I have a 2010 pontiac g6. A few weeks ago I was driving thru town and stopped for a red light. As soon as I stopped the steering wheel started to shake. Then as I proceed thru the light all power steering stopped and message displayed "power steering fault". If I shut the car off with the wheel straight and restart, I will have power steering for a few miles. I went to the dealership about this issue and they said my car is not affected with this recall. Why?!? All other models are having the same problems.
2010 Pontiac G6 steering complaints
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Driving to town and the car starts to"ding" at me. I look down and it says "power steering" and "service ESC" and then I notice that there is no longer any power steering.
In the beginning my car would pull to one side and the steering wheel would shake really bad. It would shake driving and at a stand still. After it would shake the power steering would shut off. I could be driving or at a stand still when it shuts off (it didn't matter). I start my car now and the power steering light comes on as soon as I turn the key saying that the electric power steering is not working.
; I own a 2010 pontiac g6 that within the last week incurred a power steering failure. 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 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 the 2010 model year was not 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. I have contacted gm regarding this matter and have been assured that a local customer service representative will be contacting me within 48 hours. 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 ntsb will investigate this matter accordingly and amend the power steering recall to include 2010 models. Thank you.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. While driving at various speeds, the power steering suddenly malfunctioned and the steering wheel would become very difficult to turn. The contact indicated that when the failure occurred, the ESC off and power steering warning sensors would illuminate and the steering wheel would vibrate. The contact also indicated that while operating the vehicle, the low beam headlights would suddenly shut off and only the high beam headlights could be used. The head lamps were replaced on several occasions, but the failure continued to occur. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired and the manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Driving into work the warning bells sounded on the car. The power steering was illuminated and after a few minutes the ESC off and ESC warning also came in.
I lose power steering from time to time. I may have it when I start the car and then lose it going down the road. I may not have it when I start the car and then it comes back.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. While driving approximately 75 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the power steering and ESC warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was notified that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14e044000 (steering). The approximate failure mileage was 155,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn as the traction control and the power steering warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was restarted and was able to function as normal. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.
While driving downhill at approximately 50 MPH, the power steering warning indicator went off and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn, shorty followed by the electronic stability control warning indicator. I pulled off on the shoulder of the road and turned the engine off and restarted the engine, and the power steering worked again, but the same thing happened once more on my 35 mile commute to work. On the way home, however, the power steering would only work for about 15 seconds each time I turned the engine off and back on. Now both the power steering and ESC dont work at all. I took the vehicle to the gm dealer where I live, and was informed that the car was displaying error code c0545, indicating that the steering shaft torque sensor, the torque position sensor in the steering, needs replacement, and that there is a recall out on other years of pontiac g6's for the same problem, but 2010 was left off the recall. No word yet on whether gm is going to own up to their problem and take care of it, but after reading all the other complaints on here related to the same problem, I am not too optimistic. It is unbelievable that gm can manufacture and sell vehicles with problems like this. It's a wonder that there was not an accident involved when this happened, the vehicle is completely unsafe to drive.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the power steering and electronic stability control warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.
The steering is making a noise like gears slipping over riding one another,and catches in turns,the power steering light is on,the speedometer is not working and you have to run it to a high RPM to shift out from one gear to another,and it shifts hard when it does.
This incident has happened no less than 100 times in the past 3 months. Started off in mid april with the dashboard alert beeps, and warning display that the power steer is not serviceable, followed by a 2nd alert the ESC is off. Along with the alerts. I lost all power steering. When the car is shut off and restarted, the error was cleared and normal steering control resumed.and from mid april 2014 until early june, this error was very random an occurred only a few time (less than 10) but since early june, it happens almost constant. I no sooner stop, turn off the car, then restart the car which sometimes clears the error and sometimes doesn't. I was just told minutes ago that my car's VIN was not on the recall list, yet the model and year is! Along with millions of others... I can't drive it as is, and can't afford to get it fixed... Why isn't an obvious problem addressed better than this? And what am I to do?
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the power steering and electronic stability control warning indicators illuminated. The power steering suddenly malfunctioned and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The dealer replaced the power steering motor, steering wheel position sensor, and steering column. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 64,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the power steering warning light illuminated as the steering wheel became difficult to turn. In addition, the contact stated that the passenger air bag indicator would illuminate when there was no passenger on the seat. The contact also stated that the drivers side headlights had to be replaced several times due to a wire melt down. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who replaced the steering column. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was advised that a code needed to be reset. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 79,000.
I was getting ready to drive one morning. I started up my car and put it on drive so as I started driving out the parking lot my power steering locked up and on the dash board it said "power steering unserviceable". It was hard to steer so I put it on park, popped the hood open and looked underneath the hood. Then I remembered I have a electronic power steering so I turned my car off and on and everything went back to normal. Then I drove to the dealership and they told me that it reset itself and there's nothing to diagnose. So I did some research and found out that there was recalls for other models for the same problems. I was browsing the web, looking at articles and what are the odds of people with the same car same year with about the same mileage having the same problem. This is definitely not safe and not safe to sell if ever the problem comes back.
While on the highway multiple indicators suddenly alerted me to issues with the power steering, ESC system, airbags and traction control systems. The gauges all maxed out and then failed entirely. This was at approximately 70k miles I had the vehicle towed and the repair shop indicated there were no codes that registered during their diagnostic. I was advised there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. I drove the vehicle home and for approximately a month later the issue occurred again, this time my speedometer and all dash functions ceased to work, the same alerts came on and this time the vehicle would lurch into gear and sounded as if it was going to stall out. While I am still able to drive it, I am not able to tell how fast I am going nor do I feel that it is safe to operate the vehicle. I have checked the recall lists and it appears the 2010 pontiac g6 is not amongst the vehicles being recalled. This is absurd and a danger to every single person on the road while these cars are being driven. Gm needs to own up to it's mistakes and correct them in order to retain customers and save lives.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contacted stated that while driving 70 MPH, the power steering warning light illuminated as the power steering assist failed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. No repairs were performed to the vehicle. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure was 90,000 and the current mileage was 109,000.
Tl* the contact owns 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the power steering assist failed as the power steering warning light illuminated. The steering wheel was very hard to turn. The failure occurred whenever the vehicle was being driven or parked. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who did not diagnose the vehicle. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.
Tl* the contact own a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the steering wheel suddenly malfunctioned. The contact maneuvered to the shoulder and shut off the engine. Once the vehicle was restarted, the steering assist functioned properly. The failure was recurring over a three week period. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who indicated that the power steering failed and would need replacing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000.
When starting vehicle, a warning message shows and the dic saying power steering, service ESC, with traction control symbol off. Power steering is then not functional until key is switch off and the vehicle restarted. This has occurred 6 times at random. There's are recalls for earlier models with the same problem and same parts and needs to be expanded to all models built with these defective parts. This has not happened while driving but from all of the other complaints it is only a matter of time before it does and is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured because of it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the power steering system malfunctioned and the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The contact mentioned that the power steering warning light illuminated. The contact shut off the engine and once restarted, the power steering assist resumed normal function. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 115,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the power steering assist failed without warning as the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact shut off the engine and once restarted, the power steering assist continued to malfunction. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 79,000.
As my wife and our 11 year old son was in town the pontiac g6 lost steering. My wife pulled off of the road and waited for me to come and get them and drive the car back home. During the ride the power steering never returned.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the power steering assist failed without warning and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact shut off the engine and once restarted, the power steering assist resumed normal function. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who performed a diagnostic and located the failure at the steering module and column. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 92,000.
The problem start back in june 2013 when my 2010 pontiac g6 started flashing a trouble code in the dic message screen. The problem first started as an annoying issue the code would say check power steering service ESC and the ESC off indicator would light up this would happen on startup and for months all I would do is turn the key off and restart the car and it went away and the car worked fine. This would pop up sporadically sometimes multiple weeks without out a problem. Then back in november 2013 the problem remained exactly the same but it would not reset unless I removed the key from the ignition then reinsert the key and it would start and the car would again work fine. However, in december 2013 as I was traveling 70mph down the interstate radio cranked up and did not hear the alert of the trouble code (which never happened while driving only when starting) I went to pass a car and my car did not respond to the steering. I immediately grabbed the wheel with both hands and with everything I had I steered the car and got pulled over to safety on the side off the road. I was happy this didn't happen just 3 miles further down the road as I would have had to negotiate a set of curves that I'm almost certain would have required more steering wheel rotation and most likely would have resulted in an accident. The car has been sitting in storage since as I try to determine what to do with it. I went to two local gm/pontiac dealers and was told the issue is a common one on earlier model g6s and there is a gm recall/service bulletin on earlier models but not the 2010. They went as far as to explain it was the same equipment used on the 2010 model but did not have a recall/service bulleting on the 2010.
While driving the car down the street the power steering/power assist fails and the car is impossible to control. When going around a curve the car could exit the roadway. Stopping, turning off the car and turning it back will rectify the problem temporarily.
I was driving around 55 MPH when I heard a dinging noise and lost power steering. Power steering, service ESC, ESC off were the messages that displayed. Got my car home, turned it off and back on. When I turned it back on the power steering had returned. I thought it was a one-time occurrence but it happens every time I drive the car for more than 10 minutes. Called gm and they said it needed to have a diagnostic test before they would comment. Service rep I talked to claimed that it was unlikely it was related to the recall in earlier g6 models... Clearly just a coincidence! Car is currently at dealership for diagnostic test.
While driving down the road my power steering kicked off and 3 warnings came across my dash "power steering, service ESC and ESC off" I was close to a stop sign and once there I turned my car off and back on the alarm went away and my power steering was once again working. Not only does my power steering kick off all the time now but my steering wheel constantly jerks to the left, even while the car is stopped. I constantly have to keep it from going into the next lane. You have no warning when your power steering is going to kick off. Its very dangerous and very hard to control the vehicle. I'll be having the car looked at this week but I know what the issue is. Its the same part that was recalled on several other gm cars including 2005-2008 g6. The recall didn't happen until 2012 which was after the 2010 g6 was built. They really need to expand the recall before someone gets hurt.
4 days ago day upon starting the vehicle coming from the gym the power steering started going out. Since then it has lost all power steering while driving . This is a very serious safety issue. I've done enough research and noticed there is a recall on this model up until 2009 model year but not on the 2010? There really needs to be a recall on the 2010 pontiac g6 because it appears to be very common amongst us g6 owners. Gm needs to own up to this and make these vehicles safe before someone or myself get seriously hurt. Also the service ESC message has been appearing as well and "ESC off" light is on. Please help to get this issue resolved. I have made an appointment for tomorrow or monday if they can get me in. Of course I'll have to pay for it because no recall has been issued for this model. Seems I'm not the only one with this problem and lack of or loss of steering could cause a major issue!
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