Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at 5 MPH, a clicking sound was heard before the vehicle started jerking. In addition, while making a turn, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver, and various warning lights started to illuminate before the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was not able to restart. The contact mentioned that the vehicle stalled in front of the residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
2007 Pontiac G6 steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the steering ability seized and caused the contact to strike a utility pole. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000. ....updated 01/13/16 *bf the conusmer stated the high pressure power steering line was positioned to close to the exhaust causing the line to rupture. The vehicle was repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the steering wheel was difficult to maneuver. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000 (power train) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 134,000. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
I was driving, came to a light, power steering went out. I thought it was just low on fluid, but found out electric power assist. Looked on line to find remedy and found that this is a well documented problem that both pontiac and gm are well aware of. Instead of tackling the problem head on the side skirt the problem with 90 day or less windows of culpability knowing full well the problem is much more widespread than they acknowledge. It's a shame I have to come here to cry to try and make pontiac and gm take responsibility for their engineering disasters!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the torque sensor assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering). The failure mileage was 44,000.
I was driving did not have any problems until I came up to a red light. I went in to the left turning lane. When the turning lane light changed to green I was unable to turn my car. My steering wheel became very stiff. Almost caused me to crash. Turns out my power steering pump went bad. Took a matter of maybe 5 minutes. Car turned fine a few minutes before.
When driving my pontiac g6 there appears to be a slight clunk coming from the front steering system. On turns the same clunk happens and you can feel it ever so slightly on the steering wheel. The steering is very tight while driving but as soon as I'm stopped it loosens up noticeably. After doing some research about the car I've found that this model is a candidate for a recall involving the u-joints, which seems to be where the clunk is occurring from.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact observed fluid leaking under the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering pump failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.
Since I bought this pontiac back in 2009, it had a loud clunking and steering sound in the front end which got worse over the years. I can feel the noise vibrate in the steering wheel and it doesn't feel safe. The gm dealer said, 'it's nothing to worry about.' I had them check it out and they claim it's fine. I did online research and apparently other gm pontiac owners are having the same complaint. This is unacceptable. Why won't gm fix this?
The power steering assist goes out at random times. Have nearly crashed several times because of this! Other 2007 pontiac g6's are covered under recall 14772, but this car is not. The exact thing described in this recall is ocurring with this car!
I was driving home going 65 MPH down a major highway on a clear warm night. All of a sudden my 2007 pontiac g6 pulled to the right and I couldn't correct it. When the car finally responded, I was thrown across the highway into the divider cables. My airbags didn't deploy and the entire front end was crushed. Thank goodness I was not around any of the semi-trucks that came up over the small hill behind me once I limped the car to the side of the road. I had to get the car towed and insurance totalled it out without any testing done. After reading on this site, it's sad to see that I'm not the only one this has happened to. Thank god I was not seriously injured.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving at 65 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the power steering warning light illuminated. The contact mentioned that the failure progressively worsened. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that that while in park, the steering wheel vibrated. In addition, the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel in order to steer the vehicle. The contact also stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel independently veered left and right. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was aware of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v064000 (steering), but the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was 43,459.
While driving to work one day I noticed my steering wheel start to rattle while sitting still at a red light. Later I began feeling the steering wheel jerk to the left. These problems have only gotten worse and this is very dangerous. It is a struggle to drive to work and back trying to keep my car in line. It now swerves both ways and sometimes will not go straight. I have taken it to gm but there was no recall for my make and model. I have read about numerous others with these exact same problems and would really appreciate some sort of answer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the steering wheel started to vibrate and the engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that this was a recurring failure. The vehicle was driven to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician diagnosed that the power steering sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 158,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving at approximately 27 MPH, the power steering light illuminated and the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The technician was unable to repair the failure. The vehicle was then driven to an auto part store for another diagnostic testing. The attendant at the store stated that the electric power was failing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 42,000.
During operation all supporting electrical power steering failed, leaving driver unable to steer vehicle, I note that other vehicles have been recalled for same issues during the close production period. [xxx] pontiac 2007 g6. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving in reverse at approximately 2 MPH, the power steering failed without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the power steering pump and belt needed to be replaced. The steering reservoir was replaced previously due to a leak. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 101,318.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the power steering warning light flashed and suddenly remained illuminated. In addition, the steering wheel was difficult to turn left ot right. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the power steering failed. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14e044000 (steering) and 15v064000 (steering). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
I am the 2nd owner to a g6 have noticed since about a month or so after purchasing vehicle that when turning at slow speeds there is a clanking/banging noise. Have noticed several others mention of this same issue. Now it shows obvious recall for the u joint for this vehicle, yet both dealerships and pontiac are only saying it is VIN specific which to me is a crock of (you fill in). There is obviously a problem with this yet they want to do nothing. Guess major accidents or death must need to result in order for them to fix the issue. Also at just any random time the airbag warning will just pop up on my dashboard. Vehicle has been in no accidents, so there should be no reason to that just randomly "poppign up" I will be making formal complaints to bbb and national safety website. If you post a recall for a vehicle, it is not VIN specific as they are all using the same parts. Come on gm we are not idiots here!!!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. When the contact shifted into reverse gear, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact also stated when the brake pedal was depressed it failed to respond. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 101,000. Updated 09/02/15*lj updated 3/29/2016 *js updated 11/02/2017
Turned left going approximately 30mph lost power steering. Car was hard to turn and luckily I didn't go straight into the bridge. Drove approximately another mile to go home turned left again and lost power steering making the car hard to turn. This happened once before about a month ago and I checked power steering fluid levels which were ok. Once I restarted the car everything went back to normal and had no more problems until yesterday.(6/23/15) I called pontiac today(6/24/15) they stated there were no recalls for my car concerning the steering. I know there was an update in february of this year concerning pontiac g6's but I am being told my car is not in that. This problem needs addressed and fixed. I am going to schedule a dealer to look at this issue as soon as I can get it in.
I have been having problems with clunking and rattling in the steering column for years, even shortly after I purchased my vehicle in 2007 the popping began,especially at low speeds.its to the point now that my car feels like its literally going to fall apart with all the rattling and vibrating. Gm suggested I rotate tires, resurface rotors, replace tie rods and stabilizer bar control link`. I have paid for all of this at my mechanic and the problem still persists. I have had 2 mechanics(non gm) insist that its the steering column shaft and there have been several complaints about this same exact issue but gm refuses to fix the root of the problem. I believe they lubed the shaft some years ago but that was just a band aid.I understand they were replacing the shafts years ago but stopped because of the high cost for gm. I know that this is and has been my issues over the years and it is only getting worse. They should have fixed it the correct way the first time instead of giving me the run around and having all these other things done to my vehicle when the main issue is the steering column shaft. I have had enough spending money on my vehicle when pontiac should be held responsible for replacing and or repairing my shaft. Im scared to drive my vehicle at time because im afraid its going to fall apart. Something has got to be done finally this this gone on far too long.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. While driving at 45 MPH, the power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle became very difficult to steer after the power steering warning light initiated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000.
The power steering lost power while I was in a parking lot. Steering was became manual was extremely difficult. I turned off the car and restarted and the power steering returned to normal. This happened on 6/5/15 and 6/12/15.
My steering hose is too close to the exhaust so it burned thru the protective sleeve and into the hose causing it to burn and me losing power while steering almost getting in to an accident.
I am having the same problem as hundreds of others. Gm continues to ignore the safety of their consumers. I have an 07 pontiac g6 and while driving on the freeway the power steering light illuminated and the steering became very tight, jerky, and hard to control. It is a miracle I was able to get off the busy freeway without causing an accident. This is the exact same problem other g6 vehicles are having and most have been recalled in campaign 15v064000. The 2007 and my VIN have not been recalled and who but gm knows why they are putting people in danger. There are close to 200 complaints on the federal safety agency alone with people having the same problem with the same year. Why on earth is gm refusing to repair these cars like they are doing on other years of the same make and model. This was a dangerous situation to me, and the innocent drivers around me. Gm needs to own up to their mistakes and include the rest of the VIN numbers that are having the same issue as the rest of the vehicles that have been recalled.
The power steering went out on my 2007 pontiac g6. The vehicle was traveling at low speeds. It went out repeatedly. The power steering went out when turning the wheel more than approximately 15 degrees. The steering wheel tightened before going out and was followed by a vehicle alert that the power steering was lost. Power steering was recovered when turning off the car and turning it back on. However, steering continued to go out. It has since been intermittent and does not go out once exceeding approx 15-20 miles per hour.
When making turns left or right the steering is stiffing and makes it very hard to turn and makes a loud noise
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac g6. After driving forty five minutes, the contact parked the vehicle. Once it was restarted, a burning odor was detected and smoke was present. There was a complete loss of power steering and fluid leaked onto the ground. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering lines needed to be replaced. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v153000 (steering) and 14e044000 (steering). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 148,000.
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