Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#10080645July 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CRACKED PLENEM ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK INTO ENGINE TO THE POINT OF WATER LOCKING IT. CAUSED $1200 IN PARTS AND LABOR. 70,096 MILES ON VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014647July 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE. *JB THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH. THE ENTIRE SWITCH WAS MELTED, ESPECIALLY THE WIRE HARNESS PLUG HAT CONNECTED TO THE WIRING HARNESS DIRECTLY TO THE SWITCH. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080107June 29, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
WHEN TURNING VEHICLE TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND WHEN ENTERING INTO A PARKING LOT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING PUMP FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073527June 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079854June 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES ON 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. *MR THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED WHEN GOING ON DOWNGRADES AND WHEN USING THE BRAKES. NEW BRAKES WERE JUST INSTALLED AT AROUND 30K MILES AND THE SHOES WERE WORN ALMOST TO THE METAL. THE SHOES WERE WEARING UNEVEN BUT THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD BE FINE. THE VEHICLE SEEMED A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL SHOOK AND COULD HAVE THROWN THE CONSUMER OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, BUT THE CONSUMER HELD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE NEW ROTORS WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE FAULT, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079561June 21, 2004
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. THEN ,THE VEHICLE SHOOK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078410June 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COOLANT FROM UPPER INTAKE PLENUM FOUND TO CAUSE MIS-FIRE CYLINDER. REPLACED UPPER INTAKE PLENUM TWICE ONCE AT 54,820 MILES AND AGAIN AT 107,181 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075297June 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE MY CAR "JERKS" WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076103June 10, 2004
TIRES:VALVE
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE VALVE STEM SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED A DEFLATED TIRE. THE DRIVER CHANGE THE TIRE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE VALVE STEM IS DEFECTED AND WILL REPLACED THE TIRE. MICHELIN MXV4 225/55HR17. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075045June 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN MAY 2003, PLASTIC INTAKE CRACKED, ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO OIL SYSTEM OF CAR. INTAKE PLENUM WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS HAPPENED AT APPROX 56,300 MILES. REPAIR COST APPROX. $970. NOW COVERED UNDER RECALL FOR SCREWS IN PLENUM COVER, HOWEVER PONTIAC ONLY REFUNDED $710 OF EXPENSES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074945June 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
IN MID MAY I HAD A AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH HAD RUPTURED AFTER A BACKFIRE UPON INITIAL START OF 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH A 3.8 L ENGINE. ON JUNE 1, 2004, I WAS NEARLY NEAR ENDED ON INTERSTATE 80 IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AS I RETRUNED FROM A TRIP BECAUSE VEHICLE LOST POWER. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID LOWER BEARING WAS GONE, MEANING A NEW ENGINE. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. IT'S MORE THAN THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. WITH MY NEAR INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY TO ME OR ANOTHER PARTY, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT GM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ISSUES AND A RECALL IS GONE TO COVER THE ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074864June 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC., EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
I HAVE HAD MY 2000 BONNEVILLE IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS. MY RADIO HAD TO BE REPLACED, MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW STOPPED WORKING AND THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR, NOW MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT WORK AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. MY TRUNK LEAKED AND WAS TOLD THE EXTENDED WARRENTY DID NOT COVER IT AND THE EXPENSE WAS ON ME. MY AIR CONDITIONER WOULD BLOW COLD AIR AND THEN HOT AIR OR NOT BLOW COLD AIR AT ALL, IT WAS IN THE SHOP 2-3 TIMES FOR THAT. NOW MY CAR HESITATES WHEN SPEEDING UP AND YOU CAN FEEL IT JERKING INTO GEAR WHEN IT SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR OR 2ND AND 3RD. FOR THIS REASON I HAD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED AND AN ADDITIVE PUT IN AND WAS TOLD THIS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT HAS NOT!! MY NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYTHING I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION JERKING, RECALLS,ETC..? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072021June 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK THE STARTER HAD GONE OUT AS WELL. GM STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074652June 2, 2004
INTERIOR LIGHTING, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALER IN 2001 IN MICHIGAN. (I DON'T THINK THE AIR CONDITIONING EVER WORKED ). WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THE TRACTION CONTROL WENT OUT. IT WOULD BE ON, WHEN THE CAR STARTED, BUT WITHIN DRIVING 300FT. WOULD GO OUT AND COULD NOT BE TURNED BACK ON FROM THE BUTTON. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN EVER YOU TURNED ON THE HEAD LIGHTS. THIS WAS DUE TO A BAD SWITCH & A SHORT. THEN THE CRUSE CONTROL WENT OUT. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKETS DUE TO THE ENGINE OVER HEATING BY AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. 1 MONTH AFTER THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AFTER THROWING A ROD AND CRACKING THE ENGINE BLOCK, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS STILL FLUIND IN THE ENGINE FROM MELTED MANAFOLD.( THIS ALL TOOK PLACE BETWEEN NOV. 2001 & JAN. 2002) AFTER THAT THE IGNITION HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE ONE OF THE WIRES WAS SEVERED DUE TO THE WHEEL TILT. (WE WOULD TILT THE WHEEL & COULD NOT START THE CAR). IN NOV. 2002 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP, WE HAD IT REPLACED. THEN ALL AT ONE TIME (2003) THE BATTERY WENT DEAD, THE TIMING CHAIN HAD JUMPED A TOOTH, THE CAM SENSOR, AND THE SPARK PLUGS WHICH HAD BEEN CHANGED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE. A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AGAIN DUE TO A LEAK IN THE COOLANT RESOVOIR BOTTEL, THIS CAUSED THE HEAD GASKETS TO BLOW AGAIN. IT IS NOW 2004 WE HAVE AN ONGOING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. SINCE MID 2003 WE HAVE GONE THROUGH 3 PCM & 3 PROMS DUE TO THE FACT THE THEY KEPT FRYING ( A RESULT OF A BAD GROUND THAT STILL CAN NOT BE FOUND), AN ALTANATOR DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAD SPIKES. THE CHECK ENGING LIGHT WOULD CONSTANTLY COME ON & WHEN THE CODES WERE PULLED THE EGR VLAVE WAS LISTED, WE REPLACED IT AND STILL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO A STILL BAD PCM. NOW WHENEVER WE TURN ON THE BLINKER THE VOLTAGE GAGE MOVES IN TIME WITH IT DUE TO A SHORT. THE RPM'S SURGE AT TIMES WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION OR AT IDLE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SATLL OR BACKFIRE. THE CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074632June 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
WITHOUT WARNING, MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, EQUIPPED WITH 3.8 ENGINE, LOST POWER AND DIED. THE INTAKE PLENUM (SITTING ATOP THE ENGINE, AND PROVIDING AIR AND COOLING OF ENGINE WATER, RUPTURED AND SENT WATER INTO THE CYLINDERS, AND INTO OIL PAN. THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM OCCURRED AT 60000 MILES, WAS REPAIRED, AND RECENTLY OCCURRED @ 102000 MILES, 5/24/04. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074349May 27, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PANEL IN THE BACK OF THE REAR SEAT THAT SEPARATES THE REAR SEAT FROM THE TRUNK KEPT COMING DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THAT THEY ARE REPLACING THE PANEL WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED PANEL WHICH HAS A MAGNET. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073255May 27, 2004
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE, TIRES
MY FIRESTONE SPARE TIRE (T125-70R16 96M TUBELESS RADIAL) EXPLODED WHILE STILL IN ITS TRUNK COMPARTMENT. MY VEHICLE (2002 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE) WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. THE TIRE BLEW OUTWARD WITH SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO BREAK THE COVER OF THE SPARE TIRE WELL, SCAR THE WELL ITSELF, AND TO SHRED AND TEAR THE CARPET AND PADDING COVERING IT IN THE TRUNK. THE EXPLOSION ALSO KNOCKED A FEW ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FROM THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS, BUT HAS APPEARED NOT TO HAVE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED THEM. THE TIRE HAD BEEN INFLATED TO APPROXIMATELY 50-55 PSI FIVE DAYS EARLIER. IT IS RATED AT 60PSI. THE TIRE HAD NEVER BEEN USED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073175May 26, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I WAS EXITING OFF ROUTE 82 AND HEADING EAST ON RT. 422 GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. EST. WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG SOUND. THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND THE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THE CAR CAME TO REST ABOUT 50 FT. AFTER THE CAR HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. OHIO HIGHWAY STATE PATROL MADE A CRASH REPORT AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO GREENWOOD AUTOBODY DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THE ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS BROKE OUT THE FRAME. ALLOWING THE ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN TO DROP ON THE ROAD. DAMAGE IS BEING ESTIMATED BY THE AUTOBODY SHOP AND INSURANCE COMPANY. CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073192May 26, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE PURCHASED WITH 214 MILES ON 10-05-2000 FROM POWEL WATSON MOTORS IN LAREDO, TEXAS. THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS FROM NOV. 2000 TO THE REPAIR DATE IN 2002. A SEPERATE DEALERSHIP (TINDALL CHEV/PONTIAC IN DILLEY, TEXAS) WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL REGULATOR. THIS RECALL ITEM HAS BE DENIED FROM PONTIAC. THE DEALERSHIP BILLED ME $1,024.00 FOR REPAIRS NOT INCLUDING RENTAL FEES FOR THE LOANER CAR. I FEEL THAT PONTIAC SHOULD HONOR THE REALL AND RETURN MY MONEY TO ME DUE TO THE FAULTY DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074318May 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A GARAGE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP IF NOT CAUGHT IN TIME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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