8.6
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $200
- Average Mileage:
- 37,300 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 7 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (5 reports)
- replace starter (2 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Pontiac dealer.
I cannot put my kids in this car and a fuse blows while i am driving and my car just shuts down because the 30 amp fuse keeps blowing.
- Candy H., Florence, KY, US
starter failed while we were on vacation. no one explained why the starter failed with so few miles
- Mark T., Charlotte, NC, US
Same as the other complaints turn the key to start and the starter keeps turning. I have gone thru 2 starters and I think this is a bunch of bull. What is happening to these newer cars now they don't seem to last anymore.
- Edward R., Colton, CA, US
well this junkie ass car tries to keep starting after i turn the key and release it to the run position. when it does this the car wont start and you have to keep trying, it helps to hit the gas a little. it has been doing this for a long time. i have talked to other g6 owners and most of them have the same problem.
- Kenneth T., Mayfield, KY, US
At times you would go to start car and all you would hear is click, click click. Turned key all the way off and start again and it would start. This would not happen all the time and one time we even bought a new battery but the new battery did not fix problem. Warranty was up so we just dealt with the problem. Husband was in car accident 4/09 - died 10/09/09
- Darla S., Saint George, UT, US
I went to gas my car up and tried to start my car. As soon as I turned the key the engine started, but the starter kept trying to start the car. I was about two miles from the dealership where I bought my car. I thought I could drive there but I only made it about twenty yards before my starter burned up and the car shut down. Then I called my warranty and the dealership. I had to wait for a officer to help me push my car back into the parking lot, because I was about to get on a highway when the car died. I then waited on a tow truck. The tow truck came in about 30 minutes and took me to the dealership. I saw the lady and I talked to on the phone trying to leave. Well they couldn't help me out, I couldn't get a rental car and I missed my company Christmas party. THANK YOU PONTIAC G6... fu
- damncar, Palacios, TX, US
I have have a '06' G6 GTP Hardtop convertible. Engine spontaneously shuts off and ABS light comes on every time I hit a speed bump, drive over railroad tracks, hit a pot hole. etc. Basically, every time I hit some sort of big bump on the road. When this happens, I would pull over the road, put it in park, and try to restart the engine. But, I would have to try several times before the car turns over. I would put car in total stop, park, turn off key, and wait a few seconds before restarting car. Sometimes it starts right up, other times would take a few attempts. It's almost like I need to wait for the car to reset itself. There is power when restarting, but it would not turn over immediately. Not even a starter sound or engine crank. It has gotten worse over the past week and and my car is shutting off more often. This has become hazardous especially driving on a thru-way.
I did take the car to a Pontiac dealer about a year ago to address this problem. The dealer changed out the electrical unit to a tune of $600.00. I brought the car back to dealer for same issue, and was basically told they could not find anything wrong with the car.
- Soy L., Rochester, NY, US