NHTSA Complaint #10630386 — 2010 PONTIAC G6

WAS PARKED IN FRIENDS DRIVEWAY, EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. STARTED CAR AND DEPRESSED BRAKE AND RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE, THEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WHEN I SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE CAR DIED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED.. ENGINE WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH, KEPT TRYING TO DIE, NO POWER STEERING, NO COOL AIR OR A/C.. SERVICE ESC MESSAGE ON DISPLAY AS WELL AS TRACTION CONTROL "OFF". CALLED ONSTAR FOR ONDEMAND DIAG. AND THEY SAID WAS MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TO SHUT OFF CAR AND THEN RESTART... DID THAT AND CAR RAN FINE.. FOR APPROX. A MONTH.. THEN HAPPENED AGAIN.. ON DEMAND DIAG COULD NOT GET A CODE.. NEITHER COULD DEALERSHIP. THIS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO.. @ 60,400 MILES (NOW OUT OF WARRANTY) TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 2 CODES.. ONE SAYING ELECTRONIC STABILIZER AND OTHER SAYING THERMOSTAT HAS WENT OUT. (1 CONSISTENT THING WITH ALL THIS .. MY THERMOSTAT GAUGE WOULD BE FLATLINED NO MATTER IF CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN RECENTLY OR NOT) UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT, JUST AS I WAS PULLING ONTO ROAD .THE "BUMPS"FROM THE TRANSITION CAUSED THE GAUGE TO START DISPLAYING AGAIN.. AND POWER STEERING, A/C AND COOL AIR RESUMED WORKING AS WELL... HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE EPISODES FOR ABOUT A MONTH.. UNTIL 9/2 WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR AND STARTED IT .. TEMP GAUGE NO WORK, NO A/C NO PWR STEERING.. REACHED DESTINATION AND CAR SAT APPROX 4 HRS.. THEN DROVE 4 MILES AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS REMAINED ON. CHECKED FLUIDS .. ALL FINE.. BUT DID NOTICE ENGINE FAN STAYING ENGAGED CONTINUALLY WHILE DRIVING AND FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER TURNING OFF CAR. *TR