Pontiac Bonneville by model year

2,485 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Pontiac Bonneville across 16 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Pontiac Bonneville

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	45
1991	26
1992	139
1993	183
1994	123
1995	330
1996	181
1997	188
1998	359
1999	176
2000	301
2001	179
2002	113
2003	67
2004	38
2005	37

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2005	37	Air bags (32%)		18 to 21
2004	38	Electrical system (29%)		18 to 21
2003	67	Engine (21%)	2	19 to 21
2002	113	Steering (18%)	2	19 to 21
2001	179	Steering (20%)		20
2000	301	Wipers, windshield & visibility (20%)	2	19 to 20
1999	176	Engine (31%)	3	19 to 20
1998	359	Engine (53%)	1	19 to 20
1997	188	Engine (27%)	1	19 to 20
1996	181	Engine (24%)	2	18 to 21
1995	330	Engine (17%)	1	18 to 20
1994	123	Electrical system (18%)		18 to 20
1993	183	Brakes (28%)	1	18 to 20
1992	139	Brakes (39%)	3	17 to 19
1991	26	Brakes (23%)	1	20
1990	45	Brakes (38%)		19