Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#10064172March 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM GM IS HAVING WITH THE 4T65E TRANSMISSION. THE ISSUE DEALING WITH SLIPPAGE DUE TO A POSSIBLE FAILURE OF AN INTERNAL COMPONENT. I HAVE A 2002 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE THAT IS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL GM CUSTOMER AND WORKED THROUGH SEVERAL TSB CONCERNING BOTH OUR VEHICLES. I AM CONCERNED THEY FIX THESE AS THEY OCCUR, HOWEVER WHEN I AM AT 37,000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY WHO PAYS THEN? SAFETY IS MY FORST PRIORITY! IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR (AND GM KNOWS IT MIGHT) WHEN MY WIFE IS PASSING, PULLING INTO TRAFFICE, ETC... WHO KNOWS THE OUTCOME. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ISSUE WITH THE OTHERS CONCERNING THIS AND MAKE GM FIX A POTENTIAL PROBLEM THEY ARE AWARE OF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065066March 29, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, AND THE TAIL LIGHTS BUSTED OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064012March 27, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THE ELECTONIC CLIMATE CONTROL ON MY 1995 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE HAS STOPPED WORKING....I GET NO COOLING, ONLY HOT AIR ALL THE TIME WHETHER THE CONTROL IS SET ON AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING AND OR IF I JUST WANT TO RECEIVE FRESH OUTSIDE AIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10062493March 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AUTOMOBILE STOPS WITH NO WARNING LEAVING ME WITH NO BRAKES OR STEERING. SOMETIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP MECHANICS COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LOOKED ON OTHER SITES AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THIS MODEL. HOPEFULLY NO ONE HAS TO GET INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062463March 17, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
LOSS OF FUEL ON RIGHT HAND TURN, CHRONIC WHEN FUEL IS AROUND 1/3 LEVEL, CAUSED BY INCORRECT FUEL STRAINER POSITION. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT IS WIDESPREAD AMONG 92 GM H-BODY OWNERS. SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY. LOSS OF POWER CAN CAUSE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO HIT MERGING CAR. THE DATE LISTED IS MY PERSONAL FIRST EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENED BEFORE IN OTHER 92 GM H-BODY CARS, MY MOTHER'S AND MY BROTHER'S. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063370March 17, 2004
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED IN INCLEMENT WEATHER ALL FOUR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES, SIZE P235/55R17 WERE PROVIDING LOW PROFILE. DEALER INDICATED TIRES WERE OPERATING AS DESIGNED TO THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059606March 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, SPILLING FLUID INTO THE ENGINE. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059493March 17, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG BROKE THE DASHBOARD AND THE WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059522March 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE IS IDLING AND RUNNING ROUGH DUE TO ANTI-FREEZE GETTING INTO THE CYLINDER. THIS COULD LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. *AK THE CONSUMER IT WAS A COMMON KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE MANIFOLD WHICH WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND WARPED WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE CYLINDER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062325March 16, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
MY CAR SURGES ALL THE TIME AND THE CRUISE CONTROL GETS STUCK ON IT I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET PLACE THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION GONE IN IT. BUT I STILL DRIVE IT I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM MYSELF. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SEPT OF 2002 AND IT WAS DOING IT WHEN I GOT IT. BUT IT WAS A BUY AS IS DEAL SO THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET PLACE THEY ALREADY HAD THE CAR ON FILE BUT WOULD NOT TELL ME WHAT THE FILE SAID ABOUT THE CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062947March 11, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE STREET BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063048March 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AN DIT BACK FIRED, AND THE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE , AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. NO INJURIES REPORTED. INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061837March 10, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE & LAST YEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED & A YEAR LATER THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OBVIOUSLY IF BOTH OF THEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN A YEAR OF EACH OTHER, THIS IS SOME SORT OF FAULTY PART. OUR REAR WINDOWS HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN MORE THAN 4 TIMES IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR, SO WHY SHOULD THEY BE WORN OUT? DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART WITH OTHER BONNEVILLES? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060827March 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE APPROXIMATELT 2.5 YEARS AGO FROM WILLIAMS CHEVY IN TRAVERSE CITY, MI I NOTICED A INTERMITTENT SNAP SOUND THAT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE CAUSE OF THIS SOUND SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AT THREE DIFFERENT REPAIR FACILITIES AND EACH TIME I WAS ASSURED EVERYTHING WAS OK. ON 2/19/04, WE LEFT TRAVERSE CITY ENROUTE FOR TAMPA, FL. AND JUST OUTSIDE OF GRAND RAPIDS, MI I DETECTED A STRANGE INTERMITENT VIBRATION THAT CONCERNED ME. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO TRAVERSE CITY AND PARKED. UPON RETURNING FROM SUNNY FLORIDA, ON MARCH 1, 2004 A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CONTROL ARM AND IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, UNLESS YOU TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF FROM THE VEHICLE THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE FOUND. PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION BY THE MECHANIC, HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SINCE HE REPLACED THE BALL JOINT AND LOWER CONTROL ARM, I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SNAPPING NOISE SINCE THE REPAIR WAS MADE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060265March 3, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING ON A BRIDGE AT APPRX 15 - 20 MPH. NO WARNINGS LIGHTS OR GAUGE CONCERNS UNTIL MOMENT OF FAILURE. ENGINE IDLE BECAME EXCEPTIONALLY ROUGH. CAUSE WAS A GASKET FAILURE ALLOWING DEX-COOL TO ENTER ENGINE AND DESTROYED IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060289March 3, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WAS HESITATING SLIGHTLY WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND OR 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. WHEN IT SHIFTED IT WAS JERKING SLIGHTLY. THIS WAS NOT NOTICEABLE WHEN CAR WAS COLD BUT OCCURRED WHEN WARMED UP. TRANSMISSION SHOP WANTED TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION FOR $2000. 2ND OPINION SAID TO TAKE TO DEALER TO HAVE "PROM RELFLASHED". DEALER SAID THERE'S A BULLETIN OUT TO FIX PROBLEM FOR $800 DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. GM SHOULD PUT OUT RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. IT SHOULDN'T COST ME $800 TO FIX THEIR DESIGN FLAW!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060293March 3, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION, MVA. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BEING A DISABLED FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC I AM AN ADVID WEARER OF SEATBELT'S. POST ACCIDENT AS I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE, I REACHED DOWN TO FIND THE SEATBELT HAD NOT HELD DURING THE ACCIDENT. I AM GOING TO INSPECT THE CAR ON 03/05, THEN RELEASE IT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. HOW DO I PROCEED IF IT IS FOUND TO BE FAULTY? *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10060147March 2, 2004
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
CAR DISPLAYS "SERVICE SUSPENSION SYSTEM" WARNING AFTER ABRUBTLY LOCKING THE RIGHT WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS PUSHED MY VEHICLE TO INTO ANOTHER LANE TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060168March 2, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE PLENUM WARPED AND LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE INTO COMBUSTION CYLINDERS. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. RESULTED IN OVER $900.00 CHARGES OF WHICH $317.64 WAS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061015March 1, 2004
WHEELS:RIM
WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODING. A RESULT, AIR SEEPS OUT ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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