Consumer Complaint Detail
PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1997

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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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. |