1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHILE IN A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE FORCEFULLY INTO TRAFFIC, RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING. *AK

COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLDS ON PONTIAC, BUICK, OLDSMOBILE, CHEVROLET WITH 3.8 L ENGINES ARE FAILING AND DUMPING COOLANT INTO ENGINE CAUSING REPAIRS TO COST FROM $400 TO ENGINE REPLACEMENT. GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ( SEE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 01-06-01-007)

VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE ROLLED INTO WALL OF GARAGE AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE.*AK *YD

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND CAUSE. WILL STALL MOSTLY UPON DECELERATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE DAMAGING THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, ALL LUG NUTS TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ARE MISSING (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT #10-89-413). NLM

ENGINE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS 33 TIMES AND POWER FAILURE HAPPEN WHEN STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT. *YH

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

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

DEALER SERVICE REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $ 2629.00. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER SERVICE (FILE # C04871549). ANSWER: NO ACTION BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK