Pontiac Bonneville
Owners filed 1,902 complaints across 16 model years of the Pontiac Bonneville. The 1998 drew the most (277); the 1991 the fewest (22).
Model years16
Complaints1,902
Recalls25
Fires142
Deaths0
Every Pontiac Bonneville model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2004 | 28 | 0 | 1 | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2003 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2002 | 89 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2001 | 129 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Engine and Engine Cooling | High concern | |
| 2000 | 214 | 2 | 21 | 4 | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | High concern | |
| 1999 | 143 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1998 | 277 | 2 | 28 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern | |
| 1997 | 147 | 2 | 16 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1996 | 150 | 3 | 7 | 6 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1995 | 244 | 1 | 4 | 12 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Above average | |
| 1994 | 88 | 0 | 9 | 11 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 138 | 1 | 11 | 12 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 113 | 3 | 5 | 13 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1990 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine |
Which Pontiac Bonneville years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 277 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.