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Pontiac Bonneville Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | May 02, 2004
Reported on May 02, 2004
| I HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE PLENUM REPLACED ON MY 99 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE...STARTED WITH VEHICLE HESITATING ON TAKE OFF, RPM'S ACCELERATING VERY HIGH BUT MPH NOT CATCHING UP...VEHICLE THEN BACKFIRED AND LOSS ALL POWER...HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER...DEALER SAID INTAKE PLENUM WAS WARPED CAUSING COOLANT TO POSSIBLY LEAK INTO ENGINE...GM WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY WHICH COST ME $1000 TO CORRECT...VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR A MONTH OR SO AND STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I THINK ITS RIDICULOUS THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR IT AS A FACTORY PROBLEM..I WOULD LIKE A RECALL ON THIS AND MY MONEY REIMBURSED TO ME. I ALSO THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED CORRECTLY WITH A PART THAT WON'T BURN UP BECAUSE ITS MADE OF PLASTIC. I HAVE READ ON MANY WEBSITES COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE COMPLAINING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE. I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT GM DOES NOT DECIDE TO PUT OUT THE RECALL, IT'S REALLY THE NHTSA THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. MY PLAN IS TO POST THIS LINK ON THOSE WEBSITES AND HOPEFULLY ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL POST A COMPLAINT HERE TOO AND MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE POORLY BUILT CARS THAT ALL OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE PURCHASED. *AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1999 |
| 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: | PLAQUEMINE LA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HX52K1XH |
| Mileage: | 95000 miles. |
| Speed: | |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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