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Pontiac G6

6 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V064000·2015-02-04

    GM Recalls 2006-2007 Chevrolet and Pontiac Vehicles for Steering Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2006-2007 Chevrolet Malibu, Malibu Maxx, and Pontiac G6 vehicles because the electric power steering assist may suddenly fail, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, PONTIAC MALIBU, G6, MALIBU MAXX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V252000·2014-05-14

    GM Recalls 2004-2012 Vehicles for Electronic Stability Control Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2004-2012 Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn vehicles because a wiring issue can disable crash avoidance features like traction control.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, SATURN, PONTIAC MALIBU, AURA, G6, MALIBU MAXX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V224000·2014-04-30

    GM Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles for Transmission Shift Cable Fracture Risk

    General Motors is recalling 1,131,113 vehicles due to a transmission shift cable that may fracture, causing unintended movement or rollaway.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, PONTIAC, SATURN MALIBU MAXX, MALIBU, G6, AURA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V153000·2014-03-31

    GM Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles for Electric Power Steering Loss

    General Motors is recalling approximately 1.4 million vehicles due to a potential sudden loss of electric power steering assist, which increases the risk of a crash.

    Product
    SATURN — SATURN, CHEVROLET, PONTIAC ION, MALIBU MAXX, MALIBU, G6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V460000·2012-09-18

    GM Recalls 2007-2010 Saturn, Pontiac, Chevrolet Models for Shift Cable Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2007-2010 Saturn Aura, Pontiac G6, and Chevrolet Malibu vehicles because a transmission shift cable defect could allow the car to roll away.

    Product
    SATURN — SATURN, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET AURA, G6, MALIBU
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA13005 Engineering Analysis · exterior lighting:brake lights
  • RQ13001 Recall Query · exterior lighting:brake lights
  • PE08054 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:software
  • PE07023 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:electric power assist system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2007 · lighting — 140 complaints, median 75,000 mi
    Includes 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2008 · lighting — 130 complaints, median 73,000 mi
    Includes 7 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2009 · lighting — 97 complaints, median 75,000 mi
    Includes 9 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · brakes — 88 complaints, median 70,000 mi
  • 2007 · powertrain — 79 complaints, median 87,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

569 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2010: 3.4/5 · 272 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2009: 2.9/5 · 710 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2008: 2.8/5 · 1,078 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2007: 2.8/5 · 1,231 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2006: 2.5/5 · 1,910 complaints · most complained-of: steering

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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