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Pontiac G6 Steering Safety Report | Dec 14, 2009
Reported on Dec 14, 2009
| THIS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH OUR 2005 PONTIAC G6. WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND IT STARTED TO HAVE STEERING PROBLEMS EARLY ON. WE THEN BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY REPLACED A STEERING GEAR, VEHICLE WAS AT 36,000 MILES. SO THEY COVERED IT UNDER WARRANTY. STILL WE HEARD KNOCKING AND A THUD NOISE EVERY TIME WE TURNED BACK FROM THE LEFT. WE TOOK IT BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES WHICH THEY DIDN'T FIND NOTHING UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS WELL PAST THE 3-36000 MILES WARRANTY AND FIXED SOMETHING ELSE IN THE STEERING THAT WAS FAULTY, THIS WAS OUT OF POCKET LIKE $300. THEN WE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING NOTE THIS HAS THE SAME STEERING UNIT THAN THE CHEVY COBALT WHICH WAS RECALLED FOR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR STEERING. SO NOW WE LOST POWER ASSIST STEERING AND IT WAS LIKE STEERING A TRUCK FROM THE 1950'S, I WAS FORTUNATE I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY WOULD OF PANIC. SO NOW WE RETURN IT TO THE DEALER AND NOW IT NEEDED A STEERING MOTOR A SWITCH AND A STEERING COLUMN. OUT OF POCKET COST LIKE $1700. NOW GM KNOWS THERE'S A ISSUE SO THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY EXCEPT THEY WOULDN'T COVER US BECAUSE THEY ONLY WENT UP TO 100000 MILES AND WE WERE OVER THAT, SO TO BAD SO SAD! THEY TURN THEIR BACKS ON US, KNOWING THERE IS A PROBLEM AND SEEING OUR PROBLEM. THANKS *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | ATHOL MA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZG528454 |
| Mileage: | 143000 miles. |
| Speed: | 65 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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