1997 Pontiac Bonneville

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/24/2003· WHEELS

  VEHICLE'S PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF DAMAGING THE FRONT FENDER AND DOOR.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE TO CAME OFF DUE TO BROKEN STUDS. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FENDER AND DOOR (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM

• 12/14/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HORN BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL TAKES EXCESSIVE EFFORT AND MANY ATTEMPTS TO SOUND. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T GET HORN TO WORK AT ALL. DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO USE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK

• 12/14/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME WITH OUR CHILDREN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CONTACTED ME. WHEN I ARRIVED I FOUND THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL FELL OFF THE DELCO BATTERY, CAUSING ACID TO LEAK INTO THE BATTERY TRAY AND FRONT FRAME SECTION. I REPLACED BATTERY AND HAD TO REPAIR THE CABLE END BECAUSE THE END WAS SEIZED.*AK

• 12/14/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES MAKE NOISE WHEN APPLYING THEM. ALSO, THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/14/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE HESITATING BETWEEN 35 AND 55 MPH. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. TURNED OUT TO BE 1 FAILED IGNITION COIL AND IGNITION WIRES BAD. *AK

• 12/12/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE ON 1997 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. COOLANT ENTERED INTO CYLINDER #4 CAUSING ENGINE TO SEIZE. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR APPROXIMATELY $900. REOCCURING PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE, AND CALLS TO PONTIAC RESULTED IN NO SATISFACTION.

• 12/11/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DRIVING AN SUDDENLY VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, SPEED MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.STARTS BACK WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS IS A REGULAR PROBLEM, ALSO HAPPENS WHEN IDLING...MAKES FOR A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. HAS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY SURFACE STREETS, TURNING, ACCELERATING, EVEN WHEN BRAKING.THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN IT WOULDN'T START AND NO DOCUMENTATION OR INVOICES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE TO TUG ON IGNITION WIRES. POSSIBLE REASON-IGNITION SWITCH UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL SECTION IS BAD. THIS VEHICLE HAS A CONSOLE, PLAN ON GETTING NEW IGNITION SWITCH.

• 12/11/1998· SUSPENSION

  COMSUMER COMPLAINED OF A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS COLD AND IN DRIVE. CONSUMER LEARNED THAT THE STABILIZER BAR ( FRONT SWAY BAR LINK) WAS MISSING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED BOTH LINKS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

• 12/11/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/04/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING COOLANT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS FUMES NOTICED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW, HOWEVER SOMEWHAT BETTER BUT CAN STILL BE DETECTED. *TT

• 12/04/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER HEARD A METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISE. WENT TO DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED ROTORS/PADS TO FRONT WHEELS. *AK DEALER STATED THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE WERE BLACKENED FROM HEAT AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE GLAZED. *SLC

• 12/03/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL OR SIMILARLY CONFIGURED BATTERY CABLE SYSTEM. THE POST BREAKS OFF INSIDE THE BATTERY AS A RESULT OF VIBRATIONS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE CABLE. THE CONSUMER MUST BUY A NEW BATTERY AS A RESULT. FURTHERMORE, THE BATTERY BOLT FREEZES INSIDE THE CABLE REQUIRING IT TO BE CUT OUT DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT GENERATED ATHTHE CONNECTION. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN I SPOKE WITH AT BENTLEY PONTIAC AT THE TIME I TOOK IT IN. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO GET IT REPAIRED. WHEN I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP, I NOTICED ANOTHER BONNEVILLE GETTING IT'S BATTERY REPLACED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - THE POSITIVE TERMINAL POST HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE BOLT WAS FROZEN TO THE POSITIVE CABLE CONNECTION. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM AND THAT GM SHOULD REIMBURSE OWNER'S FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DESIGN FLAW. IT PRESENTS A DANGER TO VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN SUDDEN POWER LOSS AND COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I WAS LUCKY MY INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MY GARAGE. I SHOULOD HAVE REPORTED THIS EARLIER. HOWEVER, WHILE CLEANING UP MY COMPUTER FILES, I RECALLED THAT I HAD NOT REPORTED THIS INCIDENT. I HAVE OWNED A NUMBER OF VEHICLES FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS TYPE PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY/BATTEY CABLE ON ANY OF THEM. HAVE OTHER SUCH INCIDENTS BEEN REPORTED OR DOES GM HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM FROM MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AT THEIR DEALERS?

• 11/25/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DIFFICULTY DEPRESSING HORN BUTTON.

• 11/20/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED.TS

• 11/20/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WAS TRAVELING 55MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, CHECKED UNDER HOOD, AND NOTICED STEAM & ANTI-FREEZE WAS SPILLING OVER EVERYTHING. TURNED VEHICLE OFF & ANTI-FREEZE JUST DRIPPED. NOTICED IT WAS COMING OUT OF BOTTOM OF WATER PUMP. LET VEHICLE COOL DOWN & REFILLED IT WITH WATER & DROVE HOME. DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP, ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM FAILED. *SLC

• 11/17/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WHEN WORK WHEN MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR. THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN THE MATTER OF A FEW MINUTES. *AK

• 11/14/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  I HAD A 1997 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY IN MICHIGAN, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS NOT SPEEDING, AND MY CAR WAS PERFECTLY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. BY THE TIME THE FIRE SERVICE GOT THERE, THE WHOLE CAR BURNT DOWN. IT TOOK LESS THAN 20 MINUTES FOR THE WHOLE CAR TO GET BURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION. *TR

• 11/13/2000· STEERING

  POWER STEERING PUMP MOUNTING BOLTS BROKE WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE. *AK

• 11/13/2000· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, CONSUMER STATES THAT SOMETIMES RIGHT SIGNAL BLINKS WHEN LEFT SIGNAL IS TURNED ON AND LEFT SIGNAL BLINKS WHEN RIGHT SIGNAL IS TURNED ON, ALSO SOMETIMES THE SIGNALS WILL BLINK TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. *SLC

• 11/09/2001· STEERING

  WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT VEHICLE FAILS TO TURN TO LEFT. VEHICLE CAN TURN TO RIGHT, BUT STEERING WHEEL IS VERY HARD. OWNER BELIEVES THAT FAILURE WAS DUE TO RACK AND PINION. *AK *YD

• 11/09/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PERPETUAL OIL LEAK AROUND ENGINE OIL PAN.

• 11/07/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL SENDING UNIT INDICATES THAT TANK IS ALWAYS FUEL. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO SEVERAL DEALERS & THEY SEE THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM OF REPAIRS. *AK

• 11/03/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE FAILED TO START. UPON OPENING HOOD CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY TERMINAL POST CAME OFF, AND ACID WAS LEAKING OUT.*AK

• 11/02/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE FUSE FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAS BLOWN OUT, LEAVING CONSUMER WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/01/1998· POWER TRAIN

  ORGINIAL TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 20,000 MILES. PARTIAL REBUILD AT 27,000. OWNER REPORTED CONTINUED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 31,000 MILES, 35,000 MILES AND 37,000 MILES. DEALER REPORTED

• 10/31/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  UPON DEPRESSING THE HORN PAD THERE IS NO SOUND, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WARN MOTORISTS IN AN EMERGENCY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

• 10/28/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENT STALLING.

• 10/22/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER NOT HAVING CONTROL OF STEERING OR BRAKES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

• 10/18/2004· SEATS

  WHILE LEANING BACK IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT, THE RECLINING PART OF THE SEAT FAILS TO HOLD ME.*AK

• 10/16/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, CONSUMER SAW SMOKE, FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 13-7503-708. *SLC

• 10/13/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO TO 2ND GEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 10/12/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HEADLIGHTS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE FUSE KEEPS BLOWING OUT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP 6 TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER KEEPS REPLACING DIFFERENT PARTS, AND THE VEHICLE IS ABOUT TO GO BACK INTO THE SHOP FOR THE 7TH TIME. *AK

• 10/11/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WATER PUMP FAILED.

• 10/10/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHILE DECELERATING AT ANYWHERE FROM 30-55 MPH. SOMETIMES CAN RESTART, SOMETIMES NOT FOR A HALF HOUR OR SO. THE CAR'S ENGINE COOLANT HAS LEAKED OUT ONTO ENGINE. CAR SHUT DOWN, NO POWER, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, THEN THE COOLANT SPILLED OUT EVERYWHERE, ENGINE STARTED SMOKING AND NOW THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED WORKING EVEN AFTER REPLACING HEAD GASKET. CAR HAD BEEN INTO DEALERS NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. NO ONE COULD IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. NOW HAVE A CAR THAT HAD TO BE TOWED AND IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. NUMEROUS FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED IN HOPES OF STOPPING THE STALLING OUT AND SHUTDOWNS, BUT NOTHING HAS WORKED. WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF QUOTES ON WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO TRY AND FIX THE ENGINE OR MOST LIKELY NEED REPLACED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE CAR WAS FAIRLY NEW.

• 10/07/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON IDLING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND CUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER , DEALER HAS REPLACED NUMBER OF PARTS, PROBLEM STILL NOT CORRECTED. *AK

• 10/05/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I WOULD LIKE NITSA TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO BULLETIN #87-71-75. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PURSUANT TO 49USC' 30162 AND 49CFR PART 522. MY DEALER AND PONTIAC MOTOR DIVISION OF GENERNAL MORTORS WOULD NOT CHANGE THE CONTROL VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY THAT IS FAILING IN MY BONNEVILLE, BECAUSE THEIR EXCUSE IS THAT I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS CAR NEW EVEN THOUGH THIS CAR IS ONLY NINE MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY HAD 34,150 MILES ON IT. EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THEY MANUFACTURED A DEFECTIVE PART AND DO NOT WANT TO REPAIR IT. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART THAT THEY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JOHN G. HAMMEL. *AK

• 10/02/2000· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE SURGES AT ALL SPEEDS ABOVE 42MPH.ON HOT AND HUMID DAYS IT IS ALL MOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. *AK

• 10/01/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED DRIVER BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DRIVER PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME, AND PARKED VEHICLE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE IN THE PLENUM THAT ALLOWED WATER TO LEAK AND WARP THE HEADS. *AK

• 09/28/2004· SEAT BELTS

  THE REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK. THE LATCHES ARE MIXED, THEY DO NOT GO TOGETHER. THEY HAVE GM ON THE BELTS.*AK

• 09/26/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HORN VERY HARD TO USE. REQUIRES EXCESSIVE PRESSURE.

• 09/26/1999· WHEELS

  THREE OF FOUR CHROME RIMS HAVE BEGUN TO DISCOLOR/TARNISH FROM THE CENTER OF THE RIM.

• 09/25/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WAS DRIVING AND SMELLED STRONG GASOLINE ODOR THE LONGER DRIVEN. LUCKILY NOT ON HIGHWAY, WAS ABLE TO STOP AND INVESTIGATE, SAW DRIPPING LINE ONTO ENGINE BLOCK. PROCEEDED TO LOCAL DEALER A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. (SULLIVAN PONTIAC) THEY REPLACED THE LINE. SAID THIS IS WHY BONNEVILLE'S MOSTLY HAVE FIRES. I WAS LUCKY WASN'T ON HIGHWAY, AND PULLED OVER WHEN I DID,,COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE/EXPLOSION DESTROYING MY AUTO, OTHERS AND CAUSED INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF AND / OR OTHERS. LEAK WAS IN LOCATION PROTECTED BY SHROUD. HOW DID LEAK OCCUR? DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE? DEALER DID NOT SAVE THE DEFECTIVE LINE FOR LATER EXAMINATION. PAID $299.85 FOR LABOR, $40 FOR SHIPPING NEW FUEL LINE, AND $87.57 FOR THE NEW FUEL LINE= $427.42. WORRIED ABOUT IS THIS SAFE FOR OTHERS!? NLM

• 09/25/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A RETAILER WHO OFFERED ME 60 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. DURING THE FIRST ROAD TRIP, THE CAR BEGAN SURGING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS FROM 35-65 MPH. THE SURGING APPEARED TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN AT A RPM OF 2000 - 2500. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO GARY PONTIAC WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS TO REPLACE THE WIRES, FILTERS, PERFORM A TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP FOR A TOTAL OF AROUND $300.00. I DECIDED TO SAVE MONEY AND TO HAVE THE WORK DONE ELSEWHERE. AFTER HAVING THIS WORK PERFORMED, THE CAR CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME SURGING. I ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO GARY PONTIAC BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, BUT DUE TO HEALTH REASONS WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER/TRANSMISSION EXPERT, MY RETURN TO GARY WAS POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF MY 60 DAY WARRANTY. DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I HAD MADE REPEATED REPORTS TO GMCARES TO DOCUMENT THIS PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT I HAD MADE AROUND 6 CALLS TO GMCARES DURING THIS TIME. MOST RECENTLY (9/25/2000), I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO GARY WITH THE PRIOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE PREVALENT IN THESE TYPES OF CARS/TRANSMISSIONS, SINCE I PERSONNELLY KNOW THREE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT INDEAD THE VALVE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED . THE DEAL THAT WAS OFFERED TO ME WAS FOR ME TO PAY THE PART COST WITH GM TO ABSORB THE COST OF SERVICE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A NOBLE ATTEMPT AT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, BUT SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS INHERENT IN THESE VEHICLES, I THINK GM SHOULD PICKUP THE TOTAL COST OF THIS REPAIR. THE FACT THAT I HAD A WARRANTY ON THE CAR THAT WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS DEFECT HAD GARY PONTIAC DIAGNOSED IT THE FIRST TIME PROPERLY, IS ENOUGH REASON FOR THIS REPAIR TO BE PAID BY GMC. *AK

• 09/21/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY

• 09/21/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  ON DATE MENTIONED THE CARS FIREWALL AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE WHICH CAUSE THE LOSE OF THE USE OF THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. I WAS DECENDING A STEEP HILL AT THE TIME . I WAS LUCKY TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND MANAGED TO GET THE FIRE OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT IF I HAD NOT KEEP MY HEAD. WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR IN THIS VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD HAVE NOT WORN OUT AS THE CAR ONLY HAD 3500 MILE ON IT AT THAT TIME. THE POLICE REPORT STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. I HAVE CALLED THE PLACE OF PURCHASE TO INFORM THEM OF THIS AND THEY GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER OF THE PONTIAC CO. TO CALL AND THE NUMBER WILL NOT GO THREW. I HAVE SEARCHED THE WEB TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PLACE IN THEIR WEB SITE TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL ABOUT THE FIRE AND NO LUCK THERE EITHER. IF THIS HAD NOT HAPPENED WHEN IT DID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY WIFE DRIVING WITH OUR GRANDSON IN THE CAR, AS I HAD GONE TO GET GAS FOR THE CAR FOR HER FIRST. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT AS TO WETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE . I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HANDLED THE CAR AND WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH OUR GRANDSON IN THE CAR. THIS HAS ME VERY UPSET.

• 09/21/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS: BRAKE PEDAL VERY HARD. NOT STOPPING VEHICLE. PEDAL AT TIMES GOES TO FLOOR. TOOK TO DEALER. NOT ABLE TO FIND BRAKE PROBLEM, OR UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. *AK

• 09/17/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE DRIVING AT 70 M.P.H. ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISENGAGED USING BRAKE PEDAL FOLLOWED BY TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LIGHT RAIN WAS PRESENT AND CAR BEGAN TO SPIN MOVING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNCONTROLLED, ROLLED AT LEAST ONCE AND FLIPPED END OVER END. DRIVER WAS 7 MOS. PREGNANT.THIS SAME TYPE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED TWICE BEFORE, TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CAUSE OR DUPLICATION NEVER WAS DISCOVERED UNTIL THE INCIDENT. PREVIOUS OCCURENCE WAS O/A 10/98

• 09/16/2000· TIRES

  ON 8/16/00, I TOOK MY '97 BONNEVILLE TO EFFINGHAM TIRE AND AUTO TO SEE IF THE TIRES NEEDED BALANCED OR ALIGNED. I'D HAD A SUDDEN ONSET OF RUMBLING AND VIBRATION ABOUT TEN DAYS OR SO BEFORE. THE TIRE TECHNICIAN CALLED ME INTO THE GARAGE AREA AND SHOWED ME THE EXTREME AND UNEVEN WEAR ON MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE SAID A STEEL BELT HAD BROKEN ON THE WORN EDGE AND "WHEN THEY DO THAT THEY BUNCH UP". HE SAID THAT TIRE HAD THINGS SO BADLY OUT OF LINE THAT IT HAD CAUSED MY LEFT TIRE TO WEAR AT AN ANGLE (MY TERM). I WAS ASKED TO AND DID FEEL HOW ONE SIDE OF THE TREADS WERE "SHARP" AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE WAS WORN. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, I HAD WORN OFF 45% OF THE TIRE TREAD ON THESE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY TIRES WHILE DRIVING ONLY 8,762 MOSTLY INTERSTATE MILES IN FOUR MONTHS!!!( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )

• 09/15/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY ALL STATED THE COMPUTER SHOWED NO ERRORS. *JB *SCC *JB

• 09/15/1998· INTERIOR LIGHTING

  COURTESY LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. GO OFF UPON SHUTTING DRIVER'S DOOR.