IllustrationTIRE DEFECT. GROOVE DEVELOPING ON SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE "BRAND" AND "MODEL" LETTERING. LOOKS AS IF THE TIRE HAS BEEN RUBBING AGAINST SOMETHING, BUT IS ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE. THIS IS HAPPENING ON TWO TIRES. ONE PASSENGER REAR, THE OTHER, DRIVER FRONT. POSSIBLE BELT SEPARATION?
1993 Pontiac Bonneville
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 42 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 20 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electrical System. Review the 18 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
12 crash reports10 fire reports7 injury reports
Tires complaints
3 reportsRIGHT REAR SIDEWALL HAD SPLIT ALL AROUND AFTER TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN IT EXPLODED. THERE WAS NO TYPE OF WARNING. TIRE BLEWOUT FROM INSIDE/OUTSIDE AND RIPPED. WAS ATTACHED TO RIM. GOODYEAR EAGLE GA (CANADA), P225/60R16 WITH 500 MILES. NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK DOT 0289055. *SLC
SOON AFTER PURCHACING NEW BRIDGESTONE TIRES WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS. THE MONTGOMERY WARD AUTO CENTER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TIRES REPEDEDLY TRIED TO GET THEM BALANCED. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE SEPERATION FROM RUNNING LOW PRESSUR…
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SOON AFTER PURCHACING NEW BRIDGESTONE TIRES WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS. THE MONTGOMERY WARD AUTO CENTER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TIRES REPEDEDLY TRIED TO GET THEM BALANCED. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE SEPERATION FROM RUNNING LOW PRESSURE. THIS IS UNLIKLEY SINCE WE CHECK OFTEN AND ALWAYS INFLATE TO THE HIGHER END OF THE TOLERENCE.(FOR TRACTION AND TREADWEAR) SINCE THEN WE'VE LEARNED TO HAVE OUR TIRES CHECKED WHEN THEY SEEM TO BE OUT OF BALANCE.AT THIS TIME WE'VE HAD THREE OF THE ORIGIONAL FOUR REPLACED DUE TO SEPERATION. THE MOST RECENT INCEDENT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WE WERE GIVEN WAS A CONTAC BY CONTINENTAL. WE WERE TOLD THEY DON'T MAKE THE TOURENSA ANYMORE. WE FEAR THAT THE CONNENTAL REPLACEMENT TIRE HAS EITHER BEEN RECALLED OR SOON WILL BE. ALSO, WE FEEL THAT WE WERE SOLD DEFECTIVE TIRES ORIGIONALLY, OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. OUR LAST REMAINING ORIGIONAL BRIDGESTONE TIRE HAS CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: Y7A6 TIRE SIZE: P225-60R16 )
Official recalls
196V015000 · Power Train:automatic Transmission:cooling Unit And Lines
Jan 23, 1996
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: VEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1EA93018 · Fuel Leaks
Opened Jul 13, 1993 · Closed Jun 24, 1994
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Vehicle Speed Control:linkages
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