NHTSA Complaint #11088446 — 2006 PONTIAC G6

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK ON A SNOW EMBANKMENT, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS SHIFTING THE GEAR FROM DRIVE AND REVERSE NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE HER SON WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SNOW EMBANKMENT. A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED AND, A SHORT TIME LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CONTACTED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE DEALER (JD BYRIDER, (260-209-5071) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 152,000.