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Pontiac Bonneville Power Train Automatic Transmission Safety Report | June 04, 2001
Reported on June 04, 2001
| TRANSMISSION DOESN'T FULLY ENGAGE WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A COLD START. HIGH LIKELY HOOD OF BEING BROADSIDED IF CAR SLOWLY MOVES 10 FEET THEN STOPS MOVING. 1ST REPORTED JUNE 04, 2001, 17100 MILES DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE. 2ND REPORT SEP 18 2001. 24167 MILES PROBLEM HAD PERSISTED, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN FOR SERVICE. DEALER FOUND INTERNAL DAMAGE WITH CARRIER BEARING. 3RD REPORT OCT 17 2002 38739 MILES COLD SHUDDER STILL OCCURS. DEALER FOUND DAMAGE WITH TORRINGTON BEARING OUT OF WARRANTY. GM COVERS MOST OF EXPENSE OWNER PAYS $600. 4TH REPORT NOV 4 2002 38897 MILES PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. DEALER REPLACES SELENOIDS AND VALVE ASSEMBLY COST IS COVERED BY GM. DEALER HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO ADDRESS ISSUES, BUT I FEEL THAT THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM FIRST OCCURED UNDER WARRANTY AND I SHOULD NOT NOW HAVE TO SHARE $600 OF THE REPAIR COST, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROBLEM IS SAFETY RELATED WITH A FORESEEABLE OF BROADSIDE ACCIDENT IF IT OCCURS AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I FEEL GM SHOULD REIMBURSE ME THE $600, AND AGREE TO REPLACE THE CAR WITH NO FINANCIAL LOSS (BETTER THAN JUST A NORMAL BUY/SELL ARRANGEMENT) IF THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. DT | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | LINCOLN NE |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HZ5418Y4 |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 3 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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