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Pontiac Bonneville Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | Feb 22, 2003
Reported on Feb 22, 2003
| I OWN A 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 87,000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. LATE ONE EVENING MY CAR SUDDENLY LET OUT A CLOUD WHITE SMOKE AND STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. I ASSUMED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MANUAL SUGGESTED A TANK OF BAD GAS OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SERIOUS. AFTER HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO MY DEALER, I WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED AND COOLANT HAD INFILTRATED MY CYLINDERS. THIS MINOR REPAIR ENDED UP COSTING $1836 AFTER REPLACING THE MANIFOLD, GASKETS, HOSES, AND THERMOSTAT. I DO NOT HAVE MUCH TRUST IN MY VEHICLE NOR THE AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER WHO KNOWS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR AND MODEL OF CAR AND DOES NOTHING TO WARN OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE A MANUFACTURER MISTAKE. *JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | HEMET CA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HX52KXW4 |
| Mileage: | 87320 miles. |
| Speed: | 35 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | TRI BUICK PONTIAC GMC HEMET CA 92543 |
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