I bought a used 2009 pontiac g6 with 90,000 thousand miles on it. I have had it for a 1 year and 2 months before I started having problems. It all started message saying "check your gas cap". I would pull over and check gas cap it was vaporized. I opened and reclosed this was about 5 minutes from my house it takes 15 minutes to get to from house to town. Within 10 minutes my gas tank would wad up like a plastic bottle and when I would turn car off at work you could hear it un folding. This went on for 2 days then on the 2nd time my check engine came on I called and took to a dealership close to me. They told me it was the carbon canister it was going to cost 700.00 to fix. I did not have the money so I drove for a few weeks longer then my car was die when you go to stop at red lights or slow down. Both times semi trucks were behind me. The second time it did I called my husband crying said I was too scared to drive my car with me or my son in it. So I called the dealership where I bought the car and took to them to be fixed this was in september. They kept the car a week changed carbon filter and fixed speed cable this was making the car die. I got my car back drove from dealership and started to drive home when I noticed car still not fixed it was saying I had no gas so put gas in and it said I had 183 miles worth of gas by the time I got home I had 134 miles of gas left. I had called dealership to let them know that something was not right so in less then 24 hours took my car back to dealership and they kept it a week saying gas tank need to be replaced so they replaced it and replaced carbon filter again. Now the car works fine just wandering how long before it acts up again. I called pontiac headquarters in all this time and they told me there was no recall and that there was nothing that they can do to help with the problem because I did not have any warranty.
2009 Pontiac G6 fuel system complaints
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Had to replace fuel pump @ 55,000 miles. According to others, this is a common problem. We had a smell of gas and fumes leaking into our garage for who knows how long...this is where our water heater is!! Could have blown up the house... Ridiculous, this is happening to many, many others.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the vehicle emitted a strong gasoline fuel odor while parked or when being driven. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 76,000.
I purchased a 2009 pontiac g6 in dec 2009. When the vehicle was taken into the dealership for its first oil change (@3000 miles), a fuel odor was detected coming from the rear wheel area. This smell was mentioned to the dealership and the owner was told by the service writer that it was a 'shop spill' and not from the car. On other occasions a fuel odor was detected by the owner, but they were dismissed as flukes. Recently, (06/13) a very strong fuel odor began coming from the rear wheel area of the car. The hotter weather seemed to make the problem more noticeable. Research was done on various blogs and forums, and the owner determined that the problem was most likely a cracked fuel line or fuel return line on the top of the fuel tank and that the dealers charge $800 or more for the replacement of the fuel pump assembly. The problem has been a known issue for the g6 since the 2006 model and as yet, general motors has not done the "right thing" and issued a recall. If my vehicle was much older or had a lot of miles on it, I might feel better about this problem occurring, but the vehicle only has 33,000 miles on it, and is only 3 1/2 years old. I hope that no one dies from this design/manufacturing defect before general motors takes appropriate action and recalls these vehicles. I know that it would be very costly, but much less expensive than the potential lawsuits they will have to settle if someone dies or is injured or property is destroyed due to fires. I know that I would stand up in court with this message and the internet postings that show this is major problem and testify that "gm knew about this problem and took no action". Hopefully, somehow g6 owners can get together and force gm to take the corrective action that they should and reimburse the owners that have already made the repairs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 pontiac g6. The contact stated that there were gasoline fuel fumes inside the vehicle. The contact was able to locate a fuel leak from under the vehicle and through the muffler. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic, who stated that there was a leak on the fuel pressure line that LED to the fuel pump. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure was not reported to the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 91,000. The current mileage was 92,000. Updated 07/02/13
Large fuel leak at rear of gas tank above exhaust pipe resulting in an overwhelming fuel smell inside and outside of vehicle. Diagnosed by dealership as cracked return line connection on the fuel pump module. Part was replaced by dealership.
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