# 2006 PONTIAC G6 — STEERING:COLUMN
> NHTSA complaint `617052` · 2007-03-17 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** G6
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING:COLUMN
- **Miles at failure:** 22,000
- **Speed:** 65 mph
## Narrative
POWER STEERING COMPUTERIZED MODULE FAILED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. POWER STEERING LOSS ALERT APPEARED ON RADIO. WHEEL OF CAR LOCKED; VEHICLE WAS RENDERED UNSTEERABLE CAUSING CRASH AND PERSONAL INJURY. VEHICLE HAD THIS EXACT MODULE REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP TWO WEEKS PRIOR WHEN POWER STEERING WAS LOST IN THE SAME MANNER W/THE SAME WARNING ALERT, BUT FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED AT A 2MPH SPEED IN PARKING LOT.
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