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1998 Pontiac Bonneville fuel system problems

37 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 1998 Pontiac Bonneville, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
37 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 5
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 1998 Pontiac Bonneville Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 5 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

General motors recall program denial of payment for recall item repaired nd paid for at a general motors pontiac dealership. Second recall notice recieved on my 1998 pontiac bonneville, NHTSA id# 04v090000, compontent is the fuel system, gasoline delivery. My 1998 bonneville was at the dealership many times and over a period of 2 years until the problem was resolved. Rental vehicles, costly not-needed repairs were done in an effort to find the problem, down time, etc.

Reported at 15,000 miles, March 2003 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 pontiac bonneville. When the engine was turned off, fluid leaked onto the ground from beneath the engine compartment. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer or a mechanic. There were no warning indicators prior to the failure. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 04v090000 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery). The failure mileage was 154,000 and current mileage was 154,735. Updated

Reported at 154,000 miles, December 2007

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