2001 Pontiac Bonneville problems
The 2001 Pontiac Bonneville has 179 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns steering. After that come engine (16%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 179 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 24
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 126 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 | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 126 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 28,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 24 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% 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 2001 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Pontiac Bonneville with enough data (106 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.
On october 27,2011 I came on from work around 7:00 pm turn my car of and went into the house. I heard some one bamming on the back door , I open the door and a guy said that your car is on fire he asked if I had any on else in the house I told him yes so I go inside to get my children out the house. That is when I saw the same guy who was knock on the door use my hose pipe spraying water on the car. At that time I called the sheriff's department they advise me that the plaquemine fire department was on there way.
While driving 55 MPH and when trying to avoid a deer in the road vehicle rolled over. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy, and consumer sustained neck and hand injuries.
I attempted to start my 2001 pontiac bonneville. It was parked in my garage. A load explosion from under the hood followed by flames. I opened the hood and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. The intake manifold was split wide open.
When the rear window motor of 2001 bonneville fails, it causes the window to lower even though it is in the fully raised position. The window position was not being changed at the time. It was just a sudden clunk sound from the back seat and the window went down. This happened when driving at night in very heavy rain, on the interstate with infant in the rear seat. This may seem like a minor item, but if we had been in a north dakota snow storm, temp. Of 5 degrees and wind chills even worse..