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Pontiac Bonneville Power Train Automatic Transmission Safety Report | June 19, 2004
Reported on June 19, 2004
| FOR A SHORT 2-3 WK PERIOD I NOTICED MY TRANSMISSION NOT PERFORMING NORMALLY. I OBSERVED 4-5 OCCURENCES OF SLOW GEAR SHIFTING IN THIS 3 WK PERIOD AND PROMPTLY SCHEDULED A TEST OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTER TEST IDENTIFIED AN ERROR THAT WAS EXPLAINED AS INACCURATE GEAR RATIO , WHICH MEANS THE COMPUTER TOLD THE TRANSMISSION THAT CAR WAS TRAVELING AT INACCURATE SPEEDS. THEREFORE CAUSING THE GEARS TO SHIFT INACCURATELY. I SCHEDULED A FOLLOW-UP FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO LEAVE THE CAR WITH THE REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE TESTING. OVER THAT WEEKEND, THE CAR FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A MAJOR/BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. I DID NOT HAVE ANY GEARS AND HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN THE INTERSECTION, CROSS TRAFFIC, AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE. *AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2002 |
| 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: | HOPE ME |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HX54K424 |
| Mileage: | 49352 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | FULLER AUTO MALL ROCKLAND 04841 |
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