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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

10 crash reports1 fire reports3 injury reports

What owners actually said

272 reports

25 miles · Nov 3, 2015

Electrical SystemSteering

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TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A RECALL I RECEIVED REGARDING THE POWER STEERING STATED POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND LAST, STEERING SHAKING TERRIBLY GM SERVICE HAD THE CAR AND TOLD ME I NEED TO PAY OVER $300 TO FIX THE BATTERY CABLES BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. SO IT BECAME MY PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE RECALL ISSUE. RIDICULOUS THEY LET ME TAKE THE CAR AS IS. I AM APPALLED AT THIS POINT. MY VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING MANY TIMES AND IS VERY UNSAFE BUT UNTIL I DO SOMETHING GM WONT DO ANYTHING.

NHTSA ODI #10788089

60,000 miles · Aug 15, 2015

Electronic Stability Control (esc)

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WHILE DRIVING SERVICE POWER STEERING SERVICE ESC AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS RECEIVED. LOST POWER STEERING/VERY HARD TO STEER. TURNED CAR OFF RESTARTED THEN HAD NO ISSUES. THEN SEVERAL HOURS LATER HAD SAME ISSUE OCCURRED...TURNED CAR OFF/ON AND POWER STEERING RESTORED. THIS ISSUE KEEPS RE-OCCURRING WITH THIS 2010 G6, 2.4L V4 WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALER INDICATES NO OPEN RECALL FOR THIS 2010 MODEL DESPITE RECALLS FOR EARLIER YEAR G6 MODELS WITH THESE EXACT SYMPTOMS.

NHTSA ODI #10748867

96,885 miles · Jul 3, 2015

Unknown Or Other

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I WENT TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND THE DOOR HANDLE WOULDN'T LET ME OUT(DRIVERS SIDE). MY CAR SHOWS ITS UNLOCKED, YET IT WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. FINALLY, THE DOOR OPENED UP. BUT AGAIN, AFTER GROCERY SHOPPING, MY CAR FAILED TO LET ME IN!! I WAS STRANDED AT WALMART FOR A GOOD 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE DOOR DECIDED TO START WORKING AGAIN! THIS IS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION WITH GM CARS! I LOOKED UP MY PROBLEM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURING THING WITH GM. WHY ARE THEY NOT RECALLING THIS?! I DO NOT HAVE A KEY FOB, AND THE ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK MY CAR IS FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE, WHICH IS THE SIDE THAT WILL NOT OPEN! I HAVE TO KEEP MY DOORS UNLOCKED EVERY WHERE I GO AS OF NOW BC OF THIS STUPID MALFUNCTION PROBLEM! HOW EMBARRASSING TO BE 24 AND HAVE TO CLIMB OVER FROM YOUR PASSENGER SEAT TO DRIVE YOUR CAR. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY GM!

NHTSA ODI #10731897

148,000 miles · Jun 25, 2015

Exterior LightingStructure

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE FRONT AND REAR LIGHTS FAILED TO SIGNAL. THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT N…

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NHTSA ODI #10730444

58,000 miles · May 2, 2015

Exterior Lighting

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MY HEADLIGHTS (BOTH) WILL GO OUT FROM TIME TO TIME. I CAN START MY CAR AND ONE OF THE LIGHTS WILL BE OUT. I CAN GET OUT AND HIT ABOVE THE LIGHT AND IT COMES BACK ON. THEN I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, HIT A BUMP AND ONE OF THEM GO OUT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ONE OR BOTH MAY GO OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS 2 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2012. THEY HAVE NEVER BOTH GONE OUT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT IT HAPPENING. THEN WHAT WILL I DO? THIS PROBLEM REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT. WE THEN SHOW THE COP THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS HIT IT. THANKFULLY WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A TICKET YET. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10714175

60,000 miles · Apr 6, 2015

Exterior Lighting

HEADLIGHT BULBS FOR BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES NEED TO BE REPLACED REPEATEDLY. THE PIGTAIL SOCKET FOR THE BULB APPEARS TO HAVE OVERHEATED. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND REPLACED HEADLIGHT BULBS SIX TIMES. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10703990

80,000 miles · Apr 4, 2015

SteeringCrash

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POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO HAVE BODY WORK REPAIRED. AFTER PICKING UP FROM INSURANCE, I DROPPED IT OFF AT SEWELL GMC DALLAS TO TAKE CARE OF RECALLS. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING IS IN THE RECALL AND WILL BE FIXED. ONCE I WAS CALLED TO PICK UP, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. EVERY PONTIAC G6 HAS A RECALL ON LOSS OF POWER STEERING EXCEPT MINE. I HAD A WRECK BECAUSE OF SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. THE 2010 MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. SO MANY OTHER ISSUES TOO INCLUDING LOW BEAM HARNESS BURNING. MINE DOES THAT TOO...NO RECALL. MAINLY FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS TOLD POWER STEERING WAS COVERED ONLY TO FIND OUT NOT.

NHTSA ODI #10703733

89,457 miles · Apr 2, 2015

Steering

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MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A RECENT ISSUE I HAD WITH MY VEHICLE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ESC INDICATOR CAME ON AND LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL IN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, BUT PERIODICALLY. IF THE CAR DID START AND NO LIGHT WOULD APPEAR, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. THE SHAKING WAS VERY VERY NOTICEABLE. WE HAD TAKEN IT INTO OUR MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THE VEHICLE THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED FOR HIM THAT THE ESC LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THIS TIME HE EXPERIENCED THE SHAKING STEERING WHEEL. BEFORE HE WOULD TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT IT, HE LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET; HE FOUND THERE A RECALL FROM GM ON THE ESC SENSOR AND ASKED US TO TAKE IT TO OUR DEALER. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE WAS THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FIND THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. WE WERE TOLD OUR VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND SAME ISSUE IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE A BIGGER CONCERN OVER THE SAFELY OF US DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE IF THE STEERING WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

NHTSA ODI #10703375

85,000 miles · Mar 20, 2015

Electronic Stability Control (esc)SteeringVehicle Speed Control

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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*CN

NHTSA ODI #10700725

120,000 miles · Mar 18, 2015

Power TrainService BrakesSteeringCrashInjury

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I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABILITY TO BE IMPAIRED. I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANY FURTHER. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EXITED MY VEHICLE TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AS MY CAR STARTED TO ROLL AWAY. I RAN TO CATCH THE CAR TRYING TO PREVENT MY CAR FROM RUNNING INTO ANOTHER CAR, PEDESTRIANS AND A NEARBY ITEMS. I WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. THE INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT THEY CONSISTED OF BRUISING, BACK INJURIES AND MY FOOT BEING RAN OVER. MY CAR ALSO HAS SCRAPES. IF THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THEN THE CABLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN THAT SOON OR AT ALL PUTTING THE CAR IS THAT STATE OF DANGER. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE, IF THEY REPAIRED THE RECALL CORRECTLY AND IT WAS A EFFICIENT METHOD THIS SHOULD NOT OF STILL HAPPEN. THE FIX THEY DID IS EITHER ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AND/ OR THE METHOD THEY ARE USING IS NOT EFFECTIVE. ALSO A POSSIBLY THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PARTS OF THE CABLE THAT ARE DEFECTED. GM WAS VERY INCOMPLIANT AND DID NOT CARE TO EXAMINE OR SEE THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER, BUT IF THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME IT COULD ALSO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH OTHERS STILL. I HAD TO PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED, BUT THIS DEFECT AND SOLUTION ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL NOT WORKING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BREAKAGE FOR ANY VEHICLE. ...UPDATED 03-23-15 *BF UPDATED 06/09/15 *BF *TR UPDATED 9/28/2017*CN

NHTSA ODI #10695097

Official recalls

14V252000 · Electrical System:wiring; Electronic Stability Control (esc); Exterior Lighting:brake Lights; Exterior Lighting:brake Lights:switch; Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control

May 14, 2014

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured May 16, 2003, through October 11, 2012, 2004-2007 Malibu Maxx vehicles manufactured June 25, 2003, through April 5, 2007, 2005-2010 Pontiac G6 vehicles manufactured May 26, 2004, through January 4, 2010, and 2007-2010 Saturn Aura vehicles manufactured April 24, 2006, through May 26, 2009. In the affected vehicles, increased resistance in the Body Control Module (BCM) connection may result in voltage fluctuations in the Brake Apply Sensor (BAS) circuit. These fluctuations can cause one or more of these conditions: the brake lights to illuminate without the brake pedal being pushed; the brake lights to not illuminate when the pedal is pushed; difficulty disengaging the cruise control; moving the gear shifter out of the 'PARK' position without pushing the brake; and disablement of crash avoidance features such as traction control, electronic stability control, and panic braking assist features.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Any of the above failure conditions increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will attach the wiring harness to the BCM with a spacer, apply dielectric lubricant to both the BCM and harness connector and the BAS and harness connector, and will relearn the brake pedal home position, free of charge. The manufacturer distributed an Interim letter to customers on July 14, 2014. The recall began on August 18, 2014. Owners may contact General Motors customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), 1-800-762-2737 (Pontiac), 1-800-553-6000 (Saturn). GM's number for this recall is 13036.

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Electronic Stability Control (esc)