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I have just about had it with this car, never will I ever own another late model gm. I’ve had so many problems with this vehicle. Anyways, on with the question. My steering is messing up. It makes what I can only describe as a zipping rubbing sound near the steering wheel only when turning left and only does it after driving for about 20 miles or so, and a grinding sound near the floorboard which you can feel when turning right. I absolutely hate this car. 84,xxxx miles and its one headache after another. Any replies are greatly appreciated!
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Yea actually it did. I’ve just decide to get rid of the car. It’s out of warranty and I’m not gonna dump another $1,000 +/- in this car. I just put a lot of money in this car this spring. On a side note, I’ve never owned a car that I had to replace a turn signal switch, all four wheel bearings, nor sway bar links not to mention all the other repair work I’ve performed on this car and I’ve owned a lot of autos, some with hundreds of thousands of miles. I’m gonna look at what the Japanese market has to offer the next few weeks. Thanks.
[quote=”rood” post=168217]Yea actually it did. I’ve just decide to get rid of the car. It’s out of warranty and I’m not gonna dump another $1,000 +/- in this car. I just put a lot of money in this car this spring. On a side note, I’ve never owned a car that I had to replace a turn signal switch, all four wheel bearings, nor sway bar links not to mention all the other repair work I’ve performed on this car and I’ve owned a lot of autos, some with hundreds of thousands of miles. I’m gonna look at what the Japanese market has to offer the next few weeks. Thanks.[/quote]
keep us posted on what you decide.
haha, my friend had a ford focus 2001. He is the opposite of an automotive enthusiast. I guess you could say he is the epitome of “a to b drive”. He lives in like mid New Jersey. Drives average, not hard on the car, smooth roads all around, lot of highway type driving.
Every single suspension part on the car went bad. The windows randomly broke, the 2 rears could not stay up so he duct taped them. And these were manual windows lol. I seen another focus in a parking lot same thing I wonder if its an issue. There were some other problems with it I don’t remember but it sounded like it was going to fall apart every time it hit even a small bump.
I always made fun of him for it because I have a 2003 accord and I drive the shit out of it. And nothing broken besides some brake issues I have but its easy to replace those. He got rid of it for a kia forte sedan.
[quote=”PaulKim” post=168227]haha, my friend had a ford focus 2001. He is the opposite of an automotive enthusiast. I guess you could say he is the epitome of “a to b drive”. He lives in like mid New Jersey. Drives average, not hard on the car, smooth roads all around, lot of highway type driving.
Every single suspension part on the car went bad. The windows randomly broke, the 2 rears could not stay up so he duct taped them. And these were manual windows lol. I seen another focus in a parking lot same thing I wonder if its an issue. There were some other problems with it I don’t remember but it sounded like it was going to fall apart every time it hit even a small bump.
I always made fun of him for it because I have a 2003 accord and I drive the shit out of it. And nothing broken besides some brake issues I have but its easy to replace those. He got rid of it for a kia forte sedan.[/quote] Lol…oh my gosh, that’s what I bought this car for, to be an a to b car. But I’ve had to replace everything from a-z and barely put a-b miles on it. No kidding, I bought it with 46,xxxx and I’ve put almost as much in the car for repairs as I originally gave for the car. I had a little honda prelude, 270,xxxx on it and the only thing I ever did was put fuses in it, besides oil changes and it never used a bit, never smoke and ran like a sewing machine and I drove that car very hard, I also had a little mitsu truck and put 100,xxx on it. The only thing I ever did was put a timing belt on it after the original one broke. The last four of my vehicles have been american and they all SUCKED. Its unfortunate too because I’m an all american but I just cannot trust their vehicles.
I’ll be honest that I haven’t come by too many G6s in my professional life, but everyone I have come across is a complete turd. GM didn’t kill Pontiac off, they fucking tortured it until it killed itself.
I’ve owned and serviced a lot of automobiles in my life. In my opinion, I think Toyota makes some of the most reliable cars and they are very easy to service as well.
As for your car, I have a few thoughts. Have you checked for recalls? You can Google your VIN or just go to all-data.com for this info. Lots of 2000’s gm cars had ignition switch recalls.
Recalls are fixed for free at the dealership, but find the details and print it off because they will wiggle out of it if given the chance.
I think your car has electric assist power steering, as many late model gm cars do. The electric motor on them is about half way down the steering column. It sounds like there may be a stripped gear, or maybe even a loose motor in that mechanism.
The good news, is that the steering column is not hard to remove once you get the panels out of the way. Half way down the steering column there are 3 bolts that hold the section of the column with the steering wheel, after removing the electrical connections and those 3 bolts, it lifts right out and you can see the section with the electric assist motor.
If you can put your hand on that electric motor, wiggle it to see if it feels loose. If not, the gear inside might be stripped.
The argument could be made that you may have already fixed most of the bad stuff on your car, so it may be cheaper to own now. No guarantees obviously but it’s a thought. I’ve bought cars from people that sold them cheap because they just spent $1000 on it and now another thing is wonky and they assumed it’s a money pit and I got it for a song, spent $100 and it was good for years.
Just my two cents.Well, after shopping the g6 around I have determined that car lots don’t want to give you nothing but crumbs for trade-ins. We recently looked at a vibe (toyota engineered) and tried it out and to my surprise it was a big let down. The thing rode rough, had motor vibration and was a little noisy. My better half just had to try out an hhr that they had, so I agreed and was quite surprised. The hhr outperformed the vibe in every way except power. The vibe seemed a little more peppy. Against my better instinct and even though I swore domestics off for a while but she *almost* had me convinced to consider the hhr when I felt and heard the steering pop and it done it repeatedly, so we took it back and the car lot kept saying that it was a good vehicle and all recalls had been performed, which I believe it (I actually like the 2.2 isuzu engineered if I remember correctly) was but I just can’t get past the steering. On a side note, the lot also had an hhr SS turbo with a manual and that thing was fun for a four banger.
[quote=”Evil-i” post=168377]The G6 name came from “Geeze, it spends 6 times as much time on the hoist as it does on the road.”[/quote] Yea its my last domestic auto for sure except maybe their trucks. I like their trucks o.k.
[quote=”DaFirnz” post=168242]I’ll be honest that I haven’t come by too many G6s in my professional life, but everyone I have come across is a complete turd. GM didn’t kill Pontiac off, they fucking tortured it until it killed itself.[/quote] Agreed
[quote=”peshewa” post=168245]I’ve owned and serviced a lot of automobiles in my life. In my opinion, I think Toyota makes some of the most reliable cars and they are very easy to service as well.
As for your car, I have a few thoughts. Have you checked for recalls? You can Google your VIN or just go to all-data.com for this info. Lots of 2000’s gm cars had ignition switch recalls.
Recalls are fixed for free at the dealership, but find the details and print it off because they will wiggle out of it if given the chance.
I think your car has electric assist power steering, as many late model gm cars do. The electric motor on them is about half way down the steering column. It sounds like there may be a stripped gear, or maybe even a loose motor in that mechanism.
The good news, is that the steering column is not hard to remove once you get the panels out of the way. Half way down the steering column there are 3 bolts that hold the section of the column with the steering wheel, after removing the electrical connections and those 3 bolts, it lifts right out and you can see the section with the electric assist motor.
If you can put your hand on that electric motor, wiggle it to see if it feels loose. If not, the gear inside might be stripped.
The argument could be made that you may have already fixed most of the bad stuff on your car, so it may be cheaper to own now. No guarantees obviously but it’s a thought. I’ve bought cars from people that sold them cheap because they just spent $1000 on it and now another thing is wonky and they assumed it’s a money pit and I got it for a song, spent $100 and it was good for years.
Just my two cents.[/quote] Yea I think we are gonna look for a foreign automobile, not sure which kind yet.
I don’t believe this model year has electric assist. This car has hydraulic assist with a belt driven pump and I did not see the electric motor when I had the column apart. I also looked at the fuse block, which did have a slot for electric assist but there was no fuse there nor do I believe there could have ever been one because there was no metal tabs for the fuse to engage.
There are recalls for g6 steering problems but not for my model year. The only recall is for a cable that can crack effecting the brake lamps.
Thanks for the suggestions though, greatly appreciated!If you’re looking for a decent (if somewhat generic) “A-to-B” daily driver, and don’t want to spend a lot, I would recommend looking at used Kias that are 5 years old or newer. Their cars have come a long way and are pretty respectable, but because of the sketchy reputation of their earlier models, the newer cars still don’t retain a lot of value on the used car market. There are some good values to be had.
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