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Pontiac G6 Steering Safety Report | Mar 20, 2010
Reported on Mar 20, 2010
| I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC G6 V6 THAT I PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2008. I HAVE HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN STEERING ISSUES. THERE WERE A FEW OCCURRENCES WHERE THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY EASY TO TURN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, BUT NO DRASTIC PROBLEMS. AFTER THOSE FEW OCCURRENCES, I HAD ABOUT 7 INSTANCES WHERE I HAD NO POWER STEERING TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT BUT POWER TO THE LEFT. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THIS HAPPENED MY RADIO SOUNDED A MESSAGE THAT SAID POWER STEERING AND I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AS WELL AS PONTIAC DEALERS AND AUTO PART STORES THAT THIS IS A COMMON THING WITH G6'S ELECTRONIC STEERING. PONTIAC RECENTLY RECALLED THE G5 SERIES OF THEIR VEHICLES FOR ELECTRONIC STEERING ISSUES AND ARE AWARE OF THE STEERING ISSUES ON THEIR G6 MODELS. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THEN WHY ARE THEY NOT RECALLING ALL MODELS WITH KNOWN SIMILAR ISSUES OR ATLEAST MAKING THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE ISSUE AS THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT CAUSE WRECKS. *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: | ALTON IL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZG528454 |
| Mileage: | 102000 miles. |
| Speed: | 55 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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