Pontiac Bonneville Complaints

1,973 consumer complaints on file.

#744403April 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ROD BEARINGS FOR CYLINDERS 1 AND 2 FAILED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION WITH RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. GMC IS NOT INTERESTED IN FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE. THEY HAVE INSINUATED THAT WE RAN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT OIL BUT CAN NOT EXPLAIN WHY BEARINGS FOR CYLINDERS 3-6 SHOW NO SIGNS OF LACK OF LUBRICATION. GM IS NOT OFFERING ANY ASSISTANCE ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS BARELY BEYOND WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886235April 18, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH UNDER CLEAR/DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN POWER STEERING PUMP FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DIRECT VEHICLE TO HER DRIVEWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886117April 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
FUEL CONSUMPTION OF VEHICLE HAS GONE UP, FUEL IS SPRAYING OUT OF TAILPIPE. DEALER FOUND FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885943April 16, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER FEELS THAT HEADRESTS IN VEHICLE ARE TOO FAR BACK. IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER'S NECK WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885857April 13, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TURNED IGNITION ON AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION, AND THEN A FIRE BROKE OUT IN VEHICLE SITTING THERE FOR 8 DAYS BEFORE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY OFFERED TO REPURCHASE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885381April 9, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. THERE WAS NO CRASH AS A RESULT FROM THIS, AND DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885417April 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE IN OPERATION TRAVELING AT EITHER LOW SPEEDS/COLD WEATHER,/SPEEDS ABOVE 65 MPH, AND STOP ANDGO TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAS AVOIDED 6 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS DEFECT. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOTDETERMINE CAUSE OF ENGINE STALLING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885467April 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN PULLING OFF IN FIRST GEAR IT RIDES NICELY. THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CHANGES INTO SECOND REALLY HARD. FINALLY, IT WILL UNEXPECTEDLY GO TO 1ST GEAR.*AK INTERMITENTLY GETS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743565April 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SUSPECT RELATED CAMPAIGN FOR ABS HYDRALIC VALVE BLOCK (INTERMITTENT PULL IS WHEEL LOCKOUT). *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885002April 3, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER WAS STARTING VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. THEN, IT DID, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884866April 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WAS DRIVING AND FELT AS IF TRANSMISSION WAS KICKED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL. SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR AND SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR AND IT WAS THE SAME. FINALLY, ONLY GEAR LEFT WAS LOW GEAR. VEHICLE WAS COASTING. HAD NOT DRIVEN OR REVERSED. MANAGED TO GET TO A PARKING LOT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. WAS INFORMED THATR TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN AND WAS NOT REPAIRABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884209March 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
RIGHT REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 45MPH. TIRE CAME OFF, AND VEHICLE STOPPED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN AS WAS TOLD. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND FOUND PROBLEM HAPPENED THE WAY TOLD BY OWNER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900518March 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 17-9174-792. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742508March 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CAR DIES WHILE AT STOP AND WHILE DRIVING-FIRST REPLACED ? AND 2ND THE CRANKSHAFT; BRAKES FEEL LIKE LOCKING UP WHEN APPLYING FOR STOP; RPMS GO FROM 2 TO 31/2 AFTER DRIVING A WHILE AT ABOUT 70MPH*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882729March 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE ON A TWO WAY STREET, BRAKES GOT HARD AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO KEEP PUMPING ON BRAKES UNTIL IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN.*AK THE ABS FAILED TEICE AND THE CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHCILE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882541March 9, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC . ALTERNATOR/ BATTERY AND IGNITION MODULE HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742042March 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
TRAVELING @65 MPH ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. WOULD NOT START UNTIL 3 HOURS LATER THEN IT WAS HARD TO START. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE GROUND UNDER PASSENGER SEAT. CAR STILL WAS HARD TO START NOW THE DEAL CLAIMS IT IS THE FUEL PUMP REGULATOR. VERY UPSET WITH THIS EXPERIENCE. OTHER PROBLEMS SEEM TO HAVE CROPPED UP DUE TO THIS GROUND PROBLEM SUCH AS ALTERNATOR FAILURE, HEADLIGHTS FAILING TO THE ON POSITON, POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK AND OF COURSE THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL REGULATOR. THIS GROUND SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM AND I AM SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN A RECALL. THE COMMON THREAD CAN BE SEEN IN THE COMPLAINTS LODGED ON YOUR INTERNET SITE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882093March 5, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
INTAKE MONIFOLD IS MADE FROM PLASTIC. AFTER A TIME MANIFOLD WARPED, CAUSING WATER AND OIL TO ENTER ENGINE CYLINDERS, CAUSING ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881925March 2, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
VEHICLE LOSES POWER, BUT DOES NOT STALL COMPLETELY. HAD ALTERNATOR REPLACED 2 TIMES. PROBLEM REOCCURED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741737March 1, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
1.FUEL GAUGE BEHAVES ERRATICALLY AND READS FULL WHEN ALMOST EMPTY.2. WHEN REPACING NON-WORKING BACKUP LIGHTS FOUND LIGHTS HAD CORRODED & RUSTED INTO SOCKETS-TOOK LOTS OF PATIENCE AND 2 1/2 HOURS TO GET THEM OUT!! 3.VEHICLE STALLS AT RANDOM TIMES FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS AT SPEEDS OF 55-67.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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