Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#10073084May 25, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT MALFUNCTION; BURNED SMALL HOLE IN CLOTH OF SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073141May 25, 2004
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, STEERING:COLUMN
HORN IS WORTHLESS. WAS HIT BY A PARTY WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. APPLIED HORN TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE TRIED TO USE THE HORN ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS WHEN ABOUT TO BE HIT IN A PARKING LOT OR ON THE STREET, BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK. VERY HARD TO GET TO WORK. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH DAMAGE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BUMPER. WHEN GETTING CAR REPAIRED ALSO ADVISED THAT STEERING COLUMN BOLTS WERE STRIPPED ON ONE SIDE AND SHEARED OFF ON THE OTHER, BUT NOT CAUSED BY ACCIDENT. ESTIMATE TO FIX STEERING ANOTHER $500+
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073021May 23, 2004
STEERING
COMPLAINED TO PONTIAC DEALERSHIP ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS THAT STEERING IS BINDING WHILE TURNING. COMPLAINTS WERE AT 19,539, 29,736 AND 43,686 MILES. AT 19,539 MILES, DEALERSHIP FOUND BULLETIN # 99-02-32-007A AND REMOVED/REPLACED POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC RETURN OUTLET AND PRESSURE INLET HOSE. AT 29,736 MILE, STEERING SHAFT WAS LUBRICATED. AT 43,686 MILES STEERING SHAFT REMOVED AND LUBRICATED. AT 50,000 THE BINDING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. I WILL BE TAKING TO THE SHOP AGAIN THIS WEEK. IT SEEMS THE DEALERSHIP/MANUFACTURER IS DOING "NICKLE & DIME" FIXES UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOT FIXING THE REAL PROBLEM. I'M CONCERNED THERE'S A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072987May 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1)IN MARCH OF 2004,I HAD TO REPLACE A FRONT BEARING ON THIS VEHICLE,TO REGISTER IT. I THEN HAD THE TIRES BALANCED,BELIEVING THE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END WOULD STOP,IT HASN'T.MY NEXT PLAN WAS TO HAVE THE FRONT END CHECKED OUT.MAY 15TH 2004 I STARTED GETTING A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADS AND THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE REDONE. I SPOKE IF SOME OTHER ITEMS I WANTED DONE: ADJUST SUN ROOF,FIX DRIVERS WINDOW,WHY IS THERE STILL A SHAKING IN THE FRONT END ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHY AM I GETTING WATER IN THE TRUNK? THE MECHANIC EXPRESSEED THAT THIS VEHICLE "HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT". THE WHOLE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPLACED. WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THE SUN-ROOF IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT,THE TRUNK LEAKS WATER,THE FRONT DRIVERS BARRING HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE IS QUITE LOOSE UNDER THE HOOD. THIS VEHICLE WAS OBVIOUSLY IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE FIRST OWNER, REPAIRED AND TURNED IN AT THE END OF THE LEASE. ALSO, HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES MADE IN THIS YEAR HAD TO HAVE THE HEADS WORKED ON AT 45000 MILES,OR WAS THE MILEAGE TURNED BACK FOR THE RETURN OF THE LEASE????*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074122May 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE FIRE EXPERIENCED BY CONSUMER ON 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. *LA WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATED THE 3.8 LITER ENGINES BECAUSE 44 OWNERS COMPLAINED OF ENGINE FIRES DUE TO A FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073957May 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 04V09000: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT DUE TO VIN# WONT FIXED FREE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068613May 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED. THEN, ENGINE STALLED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK WHEN VEHICLE STALLED, STEERING AND BRAKES WERE LOST. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS FOUND THAT A FAULTY PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THAT HAD LEAKED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072590May 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
VEHICLE WAS OPERATING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. TWO BLOCKS FROM MY DESTINATION, THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SPUTTERING. I PARKED THE CAR IN THE HOPES IT WOULD START,THE BACKFIRE THAT I NEVER HEARD, NOT ONLY BROKE THE NOSE OFF THE STARTER, BLEW A HOLE IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND FILLED THE ENGINE WITH ANTIFREEZE. LUCKILY FOR ME I HAD SHUT THE CAR OFF BEFORE ANY MAJOR DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO THE ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM. MONDAY CAME AND I THEN WENT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIX THIS VEHICLE I HAD JUST PURCHASED ONLY 3 MONTHS PRIOR, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND GAVE ME A $700 ESTIMATE, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH TEMPORARY TRANSPORTATION WHILE WAITING FOR THE REPARS TO BE DONE. I ASKED THAT THEY PUT THE OLD PARTS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED INTO THE TRUNK FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY ME. HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS ON THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND THIS A MORE COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THAN HAD BEEN IMAGINED. WHY MUST SOMEONE DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE???*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067127May 11, 2004
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AIR BAG PROBLEM. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT. *AK VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ON THE TIME OF INCIDENT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067165May 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AN INDEPENDENT DEALER REPLACED THE MANIFOLD GASKET AND UPPER PLENUM ON 01/16/04, 03/15/04 THE GASKET AND EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED, AND THE PLENUM GASKET WAS REPLACED ON 02/27/03. COOLANT LEAKED FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068529May 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 3.8 ENGINE. PLASTIC INTAKE COVER POOR DESIGN, NOT HOLDING UP BEYOND FORTY THOUSAND MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068400May 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
PURCHASED USED 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE IN JANUARY, 2002 WITH 56, 000 MILES FROM GM DEALERSHIP. CAR WAS GM CERTIFIED. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER WITH 65,000 MILES DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE I NOTICE THE COOLANT WAS A LITTLE LOW. GOING BACK TO DEALER I PURCHASED GM LONG LIFE ANTIFREEZE AND BOTTLE OF GM SEALANT. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF ANTIFREEZE LEAK ANYWHERE. COOLANT LEVEL MAINTAINED FROM THAT TIME. ON APRIL 30TH, 2004 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAIN TO MISS FIRE SEVERLEY AND QUIT RUNNING WITHIN SECONDS. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AND NO POWER BREAKS. THE ENGINE HAD HYDROLOCKED. ALL CYLINDERS WERE FULL OF ANTIFREEZE. THE CAR NOW HAD 115,000 MILES. I REMOVED THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD TO FIND IT FULL OF ANTIFREEZE. THE HEAT RESISTANT MATERIAL AROUND THE EGR TUBE HAD FAILED ALLOWING SUPER-HEATED AIR TO MELT THE GASKET AREA AROUND THE ADJASCENT WATER JACKET ALLOWING COOLANT TO FLOW INTO THE MANIFOLD CAUSING THE HYDROLOCK. I REPLACED BOTH UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLDS AND GASKETS WITH NEWLY DESIGNED UNITS FROM THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD GM WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND HAD REDESIGNED THE PARTS AGAINST THIS FAILURE. THE CAR IS NOW RUNNING FINE. WHILE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED, THE SUDDEN POWER FAILURE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE THE FAILURE BEGAN AT 65,000 MILES AND WAS TEMPORARILY FIXED WITH THE COOLANT SEALANT I PUT IN IT AT THAT TIME AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER'S PARTS PERSON. ALL PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068346May 5, 2004
AIR BAGS
THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF IN MY 1995 BONNEVILLE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 60 MPH. GM SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE AIRBAG.BUT THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THE NEW BAG. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS TAKING ON WATER SOMWHERE WHICH THEN GETS TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT.THIS CAUSES THE SENSOR TO GET CORRODED AND BECOME FAULTY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE FOR DEALING WITH GM ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10068370May 5, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WAS GOING TO DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 1 MILE SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE HOOD AREA.DUE TO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HUSBAND DID A U-TURN IN THE STREET AND QUICKLY STOPPED CAR. BEFORE STOPPING HUSBAND LOST EVERYTHING BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WE RAN FROM CAR TRIED TO OPEN HOOD ENGINE COMPLETLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED.DURING THE SEEING OF SMOKE THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO GAUGES,EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. THIS ENGINE HAD ONLY 20,990 MILES ON IT.INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068266May 4, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
HEADLIGHT CONTROL SWITCH, ACDELCO/PART # D1522E DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072078May 4, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH FRONT FRAME DROPPED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068150May 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS ON VACATION DRIVING INTO A REST AREA WHEN THE CAR MADE A "THONK" SOUND AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED. I COULD SHIFT IT INTO ANY GEAR, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIRMAN. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS TORN DOWN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GEARS HAD BLOWN A PART. THE MACHANIC COULD NOT FIND A USED ONE AND IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 4 OR 5 DAYS TO GET ONE FROM AC DELCO, SO HE REBUILT THE EXISTING PART. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD THREE OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004 ALONE. I ONLY HAD 48,000 MILES ON THE CAR. WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE NOT ON THE OPEN ROAD WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071904April 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT FIRE. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED IN 2002 THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BY THE GOVERNMENT RELATING TO THE 3.8 LITER ENGINES PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068035April 29, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
SINCE I OWNED THE CAR I HAVE HAD THESE THINGS FIXED: 1 WINDOW REGULATOR, 1 POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED, POWER STEERING WORK (AFTER THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED) HOOD REPAINTED AND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. NOW I NEED TO HAVE 2 WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED AT $400 A PIECE. I'M HAVING SOME LOAD HUMMING NOISE WHEN USING BRAKES BUT I HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUNK LEAKS SO I CAN NOT USE IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING GETS WET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071413April 23, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STARTED ENGINE BACK FIRED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE AN EXCEEDINGLY LONG TIME TO START. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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