2001 Pontiac Bonneville complaints

THE TRUNK LEAKS....MY CAR WAS THE 3RD BONNEVILLE WITH THE REPORTED LEAKING PROBLEM AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW BY ME AND NOW HAS 84,000 MILES ON IT. THIS MODULE WAS ALREADY REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY AT 20,000 MILES IN JULY, 2001. DEALER INDICATES THAT AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT IT BEING REPLACED. PONTAIC CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CALLED AND THEY BASICALLY SAID WE ARE SORRY BUT YOU HAVE EXHAUSED THE WARRENTY PERIOD ON THIS ITEM. WHEN I ASKED IF I SHOULD EXPECT TO REPLACE THIS EVERY 2 YEARS, THEY SAID IT SHOULD NOT FAIL IN THE FUTURE BUT DID NOT OFFER TO REPLACE ITEM. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW, I AM CONCERNED AS TO THRE AIR BAG SYSTEM RELIABILITY.

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT ENGAGE OR TRIES TO ENGAGE ON INITIAL TAKE-OFF. SERIOUS CONCERN WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, LET ALONE BEING STRANDED. TRANSMISSION PAN WAS DROPPED REVEALED METAL SHAVINGS AND GEAR TEETH ON THE MAGNETS AND IN THE FILTER. THE CAR HAS 48,400 MILES ON IT AND DID NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO GM'S RECOMMENDED 50,000 MILE FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE. GM REFUSES TO PAY 100% FOR THEIR FAILURE OF THE 'SUN GEAR/CARRIER ASSEMBLY' THAT SELF DESTRUCTS. THIS MODEL TRANSMISSION IS A 4T65E, AND IS USED IN BUICK'S, CHEVROLET'S, OLDSMOBILE'S AND PONTIAC'S. GM HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS EXACT SITUATION. TSB #03-07-30-017 ISSUED MAY 7, 2003. *JB

STEERING COLUMN AND TIE RODS NEED TO BE REPLACED IN OUR 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH ONLY 39000 MILES AND NO ACCIDENT. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYS CHECK AIR BAG. THE DEALER SAYS IT HAS TO BE REPLACED FOR $650. THE SAME DAY THE LEFT REAR WINDOW FELL DOWN AND THE COST TO REPAIR IS OVER $500. NEITHER THE AIRBAG NOR THE WINDOW HAVE EVER BEEN USED. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR OFF THE ROAD. TWO PARTS FAILED FOR NO REASON. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 BONEVILLE SLE. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT TIRE END ROD BEING REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES. I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT TIRE END ROD THE CAR HAS 41,000 MILES. ALSO THE SEALED WHEEL BEARING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 41,000 MILES. THE CAR IS 5,000 MILES OVER THE MANUFACTURE'S WARRANTY AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT PONTIAC WILL REIMBURSE 75% OF THE COST. THE CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS!

MY HUSBAND PURCHASED A USED 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE FROM MCDONALD PONTIAC IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN. WE HAVE HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE TRANSMISSION, FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR, AND NOW THE PAINT IS BUBBLING ON THE HOOD. WE BELIEVE OUR CAR SHOULD BE DECLARED A LEMON AND ANOTHER VEHICLE BE SUPPLIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOST OF POWERSTEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK. *JB THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED BEFORE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TIE ROD EADS. THERE WAS PLAY IN T HE TIE ROD EADS, WHICH ALLOWED THE FRONT WHEELS TO MOVE FREELY WITHOUT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. SCC

THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE HAS PAINT BUBBLING AT THE FRONT PEAK. THIS IS AN ALUMINUM HOOD AND THE BUBBLING IS A RESULT OF OXIDATION WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL SERVICE MANAGER, IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE FACTORY ZONE REPRESENTATIVE DECLINED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THE MANAGER SAID THERE WAS A FIX FOR IT NOW, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR IS OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT THE CAR IS JUST BARELY TWO YEARS OLD AND SHOULDN'T BE HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS ALREADY. THE FACT THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY DOES NOT NEGATE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND PONTIAC IS UNWILLING TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM, ALONG WITH FOUR MORE PROBLEMS, IS LEAVING ME SORRY I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH MY FATHER RETIRED FROM GM, IF THIS IS THE KIND OF SERVICE I CAN EXPECT FROM PONTIAC, I WILL REFRAIN FROM BUYING ANY OTHER GM PRODUCTS AND STAY WITH FORD AS THEY HAVE ROUTINELY TAKEN CARE OF ANY AND ALL PROBLEMS AS THEY HAVE COME UP. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON IN 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. DEALER DIAGNOSTICS DETERMINES DEFECTIVE CLOCK SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. CAR IS 4,800 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND DEALER EXPECTS US TO PAY FOR REPAIR. PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERED 50% REIMBURSEMENT. YOUR POLICY STATES SAFETY-RELATED DEFECTS MUST BE FIXED BY MANUFACTURER AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. PLEASE ADVISE. *JB

THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMITION, WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK AND WANT TO SHIFT TO REVERSE THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE AND FEELS LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL POSITION. THIS PROBLEM WAS MORE NOTICABLE IN MORNINGS WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I THINK THERE IS A LOT WRONG WITH IT.

THE INTAKE COVER IS MADE OF PLASTIC, ANTIFREEZE AND PLASTIC DO NOT MAKE A GOOD COMBINATION. THIS HAS CAUSED LEAKING IN THE INTAKE AND COST ME OVER $600 FOR REPAIRS. THE THING IS THE MECHANIC KNEW THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS WE RAISED THE HOOD BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES IN THIS MODEL. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.

I BOUGHT A NEW BONNEVILLE SSEI LAST YEAR AND HAVE HAD CONSTANT BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH THE FRONT END WHICH INCLUDED THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I'VE HAD THREE STEERING SENSORS AND ONE POWER STEERING BOX REPLACED AND IT IS STILL CLUNKING. I HAVE HAD ALL FOUR ROTORS CUT, ALL FOUR ROTORS REPLACED AND TWO COMPLETE SETS OF BRAKES PUT ON THE CAR AND I HAD MY CAR INSPECTED TODAY AND I WAS TOLD I NEED ANOTHER SET OF NEW BRAKES. ALL IN LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE RECORD ON THIS CAR I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR. TS

CAN HEAR AND FEEL CLUNKING NOISE (THROUGH STEERING WHEEL) WHILE TURNING WHEEL AND OR BRAKING OR ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO WILL FEEL AND HEAR THE CLUNK NOISE WHILE THE CAR IS NOT IN MOTION WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. DT

TIE ROD ENDS ARE WORN EXCESSIVELY, CAUSING VIBRATION AND CLUNKING IN FRONT END. WORN BADLY ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY CAUSE SEPERATION. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 10MPH PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. * NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE COLLISION, UPON IMPACT NEITHER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPOYED. CONDITION CAUSES INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

ALTERNATOR FAILED - COULD NOT OPEN DOORS OR ROLL WINDOWS DOWN-TRAPPED IN CAR!*AK

BAD METAL FOR ROTORS; NO REASON FOR THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO THE AGE OR USE OF THIS VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 25 MPH, CRASHING INTO A LIGHT POLE. INTEGRITY OF STRUCTURE BODY DAMAGE HAS EXCEEDED OVER $3600.00 COMPARED TO FOUR STAR CRASH TEST RATING GIVEN BY NHTSA. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ACTUAL USABLE FUEL CAPACITY IS 20 LESS THAN ADVERTISED & PUBLISHED. RANGE IS COMPROMISED LEADING TO STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY.*AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER IS INOPERABLE, THE PASSENGERS SIDE VENT IS BLOWING COOL AIR, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE IS BLOWING WARM AIR, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE EVAPORATOR WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIR FILLER AND ORIFICE TUBE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER WAS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS TAKING THE AIR CONDITION OUT OF AUTO MODE, AND WHAT WAS BEING TOLD TO CONSUMER FROM DEALER WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED INCLUDING THE FREON.*JB

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT BLEWOUT TAIL LIGHTS WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES BY DEALER, AND DEFECT COULD NOT BE FOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

THE FRONT HEADRESTS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) DO NOT STAY IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THIS LEAVES A BIG GAP BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND THE HEADREST. IN THE EVENT OF A REAR END COLLISION, THE HEAD(S) WOULD SNAP BACK AND THE HEADREST WOULD NOT STOP A NECK INJURY.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES SO MUCH THAT CONSUMER CAN'T MAKEOUT OBJECTS BEHIND VEHICLE. VIBRATION COMES AND GOES, AND ITS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED. CALLED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN CHRACTERISTIC OF CAR, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.*AK

THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TOO FAR WHEN STOPPING, CONSUMER STATES WHILE SITTING STILL WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND APPLYING PRESSURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY GOES TO THE FIREWALL, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FINE DURING NORMAL DRIVING, DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES WORK FINE DURING NORMAL DRIVING. *JB

PLEASE DISREGARD CONSUMER'S COMPLAIN; IT IS ON TIRES NOT VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER FEELS THAT HEADRESTS IN VEHICLE ARE TOO FAR BACK. IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER'S NECK WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED. *AK *SLC