FaultScore

Worst years for a Pontiac G6

Owners have filed 8,448 complaints about the Pontiac G6 with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2014. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Pontiac G6

2,602 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2010 Pontiac G6

432 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Pontiac G6 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2014 1 0 0 Electrical System
2010 A 432 17 3 96,942 Steering
2009 B 1,044 34 29 85,000 Steering
2008 C 1,608 59 29 79,000 Steering
2007 C 1,825 87 31 84,000 Steering
2006 D 2,602 141 14 75,000 Steering
2005 B 932 43 5 82,000 Steering
2004 3 0 0 Electrical System
2003 1 0 0 Lights

What breaks on a Pontiac G6

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 3,129 37.0%

Worst in 2006

Electrical System 1,000 11.8%

Worst in 2006

Lights 987 11.7%

Worst in 2008

Brakes 738 8.7%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 411 4.9%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 256 3.0%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2010

Suspension 127 1.5%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Pontiac G6

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Brake Lights 119 26.9%
Electric Power Assist System 76 17.2%
Body 48 10.8%
Frontal 36 8.1%
Automatic Transmission 35 7.9%
Column 33 7.4%
Front 30 6.8%
Cruise Control 27 6.1%
Headlights 21 4.7%
Hydraulic Power Assist System 18 4.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Pontiac G6, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2005 peak 199 Aug 2026

Pontiac G6 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Pontiac G6

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.