Four months ago, we experienced difficulty with the power steering. Borcherding buick service technician told us there is a recall on the power steering column, but, wait until it acts up more and they can fix it. January 11, 2017 the power steering went out completely. The next day we had it towed to the borcherding dealership. They were kind enough to give us a loaner and typed in the repair work. Later that day, we received a phone call stating the, the special coverage is out of parameter because the recall expired 1-31-2015. The item defective was the power steering module, which gm automatically replaced when they replaced the steering column. We feel it is unethical for gm not to stand behind the recall, this is a safety issue! Jeff boyer v.p. Of vehicle safety in a previous letter stated, "he will make it right". This is obviously a faulty part, and no way could we have prevented this or have been proactive and repaired it. The incident occured as we were leaving a residence, the results could have been deadly!
2006 Pontiac G6 steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving 45 MPH and making a left turn, the steering failed without warning. In addition, the contact observed fluid leaking from the vehicle. While pulling off the road, the rear passenger side bumper of the contact's vehicle was struck by another vehicle that fled the scene. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and the steering was repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14e044000 (steering). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.
Steering shaft torque sensor was replaced 2014 as part of recall. Now in 2016 it has went defective and gm will not honor warranty. Never had a problem one for the first 8 years I owned this car. Now the steering goes out while I'm leaving a grocery store. I turned off and back on in order to get it back home. Its unsafe to drive and its supposed to cost me, $1400 to remedy?
My car was running just fine. All of a sudden on a very rainy night, the car would not catch gear it would take about 5 seconds to run smoothly. About 8 minutes later when I got to the freeway it drove smoothly. The next day after driving the car about 20 minutes it started doing the same thing again, but this time it started burning. I stopped to let it cool and checked all the fluids, everything was ok. I tried to drive my car 10 minutes to make it to my house. While reversing a lot pop happened. I stopped and looked and pink fluid was running down the parking lot. I tried to move the car out the way but the steering wheel was hard to turn. After an hour I was able to take it to a relatives house after refilling the car with power steering fluid. After 2 hours of sitting we tried to take it to my house and as we left the car locked up. The engine ran but the tires were getting no rotation. We were in the middle of the road for about an hour while a mechanic took the brake caliber and brake pads off, so we were able to move the car out the way. I am paying on a car that I have not had for six months and is not working.
My car had a previous recall of power steering problems, and that recall was supposedly fixed in early 2014. I purchased the car in october 2015, now a little later than a year, I have the exact problems of the recall. Which is "your vehicle equipped with eps may experience a sudden loss of power steering assist that could occur at any time while driving. If the power steering assist is lost, a message is displayed on the driver information center and a chime sounds to inform the driver. Steering control can be maintained, as the vehicle will revert to a manual steering mode, but would require greater driver effort at low vehicle speeds, which could result in an increased risk of a crash.". My car has these exact issues even though it had been "fixed 2 years ago". I believe my car was never actually fixed in a correct way, otherwise I wouldn't be in safety hazard trying to drive a car whose power steering locks up when driving. Now I am being forced to actually get it fixed from a gm dealership out of pocket. This power steering problem should be fixed free of charge, because if it was actually "fixed" 2 years ago I wouldn't have this issue and I am no being forced to pay $575 to drive my car safely. As it should already be a safe car to drive in as gm advertises.
Power steering locks up while stationary and while in motion. Dash board begins to chime while this happens.
The steering wheel torque sensor was replaced by tracy chevrolet in october 2014 as part of a recall on this vehicle. At the time it was replaced the car had 140,000 miles on it and currently has 160,000 miles on it.. So after 20,000 miles the steering torque sensor has gone bad.. After talking to the dealer I'm told they replaced it and the warranty was only one year. However, for this part to go bad so soon makes me question if it was ever replaced or replaced with a defective product. I am looking for some sort of help with this because I can't imagine how the car went 140,000 miles before it was replaced and only 20,000 with the "new sensor"??
Coming off of the highway the cars steering wheel locked up and would not let me turn it nor would my brake work. The car did a complete 360 and smashed into the guard rail on the side of the highway. I was only going 40 miles per hour and all of the road conditions were clear. There were no cars around me and prior to the accident I had all control of the car. For additional detail, the mechanic and dealership stated that when they plugged the car into the electrical code finder that they could not generate a code that showed the wheel or car locked up.
While driving, the car would go to lower speed and stop, making loud grinding noise after about 3 to 5 minutes it would drive again. It sounded as if the anti skid was on, car only has 66,000 miles . This almost caused me to wreck 3 times. It happened intermittently turning right or left on city streets.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving 45 MPH, the steering wheel veered left to right, the power steering warning indicator illuminated, and the vehicle lost all power steering ability. The vehicle was previously repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the steering torque sensor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.
I own a 2006 pontiac g6 that within the last week incurred a power steering failure. , causing me to have a small crash. Recall research shows that on march 2014 the federal safety agency required gm to issue a recall for this exact problem, however, it only covered certain the g6 models up to the year 2009. The service advisor at the dealership acknowledged that the "problem" was very similar to the steering problem for earlier models that are subject to the recall. However, since only few select cars were included in the federal safety agency recall, the cost to repair the problem falls to the consumer and is estimated to be in the $1,800 to $2,000 range. This is clearly a safety issue and mirrors the same characteristic's as earlier models included in the recall. While I appreciate gm's willingness to "consider" the matter, I urge the federal safety agency to re-visit the model years subject to the recall. The consumer should not be burdened with the cost of repairing what is obviously a design defect. Further and more importantly is safety for the passengers and other drivers on the road. I hope that the federal safety agency will investigate this matter accordingly and amend the power steering recall. Thank you.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds and making a left or right turn, the power steering suddenly malfunctioned. The steering wheel became very difficult to turn and a grinding noise could be heard. There were no warning indicators illuminated. After several minutes, the vehicle was able to drive normally. The failure occurred on several occasions. The dealer diagnosed that there was a malfunction in the steering column module and the steering column module needed replacement. The vehicle was at the dealer awaiting parts for the repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 66,000. Updated 01/06/17*lj updated 7/10/18*jb
The steering wheel is very stiff to maneuver, especially while at idle. Becomes hard to turn at curves
While driving the power steering will cut out when turning making it hard the steer the car and with this happening it could have caused a serious accident if it would've happened in a main road.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the vehicle veered in both directions. The contact had to steer the vehicle in excess in order to keep the vehicle in position. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle needed to be repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000.
At 60,000 miles the power steering alert came on the dic and the steering was very hard. I turned the car off and back on and it reset. I didn't have any issues until recently. I replaced the whole steering column and everything to do with the suspension in this car costing me over $2500 dollars. The past month the wheel has been shaking badly and when driving the steering wheel will pull each way and have play and sometimes be stiff. This is a serious issue as I've almost caused myself to get in many accidents. This needs to be resolved by gm. I've taken it many times and my car VIN isn't under the recall. The car now just eclipsed over 100,000 miles and need to keep this car through the winter but I'm afraid with the winters we have in buffalo, I'm going to be seriously hurt. The cost to fix the jpower steering motor is over $1,000 and I'm not putting any more money into this car. Over the years I've had the car, I've put well over $6,000 into it. I'll never buy another gm product again. I called customer service (at gm) and the dealership and they are very rude and will do nothing about it.
I was driving down the road and went to turn left and my power steering completely went out. I was lucky enough to make it to a safe spot to park it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the power steering suddenly malfunctioned and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn. After turning the engine off and restarting the vehicle, the power steering operated normally. The contact indicated that the steering column was previously replaced in 2010. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel shook and the power steering light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacture was not notified. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 25,000.
Power steering eic light goes off at the time the power steering goes out. Looked up recalls for pontiac and there are numerous recalla for 06 pontian g6. So I call pontiac and they say my VIN # is not included in the recall. How can that be? My 2oo6 pontiac g6 is doing the exact thing that the other 2oo6 pontiac g6 are doing, yet not covered. On christmas eve of 2o15, our steering wheel locked up when my husband, 9 year old son and I were driving home.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving 35 MPH, the engine and power steering warning lights illuminated and the steering wheel seized. The contact had to use force to turn the steering wheel. In addition, the doors unlocked and locked repeatedly. The contact felt that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The dealer was notified, but no repairs were made. The failure mileage was 73,000.
In 2014 I recieved a recall for power steering, I brought the car in and they "fixed" it. Charged it under warranty instead of recall. 2 years later, same issue, steering goes out, I had no crash or accident but cant steer. Turn the car on and off, comes back on. Call everyone listed on the recall websites and they tell me no recall? So I dont know what the heck is going on, they "fixed" power steering yet the part lasts only 2 years and I am right back where I started with a bad power steering problem. So if they fix it under the recall, lable it under warranty, goes out 2 years later, than what happens? I hate this car!
Looses power steering and all gages go to zero and rapidly fluctuate, then vehicle stalls
The steering wheel sometimes gets hard, when im driving 30 MPH makes noises also when I turn
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH, the lights on instrument panel flickered and the steering wheel seized. The contact stated that the ignition was turned off and back on and the vehicle operated as intended. The contact stated that the failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.....updated 07/05/16 *bf the consumer stated while driving, the steering wheel suddenly became stiff. Consequently, the consumer was unable control the vehicle and crashed into a ditch. The consumer was injured. Updated 07/11/16.
The vehicle entered the on ramp to I-5 from the shasta dam blvd, shasta lake city, ca. As my grandson approached the 90 degree curve to merge, the steering locked up and could not turn the vehicle, went off the pavement with brakes engaged and stopped in the gravel median. Called gm pontiac, they arranged to have the car towed to dealership and have it repaired as it was a recall item. Part #22837369. After the diagnostic was done, gm declined to repair it, because this item had been replaced on 3/18/2015 with a 12 mo. Or 12,000 mile warranty. Mind you this car had traveled from hawaii to the state's to a dealer. A couple weeks ago my daughter purchased the car. At 3 weeks of owning this car the steering went out. There had only been around 4,000 miles on it with the new part. She had purchased the car just 7 days after the 12 month warranty, apparently it's whatever comes first the 12,000 miles or 12 month. This is not right. My grandson could have been injured or worse. This steering issue recall is a recurring event with this part. I researched and the same thing is happening to other owners as well with the new recall part. This part needs to stay on the recall list #14772. This number has changed from the original recall #14416 electric power assist that gm gave me. Gm replacement part #22837369. Gm needs to honor the replacement of this part.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electric power steering failed and would need to be replaced. The vehicle was previously serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering) but the remedy failed to repair the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the steering wheel seized and almost caused an accident after the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 74,000.
Just bought the car a few weeks ago, started getting a clunking noise from front end/ steering wheel. Went back to dealer where I purchased car and they did not fix issue. Went then to gm dealer and had their service center check it out, seems the steering shaft is not working correctly. This is a known recall from gm but apparently my VIN # is not included in this recall but is included in some other recalls. My car fall within the parameter's of all the other recalls (manufacturer dates, year, models) so I believe this car should also be included in any/all recalls.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. While driving 15 MPH, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired for a previous recall for the steering; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.
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