Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#10069216January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
LEAKING COOLANT AT THE PLENUM AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. REPLACED THE UPPER PLENUM AND THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069303January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DESIGN FLAW OF COOLANT PIPE. BREAKAGE OF THE COOLANT PIPE INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE OF THE 3800 V-6 ENGINE CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO FLOOD THE ENGINE AND CAUSE IMMEDIATE ENGINE FAILURE.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069600January 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, STRUCTURE
MY MAJOR COMPLAINT NOW IS I HAVE A 2001 BONNEVILLE WITH A LITTLE OVER 24,000 MILES ON IT. THE HOOD IS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND HAS BLISTERED UP THE ORIGINAL FACTORY PAINT ON THE LEADING EDGE. THE DEALER IS TALKING ABOUT REPAIR WITH NO GUARANTEES. SINCE THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY AN INHERENT DEFECT WITH EITHER THE STEEL OR THE PREPARATION I FEAR IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. MY FEELING IS I SHOULD RECEIVE, AT A MINIMUM, A LIFETIME GUARANTEE/WARRANTY AND PREFERABLY A NEW HOOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069619January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
GM TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 01-06-01-007A IDENTIFIES AN INHERENT DESIGN FLAW ON THE 3.8 L ENGINE (VIN K - RPO L36) AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES: 1995-1997 BUICK RIVIERA 1995-1998 BUICK LESABRE, PARK AVENUE 1996-1998 BUICK REGAL 1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA, MONTE CARLO 1995-1996 OLDSMOBILE NINETY-EIGHT 1995-1998 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY-EIGHT 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 1995-1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1997-1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GM MINIMIZES THE IMPACT OF THE PROBLEM BY IDENTIFYING ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS AS OWNER COMPLAINING OF A SMALL COOLANT LEAK. THE FACT IS THAT IN MOST CASES THE LEAK IS NOT VISIBLE. THE COOLANT TYPICALLY LEAKS INTERNALLY BY THE EGR STOVE PIPE INTO THE ENGINE'S INTAKE MANIFOLD WHERE IT BUILDS UP. EVENTUALLY THE COOLANT LEVEL IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD RISES TO THE POINT WHERE THE COOLANT WILL GET SUCKED INTO ONE OF THE CYLINDERS. IN LESS SEVERE CASES, WHEN IT HAPPENS AT IDLE OR LOW RPM, THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND STALL. IN THE MOST SEVERE CASES, WHEN IT HAPPENS AT HIGH RPM, THE HAMMERING EFFECT OF THE ENGINE TRYING TO COMPRESS A LIQUID, CAUSES THE AFFECTED PISTON TO SHATTER (MY CASE). THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON A HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH (MY CASE) THERE IS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO PASSENGERS. I WAS LUCKY, BUT I STILL HAD TO REPLACE MY ENGINE WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE AT MY EXPENSE. I COULD NOT AFFORD WHAT GM CHARGED FOR A NEW ENGINE. GM IS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. GM REPAIR CENTERS ARE ATTRIBUTING THE FAILURE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND ARE CHARGING OWNERS TO REPLACE THE FLAWED PARTS WITH THE NEW DESIGN. I SPOKE WITH A SERVICE MANAGER AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN A LOT OF VEHICLES COMING IN WITH THE SAME FAILURE, THE LESS SEVERE CASE BEING THE MOST COMMON.. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM CALLS FOR A RECALL OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE FLAWED PARTS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD PARTIALLY REIMBURSE ME FOR MY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069621January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STRUCTURE
I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN DECEMBER OF 1999, I BELEIVE THAT THE CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT HAVE THE LABELS ON THE DOOR FOR THE WEIGHT OR TIRE PRESSURE, ALL IT HAS IS A PARTS NUMBER STICKER A WHITE LABLE. I HAVE ASKED THE PONTIAC DEALER ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THAT SOME COME WITH JUST THAT LABEL. I PAYED $16.000 FOR THE CAR AND BELEIVE THAT THE CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO PURCHASED DATE. I HAVE HAD THE PAINT PEEL OFF THE HOOD SHORTLY AFTER BUYING IT AND NOW PEELING ON THE ROOF OVER WINDSHEILD. BUT WITH THE STICKER OFF THE DOOR I BELIVE THAT I WAS TAKEN. I STILL OWE $9.000 IN PAYMENTS. I ALSO THINK THAT IT WAS A LEMON, BECAUSE ON THE WINSHEILD IS A STICKER THAT SAYS SUNSET PONTIAC SATISFACTION, A ROUND STICKER ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF WINDSHEILD. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER STICKER LIKE THIS ON ANY OTHER VECHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069668January 15, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR IS THE PAINT. I OWN A WHITE 1995 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW ON NOV23,1994. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE UNDERCOATING PROCESS AND THAT MY CAR WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS KNOWN AS DELAMINATION OF THE PAINT OR BETTER KNOWN AS PEELING OF THE PAINT. THE BODY SHOP MANAGER SAID THAT MY CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND WAS A CAR THAT WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I'VE WRITTEN TO THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND RECEIVED A REPLY BACK FROM A MICHAEL GOONAN. SPOKE TO A REP. AT THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS GIVEN A SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER: 1-41426281. I EVEN WROTE (AND SENT PICTURES) A LETTER TO JOHN F SMITH JR. CHAIRMAN/CEO AND RECEIVED A PHONE CALL ON NOV.27 FROM ANDREW DRUCKS WHO SAYS HE IS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FROM GM IN DETROIT. ALL THREE (3) PEOPLE TOLD ME THE SAME RESPONSE: SORRY. YOUR WARRANTY IS UP AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR ME...THAT THE CAR IS ALMOST 8 YEARS OLD AND HAS 63,000 PLUS MILES ON IT. THEY CLAIM THAT THE WARRANTY IS UP FOR PAINT AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY QUESTION IS: WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS WHEN GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM YEARS AGO? HOW WAS I TO FORESEE WHEN THE PAINT WAS GOING TO START TO PEEL. NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHEN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE PAINT IS PEELING ON THE ROOF OF MY CAR AND HAS VISIBLE SIGNS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN ON THE HOOD,TRUNK, AND SPOILER. THESE ARE THE COMMON AREAS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. PAINT DOES NOT JUST PEEL THE WAY THIS PAINT IS PEELING. THIS CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES BEFORE THE PAINT STARTS TO PEEL!!!!! THANK YOU JOSEPH TODARO, 169 KEEGANS LANE, STATEN ISLAND N.Y. 10308 (718) 966-7685, [email protected]
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069765January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I AM ABOUT TO PUT MY 4TH AND 5TH INTAKE MANIFOLD & MANIFOLD GASKET, RESPECTIVELY, ON MY 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 55 AT 70 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE DIED, BECAUSE MY MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING!! BECAUSE MY ENGINE DIED, IT KEPT BLOWING AND FORCING ANTIFREEZE DOWN MY INTAKE AND FILLING MY CYLINDERS WITH WATER AND ANTIFREEZE, CAUSING A VAPOR LOCK!!! THIS WAS TERRIBLE, BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN NEUTRAL GOING 70 MPH, WITH 20-25 CARS AROUND ME AND 3-5 SEMI TRUCKS, THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP!!!!! BECAUSE OF THIS 'VAPOR LOCK UP' OF THE ENGINE, I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR!!! I HAD NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, NO CONTROL TO BE ABLE TO AVOID A 20-25 CAR PILE UP, WITH TENS TO HUNDREDS BEING INJURED!!!!!!!!! GM NEEDS TO DO A COMPLETE RECALL OF ALL 3.1, 3.4 & 3.8 V6 ENGINES MADE WITH PLASTIC MANIFOLDS AND PLASTIC GASKETS!!!! GM NEEDS TO REPLACE THEM WITH THE ALUMINUM MANIFOLDS AND RUBBER GASKETS THEY USED TO PLACE ON ALL ENGINES MANUFACTURED SINCE THESE CHANGES WHICH I BELIEVE IS 1996!!!!! NEXT, AFTER ALL THESE MANIFOLDS AND GASKET FAILURES ON MY CAR, OF WHICH I CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 2000 MILES AND HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT MY OIL CHANGES, THE ANTIFREEZE HAS EATEN MY BEARINGS AND CRANKSHAFT MAINS AND ROD BEARINGS AND MY ENGINE IS KNOCKING BADLY!!! A FAIR RESOLUTION WOULD BE FOR GM TO GIVE ME(FREE OF ANY CHARGE), A NEW ENGINE TO REPLACE THE ONE THEY DAMAGED, WITH THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS, WORKMANSHIP AND MANUFACTURING DESIGN CHANGES. IF THERE IS NO PROBLEM, THEN WHY HAS GM ISSUED A VERY EXPENSIVE TSB? TO CHANGE THE DESIGN, COMPONENT AND INSTALLATION OF THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS??????? PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED URL -HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/MOD_PERL/SIGNED.CGI?GMCNSMRS TO VIEW THE OVER 1,200 PEOPLE SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN JUST A FEW MONTHS BY WORD OF MOUTH. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10069769January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I PAID THE STATED AMOUNT TO REPLACE A COMPONENT REFERRED TO ME AS A "PLENNUM". THE SYMPTOM MY CAR WAS HAVING WAS, IT WAS OVERHEATING. IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND IS MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF THE 3800 ENGINE. LITTLE DID I KNOW, THAT THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. THE FAILED PART HAD LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. A WEEK AND A HALF AFTER HAVING THE PLENNUM REPLACED, MY CAR BROKE DOWN. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE FROM THE PLENNUM HAD CAUSED PREMATURE FAILURE OF A "ROD BEARING" IN THE ENGINE. THE COOLANT I'M TOLD ATE AWAY THE BEARING LUBRICANT. I AM TOLD MY ONLY OPTION AT THIS POINT IS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. I AM NOT A CAR MECHANIC BY ANY MEANS AND SUSPECTED NOTHING, AND WAS TOLD NOTHING. I UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT MAN MADE PRODUCTS WEAR OUT AND NEED REPLACING. THIS TO ME SEEMS TO BE A POOR ENGINEERING FLAW THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX. I DID NOT INCLUDE THE $2000.00 ENGINE REPLACEMENT IN MY TOTAL REPAIR COST ABOVE. THE PLASTIC PLENNUM PART, BY THE WAY, WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC PART. I TOLD THE DRIVER THAT WAS RETURNING ME HOME WHILE THE PLENNUM WAS BEING REPLACED, THAT I WAS INTENDING TO TRADE MY BONNEVILLE IN ON A MONTANA MINIVAN THIS SUMMER. HIS REPLY TO ME WAS THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE MONTANA, AS WELL AS OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE 3800 ENGINE. IT SEMS CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069787January 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO OTTO OLDSMOBILE DEALERSHIP WITH 64K FOR A WARRANTY REPLACEMENT OF A WATERPUMP AND FOR A SQUEALING NOISE. WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING AND THE ESTIMATED REPAIR WAS 600, WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT AND THE WATERPUMP LABOR TOTAL REPAIR WAS 1100. CAR WAS DRIVEN TWICE AFTER REPAIR, LESS THAN 200 MILES WHEN SQUEALING RETURNED AND ENGINE SEIZED FROM COOLANT ENTERING CYLINDER NUMBER FOUR AS A RESULT OF THE MANIFOLD LEAK. CAR SAT IN DEALERSHIP FOR THREE MONTHS WHILE WE HAGGLED WITH THEM AND GM FOR REPLACEMENT COSTS. GM DENIES RESPONSIBILITY AND CAR HAD AN ENGINE INSTALLED FROM A JUNKYARD AT A TOTAL COST OF 350. CAR IS CURRENTLY STILL SQUEALING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069794January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
LEAKING PLASTIC MANIFOLD HAS HYDROLOCKED MY ENGINE AND BENT 5 PUSHRODS. ALSO THE DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE ENTERED THE CYLINDERS AND OILPAN, RUINING THE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069938January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET FAILED WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WITH TRAFFIC MOVING AT A SPEED OF APX 70 MPH. THIS MANIFOLD AND GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN THE ENGINE STALLING, FURTHER CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. SEVERAL CARS SWERVED AND SKIDDED TO AVOID COLLISION WITH OUR DISABLED CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE SELLING PONTIAC DEALER. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET HAD FAILED, AND THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $1,036.00. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY DESIGNED, AND THAT A HIGH FAILURE RATE IS OCCURRING ON GM V-6 3.8 ENGINES. I CONTACTED GM, AND THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH THIS. THERE ARE MANY WEB SITES THAT VERIFY THOUSANDS OF OTHER FAILURES. ALSO, A GM SERVICE MANAGER THAT I SPOKE WITH AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND THAT MANY TIMES, THE ENGINES FAIL DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, RESULTING IN A $5,000.00 REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AS GM IS LAUGHING AT THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE. WHO OF US HAS THE RESOURCES TO CHALLENGE THEM, AND THEY COULD CARE LESS IF WE EVER BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070229January 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, POWER TRAIN
1. RIGHT REAR WINDOW MOTOR FAILED AT 30 MONTHS, BUT 60,233 MILES. WINDOW HAD BEEN RAISED AND LOWERED LESS THAN 25 TIMES. PONTIAC AGREED TO 40% REIMBURSMENT. 2. AFTER 60K MI CHECK UP, CAR BEGAN SHIFTING VERY ROUGH. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 63,266 THEN OFF,NO PROBLEM, AGAIN AT 66237 IN SHOP NOW, WITH TWO TRANS DIAGNOTIC COMPUTER MSGS. WILL NOT KNOW COST UNTIL PROBLEM FOUND. BEFORE DEALER DID 60K CHECK UP WAS GETTING 29 MMG ON INTERSTATE, SINCE CHECK UP, GETTING 23-25MPG ON INTERSTATES. I BELIEVE DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN TWO, BUT I KNOW DEALER WILL NOT AGREE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070481January 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ~76,000 MILES. REPLACED AT GM DEALER WITH A REMANUFACTURED GM UNIT. 06/23/2001. BRAKE FAILURE - WARNING LIGHT AT 81,728 MILES. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS. ANTILOCK BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS BEHAVED STRANGELY AT TIMES BUT HAVE NEVER FAILED TO STOP THE CAR IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE. 09/22/2001. ENGINE FAILURE AT 82,449 MILES. REPLACEMENT ENGINE INSTALLED AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR $1400.00. . REPAIR LEAKING GENUINE GM REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. SIDE COVER LEAKS SEVERELY, DEALER ADVISES OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD AND REPAIR COST OF $300+ FOR SIDE PAN GASKET. PROBLEM SOLVED AT LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP (MR. TRANSMISSION) FOR $92.95. IN ADDITION THE FOLLOWING NO LONGER FUNCTION OR FUNCTION IMPROPERLY: FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, REFILL BASED ON MILEAGE DRIVEN. ALSO THE FUEL PUMP WHINES VERY NOTICEABLY, CAN BE HEARD PLAINLY IN THE VEHICLE OVER THE RADIO. COST FOR REPAIR OF BOTH AT DEALER: $600+ DEPENDING ON PARTS REQUIRED. STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS FOR THE RADIO DO NOT FUNCTION. AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHT CONTROL WILL NOT TURN HEADLIGHTS OFF AFTER TURNING THEM ON. RESULT - BATTERY REPLACEMENT. NOW LEAVE THE CONTROL IN THE OFF POSITION. SPRING LOADED CENTER CONSOLE DOOR LATCH FAILED CAUSING CONSOLE DOOR TO REMAIN OPEN. REPLACED CONSOLE DOOR AND TWO VENTS THAT HAD BROKEN FOR $124.66. CONSOLE DOOR LATCH FAILED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER (SAME FAILURE). REMOVED DOOR SPRING SO DOOR NOW STAYS CLOSED. DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK JAMS WHEN USING KEY FOB, HAVE TO USE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. NO LONGER USE KEY FOB, DOOR UNLOCKS PROPERLY WHEN USING THE KEY. WITHIN THE PAST YEAR THE PAINT HAS BEGAN TO PEEL ON THE TOP OF THE REAR QUARTER PANELS AND ROOF. I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND WENT TO RETRIEVE THE JACK, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUNK. THE JACK IS STORED IN A PLASTIC CASE THAT IS BOLTED TO A BRACKET. ONLY ONE WELD WAS MADE DURING MANUFACTURE ALLOWING THE BRACKET TO BREAK LOOSE. THE JACK CASE NOW JUST LIES IN TRUNK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068963January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE ENGINE'S PLENUM(SPELLING??) MANIFOLD STARTED LEAKING WATER. MY MECHANIC SAID IT HAD "WARPED". HE THEN TOLD ME THAT GM WAS HAVING QUITE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. HE SAID HE HAD REPLACED ABOUT 10 OF THESE SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND THAT HIS PART DISTRIBUTOR SAID THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER ON THIS PLENUM MANIFOLD. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM OR BACKORDERS ON THIS PART. WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT OTHER GM OWNERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. THANKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069011January 15, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE NOT SOUGHT ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM AS OF YET BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO SINCE MY CAR WAS ALREADY SIX YEARS OLD WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED. NOW I HAVE PEELING PAINT IN SEVERAL SPOTS ON MY CAR AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. THE REST OF THE CAR IS IN MINT CONDITION. I STILL BELIEVE GM SHOULD PAY FOR RE-PAINTING BECAUSE THEY KNEW OF THEIR DEFECT YEARS AGO. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET THIS DONE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054070January 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A CURB PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FORCE EXPLODED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, AND RIPPED THE DASHBOARD ON THAT SIDE. TEN MINUTES EARLIER A CHILD WAS SITTING IN THAT PARTICULAR SEAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050112January 9, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FROM THE AIR BAG AND SHATTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGED THE DASH. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO AIR THE VEHICLE OUT AND THEN CONTINUED TO THEIR DESTINATION. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *PH THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR COST DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. THE SERVICE TECH'S COULD NOT CHECK THE DRIVER'S SIDE WITHOUT INSTALLING A PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053506January 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052509January 6, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED IN JUN OF 1996 AND RECALL WAS ISSUED JUN 1996. SO WHY WEREN'T WE TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THE PURCHASE. DEALERSHIP GREED . WHEN STARTING MY 1996 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, 3.8L V6, IT BACKFIRED AND LOTS OF WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM THE MUFFLER. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP THE CAR AND TAKE IT TO THE PONTIAC DEALER WHERE THEY PROCEEDED TO INFORM ME A FEW HOURS LATER THAT IT HAD A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO GET INTO THE MOTOR. I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL, BUT I DIDN'T RECALL DOING THAT. AND DEALERSHIP HAS NOT PROVIDED ME WITH PROOF THAT THE RECALL WAS DONE AND DONE WITH THE REDESIGNED PARTS RECOMMENDED BY GM. GM KNEW OF THIS ON GOING PROBLEM, THEY INSTALLED THE SAME FAULTY PARTS AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM REARED ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED US THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SPEND $1000.00 TO REPAIR THE CAR. BUT THEY COULD NOT GARANTEE THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT BLOW THE MOTOR OR CRACK ANOTHER INTAKE MANIFOLD. THERE ARE 275,811 BONNEVILLES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND GM STILL DOES NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MAYBE MAKING THE PART OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN PLASTIC MIGHT HELP. MEANWHILE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHER MIDDLE CLASS AMERCIANS ARE PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE TO FIX THEIR CARS WITH THE PROBLEM ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I CAN'T SEE WHY THERE ISN'T A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAIST GM IT HAS BEEN 8 YEARS AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. I HAVE SEEN WHERE THEY HAVE REPLACED SOME MOTORS FOR SOME CUSTOMERS, SO WHY NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE MANIFOLD OR MOTOR WHERE IT IS WARRENTED FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS EXPENSE SHOULD BE ON GM. AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN RAILROADED INTO PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS, REFUND THEM THE MONEY THEY HAVE SPENT TO FIX THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED A PRICE OF $5000.00 FOR A NEW MOTOR UNTOP OF THE $1000.00 REPAIR TO SEE IF THAT WILL WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052471January 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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