Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Bonneville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE GOT SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT IT IS HARD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM
AM REPORTING FAILED ENGINE ON 1994 BONNEVILLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD RODS GO OUT ON THEIR ENGINES ALSO AND THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEONE OUGHT TO LOOK INTO MANUFACTURERS LIABILITY FOR PRODUCING INFERIOR MOTOR AND SELLING TO CONSUMERS. HAD CAR IN SHOP 3 OR 4 TIMES FOR A CLICKING SOUND AND THEY FOUND NOTHING UP UNTIL THIS LAST TIME. PLEASE HELP ON THIS MATTER IF YOU CAN. DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT.*AK
STEERING FAILED, ENGINE STALLED, CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. SAME THING HAPPENED TO A 1992 BONNEVILLE TWO YEARS AGO. *AK
VEHICLE LOSES POWER, BUT DOES NOT STALL COMPLETELY. HAD ALTERNATOR REPLACED 2 TIMES. PROBLEM REOCCURED. *AK
ENGINE FAILS WITHOUT WARNING, CAR STALLS WHILE SITTING WARMING UP OR TRAVELING WITH NO WARNING. WHEN ENGINE STALLS, CAN OCCASIONALLY BE RESTARTED. HAVE HAD A COMPUTER CHIP AND FEUL PUMP REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WATER PUMP IS NOW GETTING VERY NOISY AND ALSO WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED NOW. WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, WE EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE TEMPERATURE SEEMED TO BE RISING AND THE CAR NOT OPERATING SMOOTHLY. REASSURED THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS TO BE FOUND.
THE PUSH ROD FAILED WITH NO OTHER ENGINE WARNINGS WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 65MPH. OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THAT I'VE PUT 5 ALTERNATORS IN IT, THE 5TH COMING AT 79,000 MILES. THAT'S NOT NORMAL; ALL PONTIAC SAYS IS TOUGH! ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE THAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING ME? (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: N/A)
ENGINE STALLED ON THREE OCCASION WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE ON FEB. 14, 2000 FROM USED CAR DEALER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND OUT THAT ENGINE WAS MESSED UP BECAUSE THE RODS WERE SHOT, 3-7-2000 LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS BOUGHT IN THE SHAPE IT WAS, AND IT WAS CONSUMERS PORBLEM. *AK
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED INTO VEHICLE, IT WAS NOT INSTALLED AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY. *YC
STARTING AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES, EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT, SPORADIC, ENGINE FAILURES WHILE UNDERWAY, AND WITHOUT WARNING. ENGINE CAN ALWAYS BE RESTARTED BY SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL WHILE UNDERWAY, OR TO PARK, WHEN STOPPED, AND TURNING IGNITION KEY. CAN CONTINUE PERHAPS A FEW TO MANY MILES WITH NO FURTHER INTERRUPTION. SERVICE TECHNICIANS CLAIM LIKELY IN ELECTRONIC IGNITION OR FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM, BUT A REPLACEMENT OF CRANKSHAFT SENSOR LASTED PERHAPS 5 TO 10,000 MILES WHEN SAME ENGINE FAILURE, WHILE MOVING AND IN TRAFFIC, HAPPENED AGAIN. SERVICE PEOPLE ADVISE CAN BE ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, BUT NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE WHICH ONE. IS A HAZARD WHEN DRIVING, BUT WITH NO APPARENT KNOWN WAY OF REPAIRING.
THE WATER PUMP BROKE OFF THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. DEALER SAYS THERE MAY BE INTERNAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE. *AK
ENGINE FIRE. *DH
BUMPER HAS MELTED OVER EXHAUST PIPE, SMELLS COMING INTO CAR. TT
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.
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