2010 Pontiac G6 Electrical System Problems

BREAK LIGHTS WILL ELIMINATE ON ITS OWN AND WHEN I PUSH ON MY BREAKS THEY SHUT OFF AND MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND MY ESC LIGHT IS ON ALSO

WHILE IDELING MY CAR SOMETIMES DIES OUT BUT THEN CRANKS BACK UP. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ALL OF MY TRACTION LIGHTS ARE ON AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND PERFORMED A TUNE-UP, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP CALLED DRIVE NOW IN LEBANON TENNESSEE. ABOUT 2 MILES AFTER SIGNING AND TRADING MY VEHICLE FOR THIS ONE THE ESC, TC OFF, CHECK ENGINE, LOW TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LIGHTS ALL CAME ON ON THE DASH. I TOOK IT TO THEM 4 DIFFERENT TIMES NOW AND THEY STATED TO ME IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED IT!! A MONTH LATER IT ALL BEGAN AGAIN. IT STARTS WITH THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS TIME HOWEVER ONCE I REPLACED THE LIGHT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE I NOTICED IT HAD MELTED INSIDE THE WIRES. I DRIVE HOME AND SEEN THE CAR WAS SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AMD THE BATTERY CABLES WERE BLAZING WITH FIRE. LUCKILY I HAD A GALLON OF WATER THAT I PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY ARE NO LONGER LIABLE TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY THEIR PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. SO NOW I HAVE A CAR PAYMENT ON A CAR THAT CAUGHT FIRE OVER THEIR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. WHAT DO I DO TO GET THIS CORRECTLY FIXED

WHILE DRIVING SOMEONE INFORMED ME THAT MY BRAKELIGHTS STAY ON BUT WHEN I BRAKE THE BRAKELIGHTS GOES OUT. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED! THEY DO OPPOSITE OF THEY SUPPOSE TO DO. GM HAS ISSUE A BULLITIN ALERTING THIS COULD HAPPEN. WHY DO THEY NOT RECALL? THIS IS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

BRAKES LIGHT ARE ON WHEN DRIVING OR SITTING CAR RUNNING AND GO OFF WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED DOWN WEATHER DRIVING OR SITTING I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND I SEE ONLINE IT'S A VERY KNOW PROBLEM

MY BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE CAR. THEY STAY ON AS YOUR GOING DOWN THE ROAD AS IF YOUR RIDING YOUR BRAKES SO THEN YOUR CRUISE CONTROL WONT ENGAGE. THE TRACTION N ESCAPE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF. MY DASH LIGHTS WILL COME ON ONE MINUTE THEN GO BACK OUT.

SERVICE ESC KEEPS COMING ON AND NOBODY CAN SEEM TO FIND OUT WHY. ALSO DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS BLOWING. BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECALL BUT DEALERSHIP SAYS NO.

WAS DRIVING WHEN MY LIGHTS TURNED OFF ON ME HAD TO DRIVE TO TEXT OF THE WAY HOME WITH MY HIGH BEAMS I CHANGED THEM ABOUT 3 TIMES AND THEY KEEP GOING OUT

THERE WAS AN INITIAL RECALL DONE TO WHERE PONTIAC PUT A BANDAID ON THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE BANDAID WAS TO JUST REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT BULB. IF YOU DO RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ON THIS MAKE MODEL AND YEAR OF VEHICLE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS THE WIRING HARNESS AND CORROSION. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ISSUE BUT FOR SOME REASON NO ONE IS REPORTING IT BUT I AM DUE TO THE FACT THAT MINE HAS NOT JUST AFFECTED THE HEADLIGHTS BUT ALSO MY FUEL PUMP WHICH IT CAUSED IT TO SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE 68 WITH TRAFFIC COMING UP BEHIND ME. LUCKILY THEY REALIZE I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM AND WENT OUT AROUND ME BEFORE HITTING ME. I HAVE SINCE BEEN PULLED OVER 4 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS DUE TO THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT WHICH WAS WHAT THEY RECALL WAS FOR. IF YOU HIT THE LIGHT IT COMES ON. I'M AND TIRED OF THIS AND WANT THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED AND ACTUALLY FIXED. AGAIN I WAS PULLED OVER AND ISSUED A REPAIR ORDER FOR THE ISSUE THAT WAS A RECALL BY PONTIAC BUT WAS NEVER ACTUALLY FIXED.

VEHICLE ONCE A WHILE DOES NOT WANT TO START. STARTER IS CRANKING AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THEN YOU LET IT STAND FOR A WHILE AND VEHICLE STARTS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND DOES IT AGAIN. YESTERDAY IT STALL ON HIGHWAY IT WAS VERY UNSAFE AND AFTER FEW MINUTES RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD AND NO OBD CODES. LOT MORE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND GM DEALERS ARE NOT ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 HAS HAD RECALLS FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. EVEN AFTER TAKING IT TO HAVE THOSE RECALLS CORRECTED, WE ARE STILL HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH OUT 2010 PONTIAC G6. HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WANTING TO STAY ON, YOU HIT IT AND IT COMES ON, HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR HEADLIGHT OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ISSUES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT WANT TO START TO BAD CONNECTION IN THE FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK NOT KICKING ON THE GAS PUMP. CAR ACTUALLY SHUT OFF DUE TO THIS ISSUE ON THE ROUTE 68 A MAJOR HIGHWAY THAT RUNS THROUGH CUMBERLAND, MD. VERY SCARY SITUATION, JUST THANKING GOD THAT THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED WHEN THERE VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN, INCLUDING TRACTOR AND TRAILERS THAT DRIVE THAT ROAD. THIS SITUATION NEEDS ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED. IT WAS RECALLED FOR THIS AND TAKEN TO HAVE THE RECALL CORRECTED AND NOW HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WE HAD BEFORE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TRADE THIS VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, MONEY IS THE ISSUE. SO PROBLEM NEEDS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY OR FATALITY HURT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING. ALSO, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS, INCLUDING THE SERVICE TRACTION AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD BE DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AT CERTAIN TIMES. FURTHERMORE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERS: LITHIA CHEVROLET OF REDDING (200 E CYPRESS AVE, REDDING, CA 96002, 877-826-5557 AND GROWNEY MOTORS (1160 MAIN ST, RED BLUFF, CA 96080, (530) 402-4420). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

BOUGHT NEW-USED 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH ONLY 59,000 MILES ON IT (2 PREVIOUS OWNERS) AND LESS THAN 7 MONTHS LATEE, I HAVE HAD CONSTANT ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT SHORTING OUT. REPLACED BULBS MANY TIMES, ONLY FOR IT TO GO OUT AGAIN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LATER. THEN, THE NOTICED THE SOCKET WAS CORRODED AND MELTED. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR ANY INFO AND CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR MY MAKE AND MODEL. YET, NO RECALL! APPARENTLY THESE CONNECTORS WERE MADE WITH WIRES TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, AND SO THEY GET TOO HOT AND THEN SHORT OUT. SO EVEN REPLACING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT HARNESS WILL PROVE USLESS, AS IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH THE NEW ONE. AT A LOSS AS HOW TO PERMANENTLY FIX THIS PROBLEM. I CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT OR GET MY CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE OF THIS . AS FAR AS WHEN IT STARTED, THE BULBS SEEMED TO GO OUT WHEN I TURNED MY CAR ON TO GO SOMEWHERE, ID NOTICE THE BULB WAS OUT. NEVER WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING.

AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE BOX, WIRING HARNESS, AND FUSES ON MY FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK OF MY G6 I HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION AS TO THE PROBLEM BEING REMEDIED THAT CONTINUES TO CAUSE SITUATIONS THAT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO RUN RIGHT OUT AND PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE PAID ON THIS ONE EXPECTING IT TO LAST ME A VERY LONG TIME. THIS ISSUE WITH THIS RELAY PROBLEM TO THE FUEL PUMP WHICH HAS CAUSED MY CAR TO NOW SHUT DOWN TWICE ON ME ON MAIN INTERESTATES WITH SEVERAL CARS BEHIND ME! THIS ISSUE NEEDS ADDRESS IS MY FAMILY GOING TO BE COMPENSATED SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO ME WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. WILL MY EXPENSES BE PAID. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT BEING ADDRESS BY YOURSELVES OR THROUGH PONTIAC. I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE HANDLED OR IF IT CANNOT BE REMEDIED I WOULD LIKE A FULL REFUND ON MY VEHICLE OF $14000 SO I MAY BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS ADDRESSED. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FILING DUE TO MYSELF AND FAMILY ALMOST BEING HARMED FATALLY DUE TO THIS ONGOING PROBLEM!!!!! *TR

ON MAY 9, 2016, I WAS HEADING TO MY HOME WHEN MY CAR STALLED BRIEFLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR ROADWAY, 220 NORTH, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND 21502. LUCKILY MY VEHICLE RE-ENGAGED WITHIN A MINUTE IN ORDER FOR ME TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ANY TRACTOR AND TRAILER TRAFFIC THAT WAS STEADILY APPROACHING ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS PETRIFIED DURING THIS TIME THING I WAS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED AND DIE IN MY CAR!!! THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE RELAY CONNECTION FROM THE FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK OF THE PONTIACT G 6 TO THE FUEL PUMP WHICH HAS CAUSED MY CAR TO NOT START ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. WE HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT AND FROM EVERYTHING WE HAVE SEEN AND DONE NOTHING FIXES THIS PROBLEM, NOT EVEN REPLACING THE FUSE BOX, FUEL PUMP, FUSES, ETC. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IT SEMI STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR ROADWAY ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS IS A PONTIAC ISSUE I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE ONLINE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH THROUGH A RECAL FROM THE PONTIAC MANUFACTURER. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT REPLACING THE WIRING HARNESS AND FUSE BOX IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX SO IF PONITAIC IS UNABLE TO FIX THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM, THEY NEED TO TRADE ALL PONTIAC G6 FOR A VEHICLE OF EQUAL VALUE!!! AT THIS POINT I AM THOROUGHLY FRUSTRATED AND PISSED OFF WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED ON THESE VEHICLES!!! IT IS A SHAME THAT IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE HANDLED!!! I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW WITH NO PERMANENT SOLUATION, I HAVE MISSED WORK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN LATE ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE WORST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED WAS YESTERDAY ON A MAJOR ROADWAY STALLING WITH TRACTOR AND TRAILER TRAFFIC COMING UP BEHIND ME.

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSIONS AND AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON THE INTERENET I HAVE FOUND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR STARTS BUT IT DOES NOT TURN OVER ALL THE WAY. IT WILL DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES THEN IT FINALLY STARTS. THE BATTERY IS BRAND NEW AND IS VERY STRONG, AND LIKE I MENTIONED IT STARTS AND IS STRONG IT JUST DOES NOT TURN ALL THE WAY OVER. ALTERNATOR IS FINE, ETC. BELIEVED TO BE SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE.

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 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.

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.