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Pontiac G6 Steering Safety Report | Jan 21, 2011
Reported on Jan 21, 2011
| STEERING DEFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON IN (O3) SEPARATE INCIDENTS THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE A STEERING MALFUNCTION. (52 YEAR OLD EXPERIENCE DRIVER - HORRIFIC DRIVING EXPERIENCE. VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED-USED, AND THIS HAPPEN WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE SALE. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO EXPLANATION, OF DEFECTS? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IF ANY WAS DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I RETURNED THIS VEHICLE TO THE GMC-PONTIAC DEALER, WHICH I EXPLAINED THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE CRUSHED AND DESTROYED FROM THE DRIVING PUBLIC TO PREVENT A NEAR FUTURE FATALITY TO THE PUBLIC. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE LOCATED BY THE NTSB AND THE BRAINS CHECKED, BECAUSE IF IT IS SOLD AND PUT BACK ON THE ROAD SURELY A FATAL ACCIDENT IS TO COME, FROM THE DEFECT NOT THE DRIVER. WARNING THIS IS NOT TOYOTA, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ONE OF OUR ON. AMERICAN NAME {PONTIAC G-6 2005 EST. MILEAGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT 114,800}. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP STATED PRIOR TO THE SALE THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS CERTIFIED? UPON RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL WERE RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS THIS DEFECT AND IT'S FINDINGS. END. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS LLC |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | MEMPHIS TN |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZG528454 |
| Mileage: | 114900 miles. |
| Speed: | 45 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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