2008 Pontiac G6 Seat belts Problems

Power steering has been going out all of a sudden. The steering wheel locks up and is difficult to turn. My safety and the safety of others around me was put at risk because I cannot easily turn the wheel and respond to a situation quickly if I needed to. I basically have to drive in a straight line and not turn. Turning the car on and off seems to help for a little while but the problem still continues. I have not taken the car to be looked at by anyone.The words "power steering" flashed across the radio. This first started to happen when the wheel started to lock up a few days ago. The vehicle has a separate issue were the seat belt monitor does not work for the drivers side. It dings even if I am buckled up.

NHTSA ID

11441516

Incident

Nov 22, 2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RATTLE AND SHAKE WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, AFTER THE CONTACT PUT ON HER SEAT BELT, THE SEAT BELT WARNING CHIME SOUNDED WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS ENGAGED AND IN USE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS PROVIDED A REPAIR ESTIMATE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NO LONGER FUNCTIONED, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

NHTSA ID

11286461

Incident

Nov 1, 2018

Mileage

156,000 mi

I'VE NOTICED THAT MY PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT HASN'T BEEN TURNING OFF AFTER SOMEONE HAS LEFT THE PASSENGER SEAT. I USUALLY HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF I'M DRIVING, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND START IT AGAIN FOR THE SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ISN'T A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT ANYMORE. OTHERWISE IT WILL CONTINUE TO FLASH THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LIGHT AND CHIME. ALSO, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT LIGHT WILL KEEP FLASHING AND CHIMING EVEN THOUGH I AM WEARING MY SEAT BELT. STARTED 2/20/18.

NHTSA ID

11074145

Incident

Aug 24, 2017

MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE CAR, IT ONLY WORKS ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. I HAVE TO TURN HE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART THE CAR 3-4 TIMES TO GET IT TO WORK PROPERLY. IF IT GOES OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING, I COULD EASILY GET HURT OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE. MY SEAT BELT SENSOR DOESN'T WORK. IT BEEPS AND DINGS AT ME WHILE I'M DRIVING, VERY DISTRACTING...MAKES ME JUMP WHEN I'M CONCENTRATING ON THE ROAD. I HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME HEADLIGHT 3-4 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS. THE HARNESS WAS ALL MELTED WHEN THE MECHANIC GOT IT OUT. NOT ONLY IS IT ILLEGAL FOR ME TO DRIVE WITHOUT ALL LIGHTS WORKING BUT IT'S DANGEROUS. ALSO, I RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT MY BRAKE LIGHTS...THAT THEY MAY NOT LIGHT WHILE BRAKING, OR ILLUMINATE WHILE I'M NOT BRAKING. IT SAID NOT TO TAKE IT TO BE FIXED IF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW I CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE REAR ENDS ME?

NHTSA ID

11072005

Incident

Feb 1, 2018

Mileage

132,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AS USUAL AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING BROKE AND MY SEAT BELT GOT LOOSE ALL OF A SUDDEN.I WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD WITH NO TURNS OR NO OTHER CHANGES.THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT RETRACTING BACK ANYMORE.A PART LIKE A SEAT BELT IS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION AT ALL TIMES AND IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT FAIL UNLESS IT GOT DAMAGED DUE TO A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE CAR.THIS COULD HAVE PUT MY LIFE AT RISK IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE FAILED AT THAT POINT.

NHTSA ID

11047185

Incident

Nov 17, 2017

Mileage

86,000 mi

INTERMITTENT FLASHING BEEPING SEAT BELT ALERT WHILE WEARING SEATBELT. NOW AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT ON PERMANENTLY. STARTED WHILE DRIVING APPROX 35 MILES PER HOUR ON CITY STREET. DID VIN SEARCH, STATING NO RECALLS FOR IT. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I'M SCARED FOR MY SAFETY. WANT TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A RECALL SO PROBLEM CAN BE ADDRESSED ASAP.

NHTSA ID

10984767

Incident

May 7, 2017

ON A CLEAR DAY, TRAVELING ON A LOCAL HWY, CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, STAYED ON. I HAVE BEEN ASKING OTHER OWNERS IF THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY IF THAT LIGHT IS ON. THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME! NOW THE SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE I MOVED THE DRIVERS SEAT FORWARD. THAT IS INTERMITTENT. PLEASE, FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO DECLARE THIS WORTHY OF A RECALL. ONE PERSON DYING BECAUSE OF THIS IS ONE PERSON TOO MANY. AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELTS ARE OUR ONLY SAFETY IN A CAR. IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THE CARS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE BY THE MANUFACTURER, AND THE OWNER REIMBURSED.

NHTSA ID

10926532

Incident

Oct 28, 2016

Mileage

237,000 mi

DRIVING LOCAL ROADS APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH THE DRIVERS SEAT OF 2008 G6 GXP (ELECTRONIC LEATHER BUCKET SEAT) BROKE FREE AND COLLAPSED ON THE RIGHT SIDE. UPON PERSONAL INSPECTION AND LATER VERIFIED BY THREE MECHANICS INCLUDING TWO GM CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP MECHANICS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CROSS SUPPORT TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE SEAT HAD BROKEN FREE AT A WELD. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE DOWN AND TOWARDS THE CENTER CONSOLE. I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE SEAT BELT IS FASTENS TO THE SEAT AND NOW FREELY FLOATS WITH THE SEAT UPON MOVEMENT. IF THE FAILURE TO THIS SEAT HAD OCCURRED DURING AN ACCIDENT THE SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY RENDERED USELESS AS THE DRIVERS SEAT FREELY MOVES. UPON INSPECTION FROM AN ENGINEERING STAND POINT THE SEAT IS SUPPORTED BY ONE WELD APPROXIMATELY 1/8" THICK BY 1/4" WIDE AT EACH END OF THE ~.060" WALL TUBE IN SUSPENSION FROM ABOVE I RAN THEORETICAL WELD CALCULATIONS AS PER ASME AND THE WELDS ARE GOOD TO AROUND 10 G'S ASSUMING ALLOY STEEL AND NO PASSENGER. (THE RECOMMENDED MET FORCE OF ANY SEAT OR SEAT BELT IN THE FORWARD POSITION PER CFR 571.207 STANDARD 207 S4.2(A) AND (B) IS 20 TIMES THE WEIGHT OF THE SEAT. THIS IS NO CONSIDERING ANY BENDING MOMENTS PER CFR 571.207 STANDARD 207 S4.2(D). THERE IS NO REASON WHY ANY DRIVERS SEAT SHOULD FAIL UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS OCCUPIED BY A PERSON OF AVERAGE BODY WEIGHT. THIS SEAT IS NOT SAFE AND MUST BE RECALLED. UPON SEVERAL HOURS OF RESEARCH I DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF EXACTLY THE SAME DESIGN/MANUFACTURES INADEQUACY. THESE COMPLAINTS CROSSED ALL THREE MANUFACTURES THAT USE THIS MODEL SEAT. (PONTIAC, CHEVY AND SATURN) THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE HEATING MECHANISM SHORTING OUT OR BURNING THE SEAT. MINE DID SHORT. (NO BURNING) THE DEALERSHIPS ALL WANT ME TO REPLACE THE SEAT WITH THE SAME SEAT THAT MAY VERY WELL HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. 'INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *BF

NHTSA ID

10824248

Incident

Jan 30, 2016

Mileage

90,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN, A POPPING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

NHTSA ID

10730108

Incident

Jun 7, 2013

Mileage

120,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON ICE WHEN MY PONTIAC G-6 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE STARTED SLIDING TO THE LEFT FROM BACK TO FRONT AND FLIPPED END OVER END AND THEN ROLLED 2 MORE TIMES AND LANDED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP. I ABLE TO EASILY UNFASTENED THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR WHICH WAS AROUND ME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10561949

Incident

Dec 31, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT FAILED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE SEAT BELT MADE A BEEPING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE WITHIN THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SEAT BELT CONTINUED TO BEEP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

NHTSA ID

10535056

Incident

May 1, 2012

Mileage

90,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE HAS MANY PROBLEMS STARTING WITH THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IS MALFUNCTIONING, BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME, WATER PUMP WENT OUT IN 2012, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER STICKS IN PARK, THE CAR HAS SHUT DOWN ON THE STREET WHILE DRIVING AND THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGE APPEARS, THE TWO REAR PASSENGER AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, THE TRUNK BUTTON IS INOPERABLE. I AM FED UP WITH ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC ISSUES AND HAVE TRIED TO HAVE THEM RESOLVED AT THE DEALERSHIP PAID TO HAVE THEM FIXED AND IT HAS RETURNED. THE ROOF OF THE CAR IS SHOWING RUST AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS CLUNKING WHICH WAS FIXED UNDERWARRANTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10505502

Incident

Oct 4, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR CENTER SEAT AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WERE COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE SUPPORT. THE SEAT BELT WEBBING EXHIBITED SEVERE THREADING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 7,200.

NHTSA ID

10277502

Incident

Jul 19, 2008

Mileage

7,200 mi