Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004303962 Incident Date: May, 01 2004
Consumer's City: PLAQUEMINE Consumer's State: LA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BONNEVILLE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2HX52K1XH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 12 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 08 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I had to have the intake plenum replaced on my 99 pontiac bonneville...started with vehicle hesitating on take off, rpm's accelerating very high but mph not catching up...vehicle then backfired and loss all power...had it towed to dealer...dealer said intake plenum was warped causing coolant to possibly leak into engine...gm would not cover under warranty which cost me $1000 to correct...vehicle was fine for a month or so and started doing it again. i think its ridiculous that gm knows about this problem but refuses to take responsibilty for it as a factory problem..i would like a recall on this and my money reimbursed to me. i also think this problem should be repaired correctly with a part that won't burn up because its made of plastic. i have read on many websites complaints about this same problem but the problem is that they are complaining to the wrong people. i was recently informed that gm does not decide to put out the recall, it's really the nhtsa that is responsible for that. my plan is to post this link on those websites and hopefully enough people will post a complaint here too and maybe we could get some reimbursement for the poorly built cars that all other consumers have purchased. *ak