2008 Pontiac G6 steering problems

422 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2008 Pontiac G6, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 422 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 80,000 miles 348 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 12 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 8 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Based on 348 complaints that include mileage. 36% 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	14
20k to 40k miles	32
40k to 60k miles	81
60k to 80k miles	41
80k to 100k miles	39
100k to 120k miles	32
120k to 140k miles	45
140k to 160k miles	34
160k to 180k miles	17
180k to 200k miles	6
200k+ miles	7

What the data shows

Of the 348 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 2 fires, 8 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My daughter was driving a 2007 pontiac g-6. She was going around a curve entering the express way and the car did not respond to her turning the wheel therefore the car went into the ditch. The air bags did not deploy. Consiquently she fractured her back. September 2007 in november 2007 my son was driving a 2008 pontiac g-6. He was going around a curve the car did not respond. The car rolled over hit a tree and killed my son. The air bags did not go off.

Reported at 125 miles, November 2007 CrashDeath

My parents purchased the car for me on march 1, 2013 with 97,629 miles on it. We purchased the extended warranty and I had the intermediate drive shaft replace july 9, 2014 because I was intermittently hearing a popping nose when I turned or back up while turning. It has pretty much done this the entire time after a few weeks I had purchased the car. Even after getting it replaced last july, it was quiet for a few weeks and then started again.

Reported at 126,000 miles, June 2014

Steering problems in other years

Steering problems across all Pontiac models