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Pontiac G6 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 10 safety recalls and 5,889 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Pontiac G6 (2003–2014). The most-complained-about year is 2006.

10
safety recalls, all years
5,889
owner complaints, all years
2006
year with most recalls
2006
year with most complaints

Pick your Pontiac G6 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2014 Pontiac G601
2010 Pontiac G62272
2009 Pontiac G64713
2008 Pontiac G641,079
2007 Pontiac G641,232
2006 Pontiac G661,910
2005 Pontiac G65679
2004 Pontiac G602
2003 Pontiac G601

What Pontiac G6 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5,889 complaints with NHTSA. The 2006 model year has the most, with 1,910.

All Pontiac G6 recalls (10)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Pontiac G6, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 15V064000 Reported 69,633 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 Chevrolet Malibu and Malibu Maxx vehicles manufactured April 1, 2006, to June 30, 2006, and 2006-2007 Pontiac G6 vehicles manufactured April 18, 2006, to June 30, 2006. In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the torque sensor assembly, free of charge. The recall began February 24, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Pontiac customer…

    Model years: 2006, 2007

  2. Electronic stability control (esc) and 4 other components

    NHTSA 14V252000 Reported 2,440,524 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    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…

    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…

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  3. Floor shift (power train) and automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 14V224000 Reported 1,131,113 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on April 29, 2014, that they are recalling 56,214 model year 2007 and 2008 Saturn Aura vehicles. On May 22, 2014, GM increased the recall to include an additional 1,074,899 model year 2004-2008 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured from May 16, 2003, through October 5, 2007, model year…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and GM dealers will replace the shift cable assembly and mounting bracket, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact General Motors at…

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  4. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 14V153000 Reported 1,373,177 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 and 2008-2009 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2006 Malibu Maxx, 2009-2010 HHR (non-turbo), 2010 Cobalt, 2008-2009 Saturn Aura and 2004-2007 Ion, and 2005-2009 Pontiac G6. In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could occur…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will perform one of four bulletins. Parts are not currently available. GM expects to send an interim notification around May 28, 2014. When parts are available, owners will be mailed…

    Model years: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

  5. Gear position indication (prndl) (power train)

    NHTSA 12V460000 Reported 426,240 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Saturn Aura and model year 2008-2010 Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6 vehicles, equipped with a 4-speed automatic transmission. On these vehicles, the tabs on the transmission shift cable end may fracture and separate.

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a retainer over the cable end or replace the shift cable as necessary. This service will be performed free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 9, 2012.…

    Model years: 2008, 2009, 2010

  6. Column shift (power train)

    NHTSA 09V073000 Reported 276,729 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    General motors is recalling 276,729 my 2009 buick enclave, chevrolet cobalt, hhr, malibu, traverse, GMC acadia, pontiac g5, g6 and saturn aura and outlook passenger vehicles. These vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicles safety standard 102, "transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and ensure that the shift cable adjustment clip is fully engaged. In the event that the clip does not engage, the shift cable will be replaced free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on or…

    Model years: 2009

  7. Brake lights (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 09V036000 Reported 8,012 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    GM is recalling 8,012 my 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…

    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 began on february 17, 2009. Owners may contact pontiac at 1-…

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  8. Air bags: sensor/control module-inactive

    NHTSA 07V146000 Reported 359 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.' the right front passenger seats in these vehicles are built with a passenger air bag sensing system. When tested with a representative, unrestrained six year old child, the system is required to…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the passenger sensing system free of charge. The recall will begin on april 17, 2007. Owners may contact pontiac at 1-800-620-7668.

    Model years: 2007

  9. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 06V417000 Reported 794 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Certain vehicles originally built with cloth seats that were equipped with an automatic air bag passenger sensing system and later reupholstered with aftermarket leather seat cover kits are involved. Testing has indicated that the aftermarket leather seat covers can cause the passenger sensing system to malfunction.

    Remedy: Because a replacement leather seat cover that is compatible with the passenger sensing system is not available, general motors (GM) will repurchase these vehicles in accordance with the terms stated in GM's letter to…

    Model years: 2006

  10. Owners/service/other manual (equipment)

    NHTSA 05V098000 Reported 35,777 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 225, 'child restraint anchorage systems.' the child restraint lower anchors in the center rear seating position are located approximately 90mm behind the corresponding z-point of the child restraint fixture (crf). The owner's…

    Remedy: Owners will be mailed an owner's manual supplement. The recall ibegan on march 20, 2005. Owners may contact pontiac at 1-800-620-7668.

    Model years: 2005

Other Pontiac models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.