Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#8011892June 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL DIE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763113June 15, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS GOTTEN A HOLE IN IT 2 TIMES NOW. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 83000 MILES AND RESULTED IN NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. THE NEW ENGINE HAD 16000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER DRIVING 19000 MILES THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN CAUSEING US TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD, HEAD GASKETS, BOLTS AND STARTER. IT HAS COST OVER 2000.00 FOR THE SAME DEFECTIVE PLASTIC PEICE. THE GARAGE SAID TO GET RID OF THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS JUST GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING AND THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING AHEAD OF TIME THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE JUST PAID THE CAR OFF AND CANT TAKE ON NEW PAYMENTS SO THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. SO SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET GM TO FIX THEIR DEFECT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS. WE CONTACTED THE GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND THEY WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A DEFECT OR PROBLEM. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY HAD RECEIVED A BULLITIN ON IT AND SAID WHAT TO CHECK BUT WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST EITHER. NEITHER WERE ANY HELP AT ALL. BUT THEY WERE SORRY WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY WHAT A BIG HELP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565847May 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010010May 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761943May 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ENGINE (INTAKE MANIFOLD) IS DEFECTIVE. LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND 1998 BONNEVILLE V-6 WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH. THE FIRST ONE THE ENGINE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, SINCE IT WAS BURNING COOLANT IN THE ENGINE AND INTO THE SURROUNDING AIR. THIS BONNEVILLE IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AT AND WILL NEED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, POSSIBLE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AS WELL. PONTIAC ISSUED TECHNICAL SALES BULLETIN 01-06-01-007 IN JULY 2001 KNOWING THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS BADLY DESIGNED ENGINE THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE LOCKUP AND COOLANT SMOG RELEASE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009565May 10, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WILL BOTTOM OUT, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME AND STAY ON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761759May 10, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD (PLASTIC) CRACKED AROUND HEAT RISER TUBE ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE LOWER INTAKE AND INTO THE CYLINDERS OF THE ENGINE RESULTING IN A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009320May 7, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL OUT WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPLACED CRANK SENSOR SIGNAL WHICH DEALER STATED COULD BE THE PROBLEM.*AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008991May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE SHAKES BADLY AT 45-60 MPH, MOSTLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LINING AT 15000 MILES. THEN AT 30000 MILES THE FRONT CALIPERS, BRAKE LINES,AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AT THIS TIME VEHICLE IS SHAKING AGAIN.*JBTHERE IS AN INTERMITTANT AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT SHUDDER OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009070May 2, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THE AIR BAGS HAS SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL RESULTING IN THE HORN NOT TO WORKING.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009071May 2, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THE HORN ASSEMBLY DOES NOT FUNCTION BECAUSE AIR BAG HAS SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING HORN NOT TO FUNCTION DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED HOWEVER DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761374April 30, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
CALIPER RATTLE SHAKES ENTIRE VEHICLE 45-65MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008574April 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE, CAUSING DRIVER TO HAVE MINIMAL CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN 4 OR 5 TIMES VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008377April 23, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
UPON PURCHASING VEHICLE IN THE YEAR OF 2000 RACK AND PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. COOLANT LEAKS, ALSO STARTER AND FUEL PUMP HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID DUE TO TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS A NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN ON TURNS. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY DUE TO SHIFT SOLENOID FAILURE. VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE FROM FRONT END DUE TO STEERING GEAR FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008405April 23, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
INFINITY, P225/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, PONTIAC, BONNEVILLE WITH 31100 MILES. TREAD SEPARATION ON RIGHT REAR TIRE, INNER CORE DESINTEGRATED, ONLY SIDEWALL WAS LEFT.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761085April 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONTROL VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILING FOR SECOND TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565289April 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ALL POWER, CONSUMER COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED, HOWEVER CONSUMER COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN, SHE COULD SLIDE THE DOOR LATCH, BUT THE LOCK WOULD RELEASE, NONE OF THE POWER WINDOWS WORKED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DOORS WERE REPROGRAMMED SO THEY ALL OPEN MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER FOUND BATTERY CABLES DIRTY AND CORRODED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007907April 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED, WITH THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, SMOKE AND SOOT DAMAGED THE HOUSE. GM INVESTIGATOR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *NLM *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007798April 17, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHEN BACKING UP, ONE WHEEL WENT STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER WENT TO A RIGHT ANGLE. THE SCREW THREADED TO THE INNER TIE ROD THAT CONNECTS TO THE OUTTER PULLED LOOSE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH PONTIAC. NLM THE SCREW THREAD CONNECTING THE INNER TIE ROD TO THE OUTER TIE ROD END PULLED LOOSE CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007697April 16, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DID NOT STOP ON WET PAVEMENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT ABS COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED.*AKSENSOR FAILED ALSO. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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