2008 Pontiac G6 lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 246 complaints for the 2008 Pontiac G6, 15% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 246 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 74,000 miles 204 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 12
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Based on 204 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	10
20k to 40k miles	16
40k to 60k miles	37
60k to 80k miles	57
80k to 100k miles	39
100k to 120k miles	23
120k to 140k miles	16
140k to 160k miles	6
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 204 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 12 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 pontiac g6. The contact stated the wires in the passenger headlight burned and melted together causing the headlights to become inoperable. The light bulbs were replace and the headlights failed again. The dealer nor manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 101,000.

Reported at 101,000 miles, September 2011 Fire

Our pontiac g-6 2008 low beam headlights have repeatedly burned out, due to the melting of the light sockets. I've already had one replaced and it has already melted down, there have been multiple complaints online from other customers about this same problem. On tuesday dec 17, 2013 my wife was driving home at night when the passenger side light went out. This caused her to run over a median. This car needs an immediate recall before someone gets hurt or killed.

Reported at 113,826 miles, December 2013

Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Pontiac models