NHTSA Complaint #10298581 — 2006 PONTIAC G6

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND PROCEEDING TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN A CHIME SOUNDED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE "POWER STEERING" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND IMMEDIATELY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE DRIVER EXERTED HIGHER EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE STEERED UNCONTROLLABLY INTO THE LEFT LANE. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND MOTOR. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A CLANKING NOISE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,619.