Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#755666December 14, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL TAKES EXCESSIVE EFFORT AND MANY ATTEMPTS TO SOUND. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T GET HORN TO WORK AT ALL. DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO USE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755667December 14, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE HESITATING BETWEEN 35 AND 55 MPH. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. TURNED OUT TO BE 1 FAILED IGNITION COIL AND IGNITION WIRES BAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000729December 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES MAKE NOISE WHEN APPLYING THEM. ALSO, THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755610December 13, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
I REACHED INTO SEATBACK WHILE DRIVING AND MY SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755575December 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
SPARK PLUG NGK TYPE PTR4B-15. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899883December 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE AT ANY SPEED. PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR ,AND VEHICLE HAS NO BRAKING ACTION. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899900December 5, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DURING INSPECTION OF VEHICLE DEALER NOTICED AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BROKEN INNER TIE ROD. REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER EXTENED WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899908December 5, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER REPLACING INNER TIE ROD TIE ROD OUTER/END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND AGAIN REPAIRED TIE ROD OUTER/END UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899910December 5, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DURING THE TIE ROD END REPLACEMNT A NOISE WAS HEARD IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE SOME REPAIRS. BUT, PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. DEALER NOTIFIED AGAIN, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS IN STEERING COLUMN UPPER SHAFT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755206December 3, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL OR SIMILARLY CONFIGURED BATTERY CABLE SYSTEM. THE POST BREAKS OFF INSIDE THE BATTERY AS A RESULT OF VIBRATIONS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE CABLE. THE CONSUMER MUST BUY A NEW BATTERY AS A RESULT. FURTHERMORE, THE BATTERY BOLT FREEZES INSIDE THE CABLE REQUIRING IT TO BE CUT OUT DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT GENERATED ATHTHE CONNECTION. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN I SPOKE WITH AT BENTLEY PONTIAC AT THE TIME I TOOK IT IN. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO GET IT REPAIRED. WHEN I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP, I NOTICED ANOTHER BONNEVILLE GETTING IT'S BATTERY REPLACED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - THE POSITIVE TERMINAL POST HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE BOLT WAS FROZEN TO THE POSITIVE CABLE CONNECTION. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM AND THAT GM SHOULD REIMBURSE OWNER'S FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DESIGN FLAW. IT PRESENTS A DANGER TO VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN SUDDEN POWER LOSS AND COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I WAS LUCKY MY INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MY GARAGE. I SHOULOD HAVE REPORTED THIS EARLIER. HOWEVER, WHILE CLEANING UP MY COMPUTER FILES, I RECALLED THAT I HAD NOT REPORTED THIS INCIDENT. I HAVE OWNED A NUMBER OF VEHICLES FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS TYPE PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY/BATTEY CABLE ON ANY OF THEM. HAVE OTHER SUCH INCIDENTS BEEN REPORTED OR DOES GM HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM FROM MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AT THEIR DEALERS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900520December 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD POP NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7560-177. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754524November 14, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
STEERING VERY ROUGH AND BUMPY TURNING BOTH WAYS. NOTICED IN JULY,2001 FIXED BY DEALER 8/20/2001 BY REPLACING STEERING GEAR RACK. SAME PROBLEM BACK AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2001 AT ABOUT 22,600 MI.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754505November 13, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF. CHECKED HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND IT HAD MELTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899014November 9, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT VEHICLE FAILS TO TURN TO LEFT. VEHICLE CAN TURN TO RIGHT, BUT STEERING WHEEL IS VERY HARD. OWNER BELIEVES THAT FAILURE WAS DUE TO RACK AND PINION. *AK *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754287November 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
IT WOULD SEEM THAT AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK SO SUDDEN & SEVERE THAT IT KILLS THE ENGINE AT SPEED COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PERSON TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. NO ADVANCE WARNING, OTHER THAN STARTING TO RUN ROUGH, THEN FILLING THE ENGINE SO FULL OF COOLANT THAT IT KILLED THE MOTOR & LOCKED IT UP, PREVENTING THE STARTER FROM CRANKING THE ENGINE OVER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753964November 1, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
DON'T RECALL EXACT DATES OR MILAGE OF FAILURE, BUT STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED TWICE BY MANUFACTURE AT ABOUT 13,000 AND 20,000 MILES. BOTH TIMES EXPERINCED HARD STEERING TO LEFT, ABNORMAL SOUNDS, AND SLIGHT JERKS TRANSMITTED THROUGH STEERING WHEEL DURING TURNING. NOW HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WHICH IS HAVING THE STEERING RACK REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,000. ON THE GRAND PRIX BEARINGS AND OTHER COMPONENTS ACTUALLY FELL OUT OF THE RACK ASSEMBLY ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE GRAND PRIX WAS PURCHASED USED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 62,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THIS COMPONENT ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898607October 31, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
VEHICLE FAILED TO START, AND WOULD BLOW WHITE SMOKE OUT OF TAIL PIPE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED VEHICLE AS HAVING A CRACKED MANIFOLD. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 96V116000 IN AUGUST OF 1996, PRIOR TO HER OWNERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-030
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898514October 30, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
FAULTY HEADLIGHT SWITCHES, CAUSED HEADLIGHT FAILURE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. REPLACED SWITCH AND NOTICED MELTDOWN OF SWITCH WIRING REOCCURRING, AND NOTICE A BURNING SMELL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753908October 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
TRANMISSION OIL COOLING LINES DEVELOPED A HOLE CAUSED BY RUBBING AGAINST METAL COOLING LINES BRACKET, SPRAYING TRANSMISSION OIL UNDER CAR AND ON CATALITIC CONVERTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898108October 24, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON CONSUMER CAN'T TURN THEM OFF. ALSO, VEHICLE IS ON ITS THIRD BATTERY. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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