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Pontiac Bonneville Engine And Engine Cooling Cooling System Safety Report | Nov 01, 2002
Reported on Nov 01, 2002
| 11/01/2002 I HAD MY CAR SERVICED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE MANIFOLD HAD COOLANT ON IT. 11//02//2002 I WENT TO THE PART DEPARTMENT AT THE PONTIAC DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY NOTICES ABOUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THEY TOLD ME ON 11/05/2002 THE CAR WOULD NOT START. FINALLY I GOT IT STARTED AND HAD WHITE SMOKE FILLING THE AREA. I GOT IT TO THE MECHANIC BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND ALSO BECAUSE PONTIAC HAD SAID THEY HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE MANIFOLD. 11/07/2002 I PICKED UP THE CAR WITH THE REPLACED MANIFOLD. THEY ALSO GAVE ME A COPY OF BULLETIN NO. 01-06-01-007 DATED FEB. 2001. THE BULLETING IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM AND THE REDESIGNED PARTS THAT ARE THE REPLACEMENTS. IT IS A DESIGN PROBLEM IN MANY ENGINES IN MANY CARS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BULLETIN. THE MECHANIC SAID I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT LOSE THE ENGINE. IT SEEMS PONTIAC HAS IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM, HAS DESIGNED A SOLUTION BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THEY CREATED THE PROBLEM AND DO A VOLUNTARY RECALL. YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED. DT | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PROVO UT |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HX52K7T4 |
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| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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