2007 Pontiac G6: brake failure

Filed Dec 4, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 22,000 miles · MI

Traction control light came on while on the highway on my way home from work doing 70 miles per hour the car started to shake badly I could not stop the vehicle the brakes stopped working I had to put the car in neutral it eventually stopped I was scared for my life. I got off the highway and took the back road home car still shaking but made it home turned the car off and it stopped. Next my temperature gauge was stuck in the cold position while the car was hot and had been running for about 30 mins. Next my power steering light comes on while driving and the wheel locks up I checked for recalls it says my car doesn't have any but my car is doing everything said in the recall this car is dangerous to drive especially with two toddler kids.

Filed Oct 20, 2018 · Brakes, Visibility · 117,000 miles · IL · crash

Takata recall. I purchased the car the beginning of this year in january. When I test drove the car it was already making a loud humming noise that worsen. Once purchased and droved off lot I noticed that the cig lighter/battery charger didn't work even when I changed the fuse. The door locked on the passenger side got stuck, the brakes went out while driving, the windshield wipers stop working while driving in pouring rain and now out of nowhere the tire on the front passenger side is on a flat.

Filed Sep 5, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 48,000 miles · MA

While driving on highway at 60 MPH on highway right line almost at my exit . The GPS fell from the window and must of hit the area of the shift column it didn't come out of drive though. The car shut off. I was able to move over to the shoulder push the flashes and emergency break when the brakes did not work just a large nose steering didn't work well. Bringing it to the dealership and have them check the steering column out again. This is the 2nd time the car shut off while driving I feel this is a part of the original recall in 2015 that listed this make, model and year pontiac g6 2007 massachusetts route 2 west leominster. Ma. Restarted the car, got to my destination, and drove home that night lower speeds.

Filed Oct 17, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · MO

Last week I was following my son down the highway when I noticed his brake lights were on while driving. I also noticed that when we approached a stop light, his brake lights went off. I have no idea how long he had been driving his vehicle with no brakes lights while braking. Hindsight, most likely, when his cruise control stopped working (early summer). He is a college student that attends a university 3 hours from home and travels the interstate frequently. This is an extremely dangerous situation and I find it very negligent that there has not been a recall on this faulty sensor. Would any employee of general motors want their child driving a vehicle with no brake lights? Please put a recall on these vehicles for this problem.

Filed Nov 17, 2010 · Brakes · 53,405 miles · WI

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the brakes failed when engaged. The vehicle was inspected by the local dealer who stated that the brakes and swing arm had been fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 53,405.

Filed Feb 23, 2009 · Brakes · 21,500 miles · NY

Brakes became spongy then had problems stopping the car. The problem is that the brakes have an open design and uses inferior brake pads. With the open design the disc rotors then corrode from the weather and become pitted and tear the inferior pads to pieces resulting in brake failure.

Filed Jul 3, 2008 · Brakes · 12,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I've had my 2007 pontiac g6 in the shop several times for brake "issues". They changed pads, rotors and told me they couldn't stop the squeaking and that the strange "jumping" the brakes seemed to do was "normal" for ABS - which I know is not correct as I have owned many cars with ABS that didn't feel like this. Recently, the traction control light came on, the brakes failed, the emergency brake failed and we hit the back of another car. Gm sent an engineer out to look at the event data recorder; however, would not provide me with a copy of the report (they said it was "proprietary"). They are refusing to fix my car and when I asked why the traction control light came on, their "professional" told me "I don't know - I wasn't there!". I've seen several complaints on edmunds.com about the rotors, over-heating problems and the need to have them replaced with non-gm parts to (hopefully) fix the problem. This is a major safety concern for me and I intend to dispose of the car as soon as possible.