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2006 Pontiac G6 drivetrain & axles problems

69 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2006 Pontiac G6, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
69 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
111,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2006 Pontiac G6 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 111,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 13 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 9 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 8 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 111,000 miles
Based on 54 complaints that include mileage. 17% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles13
120k to 140k miles9
140k to 160k miles8
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 54 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 111,000 miles, and 17% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* - the contact owns a pontiac g6 which was involved a crash in july 2006. The current and failure mileage were 900. The cv joint failed while driving at 40 MPH. The contact heard a noise, and while driving the vehicle to the dealer, less than 5 minutes away, the contact lost control, hit another vehicle, and drove into a ditch. GM stated that the failure did not occur due to the cv boots, and that it could have been the tie rod end. The contact has a police report and photos.

Reported at 900 miles, July 2006 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac g6. The contact stated that after the vehicle being repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 14v252000 (power train), three months later the vehicle was stuck in reverse after reversing the vehicle. The contact mentioned the vehicle failed to shift into park as well. The vehicle was taken to duplessis buick GMC at 2522 s burnside ave, gonzales, la 70737 where the failure was duplicated diagnosed from the recall. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted.

Reported at 178,450 miles, August 2017

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