Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 04/01/2009 | 140000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 1996 pontiac bonneville. the contact stated that several attempts had to be made before succeeding in starting vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a mechanic where the failure was located at the intake manifold and oxygen sensor. the intake manifold cap was melting and causing oil to spill. in addition, the failure was producing white smoke from the tailpipe exhaust. the vehicle was repaired but the contact was unsure as to the exact repairs made to the vehicle. the contact also stated that the anti-theft system failed and would alert the contact that the doors were opened, and the seat belts were not secured erroneously. the fuel injection system was also defective and was repaired by replacing the fuel injector, and adding fuel cleaner. the contact referenced nhtsa campaign id numbers: 96v116000 (fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system) and 95v204000 (electrical system: ignition: anti-theft controller) however, the contact was advised that the vehicle was not included in either recall campaign. the current mileage was 158,000. the approximate failure mileage was 140,000. kmj | |||
| 04/01/2009 | 140000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 1996 pontiac bonneville. the contact stated it was difficult to start the vehicle, therefore had to make several attempts before succeeding to start vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the repair where failure was found on the intake manifold, and oxygen sensor. the intake manifold cap o was melting, causing the oil to spill and producing white smoke out of the tailpipe exhaust. the vehicle was repaired, the details are unknown. the alarm system on the vehicle failed randomly. the system failed to notify if the doors were opened and seatbelts were not on. the fuel injection system was defective, and was repaired by replacing the fuel injector and adding fuel cleaner; however failure recurred. the failure was related to recall nhtsa campaign id number: 96v116000 (fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system), and nhtsa campaign id number: 95v204000 (electrical system: ignition: anti-theft controller); however the vin was not included. the current mileage was 158,000. the approximate failure mileage was 140,000.yn | |||