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Pontiac Bonneville Steering Safety Report | June 02, 2003
Reported on June 02, 2003
| INCIDENT DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. I HAD A CLUNKING SOUND IN MY STEERING AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THE NOISE WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLLAPSIBLE STEERING COLUMN, THE TWO PIECES ARE CLUNKING TOGETHER. MADE THAT WAS IN CASE OF A CRASH. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD TAKE IT APART, GREASE IT AND THAT IT MIGHT NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT DONE. I TOLD THEM THAT BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SIMPLY THE TWO PIECES CLUNKING TOGETHER AND THAT IT WOULD NOT HURT ANYTHING I DID NOT GET THE LUBRICATION. NOW 8-30-2004 MY STEERING HOWLS SOMETIMES. I HAD MY BROTHER-IN-LAW CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT WAS LOW. HE IS A MECHANIC OF OVER 25 YEARS AND STATES THAT POWER STEERING FLUID DOES NOT EVAPORATE AND MUST BE LEAKING AND MOST LIKELY INDICATE A GREATER PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE LEAKS ON THE GROUND. I READ THE OTHERS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND THE STEERING SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. MY HOPE IN WRITING IS THAT PONTIAC WILL STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PLATTSMOUTH NE |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HZ5416Y4 |
| Mileage: | 30000 miles. |
| Speed: | |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Turbo. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | RHODEN AUTO CENTER COUNCIL BLUFFS IA 51501 |
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