Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014887 Incident Date: Apr, 11 2005
Consumer's City: WESTFIELD Consumer's State: IN
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#: 1G2HZ52K5XH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 12 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Two intake manifold failures for my 1999 pontiac bonneville, 3.8 engine. first one was in january 2003. now 15 months later, it has failed again after 35000 miles. the first time, repair costs were just over $800. now i'm looking at a bill of $866. i have read the tsb and many other online complaints that i'm not the only one with this issue of recurring failures. some have even reported fires in the engine compartments or complete engine failure.*ak