I just bought this car in April. I LOVE IT! The only problem I have is when it is cold outside (below 25 degrees), the steering wheel is IMPOSSIBLE to turn...but only when I am backing out. I have heard that cars built on the same platform (Malibu, Impala, etc.) do not have steering assistance below a certain temperature. Whether or not this is true, I am not sure. The trouble in fixing this is that the problem is close to impossible for the service technicians to recreate. I live in Oklahoma and it very rarely gets cold enough for the problem to occur. However, when it DOES occur, it is a very big problem. Backing out of a parking space with ZERO power steering is no easy feat. And I am no Hulk Hogan. Anyway, the car is in the shop now so we will see what it takes to fix. Other than this problem that occurs seldomly because of the weather, I absolutely love my car.

P.S. The Malibu loaner that I have sucks compared to my supercharged coupe :)

Today I was making a 2 block drive to drop off a piece of mail, and on the way back to my apartment, I was stopped at a downhill stop sign when my car beeped at me, i looked at the radio screen and it said "power steering". OK, well I went to turn and needless to say, It was really hard to turn the steering wheel. Im a strong girl, I did it. I got all worried, took it home, called around, went to take it to a local shop and to my surprise, it was all peachy. After reading many complaints about this same problem about this same car....I think since IM only drivin 4 miles to work and back every single day in town, ill be ok til i just buy a new car, screw pontiac im gettin a foreign car!!!

I seem to have no problems with the steering except in cold weather.... I live in Missouri, where we have four seasons, and it seems as though the coldest months are when I have the worst problems with it. Sometimes I have to restart my car 3 or 4 times to get the power steering to "click" in..... I also have a complaint about my air bag lights staying on/off at the incorrect times... I saw there was a recall so I took the car to the nearest repair shop and they ran my VIN with no success, they told me I would have to repair the sensor!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!?! Very unappy with this car!! I do not like the G6, but have LOVED every other Pontiac I have owned.... I am VERY sad they are no longer making them...

I have had my car for 2 years now, never had any problems until today. I was getting ready to go out and notice the steering wheel was really hard to turn, than I noticed that the power steering light had came on. I went to check the manual to see where to put the steering fluid the book told me where, but when you go to the engine that part is not there. So I looked online and it says that it is a electric issue that sucks!!!!! They need to do a recall on that before some one gets hurts and pontiac has a bigger issue!!! And put in the manual that it is electric.

I started having problems with the power steering only when parallel parking. I assumed I needed new fluid and went and bought some. Although, after searching my engine for hours, I could not find my power steering fluid access point. I asked the dealer to check my fluid when I went to have a flat repaired, telling them I could find it (although I felt stupid about it). After reading some other complaints I found out that my model doesn't even take fluid. I picked my car up after hours and the service invoice listed the problem addressed at no charge and not other note. I haven't had any problems since, but I don't know what they did if anything. Reading some other complaints about peoples steering locking up on the highway really scares me though. Locking up while parking was frustrating, if it does this while driving, that is really dangerous. I bought this car used, and the warranty has expired.

I totally understand where everyone is coming from with this POS car! I have had issues from day 1!!! I purchased Feb 2006 and its been in the shop 10 countless times for a double cranking issue...of course the dealership could never figure it out what the deal was so i was stuck NOW I have a 3 month old and the power steering is acting up. It has been at the dealership for 3 days now. They say the steering column needs replaced completely. Well...I feel we should not have to pay for this if there is already a recall on 2005's why the hell hasn't the 2006 gotten thru yet? SLACKING maybe? I have been driving doing 65mph and the power steering goes out while my little baby is in the back seat..what is it going to take for them to fix it? Me and my child die in an accident and my parents and in laws go after GM and sue them? The dealership is saying the part is a little over $1000 but they will eat the labor and only charge me a little over $600 BULL crap! Being unemployed and my husband being the only one working we cant pull that kind of money up! They say we can finance it..yea ok...i think not! I am calling GM now as we speak cause this is not worth it...

Well this began a couple of months ago and just like everyone else i didnt know the problem was so big until i looked it up and saw all these complaints now im really upset now i dont just have to worry about how im going to get this problem fixed with the powersteering now i have to worry that its going to be a reaccuring problem. im a single parent and grandmother who works for the state of new mexico as you all know we are in a recession and the state of N.M. is putting all their employees on furlow without pay and this just stressing me out, I love my car and i'am still paying on it and i have no idea of what iam going to do i dont even want to drive it anymore. why isnt their a recall with all the complaints and the seriousness of this, i just dont get it

- angry and upset in New Mexico.

I've had my car for a bit over a year and sad to say it was a big mistake. I drove off one morning to move my car because they were doing street cleaning that day. When I pulled out of my parking spot I noticed the steering wheel was a bit tight but payed no mind to it. I went around the block and it seemed fine once I stopped to park it. The steering wheel was very hard to turn and then it would randomly easily turn and then lock. I put it on park to see what the problem was and tried turning it left and right and that didn't do much. I managed to finish parking the car trying really hard to turn the wheel. This is very frustrating and dangerous. Thankfully I was not on the highway when this happened. I agree that this car should have a recall by GM. Very disappointed.

I bought this car used from a dealership in the early winter of 2007. I've had minor problems but otherwise it was a very pleasant vehicle until the power steering got screwed up. I was shocked to find out the power steering was electrical, to start with. But yes, one day I started the car up like normal and the wheel was incredibly hard to turn. The power steering light came on and I was concerned, until restarting the car some time later when the problem had resolved itself. Well, the problem is apparently sporadic because it has left and come back over time. I see now from this page that this is a common defect in this model and it should be recalled as soon as possible. I've already complained to the NHTSA (I recommend you do so yourself @ http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm)

It is very obvious from the stories above that anyone who has to operate these vehicles on freeways is in grave danger of veering off the road or into oncoming traffic. It makes me sick that they can get away with doing nothing about it. Spread the word, we deserve a recall because we should NOT be paying for faulty merchandise!

I plan on contacting GM themselves, soon as I discover the best avenue for doing so. I already know the dealership will probably find nothing and don't really want to pay for them to tell me everything is fine, but I guess I might have to just for documentation purposes.

I first started having issues with my steering column only about 2 weeks after I'd bought this car used from a dealership back in mid 2007. It made a loud rattling noise at about 50 plus mph and the whole column would vibrate. I took it to the dealership, had the column fixed and it was fine until about 4 or 5 months later when the exact thing started happening again. I found it irritating but put off taking it to the dealership. I never really noticed any steering issues (save for the winter, on snow and ice, the car was VERY difficult to control in slick conditions, not sure if that was related or not) until one day a couple months ago on the freeway, when I essentially lost the ability to steer the car. I would attempt to slow down and turn the wheel in one direction and the front of the car wouldn't respond and would veer in the opposite direction. The steering felt extremely loose and out of control. I essentially drove for a mile or 2 panicking and trying to get off the freeway without hitting any other cars, luckily I managed to avoid it. I had the car towed to a mechanic, they checked it over, drove it 30 miles and essentially told me there was nothing wrong with it.

I drove the car for another month or so and it would sporadically do the same thing, although not to the extent that it did before. I could just sense that it wasn't driving right but I think everyone just assumed that I was paranoid and didn't really believe me since there was never something consistently wrong with it.

I finally got online and did some research and found many descriptions of the same problems I'd been having. Rather than attempt to fight GM and waste a bunch of money, which from what I gather I would been forced to do, I said "screw it" and traded the car in. This car was a nightmare from day one, I'm glad I don't have to deal with it anymore.

The main problem with what happened is that my wife was driving the car when it first started. When we took the car in , we were lucky that it did it to the service manager. We were 6 months after warranty coverage . Had to pay the full cost with a sympathetic ear from the manager . My wife has no confidence in the car anymore because of stories that it can and does happen again . I cannot believe with the seriousness of this breakdown that GM has not done a serious recall . We are getting rid of the car with a good chance of not coming back to GM {gulp} . Has there been no serious accidents from this lack of car engineering . There is no backup plan when you are driving and your steering freezes up .

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS ON THE EXPRESS WAY MAKING A TURN AROUND THE BEND. I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL. IT WAS SO HARD. MY RADIO SYSTEM READ POWER STEERING AND THOUGHT I'LL GO BUY FLUID AND DID THAT ONLY TO FIND OUT THIS MODEL DOESN'T EVEN HAVE POWER STEERING FLUID, IT'S ELECTRICAL. FIRST OFF, IN THE G6 OWNERS MANUAL IT SHOULD SAY THAT THERE IS NO DAMN PLACE FOR THE FLUID. INSTEAD IT EVEN SHOWS SOMEWHERE TO PUT THE FLUID... ONLY ON THE ACTUAL CAR ITS NOT THERE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE THIS MORNING. THERE IS NO WARNING SIGNS FOR THIS AND IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE THEN YOU MAY LOSE YOUR LIFE DEALING WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF A VEHICLE..... GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ASAP AND I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR USED.

Totally weird and out of the blue. When I started my car it was just fine, but backing out of the garage was odd, as if I had a flat tire. Then it was really difficult to steer and the Power Steering indicator flashed on my radio screen; after about half a mile it sorted itself out. When I say really difficult I mean damned near impossible, as it took most of my strength to turn... not just a little awkward. As it was Labor Day all mechanics were closed, and so I took it to Checkers to see if it needed more fluid - lo and behold, there is no power steering fluid in this model year. What a crock! Got worse each time I started my car... now I love my car, stylish, smooth ride, etc.... but I prefer that it work properly!

I am sooo glad I bought the extended warranty, which covered the repair 100%.

I thought I was alone...I know see how truly serious "our" problem is. This is a severe safety issue and one I am truly dismayed at the fact nothing has been done about. Many instances have I been cruising down the road and the power steering goes out. I am a fairly large guy and it is about all I can do to man handle the car to safe stopping point to "stop, turn off and restart"... kind of like a ctrl-alt-delete for your home computer. I can't imagine someones daughter or mother trying to pull these faulty cars over when caught by surprise. I'll be doing my fair share of calling and petitioning the powers that be. There was a gentlemen who posted a helpful statement Dealing with the "Magnuson-Moss Warranty act"... ...

..."One last thing. In the late 70s when GM was busy trying to get out from under yet another problem, the catastrophic diesel engine failure liability, congress passed a bill to protect the consumer from these calculated failures by industry. The bill that they passed, most likely in honor of GM was called the Magnuson-Moss Act. This act was as I understand it, passed with the blessings of the lobby from the auto industries of the USA asking that this not be made public. The act in a nutshell states that if any item fails earlier than a what would reasonable life time, Compared to other products in that class, and regardless of the number of owners prior to the failure, the manufacture would be expected, regardless of warranty agreements, for reinstating the product to operational status. The only catch is that they do not have to tell you that this is available. The consumer must seek out this service. Most dealers do not know about it so you must contact factory reps to explain it to them. If they blow you off, tell them you are going to contact the Federal Exchange commission. They will likely change their tune because I understand the fines are pretty stiff."... Here is a little more explanation of that act. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act

Lets keep this going and get something done about this life threatening issue.

My problem start with a power steering warning light but the steering didn't change. I took the car in as soon as I notice the warning. The mechanic could not find a problem but he said he fixed it by changing a battery. Two weeks later as I was driving the warning light came on again. This time the steering was hard to turn. I freaked out and nearly created a major accident. The next day I cranked the car up and the steering was fine. I took it to the shop and explained what happened again they said that they fixed it. I It's not fixed. I will go back tomorrow with the same complaint an I will again suggest that they google for information to resolve my problem.