1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Problems & Recalls

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINS AFTER SHUTDOWN. INCIDENT 2015-00001363

THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING...

Mileage: 105,673

THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING...

Mileage: 105,673

THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING...

Mileage: 105,673

THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING...

Mileage: 105,673

THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING...

Mileage: 105,673

MY CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM SIOUX FALLS RESIDENTS HOME JULY 10 TH BUT HAVE A POLICE REPORT [XXX] BEEN SPOTTED IN MITCHELL OFF INTERSTATE 90 FIRST PARKING LOT RIGHT AFTER EXIT 90 INTO MITCHELL TANISH COLOR TRUNK HAS BUNNGIE CORD ON TRUNK SILVER SMALL SPOT ON PASSENGER SIDE PONTIAC 1998. INFORMA...

MY CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM SIOUX FALLS RESIDENTS HOME JULY 10 TH BUT HAVE A POLICE REPORT [XXX] BEEN SPOTTED IN MITCHELL OFF INTERSTATE 90 FIRST PARKING LOT RIGHT AFTER EXIT 90 INTO MITCHELL TANISH COLOR TRUNK HAS BUNNGIE CORD ON TRUNK SILVER SMALL SPOT ON PASSENGER SIDE PONTIAC 1998. INFORMA...

MY CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM SIOUX FALLS RESIDENTS HOME JULY 10 TH BUT HAVE A POLICE REPORT [XXX] BEEN SPOTTED IN MITCHELL OFF INTERSTATE 90 FIRST PARKING LOT RIGHT AFTER EXIT 90 INTO MITCHELL TANISH COLOR TRUNK HAS BUNNGIE CORD ON TRUNK SILVER SMALL SPOT ON PASSENGER SIDE PONTIAC 1998. INFORMA...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NEW YORK THRUWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY CAR SHUT OFF. I HAD TO POWER STEER, NO POWER BRAKES, THE FUEL GAUGE READ NO FUEL AND THE BELLS WENT OFF. I HAD TO TRY TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE AND RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY MORE TIMES. I CAN BE GOING 25MPH OR 70MPH; I CAN H...

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NEW YORK THRUWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY CAR SHUT OFF. I HAD TO POWER STEER, NO POWER BRAKES, THE FUEL GAUGE READ NO FUEL AND THE BELLS WENT OFF. I HAD TO TRY TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE AND RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY MORE TIMES. I CAN BE GOING 25MPH OR 70MPH; I CAN H...

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NEW YORK THRUWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY CAR SHUT OFF. I HAD TO POWER STEER, NO POWER BRAKES, THE FUEL GAUGE READ NO FUEL AND THE BELLS WENT OFF. I HAD TO TRY TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE AND RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY MORE TIMES. I CAN BE GOING 25MPH OR 70MPH; I CAN H...

Mileage: 50,000

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE PULLED TO A DEAD STOP AT A LIGHT AND DURING THE IDLING TIME THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. VERY EMBARRASSING SET OF TRIPS TO NEARBY GROCER. .. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE PULLED TO A DEAD STOP AT A LIGHT AND DURING THE IDLING TIME THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. VERY EMBARRASSING SET OF TRIPS TO NEARBY GROCER. .. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE PULLED TO A DEAD STOP AT A LIGHT AND DURING THE IDLING TIME THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. VERY EMBARRASSING SET OF TRIPS TO NEARBY GROCER. .. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE ROAD DIVIDER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A ...

Mileage: 164,000

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES FAILED. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR AND HOPEFULLY RESUME DRIVING SO THE CAR COMING BEHIND ME DID NOT CRASH INTO ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE INCLUDING TIMES WHILE ON I-95, I-81, RURAL MOUNTAINOUS ROADS (WHICH RESULTED IN MY C...

Mileage: 52,000

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES FAILED. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR AND HOPEFULLY RESUME DRIVING SO THE CAR COMING BEHIND ME DID NOT CRASH INTO ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE INCLUDING TIMES WHILE ON I-95, I-81, RURAL MOUNTAINOUS ROADS (WHICH RESULTED IN MY C...

Mileage: 52,000

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES FAILED. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR AND HOPEFULLY RESUME DRIVING SO THE CAR COMING BEHIND ME DID NOT CRASH INTO ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE INCLUDING TIMES WHILE ON I-95, I-81, RURAL MOUNTAINOUS ROADS (WHICH RESULTED IN MY C...

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE ...

Mileage: 53,506

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT THEN ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT TH...

Mileage: 62,000

ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR TO INCIDENT, I GOT A WHIFF OF A BURNING SMELL, 2 DAYS IN A ROW, SHORT QUICK SCENT. NEXT 4 DAYS, SMELLED NOTHING (EVEN DROVE CAR 80 MILES ONE WAY AND BACK). DAY OF INCIDENT, I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM THE HEATER VENT. I INCREASED SPEED TO ABOUT 30 MP...

Mileage: 258,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT HESITATED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE PLASTIC GASKET FROM ...

Mileage: 80,433

98 PONTIAC 86,000 MILES INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME... PARTS REPLACED...SPARK PLUGS (FOULED)..STARTER ASSEMBLY.. MOTOR WAS WATERLOCKED BROKE STARTER...INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED.....OIL CHANGED DUE TO COOLANT CONTAMINATION...REPLACE ANTIFREEZE...TOTAL BILL LABOR AND PARTS... $1...

Mileage: 84,222

THE AIR INTAKE GASKET HAS FAILED FOR 2 REASONS. 1 FACTORY TIGHTLY PUT THE BOLTS ON TO TIGHT. 2 PLASTIC GASKET AND PLASTIC MANIFOLD PARTS DO NOT MEET GOVERNMENT SAFETY STANDARDS FOR, FAILURE AVOIDANCE, BECAUSE OF MATERIALS USED TO CONNECT THE PLASTIC TO METTLE CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 80,268

MY UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS AND INTO THE CRANKCASE. THE EGR TUBE MELTS THE UPPER PLASTIC MANIFOLD I HAVE HAD THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE REPLACED FOR THIS ISSUE ONCE BEFORE WITH GM PARTS AND IT HAPPENING AGAIN. IF IT NOT FIXED THE COOLANT CAN CONTAMI...

Mileage: 129,000

I OWN A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SE. I SAW RECENTLY THAT GM WAS RECALLING 1.5 MILLION VEHICLES WITH THE 3800 3.8 LTR V6. WAS WONDERING HOW THEY COULD RECALL THOSE VEHICLES AND NOT MINE, MY CAR IS IN THE SAME YEAR RANGE "1998" AND HAS THE EXACT MOTOR "3800 3.8 V6" AND OIL DRIPS ON MANIFOLD ON MY CAR A...

98 BONNEVILLE WITH 3800 SERIES ENGINE. NOTICED COOLANT WAS LOW SO I ADDED COOLANT, THEN REPLACED THERMOSTAT BECAUSE HEATER WAS PUTTING OUT COLD AIR. SAW BIG CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT INVOLVING A PLASTIC MANIFOLD AND EGR VALVE THAT THE COOLAN...

Mileage: 131,000

6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THIS PROFESSIONAL CARED FOR CAR (GM GARAGE 8YRS) FROM MY MOTHER WITH ONLY 62,000 MILES ON IT I BEGAN SEEING COOLANT ON THE ENGINE WHICH LED ME TO HAVE MY MECHANIC AT PRECISION TUNE AUTO CARE TAKE A LOOK. HE SAID IT IS LIKELY A LEAK FROM EITHER THE PLENUM OR THE GASKET. AFTE...

Mileage: 78,540

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, FAILED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FAILURE CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS D...

Mileage: 111,520

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND FROM BENEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR A MECHANIC. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WA...

Mileage: 154,000

DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN AUTO ACCIDENT. FRONT DRIVERS SIDE IMPACT THEN ROLLED 3 TIMES.*CN

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE POOR PRODUCTION MANIFOLD/GASKETS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD/GASKETS AND DEX. COOL WERE IN POOR PRODUCTION ON HER VEHICLE. *KB THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET HAD COOLANT IN THEM. THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS BAD. METAL FR...

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE POOR PRODUCTION MANIFOLD/GASKETS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE MANIFOLD/GASKETS AND DEX. COOL WERE IN POOR PRODUCTION ON HER VEHICLE. *KB THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE THERMOSTAT AND GASKET HAD COOLANT IN THEM. THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS BAD. METAL FR...

I AM THE OWNER OF A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH A 3800 ENGINE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE CAR HAS LESS THEN 42,000 MILES ON IT. THE UPPER INTAKE (PLENUM) AND SEALS HAVE FAILED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. I PHONED AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WORKED AS A TECHNICIAN AT THE GM POWER TRAI...

Mileage: 41,500

THE 3800 ENGINE IN MY PONTIAC HAS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR SOME REASON HAS HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE IT HAS CRACKED. I AM TRYING TO OUT IF THERE IS A RECALL OR SOME SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE OR OTHER 3800 SERIES ENGINES? *NM

Mileage: 137,950

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT AN IDLE, THE ENGINE RPMS ELEVATED, AND THE OIL GAUGE INDICATED LOW PRESSURE, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED NO OIL LEAK WAS PRESENT, BUT A PLUG WIRE TO THE ENGINE CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REP...

Mileage: 84,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM STARTING THE VEHICLE, A SEVERE HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, AS WELL AS BACKFIRING OF THE ENGINE. AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE MECHANIC DISCOVERED LOW FLUID LEVELS IN THE RADIATOR, WET AND RUSTED SPARK PLUGS, CRACKED HEAD GASKETS AND T...

DISAPPEARING COOLANT - NO VISIBLE LEAKS. ENGINE QUIT RUNNING REQUIRED TOW. REPLACED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *JB

Mileage: 127,000

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH LOW MILEAGE HAD SERVICE ENGINE ALERT GO OFF. CAR GAUGES INDICATED IT WAS OVER HEATING. PULLED OFF ROAD TO CHECK OUT AND FOUND ANTIFREEZE LOW-NEVER SAW ANY LEAK OR PUDDLE. COOLED CAR AND ADDED ANTIFREEZE. CAR WORSENED AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING...

Mileage: 59,561

THERE IS AN ARMREST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT SEAT OF OUR CAR. IT IS INTENDED TO BE THE BACK SUPPORT OF THE FRONT CENTER PASSENGER SEAT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEAT BELT, ARE TO PROVIDE A SAFE RIDE FOR THE MIDDLE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT OF OUR CAR. A PASSENGER IN OUR CAR SITTING IN THI...

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE OVERHEATED. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND THEN WOULD PICK UP ABRUPTLY AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD WATER WAS COMING OUT OF THE PLUG HOLES. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT WHERE HE WAS ...

THERE ARE 313 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AS OF TODAY CONCERNING THE 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. OUT OF THOSE 313 REPORTS, AT LEAST 132 ARE 100 PERCENT RELATED TO THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD FAILURE WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT TO CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE ON MY VEHICLE TWIC...

Mileage: 60,000

PLEASE BE SURE TO FILE YOUR COMPLAINT AT WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG AND SIGN UP FOR THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GMC. I KNOW THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ENGINE COOLANT AND PLASTIC MANIFOLD PROBLEM THAT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE OR REBUILD THE ENGINE IN THE 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. *JB

DASH AND REAR LIGHT SWITCH HAVE BLOWN FOR 2 YEARS IN A ROW AFTER AROUND THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS TIME FORCING ME TO DRIVE HOME WITH NO DASH OR REAR TAILLIGHTS. $150.00 REPAIR. *JB

Mileage: 100,000

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY ENGINE LOCKED UP AND RADIATOR FLUID WAS COMING OUT OF THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE ENGINE WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN 4 YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR. *JB

IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT GMC IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPARENT DEFECTS WITH THE PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. MY ENGINE LOCKED UP IN JULY 2001 WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THE MECHANIC THAT REPAIRED THE CAR TOLD ME THAT WATER AND RADIATOR FLUID WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND THE CHEAP PLASTIC PLENTUM HAD TO ...

DT: GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, PUT PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. TRIED MASHING ON THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE JUST KEPT GOING, THE MORE THE CONSUMER MASHED ON THE BRAKES THE FASTER THE VEHICLE WENT. VEHICLE HIT A BRICK BUILDING ON JUNE 6, 2005. CONTACTED PONTIAC, THEY ...

Mileage: 15,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS, CAUSING ENGINE TO LOCK, DAMAGING STARTER AND SPARK PLUGS. REMOVED AND REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME ON 6-17-05 AT A COST OF $900.00: THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET, REPLACED SPARK PLUGS DUE TO A RECALL #04V09000 FUEL SYSTEM/ GA...

Mileage: 47,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS, CAUSING ENGINE TO LOCK, DAMAGING STARTER AND SPARK PLUGS. REMOVED AND REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME ON 6-17-05 AT A COST OF $900.00: THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET, REPLACED SPARK PLUGS DUE TO A RECALL #04V09000 FUEL SYSTEM/ GA...

Mileage: 47,000

THE HEAD GASKET SPRUNG A LEAK OF ANTIFREEZE THAT BROKE A ROD INSIDE THE BLOCK AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED. WE ALSO HAD A THE UPPER PELENIUM BREAK ON IT AS WELL. IT IS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SE 3800 V6. WE HAVE TO GET A RIDE BACK TO MINNESOTA AND MY CAR IS IN ND.

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET (PLENUM) FAILED COSTING ME $2000 IN REPAIRS. THE GASKET HAD BEEN MADE OF A FAULTY PLASTIC BY GM IN TRYING TO CUT MANUFACTURING COSTS. THE CAR IS A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. I PURCHASE IT WITH 49,000 MILES IN 2003 AND IT CUREENTLY HAS 62,000 MILES.

Mileage: 62,652

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND FOUGHT THE FLAMES WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THEIR VEHICLES COMPONENTS AND THAT THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS FROM EXTERNA...

Mileage: 141,000

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ABOUT 2 YEARS MY 98 BONNEVILLE HAD THE PLENUM CRACK WHILE SIMPLY DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THIS ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER TOP OF MOTOR WHICH REQUIRES VEHICLE TO BE SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY OR MOTOR WILL OVERHEAT UNTIL IT IS RUINED. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 50,000 MILES AT FIRST OCCURRENCE AN...

Mileage: 72,108

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO START IT, AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CONSUMER LATER FOUND A RECALL FOR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, HOWEVER, HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

Mileage: 58,000

CONSUMER DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V090000. THE RECALL IS RELATED TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CHECK ENG...

CONSUMER DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V090000. THE RECALL IS RELATED TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CHECK ENG...

CONSUMER DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V090000. THE RECALL IS RELATED TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CHECK ENG...

CONSUMER DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V090000. THE RECALL IS RELATED TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CHECK ENG...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH DASHBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER , PUT THE FIRE OUT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 141,000

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' CONCERNING 19998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *BF THE CONSUMER HAD THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR REPLACED PRIOR TO THE RECALL BEING ISSUED BECAUSE THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER HE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING...

TRANSAXLE: AFTER STARTING COLD ENGINE AND DRIVING 20-30 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTS SHIFTING HARD INTO 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GEAR. DOES NOT SHIFT HARD WHEN LOCK-UP CONVERTER ENGAGES. TOOK IT TO PONTIAC DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE PCS (PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID) AND IT WAS GOING TO BE $700 TO REPAIR....

Mileage: 110,000

TRANSAXLE: AFTER STARTING COLD ENGINE AND DRIVING 20-30 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTS SHIFTING HARD INTO 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GEAR. DOES NOT SHIFT HARD WHEN LOCK-UP CONVERTER ENGAGES. TOOK IT TO PONTIAC DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE PCS (PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID) AND IT WAS GOING TO BE $700 TO REPAIR....

Mileage: 110,000

RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR MADE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM

Mileage: 71,725

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. IT WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

Mileage: 63,571

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A COOLANT LEAK INTO CYLINDERS. ON STARTUP, THE ENGINE HYDROLOCKED. WHEN ENGINE HYDROLOCKED, THE STARTER WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND SPARK PLUGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND ALL MANIFOLDS WILL ...

Mileage: 68,000

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V09000. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OFF. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BLEW UP APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER DAYS AGO, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. CONTACTED PONTIAC, AND...

SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE, OIL RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 75 MPH. *AK ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE, INTAKE MANIFOLD AND PERIPHERALS FOR OVER $5000. HAVE POSSESSION OF ORIGINAL FACTORY INTAKE MANIFOLD SHOWING ...

Mileage: 62,000

INTAKE MANIFOLD AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILURE. *BF THE RECALLED COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUEMR PAID TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS ONLY OFFERED A PARTIAL REFUND. *NM

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. EXPLOSION UNDER HOOD. $900.00 DAMAGE. SUMMER 2004 WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. IF ALREADY OCCURRED, SEND BILLS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. WE RECEIVED A CHECK FOR ONLY $82! GENERAL MOTORS IS AT FAULT FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. YET THEY ONLY PAID FOR THE PART, NOT THE DAMAGE IT CAUS...

Mileage: 48,777

1998-BONNEVILLE 70,000 MILES. STARTED STALLING INTERMITTENTLY ON ONE OCCASION, GOT CAR TO MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE UPPER PLENUM HAD A HOLE BURNED RIGHT THROUGH IT. HAD TO REPLACE THE UPPER MANIFOLD BECAUSE OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. $910.00 LATER IT IS FIXED. DID SOME RESEARCH AN...

1998-BONNEVILLE 70,000 MILES. STARTED STALLING INTERMITTENTLY ON ONE OCCASION, GOT CAR TO MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE UPPER PLENUM HAD A HOLE BURNED RIGHT THROUGH IT. HAD TO REPLACE THE UPPER MANIFOLD BECAUSE OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. $910.00 LATER IT IS FIXED. DID SOME RESEARCH AN...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND WAS TOWED. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

Mileage: 78,000

INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS. *BF THERE WAS AN EGR PASSAGE THROUGH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. OVER TIME, HOT GASES FROM THE EGR SYSTEM PASSED BURNED A HOLE THROUGH THE PASSAGE WAY WALLS INTO THE SURROUNDING WATER JACKET. RECALL# 04V090000. *SC *JB

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE FAILED. *AK THE RADIATOR CAP WAS REPLACED. WHILE IN MOTION, ABOUT 2 MILES AT 3...

Mileage: 60,789

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE FAILED. *AK THE RADIATOR CAP WAS REPLACED. WHILE IN MOTION, ABOUT 2 MILES AT 3...

Mileage: 60,789

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED AND TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM THE TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A CRACK AROUND THE EGR LOCATED ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK

Mileage: 96,098

I PUSHED THE REAR DEFROSTER BUTTON AND ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER THERE WAS THIS SMALL POP NOISE AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DASH. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND LOOKED INTO THE VENT AND SAW A FIRE ABOUT 3 INCHES HIGH. I GOT MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF OUT OF THE CAR RAN TO THE NEAREST HOUSE AND CALLED T...

Mileage: 118,500

THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE REIMBURSEMENT HE RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *NM THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STARTING PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THEY ONLY REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER THE AMOUNT THAT PERTAINED TO THE RECALL. ...

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V090000 REGARDING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILURE. AFTER HAVING THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR REPLACED VEHICLE FAILED TO START. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. HE PROCEEDED OFF THE HIGHWAY, OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, AND FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. WITHIN SECONDS CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO INDICATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE ENGINE BLOC...

Mileage: 98,000

I HAVE A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WHICH WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR DUE TO NOT HAVING ANY HEAT IN THE CAR. I EXPECTED A FAULTY THERMOSTAT OR SOME OTHER MINOR PROBLEM. IT TURNED OUT THAT ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED OUT FROM THE PLENUM, WATER PUMP AND GASKETS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER P...

NO EVENTS LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE, IT WAS IMMEDIATE. CAR STOPPED DEAD IN ITS TRACKS, STARTED ONE MORE TIME BEFORE IT DIED IN 1/8TH OF A MILE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS THE PROBLEM COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. *JB REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD,GASKET,OIL FILTER, OIL, COOLANT & SPA...

Mileage: 58,183

CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE TO LET THE VEHICLE WARM, UPON RETURNING THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. RECENTLY A RECALL 04V090000 WAS RECEIVED INDICATING A POSSIBLE FIRE. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

HAD TUNE-UP AND REGULATORS CHANGED (BASED ON RECALL) ON 7/19/04. THEN ON 7/22/04 SMOKE EMITTING FROM EXHAUST AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED (MANIFOLD CRACKED). ON 7/26/04 CAR TAKEN FROM SHOP, 2 HRS LATER CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME CLAIMED STARTER WAS THE PROBLEM. CON...

Mileage: 61,513

HAD TUNE-UP AND REGULATORS CHANGED (BASED ON RECALL) ON 7/19/04. THEN ON 7/22/04 SMOKE EMITTING FROM EXHAUST AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED (MANIFOLD CRACKED). ON 7/26/04 CAR TAKEN FROM SHOP, 2 HRS LATER CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME CLAIMED STARTER WAS THE PROBLEM. CON...

Mileage: 61,513

HAD TUNE-UP AND REGULATORS CHANGED (BASED ON RECALL) ON 7/19/04. THEN ON 7/22/04 SMOKE EMITTING FROM EXHAUST AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED (MANIFOLD CRACKED). ON 7/26/04 CAR TAKEN FROM SHOP, 2 HRS LATER CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME CLAIMED STARTER WAS THE PROBLEM. CON...

Mileage: 61,513

HAD TUNE-UP AND REGULATORS CHANGED (BASED ON RECALL) ON 7/19/04. THEN ON 7/22/04 SMOKE EMITTING FROM EXHAUST AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED (MANIFOLD CRACKED). ON 7/26/04 CAR TAKEN FROM SHOP, 2 HRS LATER CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME CLAIMED STARTER WAS THE PROBLEM. CON...

Mileage: 61,513

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRES. STOPPED AND PULLED OFF ROAD. LIFTED HOOD AND BURNING WIRES SMELLED STRONGER NEAR ALTERNATOR. TOUCHED AREA, AND IT WAS HOT. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED THAT ALTERNATOR FAILED DUE TO BEARI...

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD THAT RUPTURED TWICE. *MR FUEL LEAKED INTO THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *SC THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. RECALL#04V090000. *JB

Mileage: 63,430

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Mileage: 86,000

GENERAL MOTORS RECALL PROGRAM DENIAL OF PAYMENT FOR RECALL ITEM REPAIRED ND PAID FOR AT A GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC DEALERSHIP. SECOND RECALL NOTICE RECIEVED ON MY 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, NHTSA ID# 04V090000, COMPONTENT IS THE FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE DELIVERY. MY 1998 BONNEVILLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP...

Mileage: 15,000

WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK THE STARTER HAD GONE OUT AS WELL. GM STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

Mileage: 81,062

WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK THE STARTER HAD GONE OUT AS WELL. GM STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

Mileage: 81,062

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE PURCHASED WITH 214 MILES ON 10-05-2000 FROM POWEL WATSON MOTORS IN LAREDO, TEXAS. THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS FROM NOV. 2000 TO THE REPAIR DATE IN 2002. A SEPERATE DEALERSHIP (TINDALL CHEV/PONTIAC IN DILLEY, TEXAS) WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL REGULAT...

Mileage: 22,000

WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A GARAGE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP IF NOT CAUGHT IN TIME. *NM

Mileage: 89,500

HORN IS WORTHLESS. WAS HIT BY A PARTY WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. APPLIED HORN TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE TRIED TO USE THE HORN ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS WHEN ABOUT TO BE HIT IN A PARKING LOT OR ON THE STREET, BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK. VERY HARD TO GET TO WORK. AIRBAG DID NOT...

Mileage: 100,000

HORN IS WORTHLESS. WAS HIT BY A PARTY WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. APPLIED HORN TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE TRIED TO USE THE HORN ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS WHEN ABOUT TO BE HIT IN A PARKING LOT OR ON THE STREET, BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK. VERY HARD TO GET TO WORK. AIRBAG DID NOT...

Mileage: 100,000

HORN IS WORTHLESS. WAS HIT BY A PARTY WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. APPLIED HORN TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE TRIED TO USE THE HORN ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS WHEN ABOUT TO BE HIT IN A PARKING LOT OR ON THE STREET, BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK. VERY HARD TO GET TO WORK. AIRBAG DID NOT...

Mileage: 100,000

CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 04V09000: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. D...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED. THEN, ENGINE STALLED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK WHEN VEHICLE STALLED, STEERING AND BRAKES WERE LOST. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS FOUND THAT A FAULTY PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ...

Mileage: 70,741

VEHICLE WAS OPERATING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. TWO BLOCKS FROM MY DESTINATION, THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SPUTTERING. I PARKED THE CAR IN THE HOPES IT WOULD START,THE BACKFIRE THAT I NEVER HEARD, NOT ONLY BROKE THE NOSE OFF THE STARTER, BLEW A HOLE IN ...

Mileage: 75,600

VEHICLE WAS OPERATING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. TWO BLOCKS FROM MY DESTINATION, THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SPUTTERING. I PARKED THE CAR IN THE HOPES IT WOULD START,THE BACKFIRE THAT I NEVER HEARD, NOT ONLY BROKE THE NOSE OFF THE STARTER, BLEW A HOLE IN ...

Mileage: 75,600

PURCHASED USED 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE IN JANUARY, 2002 WITH 56, 000 MILES FROM GM DEALERSHIP. CAR WAS GM CERTIFIED. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER WITH 65,000 MILES DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE I NOTICE THE COOLANT WAS A LITTLE LOW. GOING BACK TO DEALER I PURCHASED GM LONG LIFE ANTIFREEZE AND BOTTLE OF GM SEALA...

Mileage: 115,000

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WAS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS COULD RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY HER FRIEND THAT HER VEHICLE WAS ON A LIST OF POTENTIAL ENGINE FAILURES FROM COOLANT LEAKING BY GENERAL MOTORS (GM). CONSUMER WENT TO A GM DEALER AS SOON AS SHE L...

Mileage: 28,000

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE STALLED. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED . *AK *LA

Mileage: 70,741

THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. *PH *NM

Mileage: 78,600

VEHICLE BACK FIRED DUE TO MANIFOLD RUPTURING. THE NEXT DAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. *AK

Mileage: 60,789

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT FLASHED. THEN, ENGINE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE HAD 70,000 MILES WHEN SUDDENLY SEIZED WITH NO WARNING. REPAIR SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD WARPED CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO SPILL INTO ENGINE. ENGINE AND STARTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR CENTER SAID IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT ENGINE HAD SAME THING HAPPENING AND A KIT IS AVAILABLE ...

Mileage: 70,000

REPEATED STALLING IN TRAFFIC. TYPICALLY OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER START-UP. DURING ONE COLD START THE ENGINE MISS-FIRED AND BACK PRESSURE POPPED OFF THE BRAKE VACUUM LINE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. WAS DIAGNOSED FIRST TIME AS MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. PROBLEM RECURRED, DIAGNOSED AS FUEL ...

Mileage: 64,500

REPEATED STALLING IN TRAFFIC. TYPICALLY OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER START-UP. DURING ONE COLD START THE ENGINE MISS-FIRED AND BACK PRESSURE POPPED OFF THE BRAKE VACUUM LINE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. WAS DIAGNOSED FIRST TIME AS MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. PROBLEM RECURRED, DIAGNOSED AS FUEL ...

Mileage: 64,500

ENGINE IS IDLING AND RUNNING ROUGH DUE TO ANTI-FREEZE GETTING INTO THE CYLINDER. THIS COULD LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. *AK THE CONSUMER IT WAS A COMMON KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE MANIFOLD WHICH WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND WARPED WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE CYLINDER. *JB

Mileage: 70,452

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING ON A BRIDGE AT APPRX 15 - 20 MPH. NO WARNINGS LIGHTS OR GAUGE CONCERNS UNTIL MOMENT OF FAILURE. ENGINE IDLE BECAME EXCEPTIONALLY ROUGH. CAUSE WAS A GASKET FAILURE ALLOWING DEX-COOL TO ENTER ENGINE AND DESTROYED IT.*AK

Mileage: 97,070

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE PLENUM WARPED AND LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE INTO COMBUSTION CYLINDERS. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. RESULTED IN OVER $900.00 CHARGES OF WHICH $317.64 WAS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

Mileage: 61,134

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE ENGINE LOCKED UP AS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NOBODY INJURED, BUT DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 2HX52K9W4202853. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER SIDE. THE ABILITY TO STEER WAS GONE, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AN DID NEARLY COLLIDE WITH THE CURB. DEALER DETERMINED THAT A BOLT SHEARED OFF IN THE POWER STEERING UNIT, AND DEALER REPLACED THE BOLT AND A SEN...

Mileage: 100,000

THE MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE BOLTS HAD INDEED SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO BREAK FREE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT EXACTLY 3 WEEKS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS ...

TRIED TO START CAR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 54,000 MILES, IT BACKFIRED AND COUGHT FIRE. IT IS TOTALLED. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ADVISED. MY CAR WHICH WAS LIKE NEW IS GONE.*AK

Mileage: 54,000

WHILE MY 1998 PONTIAC BONEVILLE WAS BEING AUTO STARTED IN -15 F TEMPERTURES THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE SUDDEN LOUD REPORT, MUCH LIKE A BACKFIRE, I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND THE CAR APPEARED TO BE FINE. IT TRIED TO AUTOSTART ITSELF 2 MORE TIMES IN SUCESSION. BOTH TIMES IT STARTED RATHER ROUGHLY AND SHUT I...

THE UPPER ENGINE COVER AND PLENUM BROKE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED ONTO THE INTAKE AND CAUSED A BACKFIRE. THE PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED, AND THE LOWER AND UPPER INTAKE WAS RESEALED. *LA THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT STALLED. (THE LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AT START UP) *SC *JB

THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED GASOLINE; ALLOWING FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. A SPARK IGNITED THE EXCESS FUEL CAUSING AN EXPLOSION AND RUPTURING THE MANIFOLD. THE BLAST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO HARD THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED. SMOKE BELLOWED OUT F...

Mileage: 48,000

THE ENGINE EXPLODED UPON STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARK AVENUE WHICH HAD THE SAME ENGINE AS THE BONNEVILLE, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE BONNEVILLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB

Mileage: 100,000

POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE ENGINE PART. PONTIAC 3.8L INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE CAUSING POSSIBLE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE IF ENGINE VAPOR LOCKS AT TIME OF FAILURE WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING. THIS PART FAILED ON MY VEHICLE AND THE INDEPENDANT REPAIR SHOP I TOOK IT TOO ALREADY HAD NEEDED REPAIR PART ON HAND BECA...

Mileage: 79,700

DESIGN FLAW OF COOLANT PIPE. BREAKAGE OF THE COOLANT PIPE INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE OF THE 3800 V-6 ENGINE CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO FLOOD THE ENGINE AND CAUSE IMMEDIATE ENGINE FAILURE.

Mileage: 78,000

MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I AM ABOUT TO PUT MY 4TH AND 5TH INTAKE MANIFOLD & MANIFOLD GASKET, RESPECTIVELY, ON MY 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 55 AT 70 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE DIED, BECAUSE MY MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING!! BECAUSE MY ENGINE DIED, IT KEPT BLOWING AND FORCING ANTIFREEZE DOW...

LEAKING PLASTIC MANIFOLD HAS HYDROLOCKED MY ENGINE AND BENT 5 PUSHRODS. ALSO THE DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE ENTERED THE CYLINDERS AND OILPAN, RUINING THE ENGINE.

ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET FAILED WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WITH TRAFFIC MOVING AT A SPEED OF APX 70 MPH. THIS MANIFOLD AND GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN THE ENGINE STALLING, FURTHER CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. SEVERAL CARS SWERVED A...

PAINT IS PEELING AROUND KEY HOLE ON TRUNK - AT THIS TIME APPROXIMATELY A 5 INCH DIAMETER CIRCLE SPOT. THE HOOD IS TURNING MILKY LOOKING. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR CAR WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND HAD BEEN TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF. WE WERE TURNED DOWN DUE TO BEING ...

Mileage: 74,000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK

ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM. *AK

Mileage: 43,201

ENGINE STOPPED ON INTERSTATE. CAR WAS TOWED. FAILURE ANALYSIS INDICATES INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED ALLOWING ENGINE COOLANT TO BE DRAWING INTO ENGINE CAUSING HYDROLOCK. CAR HAD ABOUT 60,000 MILES. HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS OF OTHER GM CARS WITH 3.8L V-6 ENGINES WITH SAME PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 59,000

I TOO HAD A INTAKE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILURE !! LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE INTO CYLINDERS !! BUT MINE WAS CAUGHT IN TIME !! TOOK TO DEALER THE DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON !! INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, FUEL PRESSURE SWITCH REPLACED, PLUGS AND PLUG WIRES REPLACED !! DEALER SHIP OWNER SAID "THIS PROBL...

Mileage: 43

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED COOLANT INTO ENGINE. SEEMS THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET WARPED CAUSING EXCESSIVE COOLANT CONSUMPTION INTO THE ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 72,967

CONSUMER BOUGHT THE BONNEVILLE IN AUGUST, SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 7 TIMES. THE FIRST FOUR TIMES WERE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE AND THROTTLE BODY. THE REMAINING VISITS WERE FOR 4 FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURES, INJECTOR COIL FAILURES MELT...

Mileage: 49,170

CONSUMER BOUGHT THE BONNEVILLE IN AUGUST, SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 7 TIMES. THE FIRST FOUR TIMES WERE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE AND THROTTLE BODY. THE REMAINING VISITS WERE FOR 4 FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURES, INJECTOR COIL FAILURES MELT...

Mileage: 49,170

CONSUMER BOUGHT THE BONNEVILLE IN AUGUST, SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 7 TIMES. THE FIRST FOUR TIMES WERE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE AND THROTTLE BODY. THE REMAINING VISITS WERE FOR 4 FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURES, INJECTOR COIL FAILURES MELT...

Mileage: 49,170

CONSUMER BOUGHT THE BONNEVILLE IN AUGUST, SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 7 TIMES. THE FIRST FOUR TIMES WERE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE AND THROTTLE BODY. THE REMAINING VISITS WERE FOR 4 FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURES, INJECTOR COIL FAILURES MELT...

Mileage: 49,170

DEXCOOL COOLANT CORRODED AN UPPER PLENUM INTAKE COSTING ME $1,1185.00. THIS PONTIAC BONNEVILLE ONLY HAS 69000 MILES ON IT. MY MECHANIC SAYS GMC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.*AK

ON NOVEMBER 4, 2003 MY WIFE CONTACTED ME AT LUNCH TIME TO INFORM ME HER CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER CHECKING THE BATTERY AND STARTER IT WAS DETERMINED THE MOTOR HAD LOCKED UP. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER I FOUND THAT I STILL HAD 1 YEAR LEFT ON MY EXTENDED WARRANTY ALTHOUGH AT 88,000 MILES I WAS 500 M...

Mileage: 88,160

NOTICED SLOW LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT (NO OBVIOUS LEAKS) OVER THE MONTH PRIOR TO INCIDENT DATE. ON INCIDENT DATE, ENGINE POPPED, BANGED, AND RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH ON START-UP. I HAD READ ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 LITER V-6 GM ENGINE, AND BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER FOUND WARPED/CRACKED PLAST...

Mileage: 72,500

VEHICLE'S WARNING SIGNAL STARTS UP AND THE VEHICLE HESITATES OR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS ALSO DAMAGED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE AND OVER HEAT. *CB

VEHICLE'S WARNING SIGNAL STARTS UP AND THE VEHICLE HESITATES OR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS ALSO DAMAGED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE AND OVER HEAT. *CB

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, 3.8 LITER V6, 65K MILES WHEN ITS INTAKE MANIFOLD "PLASTIC" GASKET WARPED UNDER NORMAL USE. COOLANT DAMAGED IT WHEN DRAINED INTO ENGINE. GM HAS SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS OUT THERE REGARDING THEIR 3.8-LITER V6 AND THIS PROBLEM. THEY KNOW IT'S DEFECTIVE IN THEIR DESIGN, BUT ...

ON SEPTEMBER 19,2003, MY 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 3800 V6 OVERHEATED(CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND HIGH TEMP ON GAUGES), WOULD NOT RESTART AND WOULD NOT TURN OVER BY STARTER MOTOR. HAD TO TOW INTO SHOP AND HAD COOLING SYSTEM CHECKED. PRESSURE LEAKS WERE DETECTED. THE SHOP MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT TH...

Mileage: 57,542

COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD INTO THE ENGINE. THIS COULD RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE.*AK

Mileage: 103,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND BLEW OUT. TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE'S INTAKE MANIFOLD IS DEFECTIVE.*MR THE CONSUMER IS DISTURBED ABOUT THE HER VEHICLE NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THE RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLDS. WHEN HER VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS MENTIONED ABOVE. SHE IS NOW REQUESTING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR APPROX $1299.56 TO RESOLVE THIS ...

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED CRACKS AND ANTI FREEZE LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE. THIS RESULTED IN THE MOTOR LOCKING UP. *AK

Mileage: 74,000

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED CRACKS AND ANTI FREEZE LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE. THIS RESULTED IN THE MOTOR LOCKING UP. *AK

Mileage: 74,000

THIS CAR HAS HAD VERY GOOD CARE/MAINTENANCE, HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN HARD, AND HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET, APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER. I PULLED IN TO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF SO THAT I COULD LOOK AT THE SPARK PLUG WIRES. I HAD A SPARK PLUG...

Mileage: 67,109

THIS CAR HAS HAD VERY GOOD CARE/MAINTENANCE, HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN HARD, AND HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET, APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER. I PULLED IN TO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF SO THAT I COULD LOOK AT THE SPARK PLUG WIRES. I HAD A SPARK PLUG...

Mileage: 67,109

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON A DIFFERENT VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE BUT NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 20 MPH AROUND A CORNER. WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED. *NLM THE PLENUM FAILED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO ...

Mileage: 69,900

COOLANT WAS SUCKED INTO THE CYLINDERS THROUGH TWO UNKNOWN HOLES IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SYSTEM. ENGINE HAD 66,000 MILES. RESULTED IN TOTAL BLOW-OUT OF ENGINE AND REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY AT A REPAIR COST OF CLOSE TO $3,000. ACCORDING TO SERVICE TECHNICIAN THIS ENGINE HAS A HISTORY OF THESE PROBLE...

Mileage: 66,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. *AK

1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE - ON NUMREOUS OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SOMETIMES WHILE MOVING, OTHER TIMES AT STOP SIGNS OR STOPLIGHTS. WARM AND COLD WEATHER. WARM AND COLD ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS HAD IT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHNIES AND EVEN HOOKED UP A RECORDER TO RECORD C...

Mileage: 35,000

1998 PONTAIC BONNEVILLE SE, STANDARD V6 ENGINE, WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKE ENGAGED THE ENGINE WILL SURGE AND LEAP FORWARD . CAR ENGINE WILL QUIT WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES SHIFTS UP AND DOWN WITHOUT ANY REASON, EVEN AT SPEED CAUSING CONTROL PROBLEMS. SU...

Mileage: 65,000

1998 PONTAIC BONNEVILLE SE, STANDARD V6 ENGINE, WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKE ENGAGED THE ENGINE WILL SURGE AND LEAP FORWARD . CAR ENGINE WILL QUIT WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES SHIFTS UP AND DOWN WITHOUT ANY REASON, EVEN AT SPEED CAUSING CONTROL PROBLEMS. SU...

Mileage: 65,000

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WIPERS STARTED SMOKING, AND STOPPED WORKING. *AK

I PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 02/17/03. IN MAY 2003, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I WAS REPLACING A MOTOR. ONCE AGAIN, ON JULY 19, 2003 I AM REPLACING YET ANOTHER MOTOR.*AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING GASKET PROBLEMS. GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND HE WAS CONCERNED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTATED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *AK

WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR WHEN SHE NOTICED THE CHECK GAUGE LIGT CAME ON. ENGINE STARTED OVERHEADING. I WENT TO LOCATION AND ADDED COLLANT BUT SOMETHING DID NOT SEEM RIGHT. CALLED TOW AND HAD TOWED TO DEALER SHIP. WAS TOLD PROBLEM WAS BETWEEN THE EGR PASSAGE AT UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD! OTHERWISE CAL...

Mileage: 64,260

ON JULY 1, 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 3800 V6 OVERHEATED. TOOK IT INTO SHOP AND HAD COOLING SYSTEM CHECKED. NO PRESSURE LEAKS WERE DETECTED. WHEN I LEFT THE SHOP, ENGINE BEGAN MISSING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT, BUT TOOK BACK TO SHOP AND THEY PUT ON MACHINE. CYLINDERS...

Mileage: 88,957

ON JULY 1, 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 3800 V6 OVERHEATED. TOOK IT INTO SHOP AND HAD COOLING SYSTEM CHECKED. NO PRESSURE LEAKS WERE DETECTED. WHEN I LEFT THE SHOP, ENGINE BEGAN MISSING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT, BUT TOOK BACK TO SHOP AND THEY PUT ON MACHINE. CYLINDERS...

Mileage: 88,957

ON JULY 1, 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 3800 V6 OVERHEATED. TOOK IT INTO SHOP AND HAD COOLING SYSTEM CHECKED. NO PRESSURE LEAKS WERE DETECTED. WHEN I LEFT THE SHOP, ENGINE BEGAN MISSING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT, BUT TOOK BACK TO SHOP AND THEY PUT ON MACHINE. CYLINDERS...

Mileage: 88,957

A PLASTIC COMPONENT IN THE ENGINE OF THE 1998 BONNEVILLE MELTED ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE AND CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THERE WAS ONLY 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR. ALL REPLACEMENT ENGINES HAVE THE SAME PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND CAN HAVE THE SAME POTENTIAL FOR ENGINE FAILURE OR FIRE.*AK

Mileage: 75,347

I OWN A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE MANIFOLD COVERS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC AND EVENTUALLY CRACK CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE CAUSING VAPOR LOCK. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO POWER STEERING OR START UP CAPABILITIES BECAUSE THE STARTER CONE ON THIS INCIDENT WAS BLOWN OFF DUE...

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SINCE THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. FOUR DAYS LATER, ENGINE BLEW OUT.*AK

CONSUMER TRIED TO START UP VEHICLE, AN UNDER HOOD FIRE OCCURRED. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T CRANK. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START BECAUSE IT WAS COLD. THE VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER THE HOOD AS THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE BLEWOUT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULLOVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE (GM 3800 LITER V-6). THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED ALLOWING COOLANT TO FLOOD THE CYLINDERS AND RESUKTING IN A $675 REPAIR BILL. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN MY GARAGE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. NO MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE. NO FIRE; JUST A COSTLY REPAIR BILL THAT I THINK GM...

Mileage: 78,000

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND BECAUSE IT IS COOLED BY THE ENGINE COOLANT IT REGULARLY FAILS. PH

MY 1998 BONNEVILLE HAD BEEN LOOSING ANTIFREEZE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE THERMISTAT, THEN THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT. IT STILL LOST ANTIFREEZE....A COUPLE WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY INTAKE MANFOLD ALOUD MY ENGINE TO FILL WITH ANTIFREEZE, GM HAS A ...

Mileage: 96,000

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED OIL MIXED WITH THE ANTI-FREEZE. *JB

BONNEVILLE ENGINE OVER HEATING AND UPPER MANIFOLD CRACKED AND BROKE. *JB

Mileage: 49,378

BONNEVILLE ENGINE OVER HEATING AND UPPER MANIFOLD CRACKED AND BROKE. *JB

Mileage: 49,378

NAR 04/28/2003 MR WHILE DRIVING 55-70 MPH THE CONSUMER ENGINE DIED OUT BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *CB

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED IN MY 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO HYDROLOCK. THIS FAILURE CAUSED ADDITIONAL FAILURES OF THE STARTER AND SPARK PLUGS. ALSO THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED WITHOUT FAILING WITH A REDESIGNED PART. THIS LEADS M...

Mileage: 41,192

ENGINE FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE STRANDING MY SON AND THREE FRIENDS FOR OVER 3 HOURS. THE DIAGNOSIS IS HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND WILL COST APPROX. $1300 TO REPAIR IN ADDITION TO THE $300 SPENT IN TOWING FEES. THIS IS THE 5TH ONE OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT ...

Mileage: 77,000

THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD NOT BEING ABLE TO WITHSTAND ENGINE HEAT TEMPERATURES. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB *TS

COOLANT WAS SUCKED INTO THE CYLINDERS THROUGH A HOLE IN THE PLENUM WHICH IS PART OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SYSTEM. I HAVE READ OVER 40 COMPLAINTS DETAILING THE SAME PROBLEM AT THIS LOCATION. THIS ENGINE HAD ONLY 56,000 MILES AND DEALER REFUSED TO WARRANTY OR TO ASSIST WITH COSTS. THIS IS CLEARLY A WIDE...

Mileage: 56,000

THE ORIGINAL AND THE REPLACEMENT UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONED. MR SCC *JB

EMAIL FM DONALD MARK (NY) *PH. A DEFECTIVE PART CALLED PLENUM CAUSED PROBLEMS IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A RECALL TO BE ISSUED. *JB SCC

THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. * MR THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START DUE TO THE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE CYLINDERS. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A BULLETIN WHICH WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD/COOLANT CONSUMPTION LEAK. SCC *JB

THE CONSUMER COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *SCC *NLM REFERENCED IN EA02-030

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED AND CAUSED THE MOTOR TO SEIZE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM

PLENUM PART NUMBER 17113136 FAILED HAVE INCURRED $511.78 IN DAMAGES THROUGH GM'S NEGLECT TO ADMIT TO A DESIGN PROBLEM AND THEIR FAILURE TO DO A VOLUNTARY RECALL, CAR STILL DOES NOT RUN PROPERLY AND WILL END UP COSTING MORE MONEY TO CORRECT. *JB

Mileage: 58,553

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT CUT OFF. THIS WAS DUE TO A FAILED INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND PART WAS REPLACED.*JB

Mileage: 57,775

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. $1500 REPAIR DUE TO POOR DESIGN. ENGINE STALLED DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING ONTO ENGINE CYLINDERS. HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INCLUDING WEB SITES LIKE CARREVIEW.COM WHERE OVER 10% OF ALL COMMENTS ON THIS CAR (GOOD OR BAD) COMPLAINED ABOUT INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS. RE...

Mileage: 70,000

PLASTIC MANIFOLD MELTED CAUSING COOLANT TO FLOW INTO THE PISTON CHAMBER. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR MALFUNCTION WITH THIS PART AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO GM'S ATTENTION TO BE RECALLED WITH A BETTER SOLUTION THAN A PLASTIC MANIFOLD.*JB

Mileage: 114,500

THE UPPER INTAKE ON THE VEHICLE, LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. *JB

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 73,000

I OWN A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 87,000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. LATE ONE EVENING MY CAR SUDDENLY LET OUT A CLOUD WHITE SMOKE AND STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. I ASSUMED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MANUAL SUGGESTED "A TANK OF BAD GAS" OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SERIOU...

Mileage: 87,320

THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE ONTO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP.*JB *TS

Mileage: 72,000

THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE ONTO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP.*JB

Mileage: 72,000

THE ANTIFREEZE LEAKED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROD BEARINGS, AND CRANKSHAFT.*DT *JB

I HAVE HAD THE PLENIUM MANIFOLD FAIL IN MY 1998 BONNEVILLE AND HAVE SPOKEN TO A DEALER ABOUT THIS AND TYEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT YET THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO ANY TYPE OF RECALL.THE SERVICE DIR. THAT I SPOKE WITH SAID THEY WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH ALOT OF THE SAME STYLE MOTORS TH...

Mileage: 50,240

THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE OVER ENGINE COMPONENTS. (RELATED INVESTIGATION EA02-030) PH THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER MANIFOLD PLENUM. SCC

Mileage: 65,073

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

SECOND REPLACEMENT OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD.

Mileage: 87,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT HE HAD A DIFFERENT INTAKE MANIFOLD AND IT WAS REPLACED BUT CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME THE VE...

CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A DESIGN PROBLEM OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE TOP OF INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS PLASTIC AND HAD A METAL TUBE THAT RAN THROUGH PLASTIC. OVER TIME THE PLASTIC ALSO DEGRADED AND CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN THE COOLANT ENTERING THE ENGINE.*JB

Mileage: 81,600

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE LENS ON THE LEFT HEAD LIGHT FELL OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITION INFORMATION. TS

MY COMPLAINT IS: I WAS DRIVING DOWN ILLINOIS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 AT 70 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE DIED, BECAUSE MY MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING, THIS IS THE 4TH TIME!! BECAUSE MY ENGINE DIED, IT KEPT BLOWING AND FORCING ANTIFREEZE DOWN MY INTAKE AND FILLING MY CYLINDERS WITH WATER AND ANTIFREEZE, CAUSING ...

Mileage: 60,000

1998 PONTIAC BONNIVILLE THEY USE A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD COVER OF SCHROWED.WITHIN THIS COVER THEY HAVE HOLE FOR THE EGR VALVE WHICH GETS VERY VERY HOT,AND TO COOL THIS THEY RUN COOLANT AROUND THIS WITHIN THE PLASTIC. DON'T THEY REALIZE THAT THE PLASTIC WILL CRACK FROM EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION AND...

Mileage: 52,000

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER THE CYLINDERS AND OIL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST. GAS FROM THE EGR PASSES THROUGH THE PLASTIC AND EVENTUALLY SOFTENS AND DETERIORATES IT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE ACCORDING TO LOCAL DEALERS AND MECHANIC...

Mileage: 76,000

CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN MISSING AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. DROVE ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE & CAR STOPPED RUNNING. THE DEALER SAID THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD PLENNUIM NEEDED REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE PLUGS REMOVED & CLEANED. ALSO NEEDED OIL, FILER & COLLANT CHANGED. COST OVER $750 TO REPAIR & MANIFOLD WAS ABOU...

Mileage: 47,719

WHILE IN MOTION, THE ENGINE DIED CAUSING A PILE UP ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE MANIFOLD AND THE GASKET CAUSED WHAT IS CALLED A VAPOR LOCK UP. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE MANIFOLD AND GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES PRIOR. *JG

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE IN MOTION, THE ENGINE DIED CAUSING A PILE UP ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE MANIFOLD AND THE GASKET CAUSED WHAT IS CALLED A VAPOR LOCK UP. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE MANIFOLD AND GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES PRIOR. *JG

Mileage: 60,000

CONSUMER STATES THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING ENGINE TO HYDROLOCK AND BENDING 5 PUSH RODS. THIS ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER ENGINE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. TS

Mileage: 79,000

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED COMPLAINT

Mileage: 60,000

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED COMPLAINT

Mileage: 60,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NO WARNING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE NON DRIVABLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

NO SUMMARY. DT

CONSUMER ADVISED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. VEHICLE STALLE OH HIGHWAY. TS

UPPER INTAKE CRACK WHICH CAUSED COOLANT LEAK INTO INTAKE AND FUEL SYSTEM. DT

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURES ARE A KNOWN PROBLEM AT GM, AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AT A SPEED OF APX. 65 MPH, ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, IN THE CENTER LANE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STOP, AND LOSS OF ...

THE ENGINE INTAKE PLASTIC MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO RUN INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS. *JG *JB

Mileage: 41,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING COOLANT FLUID ARE BEING PUMP INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED CAUSING OIL TO MIX IN WITH ANTIFREEZE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. TS *YH

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE PLASTIC INTAKE HAD CRACKED, WHICH DUMPED THE ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE CHUNDERS AND LOCKED THE ENGINE. MR SCC *JB

Mileage: 100,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A WIERD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER AND ENGINE DIED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

FUEL LINE BROKE, AND STARTED LEAKING ,COULD HAVE STARTED FIRE.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED WATER LEAKING FROM RADIATOR. UPPER PLENUUM PLASTIC MELTED, ALLOWING WATER TO GET INTO ENGINE, AND ENGINE LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THIS WAS A RESULT OF COOLANT FUEL LEAKING.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

ENGINE LOST COOLANT - INFORMED BY DEALER THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD WARPED ALLOWING COOLANT TO MIX WITH FUEL AND AIR. DEALER SAID THAT THIS PART WAS A PLASTIC COMPOSITE PART THAT FAILED OFTEN. FAILURE COULD CAUSE ENGINE LOSS OR FIRE. INTAKE MANIFOLDS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WARP UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. ...

Mileage: 60,000

AFTER REFUELING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED RADIATOR NEEDED WATER. WATER WAS COMING THROUGH RADIATOR, AND EXITING THROUGH EXHAUST SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

AFTER REFUELING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED RADIATOR NEEDED WATER. WATER WAS COMING THROUGH RADIATOR, AND EXITING THROUGH EXHAUST SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THEN, THE ENGINE STOPPED. CONTACTED DEALER, VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND WATER WENT INTO ENGINE CYCLINDER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK THE MECHANICS REMOVED/REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, BOTH UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD GASKETS. *SCC

ANTI FREEZE WAD SLEAKING BUT NOT ON GROUND. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND NOTICED ANTI FREEZE LEAKING INTO ENGINE, INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD DUE TO IT BEING WARPED WHERE IT JOINED THE THROTTLE BODY. *SLC

ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN DUE TO COOLANT IN CYLINDER/S, COST TO REPLACE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD APX. $900.00 THE TERM DEGRADE AS USED BY GM SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE AS BY ALL EXPERIENCE, AN INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS NO MOVING PARTS TO WEAR AND THE CAR WAS EQUIPPED WITH COOLANT WHICH DOES NOT NEED REPLACINGG UNTIL 1...

ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN DUE TO COOLANT IN CYLINDER/S, COST TO REPLACE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD APX. $900.00 THE TERM DEGRADE AS USED BY GM SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE AS BY ALL EXPERIENCE, AN INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS NO MOVING PARTS TO WEAR AND THE CAR WAS EQUIPPED WITH COOLANT WHICH DOES NOT NEED REPLACINGG UNTIL 1...

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, ENGINE STALLED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE BECOMING INOPERABLE.*AK CONSUMERS WIFE WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN THE ENGINE FROZE. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL COOLANT AND RADIATOR WATER DUE TO THE PLENUM MELTING FROM THE EGB TUBE. THE POOR DESIGN HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY GM, BUT AS ...

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND SMELLED A ROTTEN SMELL COMING FROM VENTS AREA., AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE SHUTDOWN INSIDE OF PARKING LOT.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND SMELLED A ROTTEN SMELL COMING FROM VENTS AREA., AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE SHUTDOWN INSIDE OF PARKING LOT.*AK

ANTIFREEZE LEAKED FROM VEHICLE, DEALER DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED, CAUSING ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK INTO ENGINE. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS GOTTEN A HOLE IN IT 2 TIMES NOW. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 83000 MILES AND RESULTED IN NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. THE NEW ENGINE HAD 16000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER DRIVING 19000 MILES THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN CAUSEING US TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD, HEAD GASKETS, BOLTS AND ST...

CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING.*JB

ENGINE (INTAKE MANIFOLD) IS DEFECTIVE. LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND 1998 BONNEVILLE V-6 WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH. THE FIRST ONE THE ENGINE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, SINCE IT WAS BURNING COOLANT IN THE ENGINE AND INTO THE SURROUNDING AIR. THIS BONNEVILLE IS CURRENTLY BEI...

WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH, ENGINE WAS HESITATING. CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A HOLE AND WAS LEAKING FLUID ONTO ENGINE. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JG

CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER MANIFOLD AND GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB

ON 8/25/2000 HAD TO HAVE MY WATER PUMP REPLACED($536.91). PICKED UP CAR WENT 11 MILE IT QUIT HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO PERFORMANCE PONTIAC. INFORMED AT THAT TIME THE PLENUM FAILED COST OF THAT JOB INCLUDING TOWING AN RENTAL ($830.80). ON 3/20/2002 CAR QUIT HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO PERFORMANCE PONTIAC AGA...

HAVE REPLACED PLENUM, HEAD GASKETS AND IS CURRENTLY IN REPAIR FOR RODS. RECOMMENDED NEW ENGINE. WITH NEW ENGINE, REPAIRS TOTAL $6000.00. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REPAIR SHOP UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED UPON STARTING VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RIGHT REAR-VIEW MIRROR EXPLODED. EXPLOSION SO LOUD AND FREIGHTENING THAT I THOUGHT A BOMB HAD HIT MY CAR. I WAS 2 BLOCKS FROM MY DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AS I THOUGHT ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF CAR WAS DESTROYED FROM JUST THE SOUND OF THE EXPLOSION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON MY CAR NOR THE OUTSIDE ...

FOR THE THIRD TIME (18K MILES, 79K MILES, 129K MILES) THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS FAILED AND ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO LIQUID LOCK BY FILLING WITH COOLANT. FIRST INCIDENT COVERED BY WARRANTY, SECOND COST ME $1,000 AND NOW PONTIAC IS WILLING TO SPLIT THE COST OF THE THIRD REPAIR. I CONTEND IT IS A DES...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, SO I STOPPED THE CAR ADDED ANTIFREEZE, THEN THE CAR WOULDN'T START BACK UP, SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE . THE MECHANIC THERE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE PLASIC UPPER PLENTIUM AND ANTIFREEZE GOT IN THE MOTOR, SO NOW WE ARE HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MOTOR.*AK

AFTER NOTICING ENGINE RUNNING HOTTER THAN NORMAL, CHECKED RADIATOR - COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW, NOTHING IN OVERFLOW RESERVOIR. ANTIFREEZE AND WATER ADDED TO FILL, RESTARTED CAR - IDLED ROUGH THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING. ADDED ADDITIONAL WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WHEN RADIATOR WAS ...

A HOLE OR DEFECT IN THE PLENTUM (PART # 17113136) OF THE MANIFOLD ALLOWED COOLANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE PISTONS CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND STARTER. AFTER DISCOVERING THE DEFECT, THE PART WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED OVER 13 TIMES IN ...

CAR HEATED UP. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN TO COOL. ANTIFREEZE WAS LOW AND ADDED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK. CAR WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COOLANT HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE PISTONS DUE TO A HOLE OR DEFECT IN THE PLENTUM (PART# 17113136) OF THE MANIFOLD. AFTER DI...

WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CLAIM NUMBER 13-7560-177. *YH

THE CONSUMER HEARD EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CLAIM NUMBER 25-5472-210. *YH

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMPED STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, BLEW MANIFOLD COVER OFF AND INJECTORS OUT. CLAIM NUMBER 35-W429-786. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. CLAIM NUMBER 40-2468-798. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. CLAIM NUMBER 40-2468-798. *YH

THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALAVE. CLAIM#13-9723-630

THE CONSUMER HEARD EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CLAIM NUMBER 25-5472-210. *YH

WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CLAIM NUMBER 13-7560-177. *YH

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMPED STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, BLEW MANIFOLD COVER OFF AND INJECTORS OUT. CLAIM NUMBER 35-W429-786. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. CLAIM NUMBER 40-2468-798. *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. CLAIM NUMBER 40-2468-798. *YH

THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALAVE. CLAIM#13-9723-630

CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD POP NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7560-177. *SLC

CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD POP NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7560-177. *SLC

IT WOULD SEEM THAT AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK SO SUDDEN & SEVERE THAT IT KILLS THE ENGINE AT SPEED COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PERSON TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. NO ADVANCE WARNING, OTHER THAN STARTING TO RUN ROUGH, THEN FILLING THE ENGINE SO FULL OF COOLANT THAT IT KILLED THE MOTOR & LOCKED IT UP, PRE...

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 TH...

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 TH...

CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A PLASTIC PLENUM THAT WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED/CRACKED AND ALLOWED ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. OUR REPAIRMAN FOUND THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PONTIAC USED PLASTIC FOR THIS COMPONENT. *AK

HAD A VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL OUT OF BALANCE. HAD TIRES BALANCED THE DAY OF ENGINE FAILURE. STILL HAD VIBRATION. ENGINE RAN ROUGH THEN QUIT. CHECKED ENGINE COMPARTMENT, REALIZED HAD NO COOLANT. ENGINE HAD SIEZED. WOULD NOT CRANK. MECHANIC REMOVED SPARK PLUGS AND COOLANT DRAIN...

THE VEHICLE'S INTAKE VALVE COVERS CRACKED AND THE COOLANT WAS SUCKED INTO THE CYLINDERS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL. *YH

VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING, FIRST AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN MAKING SLOW TURNS. LATELY AT SPEEDS OF 55-60 MPH. TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK

UPPER INTAKE PLENTUM FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTERNALLY INTO THE ENGINE, THIS CAUSED SOME CYLINDERS TO SHUT DOWN AND THE CAR TO RUN ROUGH. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO THIS VEHICLE AT VARIOUS MILEAGES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT PART OF THIS ASSEMBLY WAS M...

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 ...

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

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

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 INFO...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

HORN IS DIFFICULT TO APPLY IN AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HORN IS DIFFICULT TO APPLY IN AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE, CLAIM 40-2468-798. *SLC

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW UP AND A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE, CLAIM 40-2468-798. *SLC

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, IT BACK FIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA, CONSUMER STATES HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 25-5472-210. *SLC

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, IT BACK FIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA, CONSUMER STATES HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 25-5472-210. *SLC

CAR WOULD STALL HARD TO START GROUND PROBLEM BLAMED FOR POOR GAS PRESSURE TO CARB, ALSO COULD OF BEEN PROBLEM THAT FAILED THE STARTER, ENGINE LITE WOULD GO ON THEN OFF, DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN UNTIL THE LAST TIME WHEN THE GROUND PROBLEM WAS FOUND. MAJOR EXPENSE TO ME NOT H...

CAR WOULD STALL HARD TO START GROUND PROBLEM BLAMED FOR POOR GAS PRESSURE TO CARB, ALSO COULD OF BEEN PROBLEM THAT FAILED THE STARTER, ENGINE LITE WOULD GO ON THEN OFF, DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN UNTIL THE LAST TIME WHEN THE GROUND PROBLEM WAS FOUND. MAJOR EXPENSE TO ME NOT H...

CAR WOULD STALL HARD TO START GROUND PROBLEM BLAMED FOR POOR GAS PRESSURE TO CARB, ALSO COULD OF BEEN PROBLEM THAT FAILED THE STARTER, ENGINE LITE WOULD GO ON THEN OFF, DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN UNTIL THE LAST TIME WHEN THE GROUND PROBLEM WAS FOUND. MAJOR EXPENSE TO ME NOT H...

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION COIL WIRE AND ABOUT 5/6 TIMES ALREADY THE CAR HAS JUST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT, USUALLY WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN/SIGNAL OR JUST TAKING OFF FROM ONE.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPING AND THEN STARTING, VEHICLE IDLES LOW AND ON SOME OCCASIONS IT STALLS, ESPECIALLY WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS, DEALER ONCE FOUND A VACUUM LEAK FROM BETWEEN THE THROTTLE BODY AND UPPER PLENUMN, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS POOR ACCELERATION AND LA...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPING AND THEN STARTING, VEHICLE IDLES LOW AND ON SOME OCCASIONS IT STALLS, ESPECIALLY WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS, DEALER ONCE FOUND A VACUUM LEAK FROM BETWEEN THE THROTTLE BODY AND UPPER PLENUMN, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS POOR ACCELERATION AND LA...

FROM LOOKING AT THE PARTS, IT APPEARS THAT A ROD CAP BOLT FAILED ALLOWING THE ROD TO COME LOOSE AND BREAKING THE ROD. THE DEALER DESCRIBED IT AS A GRENADE GOING OFF IN THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. A NOISE SUDDENLY RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATLY STOPPED, BUT THE ENGINE WAS...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL ON HIGHWAY, AND IS UNSAFE. YH

CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE AIRBAGS. DEALER SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A MANUFACTURER FOR AIRBAGS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMP STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, AND WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, THE MANIFOLD COVER BLEW OFF AND INJECTOR OUT, CLAIM 35-W429-786. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS BEING JUMP STARTED WITH AN EXTERNAL BATTERY PACK, AND WHEN CRANKED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ENGINE EXPLOSION, THE MANIFOLD COVER BLEW OFF AND INJECTOR OUT, CLAIM 35-W429-786. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMOBILE SUDDENLY CUT OFF AND HAD NO POWER- ENGINE SHUT DOWN, AND CONSUMER HAD NO USE OF THE BRAKES, AUTOMOBILE DRIFTED ABOUT 100 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE AUTOMOBILE RESTARTED. *AK

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

FROM THE NIGHT WE DROVE THE CAR HOME WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/ DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING , HORN. UPON REPAIR WORK IN MARCH OF 1999 WE WERE SHOWED AND TOLD THAT THE DASH HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT BEFORE AND WI...

VENTILATION SYSTEM IS DESIGN SO BADLY THAT OUTSIDE FUMES ALWAYS ENTER INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL VENTILATION SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL GUAGE INDICATOR LEVEL MISREADS THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND CORRECTED IT, BUT, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALVE, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, CLAIM 13-9723-630. *SLC

THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INTAKE VALVE, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, CLAIM 13-9723-630. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE OR STALL AND DIE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR GENERATOR AND THE ECM. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE OR STALL AND DIE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR GENERATOR AND THE ECM. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE OR STALL AND DIE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR GENERATOR AND THE ECM. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN COLLISION. HOWEVER, ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR,BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. *YC

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY AT APROX 35MPH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR EMISSION CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER , WHO SAID THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. BUT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY AT APROX 35MPH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR EMISSION CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER , WHO SAID THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. BUT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

GOT BACK FROM VACATION HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR AN OIL CHANGE REGULARLY SINCE RECEIVING THE CAR BACK.VEHICLE IN GEAR WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES VEHICLE SURGED AND JERKED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE STALL OUT AND DIES RESULTING IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER . THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT. MJS

THE TWILIGHT SENTINEL LIGHTING SYSTEM DOES NOT TURN OFF HEADLAMPS.

ABS BREAKS SEEMED TO FAIL WHEN STOPPING ON BUMPY ROAD.

CONSUMER REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM HERTZ/ CONCERNING FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, 1) LEFT SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY; 2). FUEL VAPORS LEAKING INTO VEHICLE, AND 3) TRUNK LID WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY,CAUSING EXHAUST VAPOR ENTERNING THE VEHICLE. REPORTED THESE CONDITION TO NHTSA. RENTAL ...

CONSUMER REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM HERTZ/ CONCERNING FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, 1) LEFT SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY; 2). FUEL VAPORS LEAKING INTO VEHICLE, AND 3) TRUNK LID WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY,CAUSING EXHAUST VAPOR ENTERNING THE VEHICLE. REPORTED THESE CONDITION TO NHTSA. RENTAL ...

CONSUMER REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM HERTZ/ CONCERNING FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, 1) LEFT SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY; 2). FUEL VAPORS LEAKING INTO VEHICLE, AND 3) TRUNK LID WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY,CAUSING EXHAUST VAPOR ENTERNING THE VEHICLE. REPORTED THESE CONDITION TO NHTSA. RENTAL ...

TRANSMISSION BUCKS WHEN IN ACCELERATION ON A HILL---BUCKING IS SEVERE--CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE OTHERS IN AREA HAVE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM---I FEAR TRANSMISSION WILL BECOME NOTICEABLY WORSE AS PROBLEM CONTINUES.

ENGINE STALLLS NORMALLY AT LOW SPEED BUT HAS STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. SOMETIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES THE CHECK GAUGE4 LIGHT COMES ON. THE CHIMES SOUND WHEN EVER IT STALLS. IT HAS STALLED APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES SINCE THE PROBLEM 1ST OCCURRED. I AM AFFRAID THAT I WILL BE ...

THE ALTERNATOR AT A STOP CANNOT MAINTAIN POWER FOR MORE THAN AA COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IF YOU HAVE AN ACCESSORIE (I.E.) YOUR HEAT OR DEFOGGER OR THE HEADLIGHTS IT WILL DIM TO THE POINT THAT IF YOU ARE AT A LONG LIGHT IT WILL STALL THE CAR AND IF IT IS DARK IT IS HARD FOR OTHER CARS TO SEE YOU WHILE S...

THIS VEHICLE WAS IN REAREND COLLISION AND WAS TOTALED

VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUCNTIONED DUE TO A OVERHEATED MOTOR CONDITION, RESULTING FROM UNDERSIZED MOTOR DESIGN. *YC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER IT STALLED. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED ON A SLIGHT UPHILL INCLINE IT WILL ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED, AND BEFORE THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE SERVICING DEALER (JACKSON PONTIAC, MACON, GA.) I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS OR SIMILAR VEHICLES. I HAVE NEVER OWN...

RADIO FAILED.

ALTERNATOR REPLACED WITH NEW ONE BECAUSE OF NOISE BUT NOISE IS WORSE THAN BEFORE AFTER REPLACEMENT.

TIRE SIDEWALL FAILED. *YC

ALTERNATOR FAILED. *YC

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. *YC

SPARK PLUGS FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS. *YC

STEERING WHEEL FROZEN AND GEAR SELECTOR LOCKED UP DUE TO "TORQUE LOCK" WHICH IS A DESIGN FEATURE IN THE TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY, THIS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

ENGINE STALLS NORMALLY WHEN DECELERATING WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING TURNS ACROSS ON COMING TRAFFIC AS IT HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. VEHICLE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND PUT IN NUETRAL BEFORE IT CAN BE ...

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THE PROBLEMS CAN NOT BE FOUND OR THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMING ON AT WILL. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD TURNED OFF AT ONE OCCASION. ON OTHER OCCASION ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR UNKNOWN REASON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER SHOP, CONDITION KEEPS REOCCURRING, AND DEALER INFORMED COSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUNED. ...

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER 20 MPH THE ABS GOES OUT OF CONTROL. IT GRABS AND RELEASES HARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, LOSING POWER BRAKES, POWER STEERING, ETC. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED IN FEBRUARY OF 98. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, LOSING POWER BRAKES, POWER STEERING, ETC. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED IN FEBRUARY OF 98. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE STALLLS. TO RESTART THE CAR, HAS TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

HORN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE, EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL EFFORT IS REQUIRED.

ENGINE FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH AND SOMETIMES HIGHER SPEEDS, ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF, LOSING POWER AND STEERING POWER. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ENGINE STOPS. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE THEY SAID: THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE FUEL PUMP THAT'S WHY...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH AND SOMETIMES HIGHER SPEEDS, ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF, LOSING POWER AND STEERING POWER. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ENGINE STOPS. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE THEY SAID: THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE FUEL PUMP THAT'S WHY...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH AND SOMETIMES HIGHER SPEEDS, ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF, LOSING POWER AND STEERING POWER. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ENGINE STOPS. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE THEY SAID: THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE FUEL PUMP THAT'S WHY...