1994 Pontiac Bonneville problems
The 1994 Pontiac Bonneville has 123 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns electrical system. After that come air bags (12%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 123 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 127,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 13 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 127,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Pontiac Bonneville with enough data (57 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Right rear seat belt buckle ripped out of belt during head on impact resulting in internal injuries to the rear passenger.
Was in an accident and both air bags deployed, driver broke arm in four places. Consumer states she was hit in the foward part of the rear door on driver's side while in the process of turning onto a highway, at impact the air bag released and caught consumer's arm in the steering wheel as the vehicle spun around and the steering wheel turned consumer's arm had no where to go.
Dt: contact states: the cradle fell off the vehicle which held the suspension up in the front. There were four bolts holding it up, and the washers rusted, causing this failure. Dealer said they had not seen that happen. They have agreed to fix it all at consumer's cost. Contact complained to GM, and was told the car was too old.
Dt: while the consumer was driving the vehicle it will completely shut down. This occurred because of it overheated. Before this occurred the battery light came on. The problem happened multiple times. There almost hast been an accident. The consumer took vehicle to the dealership multiple times before they finally discovered the problem. The have done other things to the vehicle trying to fix the problem, but it did not work. They have found it to be an electrical problem.