1999 Pontiac Bonneville complaints

COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER STATED THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD MELTED WHICH CAUSED LEAKAGE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AN DIT BACK FIRED, AND THE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE , AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. NO INJURIES REPORTED. INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE APPROXIMATELT 2.5 YEARS AGO FROM WILLIAMS CHEVY IN TRAVERSE CITY, MI I NOTICED A INTERMITTENT SNAP SOUND THAT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE CAUSE OF THIS SOUND SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AT THREE DIFFERENT REPAIR FACILITIES AND EACH TIME I WAS ASSURED EVERYTHING WAS OK. ON 2/19/04, WE LEFT TRAVERSE CITY ENROUTE FOR TAMPA, FL. AND JUST OUTSIDE OF GRAND RAPIDS, MI I DETECTED A STRANGE INTERMITENT VIBRATION THAT CONCERNED ME. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO TRAVERSE CITY AND PARKED. UPON RETURNING FROM SUNNY FLORIDA, ON MARCH 1, 2004 A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CONTROL ARM AND IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, UNLESS YOU TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF FROM THE VEHICLE THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE FOUND. PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION BY THE MECHANIC, HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SINCE HE REPLACED THE BALL JOINT AND LOWER CONTROL ARM, I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SNAPPING NOISE SINCE THE REPAIR WAS MADE.

ENGINE PLENUM CRACKED. SUCKED UP COOLANT/ANTI-FREEZE , ALMOST DESTROYING THE ENGINE BLOCK. *JB

THE ENGINE'S PLENUM(SPELLING??) MANIFOLD STARTED LEAKING WATER. MY MECHANIC SAID IT HAD "WARPED". HE THEN TOLD ME THAT GM WAS HAVING QUITE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. HE SAID HE HAD REPLACED ABOUT 10 OF THESE SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND THAT HIS PART DISTRIBUTOR SAID THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER ON THIS PLENUM MANIFOLD. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM OR BACKORDERS ON THIS PART. WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT OTHER GM OWNERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. THANKS

POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL CORRODED OUT OF BATTERY. PREVIOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH POSITIVE TERMINAL CABLES(REPLACED IN 2001). *LA

1999 BONNEVILLE; 58,000 MILES; IT HAD BEEN STALLING INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS -- ESPECIALLY DURING TURNS. BEFORE I COULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, THE CAR LOSES POWER ON HWY 63; FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE MECHANIC REPORTS ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP BECAUSE COOLANT HAS LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GM OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE AND THUS DESTROYING THE ENGINE. TOTAL COSTS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, THE MANIFOLD AND DAMAGED THE STARTER AMOUNTED TO A REPAIR BILL OF $5300 AFTER A 10% EXISTING CUSTOMER DISCOUNT PLUS STATE TAXES. I CHECKED THE ODI DATABASES FOR '99 BONNEVILLE'S AND ALMOST A 1/3 OF THE 111 COMPLAINTS RELATE TO THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAD BEFORE MY CAR ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF COOLANT LEAKS INTO THE ENGINE. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A INJURY BEFORE THE NHTSA WILL ACT? WHY DID THE RECENT RECALL FOR THE 2000 AND NEWER MODELS NOT COVER THE 1999'S WHEN GM HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE SINCE THE 1995/96 MODEL YEAR? PLEASE SEE MY WEBSITE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE 1999 COMPLAINTS HTTP://WWW.MISSOURI.EDU/~RYH352/2003/BONNE.HTM I, OF COURSE, WANT MY $5,300 RETURNED FROM GM. I ALSO THINK IT ONLY FAIR THAT THE RECALL EXTEND TO 1998 AND 1999 BONNEVILLE OWNERS WITH LESS THEN 100,000 MILES ON THEIR CAR AND GM REPAIR THOSE CARS FREE. *LA

WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. THE VEHICLE ROLLED ACROSS A NEIGHBOR'S YARD AND INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *NLM

THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FAILED WILL DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD BEFORE STOPPING, LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED WITHIN 12,000 MILES. *AK *SCC *JB

THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR IS GIVING FALSE READINGS. DRIVER HAS NO CLUE TO WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN. *AK THE SHIFT INDICATOR DID NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY IN REVERSE THE INDICATORS WERE IN NEUTRAL BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE. *SCC. THE CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MATTER, HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO HIS VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. *JB

THREE OUT OF THE 4 TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THEM TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

MY CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY IN TOWN WHILE BRAKING OR TURNING, OR MERELY SLOWING DOWN. IT LURCHES WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS SET AT HIGHER SPEEDS LIKE IT'S TRYING TO DIE. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES (DYING) AND 5 TIMES (LURCHING) IN THE LAST 3 DAYS. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DUPLICATE MORE THAN 1 TIME AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. HAVE CLEANED TERMINALS AND REPLACED CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *PH THE DEALER REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *SCC *JB

BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE @ LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. SHOP OWNER STATES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON-VEHICLE STALLED. FOUND PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD BURNED. ENTIRE ENGINE FLOODED WITH ANTI-FREEZE. ESTIMATED ENGINE REPAIR COST APPROXIMATELY $2100.00. *AK

THERE IS A RECALL ON GM 3800 SERIES II ENGINES FOR YEARS 2000 AND ABOVE RELATING TO THE INTAKE PLENUM. THIS DEFECT CAUSES SERIOUS ENGINE PROBLEMS. I TALKED WITH MORE THAN ONE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THIS EXACT DEFECT FREQUENTLY OCCURS IN 1998 AND 1999 YEAR AUTOS WHICH USE THE SAME ENGINE. MY 1999 BONNEVILLE HAS THIS PROBLEM WHICH WILL PROBABLY COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE NOT COVERING 1999 MODELS. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEM. *PH

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AND I NOTICED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO THAT THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WOULD NOT HOLD ANY COOLANT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BUTTS MOTORS TO HAVE A BELT CHANGED AND THE COOLANT LEAK INVESTIGATED. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE UPPER MANIFOLD AND GASKET THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED IF THOSE PARTS WERE PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID, "YES IT IS. IF YOU DON'T GET IT REPLACED YOU'LL BE SPILLING EMISSIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE." HE THEN QUOTED ME A HEFTY PRICE OF ALMOST $900.00 TO DO THE WORK. I TOLD HIM THAT I BELIEVED THAT THE UPPER MANIFOLD WHICH HE CONFIRMED WAS PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM SHOULD BE COVERED FOR 7 YEARS/70,000 MILES (FEDERAL EMISSIONS LAW). THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM IS COMMON AMONG GM ENGINES FROM 1995-1999. IT IS AN ISSUE COVERED IN THEIR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NO: 01-06-01-007A, DATED JULY 2001. IT STATES THAT, CONDITION: SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON EXCESSIVE ENGINE COOLANT CONSUMPTION, OR AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK NEAR OR UNDER THE THROTTLE BODY AREA OF THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD." THEY CONTINUE," CAUSE: UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD COMPOSITE MATERIAL MAY DEGRADE AROUND THE EGR STOVE PIPE AND COULD RESULT IN AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL COOLANT LEAK." THE EGR SYSTEM, INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY ARE ALL COVERED UNDER EMISSIONS. THE SERVICEMAN AT BUTTS MOTORS TOLD ME BY PHONE ON 31 JULY 2003, THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, WHICH WAS, OF COURSE, EXPIRED. IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WATER PUMP HAS FAILED. *PH

FUEL PUMP. *NLM

THE UPPER PLENUM DEVELOPED A HOLE THAT ALLOWED COOLANT TO FLOW INTO THE EGR. WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BY THE DEALER AND COULD HAVE LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. *NLM

IN NORMAL DRIVING, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE REPAIRS AND THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND I HAD IT TOWED TO DOBBS. DOBBS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THE UPPER PLENUM HAD WARPED. THEREBY CAUSING THE STARTER TO FAIL AND ANTIFREEZE TO GET INTO THE ENGINE. PONTIAC KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT ON THE YEAR 2000 MODEL. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT DO A RECALL AND LEFT US POOR SAPS TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OURSELVES. SINCE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY HAVE SAID THAT IT IS MY OWN PROBLEM. I AM OUT OF POCKET $1,046.96 PLUS $40 TOWING FEE FOR A PROBLEM THEY KNEW ABOUT AND DIDN'T RECALL. I WISH TO BE REIMBURSED.*JB

THE FUEL SENSOR WAS FAULTY, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LEAK GAS.*JB

THE CONSUMER'S BROTHER EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE BACKFIRING THE AN ENGINE FIRE. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE INSURANCE CLAIM. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THERE MAY BE A NEGLIGENCE ISSUE, PER NEWS ARTICLE, THAT MAY UNCOVER MORE INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE. REFER TO RECALL#'S 010601008A AND 99070. SCC REFERENCED IN EA02-030

WHILE RUNNING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BACK FIRE CAUSING THE MANIFOLD TO CRACK WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS WHEN BACKFIRE OCCURRED ENGINE DIED AND THERE WAS SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE FIRE WITH SNOW. *TT REFERENCED IN EA02-030

AFTER CONSUMER STARTED THEIR VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BLEW UP, WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A BAD GAS REGULATOR VALVE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER HAS DETERIOATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE SILVER IN THE GRID IS NO LONGER PRESENT AND ONLY THE CERAMIC COMPONENT REMAINS, LEAVING NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL OPENS THROUGHOUT THE GRID MAKING IT INOPERABLE. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY EXTERNAL INFLUENCE TO CAUSE SAID PROBLEM. AT 3 YEARS OF NORMAL USAGE THIS APPEARS TO BE A UNIQUE PROBLEM, HENCE POINTING TO A DEFECTIVE UNIT . THE GM SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED AGREES IN THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS, IN ALL LIKLINESS, IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NEVER BEEN ENCOUNTERED AT THEIR LOCATION. I FEEL THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT LIES IN THE HANDS OF GM'S/PONTIAC'S DIVISIONS. DT

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL REGULATOR IS LEAKING FUEL , CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A STRONG FUEL SMELL. THE MECHANICS TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT IF NOT REPLACED RIGHT AWAY, THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE, THE FUEL REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE. *SCC

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL REGULATOR IS LEAKING FUEL CAUSING THE VEHICLE HAVE A STRONG FUEL SMELL. *MR *SCC

INTAKE PLENIUM ON VEHICLE IS BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO MISS/STALL WHILE IN MOTION AT ANY SPEED DUE TO WIRING HARNESS BURNING FROM SPARK PLUGS FAILING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON DASHBOARD DUE TO VEHICLE OVERHEATING. COOLANT WAS DRAINING OUT THE RESERVE INTO INTAKE VALVE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE EXPLODED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. TRIED TO START TWO TIMES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. *YH

WHEN BACKING UP, ONE WHEEL WENT STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER WENT TO A RIGHT ANGLE. THE SCREW THREADED TO THE INNER TIE ROD THAT CONNECTS TO THE OUTTER PULLED LOOSE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH PONTIAC. NLM THE SCREW THREAD CONNECTING THE INNER TIE ROD TO THE OUTER TIE ROD END PULLED LOOSE CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHILE IN A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE FORCEFULLY INTO TRAFFIC, RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING. *AK

COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLDS ON PONTIAC, BUICK, OLDSMOBILE, CHEVROLET WITH 3.8 L ENGINES ARE FAILING AND DUMPING COOLANT INTO ENGINE CAUSING REPAIRS TO COST FROM $400 TO ENGINE REPLACEMENT. GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ( SEE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 01-06-01-007)

VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE ROLLED INTO WALL OF GARAGE AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE.*AK *YD

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND CAUSE. WILL STALL MOSTLY UPON DECELERATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE DAMAGING THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, ALL LUG NUTS TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ARE MISSING (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT #10-89-413). NLM

ENGINE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS 33 TIMES AND POWER FAILURE HAPPEN WHEN STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT. *YH

I REACHED INTO SEATBACK WHILE DRIVING AND MY SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. LET VEHICLE COME TO A STOP,AND VEHICLE WILL IMMEDIATELY START BACK UP. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FINE ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

I PURCHASED A 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE FROM MANAMARA PONTIAC IN ORLANDO FL., USED OUR 3 ED ONE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT TO HER GRANDS AND IT STARTED SHAKING AND LUNGED THEN QUIT ALL OF A SUDDEN. THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING AND AFTER A BIT IT CRANKED BUT RAN ROUGH. I TOWED IT HOME AND CHANGED THE IGNITION COILS, SPARK PLUGS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS AND IT NEVER WOULD RUN. SO I TOOK IT TO STARLING PONTIAC AND THEY SAID THAT THE PLENUM THAT WAS ON THE CAR WAS BAD IN FACT IT HAD A DEFECT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME (ROY) THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM. GM CALLED ME AND SAID THEY WERE CLOSING MY CASE FROM THE BBB BECAUSE IT WASN'T A NEW CAR FROM THE DEALER. I EXPLAINED THAT I SENT IT TO YOU THEM AND OTHERS TO GET IT NOTED. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZZARD IF IT HAPPENS ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN HEAVEY DOWN TOWN TRAFFIC. I WENT TO MICHAGAN AND WAS TOLD THERE BY GM WORKERS THAT THEY HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR NEW CAR AND THE DEALER FIXED IT FREE AND IT WASN'T WNDER WARRANTY. IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE THAT THEY DON'T ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.M *AK

DEALER SERVICE REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $ 2629.00. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER SERVICE (FILE # C04871549). ANSWER: NO ACTION BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO AN ALIGNMENT SHOP TO CHECK OUT A VIBRATION THAT WAS OCCURING AT SPEEDS OVER 70 MPH, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE SEPARATING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED AS MUCH AS A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN SOME PLACES.*YH

THE CAR STARTED STALLING AND I REPLACED THE PLUGS, IGNITION COILS (3EA), FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEIR IS A SEAL IN THE INTAKE THAT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AND IT LEAKED WATER INTO THE CYLINDERS A LITTLE AT A TIME AND THEN LET GO. THEY KNEW THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT, THEY SAID SO. EST COST $1000.00, THEN THEY WILL SEE IF THE ENGINE IS STILL GOOD. SO IT COULD NEED A NEW ENGINE.*AK

ENGINE STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT HAPPENS UNDER JUST ABOUT ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME OF FAILURE IS WHEN TURNING OR PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY ACROSS TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING.*AK

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS RELEASED. ALIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY DEALER 5 TIMES. THEY CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PULLING/DRIFTING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN ARBITRATION TO BE RETURNED AS A "LEMON".*AK