2010 Pontiac G6 problems
The 2010 Pontiac G6 has 432 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (40%) concerns steering. After that come electrical system (14%) and stability control (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 432 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 97,000 miles 392 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 29 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 77 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 73 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 49 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 42 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 31 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 25 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 28 |
| 200k+ miles | 12 |
What the data shows
Among the 392 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 97,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 110,000 miles (154 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Pontiac G6 with enough data (196 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On 9/14/2010 my wife was involved in an auto accident in our 2010 pontiac g6 gt in which she turned from a private drive into the path of another vehicle. The other vehicle was traveling approximately 35-40 MPH, impacting our car in the drivers side front fender, wheel assembly, and drivers door. Both airbags were deployed in the other car however none of the airbags in our g6 deployed.
On april 16th 2016 I was in a car accident. Me and a friend were driving back to his house the road at night, when a deer crossed the road, I attempted to maneuver to dodge the deer and ended up going off the road and losing control of my vehicle. My car hit a fence line, as well a multiple small trees. The car was totaled yet my airbags did not deploy.
I own a 2010 pontiac g6 with roughly 97,000 miles on it, today while driving it incurred power steering failure. I was driving in a residential community after dropping my youngest off at the sitters and went to pull out on to a busy road when it failed. Recall research shows that on march 2014 the NHTSA required GM to issue a recall for this exact problem, however, it only covered the g6 models up to the year 2009.
I have the 2010 pontiac g6. The service ESC light came on and I lost all power steering. Also the traction light came on. I had it replaced a year ago. A week ago, it happened again. I looked to see if there is a recall on this part. Turns out there is one for the 2009 but not the 2010. The mechanic said its the same part. So if that's the case, why does the 2010 not have a recall. To have the same issue twice sounds like a problem.