2005 Pontiac Bonneville problems
The 2005 Pontiac Bonneville has 37 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns air bags. After that come electrical system (22%) and engine (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 130,000 miles 36 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 36 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 130,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 136,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 2005 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Pontiac Bonneville with enough data (11 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 pontiac bonneville. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly loss power and stalled. The contact stated another vehicle crashed into the rear of the vehicle and the airbags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed but the repairs were unknown. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac bonneville. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH the engine started to lose power. When the vehicle stalled it would not restart and smoke started was coming from the engine. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure due to the sensors melting. The vehicle has been repaired. The failure mileage was 63,635.
2005 pontiac bonneville, clunking noise in steering. Per dealer, intermediate shaft is manufacturer known problem, while under warranty shaft was lubed, then replaced, then lubed again. Problem persists and is worse in cold weather. Steering becomes less than accurate providing improper road feedback and improper response to driver input. My concern is that shaft will fail or will cause other steering failure. This has been a persistent problem since ownership taken 4 sept 2004.
My air bag light came on and won't go off and I was wanting to know if anyone else is having trouble with there air bags and if it will still work if I am in a crash.