Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#898139October 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. LET VEHICLE COME TO A STOP,AND VEHICLE WILL IMMEDIATELY START BACK UP. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FINE ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898150October 24, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS, APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE IS VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND A "CLUNKING" NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS DETERMINED THAT STEERING SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NOTE: PART NEEDED IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL BE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER 2001. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900517October 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, CONSUMER SAW SMOKE, FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7503-708. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897822October 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HIGH. CONSUMER DROVE CAR TO A NEAR BY MECHANIC, AND THEY POURED ANTIFREEZE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO COOL VEHICLE DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATED, WHILE HE STARTED THE ENGINE, WHITE SMOKE POURED FROM THE EXHAUST, TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE BUT WHILE TESTING THE ENGINE, THE SAME PROBLEM APPEARED, DEALER AWARE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN, THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753212October 14, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
AT 65 MPH THE TREAD PEELED AWAY FROM TIRE CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL.THEY TIRE KEPT ITS AIR AND I DROVE ON THE BELTS FOR AID.THERE WAS 50000 MILES ON THE TIRE BUT THEY (THE OTHER REAR WAS THE SAME TYPE)HAD GOOD TREAD ON THEM.I BOUGHT TWO NEW TIRESTHE NEXT DAY.THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SPARCE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. *AK (TIRESIZE: P20570R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753203October 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AM REPORTING FAILED ENGINE ON 1994 BONNEVILLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD RODS GO OUT ON THEIR ENGINES ALSO AND THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEONE OUGHT TO LOOK INTO MANUFACTURERS LIABILITY FOR PRODUCING INFERIOR MOTOR AND SELLING TO CONSUMERS. HAD CAR IN SHOP 3 OR 4 TIMES FOR A CLICKING SOUND AND THEY FOUND NOTHING UP UNTIL THIS LAST TIME. PLEASE HELP ON THIS MATTER IF YOU CAN. DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563681October 10, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE AIR CONDITIONER IS INOPERABLE, THE PASSENGERS SIDE VENT IS BLOWING COOL AIR, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS BLOWING WARM AIR, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE EVAPORATOR WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIR FILLER AND ORIFICE TUBE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER WAS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS TAKING THE AIR CONDITION OUT OF AUTO MODE, AND WHAT WAS BEING TOLD TO CONSUMER FROM DEALER WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED INCLUDING THE FREON.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897205October 2, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY IS MOUNTED UNDER PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEAT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE ONE MUST PULL SEAT UP TO GET TO BATTERY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752083September 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
ENGINE FAILED DUE TO HOLE IN EGR/ INLET IN INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH CAUSED ENGINE COOLANT TO ENTER FUEL INTAKE SYSTEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895915September 6, 2001
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WEBBING IS SHREDDING WHERE BELT GOES INTO RETRACTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895439August 29, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
AFTER REPLACING FUSE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER DASH NEAR STEERING COLUMN. *AK ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS $2,000.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895273August 28, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO UNLOCK DOOR WHEN ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. ONLY WAY TO EXIT VEHICLE WAS WITH ASSISTANCE FROM SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE OR TURNING ENGINE ON. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562524August 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCLERATOR STUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750554August 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I PURCHASED A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE FROM MANAMARA PONTIAC IN ORLANDO FL., USED OUR 3 ED ONE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT TO HER GRANDS AND IT STARTED SHAKING AND LUNGED THEN QUIT ALL OF A SUDDEN. THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING AND AFTER A BIT IT CRANKED BUT RAN ROUGH. I TOWED IT HOME AND CHANGED THE IGNITION COILS, SPARK PLUGS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS AND IT NEVER WOULD RUN. SO I TOOK IT TO STARLING PONTIAC AND THEY SAID THAT THE PLENUM THAT WAS ON THE CAR WAS BAD IN FACT IT HAD A DEFECT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME (ROY) THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM. GM CALLED ME AND SAID THEY WERE CLOSING MY CASE FROM THE BBB BECAUSE IT WASN'T A NEW CAR FROM THE DEALER. I EXPLAINED THAT I SENT IT TO YOU THEM AND OTHERS TO GET IT NOTED. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZZARD IF IT HAPPENS ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN HEAVEY DOWN TOWN TRAFFIC. I WENT TO MICHAGAN AND WAS TOLD THERE BY GM WORKERS THAT THEY HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR NEW CAR AND THE DEALER FIXED IT FREE AND IT WASN'T WNDER WARRANTY. IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE THAT THEY DON'T ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.M *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894440August 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT BLEWOUT TAIL LIGHTS WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES BY DEALER, AND DEFECT COULD NOT BE FOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562385August 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE SUDDENLY MOVED INTO THE RED ZONE AND A WARNING BELL SOUNDED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW THAT THE COOLANT WAS EMPTY, IT WAS THEN REFILLED AND CONSUMER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A COOLANT SYSTEM PRESSURE CHECK REVEALED THAT THE UPPER INTAKE WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE FUEL INDUCTION SYSTEM, SERPENTINE BELT WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO IT BEING CRACKED/WORN.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749902August 5, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP MOUNTING BOLTS BROKE. PUMP FELL OFF AND LODGED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IF CAR HAD BEEN MOVING AT THE TIMEOF FAILURE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IS LIKELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749721August 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEALER SERVICE REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $ 2629.00. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER SERVICE (FILE # C04871549). ANSWER: NO ACTION BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749753August 3, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THE FRONT HEADRESTS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DO NOT STAY IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THIS LEAVES A BIG GAP BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND THE HEADREST. IN THE EVENT OF A REAR END COLLISION, THE HEAD(S) WOULD SNAP BACK AND THE HEADREST WOULD NOT STOP A NECK INJURY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749563August 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES MAKE SQUEAKY NOISE ALL THE TIME, HAVE HAD PROBLEM CHECKED OUT 2 TIMES, BUT THEY TELL ME THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO LIVE WITH. FOR A NEW CAR TO MAKE SO MUCH NOISE IS AWFULL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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