Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004273142 Incident Date: Mar, 04 2004
Consumer's City: PITTSBURGH Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BONNEVILLE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:front underhood
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2HX54KXY4 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 04 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 06 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Was going to dinner with my husband and daughter.after traveling about 1 mile saw smoke coming out of passenger side hood area.due to rush hour traffic husband did a u-turn in the street and quickly stopped car. before stopping husband lost everything brakes, electrical system. we ran from car tried to open hood engine completly engulfed in flames.fire department called.during the seeing of smoke there was no indication of any problems according to gauges,everything was running normally. this engine had only 20,990 miles on it.insurance company totaled the car.*ak