The contact owns a 2005 Pontiac G6. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he became aware that the brake lights had remained illuminated after braking. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number 14V252000 (Electrical System, Exterior Lighting, Vehicle Speed Control, Electronic Stability Control). The VIN was included but had already been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.
2005 Pontiac G6 electrical problems
86 complaints (13% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 90,000. 6 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 86
- of this car's complaints
- 13%
- typical mileage
- 90,000
- crashes
- 6
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Ignition4
- Starter assembly2
- Ignition: switch1
At what mileage
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Pontiac G6 electrical problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2005 Pontiac G6 electrical
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Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Stop lamp malfunction
Gm notified the agency by letter dated january 28, 2009, that it will conduct a safety recall of pontiac g6 vehicles built from january 3 through january 31, 2005.vehicles produced during this time period have shown a highly elevated incident rate of improper operation of the brake lamps. Odi opened this investigation after receiving reports that consumers would use their brakes and discover that the brake lamps would not illuminate.also, consumers report that the brake lamps would illuminate when the brake pedal was not applied.odi's review of the complaint data finds that the complaint rate for the january 2005 production is 20 times greater than for the remainder of the subject vehicle population.likewise, the warranty rate for the january 2005 production is 11 times greater than for the remainder of the subject vehicle population.in its letter to the federal safety agency, general motors (gm) explained that the primary cause of this brake condition was fretting corrosion (oxidation) of the connector pins on the body control module (bcm) that connect to the to the brake pedal position sensor (bpps).the corrosion prevents the bcm from receiving the correct signal voltage from the bpps.in december 2008, gm released technical service bulletin (tsb) #08-05-22-009 to provide technicians the correct repair procedures for subject vehicles that experience improper illumination of the brake lamps.this action taken by gm is sufficient to resolve the issues raised by this investigation.
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What 2005 Pontiac G6 owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
My steering wheel started twitching and there's Minimal steering. While driving down the road, the steering wheel twitches with lots of slack and no really control. When you turn the car off and back on power steering comes on in message center on radio and car with wrench on dash comes on and steering wheel gets extremely hard to turn. But if you turn the car on and off again then steering wheel gets loose and twitchy again with no control. Electrical, all my relays and curcuits Have low voltage or high voltage showing on a computer scanner.
A few months ago, I was pulling out of a parking lot and started to brake , but my car was not stopping. I quickly pumped my brakes and then my brakes worked. All my brake lights came on; ABS, BRAKE, TC, Check engine; and car maintenance light all came on. They periodically would go away but would return when it rained, or if the brakes gave out. Brakes have gone out twice, once while driving on freeway. Before this issue, I had taken it to a mechanic as the brake light was on, and the ‘brake fluid’ message was on my dash- the mechanic scanned it and said the BCM was malfunctioning, to take it to the dealership. I knew who bought the car originally off the lot, so I knew the specific dealership it was bought from (gmc dealership). When I called and told them the issue, they said they will not touch my car (exact words). It’s no longer under warranty and that they would not work on the car regardless. I took it to the main GMC dealership in my city, where they said it would cost thousands to diagnose and fix the car properly, even though I told them I knew what the issue was and what part needed replacing. They confirmed my cars issue was what I said it was, but said it would be VERY expensive to replace and fix, so I decided not to repair it (as the price was not what they originally told me). Now that the brakes fail periodically, I started looking around and saw others had similar issues.
Went to get insurance and the recalls were brought to my attention.
My car be driving fine then I hear a dingy song like doors open and shortly after my steering wheel locks up and I am unable to steer my car. I turn engine off and restart it amd most time the steering loosens up amd sometimes it's good for a couple blocks and sometimes it locks up immediately. It's the eps that keeps going off. It's very dangerous happens anytime almost got rearend because of it.
My pontiac has had a leak for 6 yrs basically since I had it and before that. I didn't think nothing of this but after a while of the sunroof leak it causes corrosion on the electrical terminals in the wire harness inside the dash on driver door side. This corrosion cause your car to throw PCM/tac codes : p0601,p0606,o0107. Causes car to complete stall out and go into reduced engine power mode. This can be extremely unsafe. I am not the only one there is a few hundred people who posted on sites trying to fix the same issue. Please look into this a lot of people don't know about this the federal safety agency to report recalls.
Engine light came on now my transmission is shifting hard when putting it into drive reverse engine light does not go off my windows stopped working only passenger window works the car is stationary when putting it in gear.
When I shut my vehicle off, and open the drivers side door, the radio should shut off and power window control stops. We'll for the past month, this isn't occurring. When I sit my vehicle off and open the drivers side door, the raul continues to play which I them hand to start and stop my car several times before it works out operates as designed
Power steering stopped all of a sudden while driving. Very dangerous. They came back intermittently and then left again. Very very dangerous! It is not working at all now.
'takata recall' my electric power steering is messed up in my car
Questions about the 2005 Pontiac G6 electrical
Does the 2005 Pontiac G6 have electrical problems?
Owners have filed 86 complaints about the electrical of the 2005 Pontiac G6, 13% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2005 Pontiac G6 electrical problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 90,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2005 Pontiac G6 electrical?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Pontiac G6 have the most electrical problems?
The Pontiac G6 model years with the most electrical complaints are 2006 (245 complaints), 2008 (225 complaints) and 2007 (197 complaints).
Other 2005 Pontiac G6 problems
Steering 459Brakes 66Lights 63Transmission 48Fuel system 33Engine 30Acceleration 19Suspension 18Visibility 16Airbags 15Body 14Driver assistance 13Wheels 5Locks 4Tires 4Seats 2Seat belts 1
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