- VIN: 1G2ZF58B47410****
- MPG: /
- Year: 2007
Ownership Cost for 2007 Pontiac G6 (Value Leader)
Estimated: $34382 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
Depreciation |
$1420 |
$681 |
$596 |
$539 |
$483 |
$3719 |
Insurance |
$1526 |
$1579 |
$1634 |
$1691 |
$1751 |
$8181 |
Fuel |
$1393 |
$1435 |
$1485 |
$1544 |
$1614 |
$7471 |
Maintenance |
$2763 |
$1584 |
$847 |
$479 |
$2291 |
$7964 |
Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
Taxes & Fees |
$398 |
$398 |
$398 |
$398 |
$398 |
$589 |
Total Ownership Costs |
$8476 |
$6463 |
$5918 |
$5708 |
$7817 |
$34382 |
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Sedan/Saloon Displacement CC: 2400.0 Displacement CI: 146.45698582735 Displacement L: 2.4 Doors: 4 Engine Cylinders: 4 Engine Model: LE5 Fuel Injection Type: Multipoint Fuel Injection (MPFI) Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline Make: PONTIAC Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC Manufacturer Id: 984 Model: G6 Model Year: 2007 Other Engine Info: 4Cyl, MFI, DOHC, HO, Ecotec Other Restraint System Info: Has Occupant Sensor Plant City: Orion Plant Company Name: GMNA Plant Country: United States (USA) Plant State: Michigan Seat Belts All: Manual Series: SE Sedan Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC) Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR Windows: 4
Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
2008 |
STEERING |
2008 PONTIAC G6 SEDAN - STEERING PROBLEMS. STEERING WHEEL JERKING OR TWITCHING RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE CAR STOPPED AND IDLING. RUBBING OR SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE FROM AREA OF STEERING COLUMN. INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACED BY DEALER. RATCHETING EFFECT FELT IN STEERING WHEN TURNING, STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENING SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE TURNING, SOME KICKBACK FELT, AS IF CAR WAS RESISTING TURNING. RETURNED TO DEALER, WHO COULD NOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY, INTERMITTENTLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING. SIGNIFICANT TIGHTENING FEEL AND HARD TO TURN RETURNED DAYS LATER. PROBLEM RECURRED, DEALER REPLACED TORQUE SENSOR AND STEERING COLUMN. AGAIN, PROBLEMS RETURNED WITHIN DAYS. TOOK CAR TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO TRIED TO GET PROBLEM TO REOCCUR. AFTER TESTING AND DRIVING EXTENSIVELY, THIS MECHANIC HAD PROBLEM OCCUR WITH HIM WHILE DRIVING, FINDING STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD TO TURN. DESCRIBED TROUBLE AS "INEXCUSABLE" AND "EXTREMELY INTIMIDATING." SAID CAR SHOULD BE RETURNED TO DEALER AND REPLACED, OR SATISFACTORY REMEDY PROVIDED FOR APPARENT ENGINEERING PROBLEM, AND SAID CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION. CAR NOW BACK AT DEALER, WHO FINALLY EXPERIENCED LESS PRONOUNCED PROBLEM WITH STEERING, AND IS NOW REPLACING THE RACK AND PINION UNIT. SEARCH ONLINE FOR "2008 PONTIAC G6 STEERING PROBLEMS" RETURNED LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH THIS CAR. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND THE PREVIOUS RECALL OF 2006 MODELS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ENGINEERING DEFECT OR MANUFACTURING FLAW WHICH POSES SUBSTANTIAL, SIGNIFICANT, AND UNPREDICTABLE RISK TO LIFE AND SAFETY. NOTE: MILEAGE AND DATE OF REPORTED "FAILURE" IS FOR LATEST INCIDENT. FIRST OCCURRENCE IN JUNE 2010 AND UNDER 36000 MILES. *TR |
2007 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING |
I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 G6 WHEN SOMEONE PULLED UP BESIDE ME AND HONKED THEIR HORN TO GET MY ATTENTION. THE MAN INFORMED ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING BUT TURNED OFF WHEN I WENT TO BRAKE FOR THE RED LIGHT. I TOOK MY CAR TO BE FIXED AT A SHOP NEAR MY HOME, HE REPLACED THE SENSOR IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHEN I LEFT HIS SHOP IT WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. WORKING FINE ONLY LAST ABOUT 8 MONTHS WHEN I NOTICED THE REFLECTION OF MY BRAKE LIGHTS IN TRAFFIC SIGNS WHEN I WASN'T PUSHING ON THE BRAKE I REALIZED I ONCE AGAIN WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. SINCE I HAVE LEFT THAT FIRST SHOP IN 2010, I HAVE TAKEN MY G6 TO 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS PAYING UPWARDS OF $500.00 TO GET THE SAME ISSUE RESOLVED EACH TIME. THE LAST TIME I TOOK MY CAR TO THE GMC DEALERSHIP (2 WEEKS AGO); THEY INFORMED ME THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE IN JUNE OF 2011, SEPTEMBER OF 2012 AND NOW JUNE OF 2013. THE HEAD TECHNICIAN TOLD ME HE "HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE ISSUE IS". HE UNPLUGGED EVERYTHING AND PLUGGED IT ALL BACK IN AND THEY WORKED FINE BUT THE ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT RESOLVED. *TR |
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