NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Pontiac G6 Recalls
The 2009 Pontiac G6 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 14, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Pontiac G6. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 713
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Pontiac G6, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2009 Pontiac G6
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 14V252000
- Reported
- May 14, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,440,524
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 G6, 3 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 14V153000
- Reported
- March 31, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,373,177
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2008 G6, 6 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 12V460000
- Reported
- September 18, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 426,240
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010 G6, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 09V073000
- Reported
- March 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 276,729
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 14E044000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 G6, 2 other models
2009 Pontiac G6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 713 owner complaints about the 2009 Pontiac G6, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 26 describe a crash (4%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Pontiac G6, the component group named most often is the steering (42%), followed by the exterior lighting (27%) and the electrical system (25%).
2 of the 2009 Pontiac G6's 5 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2009 Pontiac G6 owners gave the mileage (588 complaints), the median was 85,630 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering296
- Exterior Lighting190
- Electrical System178
- Service Brakes63
- Power Train46
- Air Bags40
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 77 | |
| 2014 | 145 | |
| 2015 | 110 | |
| 2016 | 56 | |
| 2017 | 64 | |
| 2018 | 56 | |
| 2019 | 59 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2009 Pontiac G6 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 145. 8% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Pontiac G6 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Pontiac G6 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Pontiac G6 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 713 complaints about the 2009 Pontiac G6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac G6 by model year
Other 2009 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted