT AS IS, AND CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED... WHY ISN'T AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM ADDRESSED BETTER THAN THIS? AND WHAT AM I TO DO? *TR

MY PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BULB WILL NOT WORK,CHANGED THE BULB AND IT BLEW WITHIN 3 DAYS REPLACED IT AND NOW IT WONT WORK, CHANGED THE FUSE AND IT STILL DIDNT FIX THE PROBLEM. *JS