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Pontiac Bonneville Visibility Power Window Devices And Controls Safety Report | July 12, 2006
Reported on July 12, 2006
| BOTH REAR WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN DOWN (AT SEPARATE TIMES) WITHOUT OPERATION BY DRIVER/PASSENGER. APPROXIMATE COST OF REGULATOR/INSTALLATION FOR REPAIR = $350-400 EACH. FIRST INCIDENT (REAR PASSENGER SIDE) OCCURRED, AND I TAPED UP WINDOW PENDING REPAIRS. TAPE CAME LOOSE, AND WINDOW FELL DOWN AGAIN DURING RAINSTORM. I WAS ALONE IN CAR, AND HAD TO TRY TO FIND LOCATION ON HIGHWAY TO ATTEMPT TO GET WINDOW BACK UP. SAFETY ISSUE WITH BEING ON SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY DURING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. WINDOW IS STILL TAPED BECAUSE ONCE THE SECOND WINDOW FELL, COST BECAME TOO PROHIBITIVE TO FIX AT THIS TIME. SECOND INCIDENT (REAR DRIVER SIDE) OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2-3 WEEKS AFTER FIRST INCIDENT. GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE IN REAR SEAT, (WINDOW LOCKS WERE ON BECAUSE 1ST WINDOW HAD ALREADY FALLEN), GRANDDAUGHTER GAVE SMALL SCREAM OF FRIGHT WHEN WINDOW FELL, SURPRISING MY HUSBAND (DRIVER), CAUSING HIM TO JERK WHEEL IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE HER SCREAM CAUGHT HIM OFF-GUARD AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SECOND WINDOW IS STILL TAPED. SAFETY ISSUES WITH CHILDREN IN REAR SEAT AND WINDOW DOWN, WITH NO WAY OF PUTTING IT BACK UP AT THAT TIME; PLUS, THE UNEXPECTED FRIGHT TO DRIVER. *JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Bonneville |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | SIKESTON MO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2HX54K214 |
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| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
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| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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