Ownership Cost for 2008 Pontiac G6 (Value Leader)
Estimated: $36434 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1734 | $832 | $728 | $659 | $590 | $4543 |
| Insurance | $1588 | $1644 | $1701 | $1761 | $1823 | $8517 |
| Fuel | $1500 | $1545 | $1599 | $1663 | $1738 | $8045 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1609 | $894 | $614 | $2291 | $8171 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $473 | $473 | $473 | $473 | $473 | $701 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9036 | $6822 | $6289 | $6157 | $8130 | $36434 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2005 | STEERING | WELL IT ALL STARTED FOR MY STUPID PURCHASE OF A ?!@#$% CAR, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR COSTING ME TONS OF MONEY. 6 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY ROTORS AND MY BRAKE PADS BECAUSE OF A JOLTING SHAKING FEELING WITH THIS CAR AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND THAT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY NEVER CHANGED THE ROTORS ALL THEY DID WAS MILL THEM DOWN, 3 TIMES THEY MILLED THEM DOWN AND THE PROBLEM KEPT COMING BACK UNTIL MY WARRANTY RAN OUT THEY SAID YOUR ON YOUR OWN. SOMETIMES I TRY TO START MY CAR AND IT WILL SHAKE AND PUT AND DIE OUT AND THEN IT I WILL TRY IT AGAIN AND IT WILL START, BUT I HAVE HAD MY CAR NOT START BACK UP 2 TIMES AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED AND FIXED AND ALL THEY SAID WAS IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY BUT THIS HAPPENED 2 TIMES WITH IN A YEAR AND IT STILL HAPPENS NOW. I STARTED MY CAR AND STARTED TO DRIVE AND MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIOLENTLY JOLT IT SELF TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT AND IT ACTUALLY HURT MY WRIST FROM THIS AND THEN THE CAR DIED OUT AND HAD TO PAY FOR TOWING AND PROBLEM WAS A DEAD BATTERY IS WHAT THEY SAID. PASSENGER DOOR SOME HOW FILLED UP WITH WATER AND CAUSED ALL MY ELECTRICAL TO GO HAYWIRE IN MY CAR AND SHOWING DOOR AJAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND IT WOULD GO OFF CAUSING MY INTERIOR LIGHTS TO NOT GO OFF, MY FLOOD LIGHTS WOULDN'T WORK, CD PLAYER AND RADIO ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK NOW, AND SOME OF THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR GO ON AND OFF WHEN THEY WANT. POWER ARM IN MY CAR HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES ALREADY COSTING ME A FORTUNE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, WONDER IF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SHOTTY ROTORS AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. AFTER REVEALING THIS TO GM ALL I HAVE HEARD BACK FROM THEM WAS TO TAKE IT IN A GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THEN THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DON"T BUY ANY PONTIAC CARS, THE WARRANTY ONLY MEANS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX IT AND WHEN WARRANTY IS UP YOUR ON YOUR OWN. STILL HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING RESOLVED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR |
| 2008 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE EACH TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND PRESSURE WAS LIFTED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FIVE TIMES YET THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE THE FIRST 4 TIMES. ON THE FIFTH OCCURRENCE OF THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT THEN BEGAN PULLING ON THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OPERATE AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000. |
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