Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1997

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005017159 Incident Date: Apr, 24 2005
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BONNEVILLE Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2HX52K6VH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 14 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The intake manifold gasket on my 1997 pontiac bonneville 3800 series engine failed causing coolant to gain access to internal engine parts. this caused the engine to seize and become totally inoperable requiring the engine to be replaced at a cost of $2200.00. this failure also happend in a pontiac grand prix, that i also owned, with the same series of engine. the cost of the repair to the grand prix was approx. $650.00. the engine in the grand prix did not have to be replaced. looking at and reading the various gm message boards on the internet, this problem seems to be fairly prevalent with the 3800 series of engine. gm continues to ignore this with no regard to the consumer.