Consumer Complaint Detail
PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1998
1 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002275377 | Incident Date: Dec, 14 2002 |
| Consumer's City: METAMORA | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: BONNEVILLE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2HX52K3W4 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 | Complaint Type: CAG |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My complaint is that i am about to put my 4th and 5th intake manifold & manifold gasket, respectively, on my 1998 pontiac bonneville. i was driving down highway 55 at 70 mph when my engine died, because my manifold keeps cracking!! because my engine died, it kept blowing and forcing antifreeze down my intake and filling my cylinders with water and antifreeze, causing a vapor lock!!! this was terrible, because when i tried to restart the car in neutral going 70 mph, with 20-25 cars around me and 3-5 semi trucks, the engine was locked up!!!!! because of this 'vapor lock up' of the engine, i lost control of my car!!! i had no power steering, no power brakes, no control to be able to avoid a 20-25 car pile up, with tens to hundreds being injured!!!!!!!!! gm needs to do a complete recall of all 3.1, 3.4 & 3.8 v6 engines made with plastic manifolds and plastic gaskets!!!! gm needs to replace them with the aluminum manifolds and rubber gaskets they used to place on all engines manufactured since these changes which i believe is 1996!!!!! next, after all these manifolds and gasket failures on my car, of which i change the oil every 2000 miles and have documentation to support my oil changes, the antifreeze has eaten my bearings and crankshaft mains and rod bearings and my engine is knocking badly!!! a fair resolution would be for gm to give me(free of any charge), a new engine to replace the one they damaged, with their defective parts, workmanship and manufacturing design changes. if there is no problem, then why has gm issued a very expensive tsb? to change the design, component and installation of these defective parts??????? please see the attached url -http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?gmcnsmrs to view the over 1,200 people so far that has been identified in just a few months by word of mouth. thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr |