1998 Pontiac Bonneville

CONSUMER DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR 1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN: 04V090000. THE RECALL IS RELATED TO THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAK. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. THE CONSUMER TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND ALLOWED IT TO COOL OFF. THE CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD BACK FIRE WITH A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART. THE CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL SHORTLY AFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALER. THE INTAKE PLENUM AND THE INTAKE PLENUM GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE THERMOSTAT BLEW OUT AGAIN. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE FEELS THAT THE FAILURES ARE A RESULT OF THE RECALL ISSUE THEREFORE THE REIMBURSEMENT CHECK WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAKES HAD A TICKING NOISE. *TC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' CONCERNING 19998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. *BF THE CONSUMER HAD THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR REPLACED PRIOR TO THE RECALL BEING ISSUED BECAUSE THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER HE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING WHAT THE DECISION WAS. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE DONATED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TRANSAXLE: AFTER STARTING COLD ENGINE AND DRIVING 20-30 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTS SHIFTING HARD INTO 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GEAR. DOES NOT SHIFT HARD WHEN LOCK-UP CONVERTER ENGAGES. TOOK IT TO PONTIAC DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE PCS (PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID) AND IT WAS GOING TO BE $700 TO REPAIR. CALLED SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE PCS OR THE VALVE BODY AND MOST ALL 4T60 AND 4T65-E TRANSAXLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM?? IF THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS, WHY DOESN'T GM DO SOMETHING TO AT LEAST CUT THE COST OF REPAIRS??*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V09000. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OFF. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BLEW UP APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER DAYS AGO, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. CONTACTED PONTIAC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PLENUM WAS THE DEFECTIVE PART ON THE VEHICLE. WHICH HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. HOWEVER, HIS CLAIM WAS DENIED. *AK

SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE, OIL RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 75 MPH. *AK ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE, INTAKE MANIFOLD AND PERIPHERALS FOR OVER $5000. HAVE POSSESSION OF ORIGINAL FACTORY INTAKE MANIFOLD SHOWING HOLE IN EGR AREA THAT FAILED. RUINED ENGINE HAD TO BE RETURNED FOR CORE FEE. CAR RECENTLY OFF EXTENDED WARRANTY. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE UNCOOPERATIVE AND CLAIMS THAT TSB 010601007A (NHTSA ITEM #620835) NOT PUBLISHED BY GM. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIMS CAR HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, DID NOT CARE TO HAVE DETAILS OF OIL CHANGES (EVERY 3000 MILES) OR OTHER SERVICE PERFORMED AS RECOMMENDED IN OWNER'S MANUAL. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS PRODUCT FAILURE AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGWAY SPEEDS! WHEN ENGINE LOCKED UP, LOST ALL POWER AND HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. VERY THANKFUL MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND NOT ME, AS I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS STRENGTH REQUIRED TO PERFORM THAT TASK WHEN THERE IS NO POWER STEERING! RECENTLY RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FROM GM FOR THE GASOLINE PRESSURE REGULATOR THAT MUST HAVE A NUMBER OF VARIABLES HAPPEN ALL AT THE SAME TIME TO BECOME AN ISSUE. WHY IS GM NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS SERIOUS INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE LYING IN WAIT FOR THE UNSUSPECTING CONSUMER?