Pontiac Bonneville 1998 - Structure - car safety information, failing parts, recalls, bulletins, complaints

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
STRUCTURE - BODY
831704	10/01/1998	602983	Concerns of door handles on white painted vehicles truning yellow. *yc	01/25/1999
98831519	10/01/1998	602759	Rear compartment lid difficult to close. *yc	01/11/1999
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR
990864007	05/01/1999	606010	Some customers may comment that the front and / or rear door trim panel will come loose or separates from the top of the door at the inner sealing strip. *tt	08/05/1999
839013	08/01/1998	603831	Some customers may comment that the vehicle thft deterrent systme activates when unlocking the door with a key. *yc	03/08/1999

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
STRUCTURE
02/19/2004		2
	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 time he had the vehicle towed to a pontiac dealer. the pontiac dealer/mechanic told him that by the bolts being sheared off, it had cracked his block, and it would cost him $70.00 to really checked the vehicle and approximately $1400.00 to repair it. the consumer stated that he called gm and was almost told, that they do not want anything to do with it. consumer stated that he thinks general motors should take some responsibility since they know about this problem. *nm
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR
11/29/2000		3	11/01/2000
	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 happy it took this long to find problem. as of today car seems to be ok