Driving down the road the power steering error came on the radio screen. At this point I can't drive because the power steering won't allow the wheel to turn and constantly shakes
2006 Pontiac G6 airbags complaints
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1) stationary - keyless entry remote does not open either door after several times pressing the remote button. The door does not have a key hole to manually open either door or the trunk. 2) statonary or in motion - low beam lights are inoperable because both wiring connectors for low beam lights have melted and there are a lot of complaints online.
Takata inflators. The airbag warning light for the passenger side comes on when car is started. Stays on. Also the radio display has service airbag message on it all the time when driving. The mechanic states it is the passenger side airbag that is causing the problem.
"takata recall" when I turn on car a red symbol of air bag comes on dash board and a load ticking sound that can be heard inside as well as outside of car. Does not go off ticks when car is in motion.
Takata recall - my service airbag light came on and is staying lit with a message also displaying on my radio "service airbag". This malfunction warns me as soon as I turn the car on, while driving, and remains in effect. Major safety hazard!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the air bag indicator illuminated without warning. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. In addition, the power steering failed and the steering wheel became difficult to turn left or right, although the power steering fluid was full. Futhermore, the transmission shifted hard when placed in gear. Summit chevrolet buick gmc in auburn, new york was made of the failures and stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 122,000.
I was sitting in my driveway put it in gear the first gear is reverse so it shift hard into reverse it don't shift hard into neutral an then it shift hard in all other gears it will shift hard but if I get the rpms past 3000 without shifting it will shift fine but it has been happening more commonly each day
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that when at a parking lot of a school, the contact drove very slowly at an unknown speed, the brake pedal failed to respond when depressed and in addition the vehicle accelerated to an unknown speed. The power steering failed to turn left or right. The failure occurred without warning. The failure caused the contact's vehicle to crash into another vehicle, which made the vehicle come to a stop. Only the air bag on the power steering wheel deployed. The other air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a back injury that did not require medical attention. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v252000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electrical system, exterior lighting, vehicle speed control, electronic stability control), 14v153000 (steering) and 14v224000 (power train) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not contacted and was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
First there is a message that pops up on my dashboard saying about my airbag warning. It pops up throughtout my drive. Its been doing this since I bought my car in 2008. But I mever got a recall paper in the mail and when I put my VIN number in, it has no recalls for the airbag. Its alarming and scary hearing about other peoples complaints with the same issues. Secondly I got a letter in the mail from gmc or something about a recall on my car. It had to do with my break lights coming on automatically while I had my car in the park position. I was excited to finally get it fixed but when I took it to the gmc mechanics in albany oregon they said nothing was wrong. However till this day I continue to have this issue. The brake lights turn on and stay on while im driving. Ive had several people who were driving behind me tell me the same thing. I just got back from vacation and while driving on the freeway for a long time, I stopped at the rest area and an older gentleman came up to me and told me my brake lights were on the whole time for the last 30 miles he was behind me. If I got a letter concerning my brakes then why arent they willing to fix my problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While the contact's boyfriend was driving 40 MPH, he was struck from behind by another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver suffered pain and was taken to the hospital. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The body damage to the vehicle was repaired, but the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing could be done. Also, while turning the wheels to leave a parking spot, the steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering column and torque sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there had been a recall; however, it had been completed. Therefore, the manufacturer could not assist. A dealer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 149,000.
Takata recall. My driver side airbag light is on and will not go off. I have taken it to the shop who says that it is a sensor. I replaced the sensor and the airbag light still will not go off. The airbags have been recalled but my VIN number is not on the list.
There are 3 different areas that I assume are the cause of my car's problems. First the passenger side air bag is has stayed off, regardless of passengers being present since 2014, I believe. Using the key does not change the air bag status. Also this may be part of the electrical area, but at around the same time my cruise control also malfunctioned. The car was in motion when I realized both things. Also I've had problems with traction control coming on out of no where, and instead of the engine speed being reduced, the car will not move at all. Sometimes it will like reset after I pull over and wait for over 10 minutes, but it will come back on repeatedly. I have to pull over wait restart, pull over wait restart several times within a usual 20 minute drive at times. Also I'm having problems with the air compressor staying engaged. My car kind of bogs down when the compressor does kick in, and it repeatedly kicks on and off while driving any distance at all. Also the interior lights flicker constantly. The message center on the radio constantly says that I have low coolant, but that is an error message. In the suspension area my whole front end(struts, ball bearings, etc) seem to be bad. When I drive over a small bump the whole car shutters and pulls wildly to one side or the other. It feels like my tires hit into the rim itself over speed bumps when I am driving merely 10 miles per hour.
Takata recall. But not only the air bags. There is a clicking noise when I steering, sometimes causing the air bag light to come on. There is a vibrating coming from the driver's side front when at speed that shakes the steering wheel even after the tires are balanced and the struts and tie rods were replaced. If I grab the steering wheel with both hands, it moves up and down. When parallel parking, the power steering fails making it impossible to turn the wheel without hitting the gas and putting the car in motion. I've noticed in my research that other g6 models of this year and surrounding years were recalled for all of the problems I am having. When I asked the person at chevy dealer about it, she told me I was out of luck until the VIN pops up in their system. This has been happing since my wife got the car in 2007 apparently, and since we just had a baby, we are looking into it more. I've been waiting on the recalls to be expanded to her VIN, but nothing. Is there anything we can do, other than paying to rebuild the whole steering system of which others with the same problems were covered? Thanks for any help.
My air bag light comes on once I crank the car and will not go off on the driver side and on the passenger side it will work sometimes and sometimes it would not once the car is running. Having problems getting yearly inspection sticker. I notice there is a recall on 2006 pontiac g6 air bags frontal. Contacted pontiac main branch and stated my car wasn't on the list of the recalls. Recall announced: october 31, 2006 the federal safety agency reference: #06v417000
The airbag light came on my vehicle while I was driving it but before it came on I smelled something funny and then the airbag icon came on the dashboard I looked it up and it says that the air bag is supposed to be recalled but on my car it is not. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle please a recall for the airbag for my car so I can get it fixed.p.st. It won't let me put the mileage down I was going it was 45 miles per hour in my mileage on my vehicle is around a hundred and three thousand.
On august 6, 2016 I was merging onto the 33 east from the cayuga road entrance in cheektowaga, ny. As I tried to merge onto the thruway my steering completely went loose and lost control. I couldn't grab hold of the wheel, and my car went completely insane and crossed the 3 lanes of traffic on the thruway and hit the guardrail, then bounced off the guardrail, crossing back through those 3 lanes and I ended up in a ditch on the opposite side of the guardrail.my car is completely totaled, and I was taken to the hospital er by my mother & my car was towed by cheektowaga police to millers towing on genesee street. The only thing the hospital diagnosed me with was whiplash. I have no idea or explanation as to what could have caused my steering wheel and whole car to lose control like that. I contacted general motors and filed a claim with them. General motors sent out an investigator to come check out what happened to my car. The investigator only plugged my car into his computer, after unplugging the battery (which was not necessary to do at all). After he investigated it, general motors called me and said my claim was denied. I feel that my car was improperly inspected, it should have at least been put up on a lift to have the steering rack looked at, seeing as that's where the problem occurred. I have 3 witnesses that stopped alongside of the road with me and said it was like my car was "possessed." the car had a steering recall that I got fixed at a general motors facility in november of 2015, 4 months after I had bought the car. I feel that I should be compensated by gm for my losses. I did nothing wrong to make the car act like that or loose control, they had no explanation for me as to what happened to make the car do that.
I had the recalls all fixed as soon as I was aware of them. A few months later my brake lights started flashing as I was driving. I took it to a dealer and $300 later it was fixed. They said I had to pay since the recall had already been taken care of. A few months later and here I am again with the airbag reporting problems as working and not working. Also now my brake lights are staying on as I am driving and turning off for a few seconds when I tap the brake. As I am stopped the brake lights are not turning on unless I forcefully hold the pedal down. I know when I take it into the dealer that it is going to be the same thing, lots of money for a temporary fix that all extend from the "fixed" recall. I also had a new brake control sensor put in, but it made no difference. This is causing a dangerous condition and since it is my car, I don't know what I am suppose to do here. The recall repair is not fixing the problem, other than temporarily, and this is putting my life and others at risk.
Service airbag warning light appears intermittently. I purchased this vehicle 2 weeks ago. It only has 46,000 miles and all was well for about a week. I was getting off the interstate and the driver side service airbag light illuminated. I stopped at the off ramp and proceeded down a 30 MPH street. Stayed on for about 5 minutes and turned off. About 4 days later while traveling on the interstate, the light illuminated again. Stayed on for about 10 minutes and then turned off. This time I was not stopping but continuously driving about 70 MPH. My concern is the safety issue. While that light is illuminated, the airbag will not deploy. There has not been a recall and while looking online, there are quite a few people that have this issue. I've been reading other complaints and it sounds like the sensor in the seat is at fault. I checked to see if my vehicle had any open recalls and there were none.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that when the front passenger side seat was occupied, the air bag failed to activate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 112,209.
When stationary or in motion the drivers side air bag light would go on and off randomly. Now it just stays on.
The air bag warning will come on and off during drives. The air bags will turn off and turn on throughout drives. I have a small child now and this really concerns me. Air bag problem has been occurring for a few years now but happens almost every drive now. This happens when car is in motion on a city street, highway, turning and when sitting still. I selected steering because the steering wheel has been replaced by dealership a few years ago from a recall. Electric steering would stop working whenever it wanted to. Never worked normal since it was replaced. This happens when car is in motion on a city street, highway, turning and when sitting still. I also selected electrical because of the rear brake light. It was recalled due to a brake light that may or may not work when applied and took to dealership to have corrected. Since it was looked at we have noticed rear brake lights not working all the time. I've only noticed when sitting still in driveway.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the contact's vehicle crashed into the side of another vehicle. During the incident, the front end sustained significant damage and the air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained a concussion as well as injuries to the neck, back, head, and right leg. The contact required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 193,000. The VIN was not available.
Noticed that the air bag sensor on the passenger side was not functioning properly. It would randomly turn off even if there was a passenger, or stay on if there was no passenger. There was a recall for g6's that had cloth seats that were changed to leather seats. My car has leather seats, however it is not included under this recall. The repair shop investigated the problem. The wiring for the sensors was never properly done. There was no space to put certain wires and they were never connected. The air bag sensor was never properly connected!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was flashing. In addition, the passenger side air bag off warning light illuminated when the seat was not occupied. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.
My airbag message keep coming on the dash and my car just shuts off and doesn't want to turn back on it takes about like an hour and a half or two to start back up to reset the computer I know my pontiac power steering is electric and also that message pops up on the dash and my car just shuts off and wont turn back on in about an hour or so it done this to me numerous times and I don't know what's the exact problem and I'd like to know because I know that's not normal.
June of 2008, the service airbag light kept coming on. I took it back to the dealership where I bought the car from and they said it was the passenger side seat sensor that needed to be replace and since it was still under warranty at the time I didn't have to pay for it. After getting it fixed it hasn't come back on until about two years ago and it is now no longer under warranty and I was told if I don't get it fixed then when it comes back on then the airbags won't deploy. February of 2011, the check engine light came on and I had to replace all four of my o2 sensors and then the brain in order for the check engine light to go off. But every winter the check engine light comes back on when the temperature is 35degrees or lower and then I am unable to remote start my car. I have had it checked and code that keeps coming up is that I have bad o2 sensors but when they are checked they are still good. Both of these are a real pain. Can you please check to see if there are any other complaints. Thank you.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.
2006 pontiac g6. Lawyer wrote in on behalf of client. The air bags did not deploy during an accident. *ta the consumers daughter died in the accident.
Service air bag message appears frequently and passenger airbag is disabled, even if a person is sitting in the passenger seat. I understand there is a recall for this in vehicles with aftermarket leather seats, but since my vehicle has factory leather seats, I believe the problem may extend to vehicles with factory leather seats as well. This has been happening for years, but I only recently realized that the passenger airbag is disabled when the message appears and am now concerned about the safety of anyone sitting in the passenger seat.
My 2 light's are on stating service air bags !!!
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