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Pontiac G6 Power Train Automatic Transmission Safety Report | Mar 04, 2011
Reported on Mar 04, 2011
| PONTIAC 2007 G6 GT STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS OF ISSUES SHIFTING AUTOMATIC TRANS INTO PARK AROUND 50 THOUSAND MILES. THE ISSUE BECAME APPARENT WHEN I PUT MY SHIFTER INTO PARK AND PULLED MY KEYS OUT AND WENT TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND ALMOST HIT TWO PEOPLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WILL BE SHIFTED INTO PARK BUT ISN'T ACTUALLY IN PARK. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT SUPPOSEDLY MY SHIFTER CABLE HAS STARTED TO FALL APART MY VEHICLE IS NOW AT 66 540 AND IT HAS BECOME TO THE POINT WHERE I AM FORCED TO HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED BECAUSE THE SHIFTER CABLE IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALMOST. I AM UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T REALIZE THE CAR ISN'T IN PARK BUT IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT I AM ASKED TO PAY 400 DOLLARS FOR A REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I HAVE REQUESTED FOR GM TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND THEY HAVE DENIED MY REQUEST BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY TRYING TO REPAIR THE FACT THAT MY AIRBAG'S DON'T WORK THAT I FILLED IN A SEPARATE COMPLAINT ON HERE. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT ALMOST COST ME MY CAR AND COULD HAVE COST TWO PEOPLE THEIR LIVES OR AT LEAST THEIR MOBILITY. GM REFUSES TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE SHIFTER CABLE AND CLIP ON THE 2007 MODEL OF THE G6 AND NOT JUST THE 2009 THAT THEY CLAIM. THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE IS PRESENT IN THE 2009 G6 AND HAS BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT THE 2007. I AM REQUESTING THAT THIS BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER BECAUSE GM SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THESE REPAIRS... A PART STARTS TO FAIL 3 THOUSAND MILES AFTER I RECEIVE THE CAR AS CERTIFIED FROM GM. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS LLC |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | TROY MI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZH58N974 |
| Mileage: | 64245 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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