I have a 2009 pontiac g6 gt 4d. It is currently registered to my girlfriend VIN#[xxx]. Due to the electrical and technical problems this car has given use so much problems. Especially at night. Well it has an automatic light turn on and I have notes that the back brakes will not turn on unless my foot is on the brake. It is very dangerous for me to be driving especially with children. I've had cars come from around us and tell us to turn on the lights it quit embarrassing. It ended up to whatever electrical problems it had caused the car to have engine problems to were the car was saying reduced engine problems we have spend lots of money trying to get this car running but if something was fixed something else went wrong I have change the computer that cost a lot of money it has got to the point now that the cars cadillac converter, and fuel injectors have gone out. I have attempted to get the cadillac converter fixed but the best thing I could do was get it hollowed out. Know it makes a loud noise. I haven't ran the car for about two years now because the cost of repair for this car is out of my budget. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2009 Pontiac G6 brakes complaints
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The door locks keep locking and unlocking on their own and now the back passanger door lock stopped working. My brake lights stay on when I'm driving and the bad light keeps coming on but my garage can't figure out why, they said there's no reason for it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. While depressing the brake pedal, the brake lights failed to illuminate. However, when the brake pedal was not depressed, the brake lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and they informed the contact that there was a computer shortage for the brake lights and informed the contact about the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electrical system, exterior lighting, vehicle speed control, electronic stability control). The dealer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not included in the recall. The approximate failure mileage was 138,000.
I received a brake light recall in the mail. Contacted dealer and they told me there was no recall for my car. I have been having issues with my brake lights working and sometimes not. They sometimes come on when I am not braking and sometimes do not light up when I am braking. I clearly have the problem noted in the recall notice. I am now trying to find the notice that came in the mail. I have misplaced it, unfortunately for me. I am a low income person and cannot afford the expense of having this repaired and should not have to since I received a recall notice in the mail. Not sure what to do at this point.
I have 2009 pontiac g6 where my cruise was kicking off come to find out that my brake light come on without me touching the brake petal. The brake light just stay on until I push the petal and release it then there off for few seconds and pop back on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. While stationary on a hill, the vehicle rolled back while the emergency brake was engaged. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer, c & s capital corporation in kansas city, ks, was made aware of the failure, but did not repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 151,000. The VIN was not available.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the tail lights failed to illuminate. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (service brakes, electrical system, exterior lighting, vehicle speed control, electronic stability control) however, the repair failed to remedy the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the brake and traction warning indicators illuminated continuously. In addition, the brake pedal was depressed but was difficult to release or press down. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was unknown.
A friend following me 09-21-2016 noticed my brake lights were on constantly. Driving home that night I could tell the brake light stayed on, unless I was applying the brake and they would go off. Also cruise control would not work. Made an appointment with the local gm dealership where the car was purchased new for 09-27-2016. Dealership diagnosed car with a bad brake switch. Car was repaired and picked up on 09-30-2016 (brake switch replaced) cost 194.81. Drove the car on a 300 mile trip on 10-13-2016. Traction warning light would come on intermittently and when the light was on cruise control would not work. Also checked on brake lights and now they stay constantly. Traction warning light stays on constantly also now.. The car did go on for the recall notice back in 2014. We were not experiencing any problems prior to the last couple of months.
I had power steering lose about a year ago and then it just happened again yesterday. When I shut the car off it like resets and then it's fine I also had a friend of mine text me and told me that my brake lights were backwards when I when I was breaking the lights were off when I was driving and my brake lights were on. I have also always noticed that my car shifts weird sometimes when I'm passing it doesn't seem like I can get up to speed. I have also had trouble with my passenger front airbag sensor since I've had the car. I bought my car and 2010 it was only a year old with very few miles. Right now I only have about 81,000 miles on it. With all of my incidents with the power steering and brake lights I have been in town driving all were in motion. In town driving has probably been about 35 mile an hour I would never want to experience or have any of these on the highway.
Brake light intermittent. Illuminates when brakes are not applied or does not illuminate when brakes are applied. First occured 2013. Dealer replaced brake light switch,. Then again in june 2015. Dealer relearned brake pedal switch position. Occurred again this week. I have not returned to dealer for diagnostices. Problem disappeared. This does to seem to happen when it is raining heavily. Other drivers on road notified me when problem was occurring.
Brake lights are illuminated continuously unless the brake is applied (talk about safety hazard!), the cruise control will randomly disengage, and the traction control light will alarm and light up.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. While driving 45 MPH, the service traction and service ABS. Traction control, ESC and stability control warning indicators illuminated. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000. Updated 07/12/16*lj updated 08/03/16.
The solution gm has for recall #14v252000 does not work. The recall was fixed 9/2014 and on 10/31/15 the same problem was noticed. This has been noticed when the vehicle is in motion. Brake lights come on when brakes are not applied, go off when brakes are applied. I brought vehicle into a chevy dealership on 11/09/15. They replaced a brake pedal position sensor. Noticed on 11/09/15 in pm that the brake lights remain on and do not change when the brake is pressed. A service traction came on 11/10/15 and again on 11/17/15. I have not had an opportunity to drive behind the vehicle while this service traction light is on. I have taken a picture of the service traction light twice showing the mileage and time. I have read similar complaints regarding this the federal safety agency recall #14v252000 (gm recall #13036) on this website! I know this will not be taken care of unless a number of people die from an accident just like the ignition switch recall!!
My g6 was recalled last year because of a problem with the bcm. The problem caused loss of traction control, cruise control and the lights to malfunction. Since my vehicle was fixed, I have experienced the same problem several times. A switch was replaced a few weeks ago and this took care of the problem temporarily. I am now being told the bcm needs to be replaced and will cost $800. The reason for the recall was "increased resistance in the bmc may result in voltage fluctuations". I do not understand why the recall did not include replacing the bcm. It is very scary and upsetting when the "service traction" warning appears while driving 70 MPH on the interstate at night and not knowing if the brake lights are on or not.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. While driving 30 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired. When the vehicle was started, the brake light illuminated; however, when the brake pedal was depressed, the brake light failed to illuminate. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. Upon engaging the cruise control, it deactivated independently. The brake lights illuminated constantly when the brake pedal was not applied. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control), but did not receive notification of the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to a dealer to schedule the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.
I have been dealing with the issue of the service traction light coming on in my car, which will cause my cruise control to not work, and, my break lights to either stay on all the time, stay on while I'm driving, shut off while I break, or, just not come on at all. I have at the bcm module cleaned 3 times, this is only a temporary fix. I have completed the recall the gm finally did, this did not solve the issue either. I finally today had to get my entire bcm module replaced, and a very high cost! I think that the recall should have replaced these entirely, because, obviously what they are doing to fix the "recall" is not working!
Letter from congressman barletta on behalf of constituent re 2009 pontiac g6 lost power brakes and steering while driving on four separate occasions.
2009 pontiac g6. Consumer sent in repair invoice. *ta recall # 14v252000.
2009 pontiac g6. Requesting reimbursement for repairs due to recall. *ta according to the repair invoice, the bcm shorted out. Recall #14v252000.
Unfortunately I have experienced about all of the issues that are being complained about on here. The light connectors melting and blowing the headlights, the electrical system messing up and frying 7 brains, the brake lights not working properly, the steering acting funny just to name a few, and although I have taken the car to the dealership several times since 2010 to have these issues worked on, I continue to have the problems. I think that it is ridiculous that car manufacturing companies are allowed to let these vehicles stay on the road without doing recalls on these dangerous and possibly fatal problems. For years I wanted one of these cars after they came out and now it has been the biggest waste of my time and money. But..that's ok! As soon as I have a wreck or something happens due to one of these problems I will be dialing up my lawyer!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a deer and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken to the a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brakes and the ignition needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system , electronic stability control , exterior lighting , service brakes, hydraulic , vehicle speed control). The failure mileage was 48,000.
As I was driving around a curve another vehicle was on my lane heading the opposite direction as me so I turns quickly to avoid collision and I lost control of the brakes and wheels. Upon impact with a light post no air bags on my side came out.
See the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 ; gm recall notice 13036 dated july 2014. I've been in two near rear end collisions due to brake light failure; I was pulled over by the police & told that my brake lights were staying lit while driving and then I was pulled over again & told that my brake lights were not lit up when I braking. I was able to show both officers the recall notice I received from gm & I was advised to get the problem fixed immediately as I was putting myself and others at risk of possible accident and injuries. While driving on the highway, the cruise control was enabled and would not disengage when I brake nor disengage when I pressed the on/off button. I had to cycle the key off/on in order to disengage the cruise control. Other times, the cruise will not engage when on/off button is pressed. I am also having issues shifting from park to drive or reverse, also e.s.c. Isn't working as it should, nor the panic brake assist features. Lights for e.s.c. Tcs randomly flash and flicker. All these are indications are consistent with the gm recall notice 13036. As stated before, I have almost been in two collisions and been pulled over twice. Contacted gm five times - case #[xxx] on file. Gm stated that my car must be serviced by local dealership but will not cover costs. The local dealer wants diagnostic fees up front, which I cannot afford. Gm hasn't notified dealerships of the recall 13036 to date. Do I need to be involved in an accident, harming myself and others, before this is addressed by gm? Does there have to be loss of life to get gm to fix the known issues outlined in recall 13036? How can I rely on safe transportation until this is fixed? In closing, I seek assistance in addressing the blatant disregard of public safety that gm has shown to me and other customers. I would like to get my car fixed at no cost to me. Help!! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was driving down the road being followed by my wife who informed me that as I was driving down the road my brake lights were on but when I hit the brakes my brake lights went off. As days went by it continued to do the brake lighting fault when I noticed that attempting to set cruise control was quite difficult. I'm not sure about you but faulty brake lighting is a serious safety issue. To this day, june 30th 2014 the brake lights are still malfunctioning.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the contact was informed by another motorist that the brake lights on the vehicle were constantly illuminated. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control). The part for the repair was unavailable. The dealer was notified and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000. Updated 08/11/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the brake lights illuminated without the brakes being engaged. Also, the contact mentioend that the cruise control became inoperable.the contact was made aware of a recall the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v252000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, exterior lighting, service brakes, hydraulic, vehicle speed control). However, the VIN was not included on the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.
Was informed by coworker that when driving behind me, he noticed my brake lights were reversed (on when driving, turned off when braking). The problem seems to occur randomly, have not been able to identify whether certain conditions cause the problem. After noticing a recall issued for this problem, I visited the gm dealership, however I was informed that my vehicle does not have a recall for this issue. Not sure if gm is just slow at updating recalled vins in its system or if somehow my vehicle skirted by.
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