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Pontiac Bonneville Electrical System Alternator/generator/regulator Safety Report | June 28, 1999



Reported on June 28, 1999


RF DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN DUE TO FENDER INTERFERING WITH DOOR JAMB. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ENGINE TENDED TO STALL AND SPUTTER. CAR STALLED ON RAILROAD TRACKS AND PASSENGER WAS UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR. CAR WAS RESTARTED AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURED, HOWEVER, THIS COULS HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM. GENERATOR WAS REPLACED, BUT HESITATION IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE PERSISTS. DEALER HAS HAD CAR 44 DAYS DURING PAST THREE MONTHS. SUN ROOF REPLACED. DOOR / FENDER PROBLEMS REPAIRED TWOCE. FENDERS REMOVED SO THAT INSULATION (SOUND, HEAT) COULD BE PROPERLY INSTALLED. HEADLINER IN INTERIOR WAS INCORRECT SIZE AND WAS REPLACED. DEALER STATES IT CANNOT ASCERTAIN PROBLEM WITH ENGINE BUT ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM.
Make: Pontiac
Model: Bonneville
Manufactured by: General Motors LLC
Year: 1999
Was a crash reported?
Was an injury reported?
Was a death reported?
Was a fire reported? N
Location: BOULDER CO
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): 1G2HX52K4XH
Mileage:
Speed: 25 MPH
Number of cylinders:
Vehicle type: FWD
Vehicle fuel: GAS N/A.
Was a police report filed? N
Tire size:
Dealer name and location:
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