1999 Pontiac Bonneville

Defect. SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.

Risk. DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.

Defect. ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A MISTIMED SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACKFIRE.

Risk. THE BACKFIRE CAN RUPTURE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE RUPTURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAN DISPLACE A FUEL LINE, PULLING AN INJECTOR OUT OF PLACE, AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRE.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS WITH IMPROVED DIAPHRAGMS. THE RECALL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PHASED MAILINGS. PHASE 1 BEGAN ON JUNE 30, 2004, AND PHASE 2 BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537, OR PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4T65E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 102, "TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE." A RETAINING CLIP, WHICH SECURES THE MANUAL VALVE TO THE LINKAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION DETENT LEVER, CAN BECOME LOOSE UNDER A COMBINATION OF POSSIBLE DRIVER SHIFTING MANEUVERS AND ALLOW THE LINK TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MANUAL VALVE.

Risk. IF THE LINK DISCONNECTS, THE DRIVER'S INDICATED PRNDL STATE MAY DIFFER FROM THE HYDRAULIC STATE OF THE TRANSMISSION. IF THE DRIVER SELECTS 'DRIVE' AND THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTUALLY IN 'REVERSE', A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE MANUAL VALVE/LINK ASSEMBLY WITH A REPLACEMENT MANUAL VALVE/LINK KIT, FEATURING A SPRING-TYPE FASTENER.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM WHEELS. SOME OF THESE WHEELS HAVE A MOUNTING SURFACE THAT WAS NOT MACHINED CORRECTLY, CAUSING THE WHEEL STUDS TO BREAK.

Risk. THE TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE WHEELS AND REPLACE ALL WHEELS WITH DATE CODES INDICATING THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MACHINED CORRECTLY. THE WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS AT ANY LOCATION WHERE A SUSPECT WHEEL WAS INSTALLED WILL ALSO BE REPLACED.

' TAKATA RECALL" DRIVING AND THE CAR CUT OFF..AFTER I STOP THE CAR AND TURN THE KEY OFF. WAS ABLE TO RE START THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPEN A FEW TIMES. THIS IS NOT A SAFE THING WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREE WAYS ....I WAS IN MOTION AND ON THE STREET. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT WAS NOT WERE OF IT THIS WAS IN 2009 NOW IT 2016 AND THE PART IN MY CAR IS NOT WORKING?

UPON ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AFTER REACHING HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE STALLS AND WOULD NOT START. FLOODING ENGINE, GASOLINE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER RESEARCH AND REPLACING LEAKING LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD, THIS WAS NOT MY PROBLEM THERE WAS NO LEAK. AFTER MORE RESEARCH I REPLACED MORE SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY CYLINDER GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKET AGAIN. STILL ENGINE WOULD NOT START. AFTER 2 YEARS OF CAR SITTING I UNPLUGGED MAF SENSOR AND THEN IT STARTED FINALLY. FAULTY MAF SENSOR BUT NO WAY TO FIND OUT UNLESS IT IS UNPLUGGED BECAUSE SENSOR DID NOT GIVE OFF ANY PERTAINING FAULT CODE POINTING TO THE PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY. *TR

WHILE STOPPED ON A SIDE STREET (25 MPH ZONE), THE AIR BAGS INVOLUNTARILY DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER WAS SEVERELY BRUISED AND SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT & PERMANENT HEARING LOSS. THERE ARE 7 OTHER INCIDENT REPORTS FILED WITH THE NHTSA FOR THE SAME EVENT INVOLVING A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A RECALL? *TR

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW THAT HER MOTHER DOES NOT BUCKLE HER AND HER SISTER UP. SHE ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO RIDE ON THE FRONT SEAT. MIND YOU THE TWO GIRLS ARE ONLY 4 AND 5 YEARS OF AGE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO SOCIAL SERVICES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS . ALSO THE MOTHER DRIVES WITHOUT A LICENSE AND NO INSURANCE. SHE LIVES IN MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN AND IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT KIDS THERE. ALSO THE SHE BOUGHT IT AT HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET IT BACK SINCE SHE HASN'T PAID ON THE NOTE SINCE APRIL. THE GRANDMOTHER HAS CALLED SOCIAL SERVICES ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND AGAIN WE FEEL NO ONE CARES. SHE HAS DONE THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY! *JS

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY RECALL FOR 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE RECALL ANNOUNCED: FEBRUARY 24 2004 NHTSA REFERENCE: #04V090000 NUMBER AFFECTED: 910,873 SUMMARY: ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL RATE OF FUEL LEAKS. A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A MISTIMED SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACKFIRE. CONSEQUENCE: THE BACKFIRE CAN RUPTURE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE RUPTURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAN DISPLACE A FUEL LINE, PULLING AN INJECTOR OUT OF PLACE, AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRE. FIX: DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS WITH IMPROVED DIAPHRAGMS. THE RECALL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PHASED MAILINGS. PHASE 1 BEGAN ON JUNE 30, 2004, AND PHASE 2 BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537, OR PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION & SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, SEE THE OFFICIAL NHTSA PAGE CONCERNING RECALL #04V090000. *TR

EXTERIOR LIGHTING RECALL FOR 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE RECALL ANNOUNCED: APRIL 07 2009 NHTSA REFERENCE: #09E012000 NUMBER AFFECTED: 16,270 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY RECALL FOR 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE RECALL ANNOUNCED: FEBRUARY 24 2004 NHTSA REFERENCE: #04V090000 NUMBER AFFECTED: 910,873 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL FOR 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE RECALL ANNOUNCED: APRIL 26 1999 NHTSA REFERENCE: #99V089000 NUMBER AFFECTED: 99,333 WHEELS RECALL FOR 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE RECALL ANNOUNCED: APRIL 12 1999 NHTSA REFERENCE: #99V072000 NUMBER AFFECTED: 352. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE OF THE VEHICLE GOES ALL WAY DOWN TO "E" THEN CAN SPIKE BACK UP TO "FULL" ESPECIALLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK COMPLETELY. THE GAUGE ALSO WILL RANDOMLY DROP AND STAY ON "E" WHEN THERE IS ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS LEFT.

TL*THE DRIVER OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INVOLUNTARILY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED WATER WAS FOUND WITHIN ONE OF THE AIR BAG MODULES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000. UPDATED 06/24/11 *BF

THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH A GAS LEAKAGE. THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE FITTING AT THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL WAS THE PROBLEM. O-RINGS WERE REPLACED, THINGS SEEMED FINE - NO GAS SMELL OR LEAKAGE. THIS LASTED FOR APPX. 24 HOURS. I DROVE ABOUT 7 MILES TO AND FROM WORK THREE TIMES, A TOTAL OF 21 MILES, STOPPED AT A LIBRARY, CAME OUT, SMELLED GAS, WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME - ONE MILE - WAS GOING TO PARK IT AND GET SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT. I STOPPED AT THE MAILBOXES AND HEARD A SLIGHT POOF SOUND UNDER THE HOOD.WHEN I LOOKED UP I SAW SMOKE BELLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I GRABBED MY PURSE AND JUMPED OUT. FROM A DISTANCE I SAW 2" BALLS OF FIRE DROPPING FROM THE ENGINE TO THE STREET, CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WATCHED MY CAR GO UP IN FLAMES WHILE WAITING FOR THEM TO SHOW UP - ALL BECAUSE OF ONE SMALL PLASTIC PIECE UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO CARRY FULL INSURANCE COVERAGE - A LESSON HARD-LEARNED. *TR

A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HAD AN ACCIDENT A FEW DAYS AGO DEPLOYING THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RESULTING IN THE WINDSHIELD BEING BUSTED TO AN EXTENT THAT IT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THROUGH .. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL .... SHE OWNS A 99 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH SHE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED. SHE COASTED THE VEHICLE UP-HILL TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY AND A MECHANIC CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BRAKE FLUID LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT. NO ELECTRICAL POWER WHAT SO EVER INCLUDING EMERGENCY FLASHERS. NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HAD NO WAY OF INDICATING TO OTHER VEHICLES THAT I HAD A PROBLEM. NO LIGHTS, NO POWER STEERING, NO BRAKES, NO BRAKE LIGHTS, NO EMERGENCY FLASHERS. AFTER SLOWING DOWN TO APPX. 25 MPH, POWER CAME BACK ON. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND DRIVE IT HOME. *TR

G.M RECALL # 040V09000 WAS PERFORMED ON MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE ON JULY 2004. FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED, THE PART HAS FAILED AGAIN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I CONTACTED PONTIAC AND ASKED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE PART. PONTIAC HAS INFORMED ME THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE PART AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THE PART WAS RECALLED AND REPLACED IN 2004. IS GM ONLY REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE PART ONE TIME? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. IN 2003, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A HUGE CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD BLOWN THE GASKET. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ITSELF. IN 2005, THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR SWITCH BLEW OUT AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED IN 2007. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO BLOW DUE TO LEAKAGE OF FUEL INTO THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER SWITCH WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. HE HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO PREVENT IT FROM DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. UPDATE 09/10/08 *CW UPDATED 09/19/08. *JB

PLASTIC ENGINE INTAKE PLENUM ASSY MELTDOWN CAUSING COOLANT INTO CYLINDERS OF ENGINE. ORIGINAL INCIDENT IDENTIFIED TO POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO 1ST CYLINDER. PLENUM ASSY REPLACED WITH METAL SLEEVE WHICH MECHANIC CLAIMED WAS SUPERIOR TO ORIGINAL MFG PART. PRIOR DAMAGE TO 1ST AND 2ND CYLINDERS BECAME PERMANENT MONTHS LATER WHEN ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. RESEARCHED RECALL DATA AND FOUND NOTHING TO DATE. MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM IS FREQUENT AND KNOWN BY MANUFACTURER FOR LONG TIME. CONTACTED GM AND WAS REFUSED ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION. RESEARCHED COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA A FOUND AN UNBELIEVABLE LARGE VOLUME OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. INTEND TO CALL NHTSA DIRECT AND FIND OUT STATUS OF LARGE COMPLAINT BASE WITH NO ACTION. INTEND TO CONTACT ALL OTHERS FILING COMPLAINTS FOR DEFINITE IMMEDIATE CLASS ACTION. *TR

WAS GETTING A GASOLINE SMELL AND TOOK CAR IN FOR THE PRESSURE REGULATOR RECALL, DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT THE REGULATOR BUT FUEL LINE. THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD AND THEN BILL WAS $950, ALMOST $100 MORE THAT QUOTE AND DID NOT RECEIVE PARTS BACK SHOWING THE PROBLEM *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB ON THE 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE LETTER INDICATORS P- PARK R- REVERSE N- NEUTRAL D- DRIVER AND L- LOW MIGHT DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION, IF THE CONTACT SELECTSEDDRIVE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT WAS SOMETIMES UNABLE TO START VEHICLE BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED HER THAT THERE IS WAS PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB, AND STATED IT WAS NOT ENGAGING CORRECTLY. THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB. THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN WITHOUT THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB WAS REPLACED. THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB FAILED AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER, AND BOTH INFORMED HER THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 61800 MILES. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND GETTING OFF AN EXIT FROM THE HIGHWAY, THE FRONT DRIVER AIRBAG DEPLOYED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT IMPACT ANY OBJECT ON THE ROAD PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT. THE DRIVER DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE UNWARRANTED DEPLOYMENT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR LIP INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, DETERMINED THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO GET WET, AND THEREFORE SET OFF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONT AIRBAG. THE DEALERSHIP DISCONNECTED THE AIRBAG. THERE WERE NO PICTURES OR POLICE REPORTS TAKEN. A REPAIR INVOICE FOR THE DISCONNECTION OF THE AIRBAG WAS AVAILABLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FRACTURED A YEAR AGO WHEN THE CAR HAD 40,000 MILES. THE FRACTURE IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CONSTITUTED A LEAK AND AS A RESULT OF THE LEAK THE ENGINE RAN VERY INEFFICIENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED 3 TIMES TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS PAID BY THE CONTACT. UPDATED 8/30/2006 - *NM

NOTICED SMELL OF GAS WHEN AUTO PARKED IN GARAGE..FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED THAT FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL LINE..TOOK AUTO TO DEALER AND DEALER STATED THAT BOTH FUEL LINES HAVE DETERIORATED, CAUSING THE LEAKS..WHILE I HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH FUEL LEAKS FROM LOOSE CONNECTIONS, I CAN NOT IMAGINE HOW FUEL LINES CAN NOT BEEN BUILT TO LAST. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE ENGINE STALLED, NO WARNING LIGHTS ILUMINATE IN THE DASH BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED NO PROBLEMS IN THE ENGINE OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THE CONTACT CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH THE STALLING ENGINE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING ROTATED THE VEHICLE DEALER DISCOVERED THE BELTS ON THE INSIDE OF ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SEPARATED. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THE TIRES WERE SEVEN YEARS OLD. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE IT BACKFIRED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND THE GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS TRAVELING MUCH FARTHER THAN NORMAL. SINCE THIS IS MY WIFE 'S CAR, AND I DO NOT DRIVE IT MUCH,THOUGHT THAT THE BACK SHOES WERE LOW SINCE THEY HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED IN AWHILE. PURCHASED A NEW SET AND PLANNED ON INSTALLING. HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT WARNING CAME ON AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. TOPPED UP AND LIGHT WENT OUT. I THOUGHT THAT THE LOW LEVEL WAS DO TO THE WORN SHOES WHICH WOULD MAKE THE LEVEL GO DOWN. HOWEVER THE LEVEL CONTINUED TO GO DOWN AS I DROVE. THAT MEANT A LEAK. THOUGHT PERHAPS A WHEEL CYLINDER. ALL LOOKED OK THE PROBLEM : RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS CONTROLLER ALL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ALL FOUR LINES RUSTED TWO OR MORE LEAKING!!! CONTINUED USE AND HARD BRAKING WOULD HAVE CAUSE NO BRAKE AND SURELY AND ACCIDENT ALL FOUR LINES MUST BE REPLACED THESE LINES ALSO GO UNDER THE CAR TO THE BACK. WILL HAVE THE DEALER DO HAVE CALLED GM AND GO NO SATISFACTION CAR IS A 1999 BONNEVILLE 113000 MILES THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN . POOR QUALITY STEEL AND WORKMANSHIP HAVE OWNED CARS WITH 300000 + MILES AND SOME 20 + YEARS OLD WITH NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. WHY AREN'T BRAKE LINES STAINLESS STEEL???*JB

VEHICLE HAS PERFORMED PERFECTLY SINCE PURCHASE. MY WIFE EXPERIENCED HESITATION UPON ENTERING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD (PLASTIC) IS WARPED CAUSING A LARGE GAP AT THE INTERFACE TO THE THROTTLE BODY ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE AND ALSO CAUSING AN INTAKE AIR LEAK WHICH IS DEGRADING THE AIR/FUEL RATIO. *NM

TWO INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURES FOR MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, 3.8 ENGINE. FIRST ONE WAS IN JANUARY 2003. NOW 15 MONTHS LATER, IT HAS FAILED AGAIN AFTER 35000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME, REPAIR COSTS WERE JUST OVER $800. NOW I'M LOOKING AT A BILL OF $866. I HAVE READ THE TSB AND MANY OTHER ONLINE COMPLAINTS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE OF RECURRING FAILURES. SOME HAVE EVEN REPORTED FIRES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS OR COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE.*AK

1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED T START THE VEHICLE IT'S ENGINE BACKFIRED THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. RECENTLY THE CONSUMER CAME ACROSS A RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE FUEL REGULATOR WHICH CAUSED FIRES. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER IS AWAITING A RESPONSE. *NM

99 BONNEVILLE, IN MARCH OF 2004 WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH THE CAR BACK FIRED AND THE ENGINE KILLED, IT WAS TOWED TO A SHOP AND COOLANT WAS IN THE ENGINE. THE UPPER MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED AND GASKETS AT COST OF OVER $ 600.00. A YEAR LATER MARCH 2005 THE CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE. THE PONTIAC DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON APRIL 2005 THE PORBLEM WAS FIND, HAHA , PLASTIC INTAKE WAS CRANK, MORE MONEY. I THING GM SOULD RECALL AND PAY A THESE DEFECTS IN THERE PARTS. I WILL FIGHT TILL THE END. I HAVE SPENT OVER 1000.00 ON THERE DEFECT, ME MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WAS A WINNING NOISE PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK THE VEHICLE DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKES WERE A PROBLEM AS WELL. THE TRANSAXLE AND CONVERTER WAS REBUILT. *SC *JB

A HOLE DEVELOPED IN THE PLASTIC UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WHERE COOLANT RUNS NEXT TO THE EGR VALVE, RESULTING IN THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLING AND NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BECAUSE OF THE COOLANT BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE AIR FUEL MIXTURE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT PONTIAC IS AWARE OF.*AK

I HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE PLENUM REPLACED ON MY 99 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE...STARTED WITH VEHICLE HESITATING ON TAKE OFF, RPM'S ACCELERATING VERY HIGH BUT MPH NOT CATCHING UP...VEHICLE THEN BACKFIRED AND LOSS ALL POWER...HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER...DEALER SAID INTAKE PLENUM WAS WARPED CAUSING COOLANT TO POSSIBLY LEAK INTO ENGINE...GM WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY WHICH COST ME $1000 TO CORRECT...VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR A MONTH OR SO AND STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I THINK ITS RIDICULOUS THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR IT AS A FACTORY PROBLEM..I WOULD LIKE A RECALL ON THIS AND MY MONEY REIMBURSED TO ME. I ALSO THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED CORRECTLY WITH A PART THAT WON'T BURN UP BECAUSE ITS MADE OF PLASTIC. I HAVE READ ON MANY WEBSITES COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE COMPLAINING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE. I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT GM DOES NOT DECIDE TO PUT OUT THE RECALL, IT'S REALLY THE NHTSA THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. MY PLAN IS TO POST THIS LINK ON THOSE WEBSITES AND HOPEFULLY ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL POST A COMPLAINT HERE TOO AND MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE POORLY BUILT CARS THAT ALL OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE PURCHASED. *AK

MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE EXPLODED WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION & FIRE SHOT OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF, THE FIRE STOPPED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE A FUEL INJECTER & UPPER INTAKE PLENUM (WHICH WAS IN PIECES FROM THE EXPLOSION). MY BILL WAS $430.63. IN JUNE 2004, I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM GM CORPORATION SAYING THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DIAPHRAGMS LEAKING. THE LETTER DESCRIBED THE FOLLOWING: "A LEAK CAN ALLOW FUEL TO ENTER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD THROUGH A VACUUM LINE. IN LOW BATTERY CONDITIONS, IF THE ENGINE DOES NOT START WHEN CRANKED, THE FUEL FROM THE LEAKING REGULATOR AND A SPARK CAN CAUSE A BACK FIRE. THE BACK FIRE CAN RUPTURE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING A LOUD BANG. THE RUPTURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAN DISPLACE A FUEL LINE, PULLING AN INJECTOR OUT OF PLACE, AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK. IF THERE IS AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE CAN RESULT." THIS LETTER DESCRIBED EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED . THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN LEFT ON IN MY PONTIAC WHICH CAUSED A DEAD BATTERY. A BATTERY CHARGER WAS CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE WHEN THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED. WHEN WE TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN, THE FIRE STARTED AGAIN WHERE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LOCATED. I MADE A REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO GM. MY FILE # IS 1-260698900. I WAS ASKED TO TAKE MY CAR TO A DEALER IN SALISBURY FOR AN INSPECTION. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN ON SEPT. 29, 2004, THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE RECALL LE

WHILE AT A STOP, THE FRONT AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER DROVE HOME. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAK; WINDSHIELD GASKET DETERIORATING.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK FIRING, LOST POWER AND STOPPED. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE FROM A PULLED FUEL INJECTOR.*MR WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT A PULL FUEL INJECTOR FLOODED THE INJECTOR, PISTONS, CYLINDERS, CRANKCASE AND ENGINE WITH GASOLINE WHICH RESULTED IN A BLOWN ENGINE. A 1998 REPLACEMENT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A RECALL (RECALL #03054B). THE CONSUMER FILED A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. *NM

REGULATOR FAILURE ON VEHICLE HAS CAUSED THE INTAKE GASKETS TO BLOW OUT.*MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE TO HAVE THE PLENUM REPLACED DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR MALFUNCTION. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT BOTH TIMES THE REGULATOR FAILED CAUSING A BACKFIRE, BLOWING THE INTAKE GASKETS. THIS IN TURNS CAUSED THE EXHAUST TUBE IN THE PLENUM TO GET TOO HOT THEREFORE BURNING A HOLE IN THE PLENUM. THE CONSUMER FINALLY ECEIVED A RECALL NOT RELATED TO THE PROBLEM AND SUBMITTED PAPERWORK FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER ONLY REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER A PORTION OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PAID IN REPAIRS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. *JB THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED AND ALLOWED COOLANT INTO THE CYLINDER. *SC *JB

ON THE MORNING OF 7/15/04 WHILE DRIVING ON LOOP 1604,SAN ANTONIO TX, AT APPROXIMATLY 60 MPH THE ENGINE STOPPED FORCING ME TO TRY AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I ONLY MADE IT PARTWAY OFF THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND I WAS STUCK HALFWAY INTO THE FAST LANE. PRIOR THIS THIS THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, NO LIGHTS CAME ON EXCEPT JUST AS THE ENGINE WAS STOPPING TELLING ME TO CHECK ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INDICATORS SAYING THE ENGINE WAS OVER HEATING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO CAR PRO, IN SAN ANTONIO. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS COVERED BY HERITAGE POLICY #HBB 313037, HOWEVER, THE POLICY STATES THEY DO NOT COVER EMMISSION CONTROLS. HERITAGE INSISTED THAT OTHER ITEMS BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE AN ADJUSTER WOULD EVEN BE SENT OUT. THE ADJUSTER TOLD CAR PRO HE DID NOT KNOW WHY HE WAS EVEN SENT OUT AS THEY KNOW THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE EMMISSION CONTROL OVER HEATING AND CAUSING THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD TO MELT. WHICH OF COURSE LEADS TO THE FLUIDS DRAINING OUT AND LOCKING UP THE ENGINE. SO OF COURSE THE REPAIRS ARE NOT GOING TO BE COVERED AND I HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR EVEN THE EXTRA HERITAGE WANTED DONE. NOW CAR PRO TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OTHER VEHICLES WITH MELTED MANIFOLDS DUE TO THE EMMISSION CONTROLS OVER HEATING AND CAUSING THEM TO MELT. THE NEW REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND NOW HAS A METAL AREA THAT SITS OVER THE EMMISSIONS CONTROL SO WHEN IT GETS HOT IT WONT MELT THE MAN

I'VE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MY 99 BONNEVILLE, COSTING ME OVER $2,400. IT STARTED AT 64,000 MILES (6/26/02) WITH A BACKFIRE CAUSED BY A FAULTY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHICH NOW HAS A SERVICE RECALL (A LITTLE TOO LATE); THAT COST ME $300. A WEEK LATER, THE UPPER MANIFOLD PLENUM LEAKED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FLOOD AND DIE; I SPENT OVER $500 ON THAT LITTLE PROJECT (REPLACING THE MANIFOLD AND CLEANING THE ENGINE). IT NEVER RAN RIGHT AFTER THAT; I HAD EXTREMELY LOW GAS MILEAGE AND LACK OF POWER, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF AND IT STALLED ON MANY OCCASIONS. AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF THIS, IT DIED AGAIN ON 3/22/03. THIS TIME, IT SPUN THE MAIN BEARING AND THE LOWER HALF WAS RUINED. I WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS BEFORE I COULD FIND SOMEONE WILLING TO TOUCH IT, BUT I FOUND A GOOD MECHANIC THAT REBUILT THE LOWER HALF (VERSUS REPLACING THE ENGINE) FOR $1,600. I STILL HAVE THE CAR AND IT SEEMS TO BE PERFORMING WELL, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. IM GOING TO INCLUDE ALL OF MY REPAIR COSTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT (THROUGH THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR RECALL NOTICE) AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT ALL OF THIS IS RELATED TO THE BACKFIRE AND THE PLENUM LEAK. *JB

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

CRACKED PLENEM ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK INTO ENGINE TO THE POINT OF WATER LOCKING IT. CAUSED $1200 IN PARTS AND LABOR. 70,096 MILES ON VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK *NM

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES ON 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. *MR THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED WHEN GOING ON DOWNGRADES AND WHEN USING THE BRAKES. NEW BRAKES WERE JUST INSTALLED AT AROUND 30K MILES AND THE SHOES WERE WORN ALMOST TO THE METAL. THE SHOES WERE WEARING UNEVEN BUT THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD BE FINE. THE VEHICLE SEEMED A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL SHOOK AND COULD HAVE THROWN THE CONSUMER OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, BUT THE CONSUMER HELD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE NEW ROTORS WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE FAULT, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE VALVE STEM SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED A DEFLATED TIRE. THE DRIVER CHANGE THE TIRE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE VALVE STEM IS DEFECTED AND WILL REPLACED THE TIRE. MICHELIN MXV4 225/55HR17. *AK

IN MID MAY I HAD A AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH HAD RUPTURED AFTER A BACKFIRE UPON INITIAL START OF 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH A 3.8 L ENGINE. ON JUNE 1, 2004, I WAS NEARLY NEAR ENDED ON INTERSTATE 80 IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AS I RETRUNED FROM A TRIP BECAUSE VEHICLE LOST POWER. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID LOWER BEARING WAS GONE, MEANING A NEW ENGINE. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. IT'S MORE THAN THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. WITH MY NEAR INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY TO ME OR ANOTHER PARTY, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT GM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ISSUES AND A RECALL IS GONE TO COVER THE ISSUE. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING, MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, EQUIPPED WITH 3.8 ENGINE, LOST POWER AND DIED. THE INTAKE PLENUM (SITTING ATOP THE ENGINE, AND PROVIDING AIR AND COOLING OF ENGINE WATER, RUPTURED AND SENT WATER INTO THE CYLINDERS, AND INTO OIL PAN. THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM OCCURRED AT 60000 MILES, WAS REPAIRED, AND RECENTLY OCCURRED @ 102000 MILES, 5/24/04. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AIR BAG PROBLEM. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT. *AK VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ON THE TIME OF INCIDENT. *LA

I WAS ON VACATION DRIVING INTO A REST AREA WHEN THE CAR MADE A "THONK" SOUND AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED. I COULD SHIFT IT INTO ANY GEAR, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIRMAN. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS TORN DOWN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GEARS HAD BLOWN A PART. THE MACHANIC COULD NOT FIND A USED ONE AND IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 4 OR 5 DAYS TO GET ONE FROM AC DELCO, SO HE REBUILT THE EXISTING PART. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD THREE OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004 ALONE. I ONLY HAD 48,000 MILES ON THE CAR. WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE NOT ON THE OPEN ROAD WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.*AK

MY 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE EQUIPPED WITH 3800 V6 (L36) ENGINES AND CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, THE REGULATORS WAS FOUND TO HAVE A PIN HOLE LEAK IN THE DIAPHRAM CAUSING FUEL LEAKS AND ENGINE BACKFIRE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO SAFETY RECALL 04V090000, YET PONTAIC SAYS NONE OF THE PONTIAC BONNEVILLE ARE INCLUDED WHY NOT??? SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THIS CAR ALSO.*AK