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1986 Pontiac Bonneville Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 10, 1999
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jul 16, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Pontiac Bonneville. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Transmission
Filed Aug 10, 1999

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED GEAR FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE IN REVERSE. *YC

NHTSA ID
547847
Incident
Jan 21, 1999
Exterior lighting
Filed Apr 21, 1999

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOM OF RECALL IN WHICH THE PUSH-PULL HEADLIGHT SWITCH MAY HAVE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ALLOWING AN INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSING PANEL TO FLICKER OR GO OFF COMPLETELY. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.

NHTSA ID
545132
Body & structure
Filed Jul 16, 1995

CLOTH HEADLINER BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM THE FOAM LINER ABOVE HEAD, HANGS DOWN, BLOCKING DRIVERS VIEW. *DSH

NHTSA ID
484315
Incident
Jul 16, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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