1993 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Electrical System Problems

WENT TO THE STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT MY CAR WOULD NOT START, THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I READ THE OWNERS MANUAL AND IT SAID TO CLEAN THE KEY AND CHECKS THE FUSES. I DID BOTH OF THESE AND STILL NO START. I CALLED A GM DEALER AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE SAID THAT THE CAR IS NOT RECOGONING THE KEY AND THAT IS WHY IT WONT START. THE KEY HAS A CHIP ON IT, NOW THIS IS IN NO WAY SOMETHING THAT WAS CAUSED BY NEGLECT, IT IS FROM A DEFECT IN THE KEY, YET GM WILL NOT PAY TO GET THIS FIX AND GET THE CAR BACK ON THE ROAD.

THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND OIL. *LA THERE WERE ALSO BRAKE AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *SC *JB

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

WIRE BURNT AT FUSE PANEL,ENGINE HIGH IDLE UP TO 3,000 RPM W-NO WARNING. FUSE PANEL PROBLEM CAUSED DOOR LOCKS,REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, ELECT. SEAT NOT TO WORK. COULD ONLY EXIT VEHICLE VIA MANUAL DOOR LOCKS. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIND PROBLEM COST OVER $1,000 FINALLY DID NOT WANT CAR BACK (STILL NOT FIXED) WENT TO ELECTRICAL SPECIALIST (ANOTHER $900). FOUND MELTED WIRE WITH BAD CRIMP ON FUSE PANEL. I HAVE WIRE CUT OUT. CAR IDLES UP TO 3000 RPM AT IDLE MOSTLY AND IN DRIVE CAN NOT KICK DOWN. DEALER COULD NOT FIX REPLACED PARTS. VERY INTERMITTENT BUT DANGEROUS PROBLEM.. HAVE VIDEO TAPE OF IT DOING IT. HAS NOT HAPPENDED FOR MONTHS. *AK

WIRE BURNT AT FUSE PANEL,ENGINE HIGH IDLE UP TO 3,000 RPM W-NO WARNING. FUSE PANEL PROBLEM CAUSED DOOR LOCKS,REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, ELECT. SEAT NOT TO WORK. COULD ONLY EXIT VEHICLE VIA MANUAL DOOR LOCKS. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIND PROBLEM COST OVER $1,000 FINALLY DID NOT WANT CAR BACK (STILL NOT FIXED) WENT TO ELECTRICAL SPECIALIST (ANOTHER $900). FOUND MELTED WIRE WITH BAD CRIMP ON FUSE PANEL. I HAVE WIRE CUT OUT. CAR IDLES UP TO 3000 RPM AT IDLE MOSTLY AND IN DRIVE CAN NOT KICK DOWN. DEALER COULD NOT FIX REPLACED PARTS. VERY INTERMITTENT BUT DANGEROUS PROBLEM.. HAVE VIDEO TAPE OF IT DOING IT. HAS NOT HAPPENDED FOR MONTHS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED. MJS

MAXI FUSE ON FUSE BOX BURNT OUT CAUSING FIRE , GENERATOR ASSEMBLY REQUIRED REPAIR ALSO. MJS

3 SEPARATE ALTERNATOR FAILURES DURING HOT WEATHER. IS THERE ANY RECALL ON AC DELCO ALTERNATORS FOR THIS YEAR GM CAR? *AK

3 SEPARATE ALTERNATOR FAILURES DURING HOT WEATHER. IS THERE ANY RECALL ON AC DELCO ALTERNATORS FOR THIS YEAR GM CAR? *AK

HORN IS INOPERABLE WHICH IS DANGEROUS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HORN IS UNDER THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR CONSUMER WHEN TRYING TO USE HORN. SOMETIMES HORN WILL WORK AND SOMETIMES IT MIGHT NOT WORK. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

BATTERY FAILED.

POWER WINDOW EXPRESS MODULE FAILED. ALSO REPLACED ALTERNATOR. *AK

ALTERNATOR MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO POWER WINDOW EXPRESS-DOWN MODULE FAILED.

PERFECT WORIKING CONDITION; HALF AN HOUR AFTER BEING PARKED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK CONSUMER STATES RECALL 95-C-68 WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF 1996 REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF A COOLER HOSE, CONSUMER STATES THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ENGINE FIRE. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS/ AND CUTS OFF, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP WHEN MAKING A TURN.*AK

ELECTRICAL FAILURE, RESULTING COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF ELECTRICAL AND VEHICLE WITH NUMEROUS CHANGES. TT

ALTERNATOR FAILED. *AK

REPLACED CLUSTER MODULE. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT ON, SHORTED. REPLACED CONTROLLER AND ECM. TT