2010 Pontiac G6: jerking or lurching

Filed Mar 17, 2023 · Steering · NE

My vehicle steering wheel began shaking every time I am stopped at stop light. It also jerks when I am driving. When I start the car, it sometimes the steering wheel gets very hard nad a power steering notice comes up in the notification screen. A car with scwiggly lines also is shown. This happens intermittently. One time the power steering turned off while I was driving and it was very hard to drive and dangerous.

Filed May 20, 2022 · Electrical, Steering · NC

I have an issue with my power steering and eps turning off after my car has been cranked a minimum of 2 min maybe not even that long. My steering wheel also rotates (like shaking) without the car moving and if the car is being driven it poses a huge risk to crashing as the jerking causes the car to swerve. I took it to the dealership to have the recall issues replace seeing that the issues I am having are the exact same as the recall released on the pontiac g6 with recall # 14v153000 and also recall# 14e044000. The dealership insisted I was wrong after the service agent I spoke to that scheduled the appointment said all the part were there to fix my car and they seen the recalls. I need assistance as to what I can do to get this taken care of seeing as I am still paying on this car and I havent even had it two months yet

Filed Jun 6, 2019 · Steering · 107,700 miles · UT

Takata recall my steering wheel will lock up at random while driving at 35-70 MPH it will display 'service ESC' power steering off. I will have to stop my car turn it off and on an couple time until I'm able to turn my wheel. When the power steering is working the steering wheel will jerk and twitch until again randomly lock up again with the warnings. When driving at high speeds this is extremely dangerous due to it locking up at will. I have read many complaints from people for this same issue. There have been recalls for this same issue on years 2006-2009 it says it involves the steering column needing to be replaced. This is a very pricy problem to get fixed and it's a manufacture problem due to the volume of people effected and prior years already recalled for the same problem. Someone will get hurt for this and I think it needs to be investigated

Filed Dec 29, 2018 · Airbags, Driver assistance · 179,619 miles · FL

Esc off and service ESC came on as soon as vehicle steering locked up then wouldn't turn at all when you try to turn it it jerked back to the other side. Burnt nasty smell from inside and outside car. Now car won't even start or nothing

Filed Sep 16, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 136,000 miles · GA

Purchased car used in 2013 car will not start sometimes car will loose power steering and jerk going down the road lose gas indicator and speedometer has happened several times in 4 years not the battery or the alternator possibly theft deterrent device seems to be a theme with this make and model however no recall by pontiac probably because they are out of business and dont care

Filed Mar 20, 2017 · Electrical, Steering · 176,000 miles · MI

Gm issued a recall for the exact same issue I am having with my vehicle only for previous years they did extend special coverage but only up to 150,000 miles. This problem with the power steering cutting out at any given time should be considered a major safety issue, I have had to manually try and steer my vehicle when this has cut out, thank god I was pulling into my driveway and not out on the highway at 70mph with my child in the car!! I barely had the strength to steer it when I had to. This is a common issue with this design of electrical power steering and I feel gm should stand behind their product and fix it regardless of the mileage on a person's vehicle. When I start my vehicle up the power steering indicator flashes along with service ESC and the steering wheel locks, when I restart the vehicle it will usually reset but this is happening with more and more frequency as well as the steering wheel jerking while sitting idle and also while in motion. Just because my vehicle has 30,000 more miles on it than the special coverage allows doesn't mean gm should discard the issue and make it the consumers problem! This is due to their faulty design/manufacturing of this part.

Filed Jan 3, 2017 · Steering · 160,000 miles · CA

On december 26th, 2016 I was driving my 2010 pontiac g6 down the highway when I felt a strong jerk and the car was nearly impossible to steer. The car jerked into the adjacent lane almost hitting a car who brake to avoid me. I parked the car on the side of the road turned it off. I turned the car back on and the power steering seemed to be fine. This is a very dangerous issues and now I am unable to drive my car because of safety issue.

Filed Mar 20, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 85,000 miles · TX

I had an incident in 2013 that might come in to play with a recent recall. I own a 2010 pontiac g6. As I was driving down a main road traveling at an average speed of 45mph my vehicle became impaired. The dash screen projected service ESC/ low traction. The steering became almost impossible to control and no matter how hard I pushed the gas pedal down the car would not go any faster than 5 MPH. The car also became jerky, jerking the whole car back and forth for a moment. I this happen multiple times. I took the car to the gm shop and after changing a lot of parts that didn't need to be changed they finally changed a part called a sensor and that seemed to stop the problem. It seems there is starting to be a recall on this but not my car and I'm not sure why. This isn't the first problem I had with this car sense I got it. ...updated 08/12/15 *bf *tr updated 9/29/17

Filed Feb 25, 2015 · Steering · 94,500 miles · IN

I noticed that when I would go to start the vehicle I would get some waring lights such as "no power steering" and "service ESC" or something to that affect. There would be no power steering when I would first turn on the car but it I shut it back off and then restarted it would clear out and I would have power steering. Shortly after that started the steering wheel would make jerking or rapid movements back and forth by itself sometimes even when I was driving down the road. Eventually the power steering went out while I was driving and nearly caused me to wreck! I began a search to see if there had been any steering problems with the pontiac g6 reported and I found that there had actually been several recalls but when I contacted gm and they said that although the pontiac g6 2005-2006 and 2008-2009 models had been recalled that my 2010 had not been included in the recall. They told me that since my vehicle was no longer under warranty they would not cover the repair..... Even though it was the exact same part that failed (steering wheel torque sensor) on the vehicles that had been recalled. I had to pay out of pocket.....$503!

Filed Dec 22, 2014 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 101,786 miles · AL

I have noticed that sometimes my car pulls when I am at rest and driving. Today, I sat in my car to get some heat on my lunch break. My car began to shake violently and messages and lights popped up. The engine, tcs and ESC lights came on. I turned it off and crank it again and I could hear the engine rattling. That happened around 1 pm. I got off around 730 pm tonight and as I drove the car rode good for about 2 miles and then it began to slow down and all of these warnings popped up regarding traction and powering down. I pulled over sat and crank my car and the engine rattled horribly. I turned it off and crank it again. The ride was not smooth and it was jerking. We have not received any information regarding a recall on my vehicle this year. I received one I believe last year and took care of it.

Filed Jul 17, 2014 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 pontiac g6. The contact stated that while parked and powering off, the vehicle jerked forward. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v460000 (power train). The dealer and the manufacturer informed the contact that the part was not available for the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Filed May 16, 2014 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · FL

Sometimes around 40 to 55 MPH the car begins to jerk, and than when I give it gas the car doesn't accelerate. It happens sometime at low speed too. I took the car to three different dealers. One gm couldn't find anything. So I took it to the dealer where I bought the car. They said it was transmission. But I couldn't get it fix there because it's no longer a pontiac/gm dealer. To get it fix under 100000 miles power train warranty I need to take it to a gm dealer. So I took it to gm dealer just down the road. They said they felt something going on, but could not figure it out. No check light, so they said they have to wait until a light comes on. I am not sure if this has anything to do with recent recalls on g6, but there is something wrong with the car. My daughter's drives this car to school an hour away three times a week. Are there any other complains like this? Thank you