Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Pontiac Bonneville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
2000 BONNEVILLE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN PRESSED GOES TO THE FLOOR AFTER THE GEAR HAS BEEN PLACED IN REVERSE. *TS THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED WAS RELATED TO RECALL 00V114000, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB
ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INSTALLED A NEW BRAKE MODULE BECAUSE OF CORROSION AND A NEW CONNECTOR BECAUSE OF CORROSION. THIS IS THE SAME COMPLAINT THAT HAS COME OUT WITH THE GM SUVS AND TRUCKS. IT COULD BE THE SAME FOR THE BONNEVILLES. PART NUMBERS FOR BRAKE MODULE 12226953 $438.66, CONNECTOR PART # 12084595 COST $.63.
WHILE DRIVING,THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE ABS BRAKE, AND THE TRACK OFF LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BRAKES PADS,AND ROTOR. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKES HUMMED WHENEVER THEY WERE DEPRESSED. ALSO, THREE OF THE POWER WINDOWS WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE REGULATOR SYSTEM GEARS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY ABS TRACTION STABILITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE CRUISE CONTROL MODE WAS INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THE FAILURE CODE INDICATED, DON'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND SERVICE IMMEDIATELY ABS STABILITY CONTROL FAILURE. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE 4 TIMES, ONLY TEMPORARY FIXES HAD BEEN DONE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES FOR EXCESSIVE WARPING WHICH CAUSED VIBRATIONS AND A SOFT BRAKE PEDAL. EACH TIME THE PADS WERE REPLACED THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE BELT CRACKED ONCE AND WAS GLAZED ONCE, BOTH FAILURES CAUSED NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB WAS BLOWN. *MR *NLM
THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO ERRATIC OPERATION. THE BELT WAS MAKING AN AWKWARD SOUND AND BOTH TIMES THE BELT WAS ABOUT TO BREAK BEFORE THE DEALER INQUIRY. MR PER INVOICE, THE SQUEALING FROM THE ENGINE AREA-CRACKED, AND DRIVE BELT NOISE-EXCESSIVE WEAR-REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES SHIMMEY AND THE PEDAL IS SOFT-REAR ROTOR WERE FOUND OUT OF ROUND, AND REFACED THE FRONT ROTORS. THE PULSATION IN BRAKES WERE CHECKED, AND HAD BEEN CUT THREE TIMES DUE TO THE FRONT ROTORS-REPLACED. *SCC
THE SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON CONTINUOSLY, THE BRAKES AND STEERING HAVE LOCKED UP WHILE I AM DRIVING ON TWO OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THE STABILITY SYSTEM, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE 3 FRONT END ALIGNMENTS AND THE BRAKES REPLACED TWICE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO BASSETT PONTIAC IN MUNCIE, IN. AND IN NEW CASTLE IN.. THEY TELL ME THE PROBLEM IS FIXED AND TWO TO THREE WEEKS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING.
WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, INCLUDING RADIO, FOGLAMPS, PASSENGER WINDOW, REAR SEAT BELT LATCHES,DOOR RATTLES,STITCHING IN LEATHER SEATS COMING APART,AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL,ALIGNMENT,TIRES THAT CANNOT BE BALANCED,STEERING SECTOR BEARING, TIE ROD END DEFECTIVE & ROUGH BRAKING. DEALER HAS FIXED ALL PROBLEMS, BUT THE WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND NOW A REAR SEAT BELT LATCH HAS QUIT WORKING. I HAVE A NATIONAL GM CLAIM NO. WHICH WAS OBTAINED BACK IN JANUARY 2002, C06145322. I HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY DUE TO ALL THE PROBLEMS ENCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN DENIED. I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR OVER $2,000. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. PLEASE RESPOND EITHER BY EMAIL OR LETTER. LARRY NEUBAUER
VEHICLE SHAKES BADLY AT 45-60 MPH, MOSTLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LINING AT 15000 MILES. THEN AT 30000 MILES THE FRONT CALIPERS, BRAKE LINES,AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AT THIS TIME VEHICLE IS SHAKING AGAIN.*JBTHERE IS AN INTERMITTANT AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT SHUDDER OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. *JG
CALIPER RATTLE SHAKES ENTIRE VEHICLE 45-65MPH. *AK
STEERING WHEEL AND FLOOR PAN VIBRATIONS(5-10HZ) AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH. RIDE/HANDLING AND DRIVER DISCOMFORT IS AFFECTED. DEALER HAS PERFORMED ALIGNMENT, NEW BRAKES, NEW TIRES, BALANCED TIRES, CHECK TIRES AND RIMS FOR DEFECTS. DEALER INDICATES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO GM. DEALER SERVICE REP. WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH PROBLEM. INDICATED "THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS". NEVER HAD A VEHICLE PERFORM LIKE THIS THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THE STABILITY SYSTEM HAD TO BE SERVICED 8 TIMES, CONSUMER STATED THE STABILITY SYSTEM IS PART OF THE ABS.*AK *SLC
BRAKES MAKE SQUEAKY NOISE ALL THE TIME, HAVE HAD PROBLEM CHECKED OUT 2 TIMES, BUT THEY TELL ME THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO LIVE WITH. FOR A NEW CAR TO MAKE SO MUCH NOISE IS AWFULL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE OCCURS IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *YH
BETWEEN 1-75 MPH, REAR BRAKES HOWL/MOAN WHEN WARM AND LIGHT PRESS. APPLIED. TALKED TO DEALER HERE AND IN DENVER, THEY'RE UNSURE OF PROBLEM. NO BRAKE LOSS, JUST ANNOYING NOISE! PLEASE HELP. *AK
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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