1993 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Complaints

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

AFTER REPLACING FUSE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER DASH NEAR STEERING COLUMN. *AK ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS $2,000.*YD

4 ALTERNATOR FAILURES ARE WAY BEYOND WHAT IS NORMAL IN 97000 MILES. OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS INDICATE THAT GM SEEMS TO HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM THOUGH THE DEALERS DENY IT. BASED ON THE PROBLEMS WE'VE HAD I DOUBT WE'D BUY ANOTHER GM CAR. *AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE BUCKLE FOR DRIVER'S RESTRAINT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE. CONSUMER HAD TO CUT BELT IN ORDER TO EXIT VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP. *AK *SLC

RIGHT REAR SIDEWALL HAD SPLIT ALL AROUND AFTER TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN IT EXPLODED. THERE WAS NO TYPE OF WARNING. TIRE BLEWOUT FROM INSIDE/OUTSIDE AND RIPPED. WAS ATTACHED TO RIM. GOODYEAR EAGLE GA (CANADA), P225/60R16 WITH 500 MILES. NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK DOT 0289055. *SLC

STOPPING AT JUNCTION BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING VIOLENT STOP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE MOVED UNDER OWN POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED . BRAKE SHOP HAD TO DISCONNECT ABS SYSTEM AND BLEED BRAKES BEFORE VEHICLE COULD BE MOVED ON OWN POWER.HAD THIS HAPPENED ON EXPRESSWAY 10 MINUTES EARLIER A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE RESULTED. THIS WAS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FAILURE AND CLEARLY REPRESENTS AN UNACCEPTABLE FAILURE MODE. HISTORY - (1) RANDOM INTERMITTENT ABS WARNING LIGHT WITH NO OTHER SYMPTOMS - NO PROBLEM COULD BE IDENTIFIED BY BRAKE SHOP. (2) LEAKING MASTER CYLINDER HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPLACED. REPORTED INCIDENT TO GM CUSTOMER HOT LINE IMMEDIATELY AFTER INCIDENT AS A SAFETY ISSUE. HAVE HAD NO CONTACT FROM THEM SINCE.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY SPEED ON A DAILY BASIS. TOOK VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER, WHO COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

SIGNAL LEVER CONTROLS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS: (1) CONTROLS TURN SIGNALS (2) WINDSHIELD WIPER & WASHER (3)CRUISE CONTROL(4) HEADLIGHT HIGH BEAM. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON MY CAR. BOTH TIMES THERE WAS A FAILURE WHILE BEING USED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE PART WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND THE LEVER FLOPPED AROUND LOOSELY AND NO LONGER FUNCTIONED. WHEN DRIVING TO A PONTIAC DEALER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM IT WAS SNOWING AND I WAS UNABLE TO SIGNAL OR USE THE WIPERS AND WASHER. IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT THE DEALER HAD THE REPLACEMENT PART IN STOCK INDICATING IT IS A FREQUENT FAILURE, AND THE LEVER FLOPPED AROUND LOOSELY NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO A PONTIAC DEALER FOR REPAIR DURING A SNOW STORM WITHOUT WINDSHIELD WIPER, WASHER , AND SIGNAL LIGHTS. THEREFORE I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. IT IS TO NOTED THAT THE PONTIAC DEALER HAD THIS PART IN STOCK INDICATING THAT IT COULD A FREQUENT PROBLEM.*AK

SIDE WALLS ON 3 OF FOUR TIRES FAILED AND BLOW OUT (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL PULSTATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERHIP. DISC AND BRAKE PADS WERE INSTALLED ABOUT 4 TIMES, WHICH JUSTIFIED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 500 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK