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2006 PONTIAC G6 — Complaint #1907649

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CHAIN/BELT filed July 6, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1907649 (ODI reference 11530745) concerns a 2006 PONTIAC G6 and was filed on July 6, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 2, 2023. The vehicle had 113,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:chain/belt, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PONTIAC G6 cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:chain/belt failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 PONTIAC G6 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2006 PONTIAC G6
Component
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CHAIN/BELT
State
Illinois
Mileage
113,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2006 Pontiac G6. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Midas. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure and was advised to take the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was then towed to an undisclosed dealer and the contact was informed that the engine failed due to the timing belt and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 113,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1907649
ODI Number 11530745
Date Filed July 6, 2023
Failure Date July 2, 2023
VIN 1G2ZG558664

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.