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Pontiac G6 Steering Safety Report | Dec 10, 2013
Reported on Dec 10, 2013
| THE PROBLEM START BACK IN JUNE 2013 WHEN MY 2010 PONTIAC G6 STARTED FLASHING A TROUBLE CODE IN THE DIC MESSAGE SCREEN. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED AS AN ANNOYING ISSUE THE CODE WOULD SAY CHECK POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC AND THE ESC OFF INDICATOR WOULD LIGHT UP THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON STARTUP AND FOR MONTHS ALL I WOULD DO IS TURN THE KEY OFF AND RESTART THE CAR AND IT WENT AWAY AND THE CAR WORKED FINE. THIS WOULD POP UP SPORADICALLY SOMETIMES MULTIPLE WEEKS WITHOUT OUT A PROBLEM. THEN BACK IN NOVEMBER 2013 THE PROBLEM REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME BUT IT WOULD NOT RESET UNLESS I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION THEN REINSERT THE KEY AND IT WOULD START AND THE CAR WOULD AGAIN WORK FINE. HOWEVER, IN DECEMBER 2013 AS I WAS TRAVELING 70MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE RADIO CRANKED UP AND DID NOT HEAR THE ALERT OF THE TROUBLE CODE (WHICH NEVER HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ONLY WHEN STARTING) I WENT TO PASS A CAR AND MY CAR DID NOT RESPOND TO THE STEERING. I IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS AND WITH EVERYTHING I HAD I STEERED THE CAR AND GOT PULLED OVER TO SAFETY ON THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD. I WAS HAPPY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST 3 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AS I WOULD HAVE HAD TO NEGOTIATE A SET OF CURVES THAT I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WOULD HAVE REQUIRED MORE STEERING WHEEL ROTATION AND MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN STORAGE SINCE AS I TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH IT. I WENT TO TWO LOCAL GM/PONTIAC DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THE ISSUE IS A COMMON ONE ON EARLIER MODEL G6S AND THERE IS A GM RECALL/SERVICE BULLETIN ON EARLIER MODELS BUT NOT THE 2010. THEY WENT AS FAR AS TO EXPLAIN IT WAS THE SAME EQUIPMENT USED ON THE 2010 MODEL BUT DID NOT HAVE A RECALL/SERVICE BULLETING ON THE 2010. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2010 |
| 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: | PARKERSBURG IA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZA5E02A4 |
| Mileage: | 90000 miles. |
| Speed: | 70 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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