2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Electrical System Problems

CAR WONT START

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR A YEAR AND AFTER I GOT IT THE SECURITY SYSTEM LOCKED ME DOWN SO THE CAR WILL NOT START. THE FIRST INCIDENT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY SECURITY LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THEN THE CAR QUIT. I PULLED OVER AS FAST AS I COULD AND PLAYED WITH THE GEAR LEVER AND KEY AND GOT THE CAR RESTARTED. SO AFTER THAT I HAD TO GET A NEW KEY AND HAVE IT PROGRAMED TO THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THAT WILL FIX IT. WELL IT HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES AFTER THAT BUT AFTER PLAYING WITH THE KEY IT STARTED UP. THEN THE LAST TIME I WAS AT WORK AND AFTER 4 HOURS CAME OUT TO GO HOME IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED HOME AND NOW IT IS AT THE GM DEALERSHIP BEING REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY CAR THAT HAS DONE THIS FROM WHAT I AM READING THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH ALL GM'S WITH THIS SECURITY SYSTEM. IT LOCKS OUT THE INJECTORS AND STARTER. GUESS WHAT THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN FIX THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEIR COMPUTERS CAN READ THE COMPUTER. THIS IS A BIG RIP-OFF FOR PRIVATE PEOPLE WHO CANT AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR CAR FIXED AT THE DEALER.

Mileage: 238,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ELECTRICAL SWITCH FOR THE LOCKS AND WINDOWS FAILED. THE FAILURES OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

Mileage: 171,000

2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER PAID $352.14 TO HAVE TO IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. *JB

VARIABLY THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING,RENDERING THE PS BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERABLE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I AM 78 YEARS OLD.THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED THERE WAS NO SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO PULL OFF,LEAVING THE CAR IN WHATEVER LANE IT STALLED IN! IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 5 MIN TO 1/2 HOUR TO RESTART VERY VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS TO OTHER TRAVELERS AND TO ME! SOMETHING DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS! *TR

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THERE WAS A SLIGHT BUMP TO THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,850 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 169,100.

Mileage: 167,850

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ALL WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED, BUT A REPORT WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,500.

Mileage: 90,500

FIRE IGNITED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED IN A MALL PARKING LOT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 74,000

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT SOCKET HAS SHORTED OUT AND BURNED TWO TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE. IT SEEMS THE ELECTRICAL LOAD GOING TO THE HEADLIGHT IS TOO GREAT, THEREFORE OVERLOADING THE WIRES AND CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. PLASTIC SOCKET HAS MELTED ALONG WITH THE BASE OF THE HEADLAMP( PART# 9005). *JB

Mileage: 115,000

TRUNK AREA LEAKS AND WATER BUILDS UP IN THE SPARE TIRE STORAGE. CLANKING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING EITHER DIRECTION DURING COLDER WEATHER. FRONT DRIVERS SEAT HEATER WORKED THEN QUIT FOR NO REASON, PUSH BUTTON ON & LIGHT COMES ON BUT DOESN'T STAY ON. WIPERS WHILE IN INTERMITTENT WILL STOP DURING A SWEEP ACROSS WINDSHIELD, WHEN TURNED ON OR OFF ALSO TURNS ON/OFF THE DASH LIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME, AND WHILE IN INTERMITTENT IF BLINKER IS USED THE WIPER WILL STOP DURING A SWEEP ACROSS WINDSHIELD. *NM

Mileage: 105,000

ON JUNE 17, 2006 THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW ON MY 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE DROPPED AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP UNLESS PULLED UP BY HAND. EVEN THEN IT DOES NOT STAY UP WHEN IT RAINS, THE WETNESS SEEMS TO MAKE IT SLIP. JUST PURCHASED FROM BASIL RESALE IN FEB. 2006 WITH 45,000 MILES. TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY COVERED PROBLEM AND WOULD COST ABOUT $400 TO REPAIR. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN FINDING ONLINE I THINK GM SHOULD CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AS IT LOOKS LIKE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED AS OF YET BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TOO. *NM

Mileage: 49,000

MY CAR RECENTLY FAILED TO START. AFTER A JUMP START FROM AAA I MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE CAR AGAIN FAILED TO START. I DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD BATTERY AND AFTER LOCATING THE BATTERY UNDER THE REAR SEAT I WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND THAT THERE WAS ALREADY CORROSION UNDER AND AROUND THE BATTERY AREA. I FOUND A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE I HAD NO PREVIOUS INDICATION OF THE PROBLEM AND THE LEAKING BATTERY HAD OBVIOUSLY EXISTED FOR SOME TIME. THE AAA REPRESENTATIVE WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY, MADE BY AC DELCO, SUGGESTED IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE BATTERY TO FAIL AROUND THE + CONNECTION. I THINK I WAS LUCKY NOT TO EXPERIENCE ACIDIC VAPORS INSIDE THE CAR. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT THERE IS NO DRIP TRAY UNDER THE BATTERY WHICH WOULD HAVE AVERTED THE CORROSION TO THE VEHICLE UNDER THE SEAT AREA. BATTERIES, LIKE OTHER PARTS, FAIL (THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL BATTERY) BUT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROHIBIT THE CORROSION PROBLEM PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA THAT IS ONLY INSPECTED AFTER THE FAILURE. UNDER THE HOOD BATTERIES ARE FAR MORE VISIBLE. *JB

Mileage: 79,500

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER BEING HIT IN THE REAR. *NM THE DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS HIT THE POWER WINDOWS AND LOCK FAILED WITH EXCEPTION OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE FOG LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF AND THE CONSUMER GOT ELECTRICAL SHOCKS FROM THE FLOOR AND SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR FACILITY AND THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE WIRES APPEARED CORRODED FROM WATER DAMAGE AND THAT THERE WAS SOME AFTERMARKET WIRING DONE ON THE CAR. *NM

DELCO BATTERY THAT COMES WITH THE VEHICLE HAS TWO OUTLETS WITH TWO BROKEN TERMINALS THAT LEAK, AND THE GAS THAT LEAKS. IT IS STORED UNDER THE BACK SEAT, WHICH ALSO STORES ALL THE ELECTRONIC RELAYS THAT WILL PRODUCE SPARKS AND CREATE A HAZARDOUS SITUATION, POSSIBLY STARTING A FIRE. *AK

Mileage: 34,000

WAS GOING TO DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 1 MILE SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE HOOD AREA.DUE TO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HUSBAND DID A U-TURN IN THE STREET AND QUICKLY STOPPED CAR. BEFORE STOPPING HUSBAND LOST EVERYTHING BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WE RAN FROM CAR TRIED TO OPEN HOOD ENGINE COMPLETLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED.DURING THE SEEING OF SMOKE THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO GAUGES,EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. THIS ENGINE HAD ONLY 20,990 MILES ON IT.INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR.*AK

Mileage: 20,990

SINCE I OWNED THE CAR I HAVE HAD THESE THINGS FIXED: 1 WINDOW REGULATOR, 1 POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED, POWER STEERING WORK (AFTER THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED) HOOD REPAINTED AND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. NOW I NEED TO HAVE 2 WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED AT $400 A PIECE. I'M HAVING SOME LOAD HUMMING NOISE WHEN USING BRAKES BUT I HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUNK LEAKS SO I CAN NOT USE IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING GETS WET. *AK

Mileage: 65,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STARTED ENGINE BACK FIRED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE AN EXCEEDINGLY LONG TIME TO START. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 42,000

CONSUMER CRANKED ENGINE TO START AND HEARD A LOUD BANG OR POP. SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS COMPLAINT WAS CALLED IN BY THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR. THE OWNER OF VEHICLE WAS KEITH ELLIS, 5708 SPRING LAKE DR. EVANSVILLE IN. 812-423-4822. *AK

INTERMITTENT DAMP & COLD CONDITIONS. DT

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT COULD HVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER GET HURT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HAD ROUGH IDLE AND STALLED OUT. DEALER FOUND SPARK PLUGS IN NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER BURNED UP AND CAME APART RUNING THE ENGINE. IT HAD ALSO BURNED A HOLE IN THE PISTON. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE NGK TYPE PTR4B-15 SPARK PLUGS THAT WERE IN THE VEHICLE WERE NOT FACTORY PLUGS. *TT

WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, INCLUDING RADIO, FOGLAMPS, PASSENGER WINDOW, REAR SEAT BELT LATCHES,DOOR RATTLES,STITCHING IN LEATHER SEATS COMING APART,AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL,ALIGNMENT,TIRES THAT CANNOT BE BALANCED,STEERING SECTOR BEARING, TIE ROD END DEFECTIVE & ROUGH BRAKING. DEALER HAS FIXED ALL PROBLEMS, BUT THE WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND NOW A REAR SEAT BELT LATCH HAS QUIT WORKING. I HAVE A NATIONAL GM CLAIM NO. WHICH WAS OBTAINED BACK IN JANUARY 2002, C06145322. I HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY DUE TO ALL THE PROBLEMS ENCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN DENIED. I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR OVER $2,000. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. PLEASE RESPOND EITHER BY EMAIL OR LETTER. LARRY NEUBAUER

UPON PURCHASING VEHICLE IN THE YEAR OF 2000 RACK AND PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. COOLANT LEAKS, ALSO STARTER AND FUEL PUMP HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID DUE TO TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS A NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN ON TURNS. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY DUE TO SHIFT SOLENOID FAILURE. VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE FROM FRONT END DUE TO STEERING GEAR FAILURE. *YH

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SPARK PLUG NGK TYPE PTR4B-15. *AK

BATTERY IS MOUNTED UNDER PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEAT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE ONE MUST PULL SEAT UP TO GET TO BATTERY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS STARTING VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. THEN, IT DID, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH MODULE, SEVERAL CASES REPORTED IN THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA GEORGIA AREA. *MJS

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AT FUSE BOX UNDER REAR SEAT WAS LOOSE AND SPRARKING/CAUSED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE

BATTERY LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE REAR SEAT HAS GONE BAD, AND CAUSING SULFURIC ACID FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT, MAKING PASSENGERS ILL. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP THE SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING/BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL. THIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO SLOW VEHICLE OR TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM GOING AROUND A CURB TOO FAST. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. *AK