GM Recalls Over Eight-Thousand Pontiac G6 Vehicles

February 11, 2009 By US Recall News 1 Comment

Vehicle Make / Model:		Model Year(s):
PONTIAC / G6		2005-2006
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.		Mfr’s Report Date: JAN 28, 2009
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 09V036000		PE08054 NHTSA Action Number: PE08054

Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS

Potential Number of Units Affected: 8012

Summary: GM IS RECALLING 8,012 2005-2006 PONTIAC G6 VEHICLES. THE BRAKE LAMPS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY BECAUSE OF CORROSION IN A WIRING CONNECTOR. CORROSION IN THE CONNECTOR COULD CAUSE THE BRAKE LAMPS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS NOT BEEN DEPRESSED, OR THE LAMPS MAY NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL MAY NOT ENGAGE, AND GREATER BRAKE PEDAL FORCE MAY BE REQUIRED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK.

Consequence: BRAKE LAMPS THAT ARE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY MAY NOT WARN A DRIVER IN A FOLLOWING VEHICLE OF THE BRAKING STATUS AND COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL APPLY A DIELECTRIC LUBRICANT TO THE CONNECTOR TO PREVENT CORROSION. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FOR YOU FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 17, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PONTIAC AT 1- 800-620-7668 OR OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Notes: GM RECALL NO. 80317. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV .

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Robyn Middleton says

March 8, 2011 at 6:41 am

To whom this may concern, I bought a Pontiac in Oct 2007 and it had 29,000 miles and soon after I purchased it I noticed a popping in the steering column when I would turned the wheel! Anyways about a 8 months ago it gradually started jerking as I would start to accelerate and it got worse and then it started jerking really hard when I would put it from park into drive it jerks really hard and start to take off and now it is to the point it acts like it doesn’t want to shift and then it will jerk! I have continuously taking it to Bedford in Chickasha Oklahoma where I purchased it 1st they did the catalytic converter and it still ran the same engine lite was still on so i took it back and they said it was the O2 sensor and it wasn’t under warranty to fix..so we take it to a mechanic and he fix three of the sensors…still didn’t fix the problem. So I take it back to byford and they fix the gasket and manifold…still didn’t fix the problem engine lite is still on! It runs horrible, and also when it is in park it has a terrible title and a really bad vibration like the wheel is going to fall off when I am driving on the highway and I am very concerned for me and my child’s safety and I am absolutely sick of dealing with this….in the min-st of it all someone backed in to me and I wasn’t able to get my car fixed BC we were taking it to all kinds of mechanics and it was doing this way before my car got hit! Byford treated be like I don’t know what I am talking about and I am very disappointed with there service department!!! My car runs like a piece of junk and it only has 64,000 miles there is no excuse for this! It also still has a warranty on it!

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