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2008 Pontiac G6 cruise control problems

67 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2008 Pontiac G6, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
67 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
72,000 miles 57 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2008 Pontiac G6 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 72,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 14 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 10 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 72,000 miles
Based on 57 complaints that include mileage. 39% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles14
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles10
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 57 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 fire, 2 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 pontiac g6. The contact stated that the driver was traveling at an unknown speed when the accelerator pedal became stuck in open throttle, causing the vehicle to accelerate to 107 MPH. The vehicle rolled over a dip in the road, left the road, went airborne, rolled over five times and landed upside down on its roof. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver was fatally injured. The manufacturer as well as with the highway patrol was investigating the crash.

September 2012 CrashDeath

Following my son to school noticed brake lights were on while driving down the road when he came to a stop the brake lights went off. Another incident driving on I-69 with cruise control engaged traveling 70 MPH passing a truck cruise control disengaged. Cruise control would not engage again for about 50 miles. Another incident of driving with brake lights on and stopping without lights being illuminated, car next to us let us know.

Reported at 59,000 miles, February 2014

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