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Pontiac G6 Steering Safety Report | Feb 01, 2009
Reported on Feb 01, 2009
| I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC G-6. WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY STEERING. AT RANDOM TIMES AT LEAST DAILY, IT WILL BECOME TOUGH TO MANAGE MY WHEEL AND STEER. THIS IS USUALLY BECAUSE THE WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PATTERN TO WHEN IT OCCURS. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN I JUST TURN THE CAR ON OR WHEN I AM OUT ON THE FREEWAY. NOR DOES THERE SEEM TO BE ANY ONE THING THAT MAKES IT STOP. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND INFORMED ME THE CAR IS PILOTING A NEW ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEM. THEY CLAIM A LITTLE SHAKING AS THE WHEEL FINDS ITS REFERENCE CENTER ARE NORMAL. THE STIFF WHEEL AND SHAKING I EXPERIENCE DO NOT SEEM NORMAL ALTHOUGH IT THE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY. I FIND IT ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME WHEN IT RANDOMLY HAPPENS AS I AM TRAVELING 60 MPH DOWN A FREEWAY IN THE POURING RAIN AND IT BECOMES HARD TO CONTROL MY WHEEL. THE DEALER DID TRY TO RESET MY ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND ZERO OUT THE WHEEL. THIS WAS TO NO AVAIL. HOWEVER, THEY CLAIMED THEY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH THE G-6 ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET I AM AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF MY STRENGTH IS UNABLE TO OVERCOME THE CAR'S STEERING TENDENCY THAT MAKES IT SHAKE AND RESISTANT TO CONTROL . I DO NOT SEE HOW IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR CARS JUST OVER THREE YEARS OLD TO BE HAVING STEERING ISSUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | SUFFOLK VA |
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| Mileage: | 43000 miles. |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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