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Pontiac G6 Steering Rack And Pinion Pinion Shaft Safety Report | July 05, 2011
Reported on July 05, 2011
| BOUGHT CAR ON 07/02/11, RETURN CAR TO DEALER ON 07/05/11 DUE TO POPPING NOISE IN STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT AT ANY SPEED, EVEN WHEN SITTING STILL. DID NOT DO THIS WHEN I TEST DROVE IT. STARTED A DAY OR TWO AFTERWARDS. DEALER SAID IT NEEDED GREASE PUT INTO THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT,(WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT) EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS GREASE COMING OUT IF IT. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER COST OF REPAIR. CALLED PONTIAC /GMC TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND IF THEY COULD OFFER SOME HELP ON THIS AND WAS EVENTUALLY TOLD NO. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CHECK AND WAS TOLD THE WHOLE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AGAIN CALL PONTIAC/GMC AND RECEIVED AN ANSWER OF NO HELP COULD BE GIVEN ON THIS PROBLEM. QUOTE TO REPLACE SHAFT IS $319.00. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH DEALERS THERE WERE NO SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS PROBLEM, THAT THIS WOULD NOT GO OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE A WRECK. I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THEM OR NOT. NO HONESTLY WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING A CAR. PONTIAC/GMC NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS. FROM ALL MY RESEARCH ON THIS, IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR FROM THE START, THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT. NOT EXPECTING A PROBLEM SO SOON AFTER PURCHASE. I AM NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS AT THIS TIME. AND IT DOES SCARE ME AT TIMES, WONDERING IF THE STEERING IS GOING TO GO OUT. *KB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS LLC |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | STAUNTON VA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZG558364 |
| Mileage: | 94000 miles. |
| Speed: | |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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