Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Bonneville, model years 1965 to 2005. NHTSA has 1,979 complaints on file for this model line. 24 of the 35 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19651
- 19662
- 19692
- 19712
- 19722
- 19741
- 19753
- 19761
- 19774
- 19782
- 19791
- 19810
- 19821
- 19841
- 19850
- 19861
- 19873
- 19880
- 19891
- 19900
- 19911
- 19923
- 19931
- 19940
- 19951
- 19962
- 19971
- 19981
- 19993
- 20002
- 20010
- 20022
- 20032
- 20040
- 20050
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Pontiac Bonneville | 0 | 27 | 48% | |
| 2004 Pontiac Bonneville | 0 | 28 | 50% | |
| 2003 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 54 | 96% | 235,433 |
| 2002 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 89 | 157% | 235,433 |
| 2001 Pontiac Bonneville | 0 | 129 | 228% | |
| 2000 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 214 | 378% | 919,005 |
| 1999 Pontiac Bonneville | 3 | 143 | 253% | 1,010,558 |
| 1998 Pontiac Bonneville | 1 | 277 | 490% | 910,873 |
| 1997 Pontiac Bonneville | 1 | 147 | 260% | 47 |
| 1996 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 150 | 265% | 308,680 |
| 1995 Pontiac Bonneville | 1 | 244 | 432% | 1,997 |
| 1994 Pontiac Bonneville | 0 | 88 | 156% | |
| 1993 Pontiac Bonneville | 1 | 138 | 244% | 585,182 |
| 1992 Pontiac Bonneville | 3 | 113 | 200% | 607,517 |
| 1991 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 22 | 39% | 6,866 |
| 1990 Pontiac Bonneville | 0 | 39 | 69% | |
| 1989 Pontiac Bonneville | 1 | 28 | 50% | 1,655 |
| 1988 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 0 | 17 | 30% | |
| 1987 Pontiac Bonneville | 3 | 19 | 34% | 519,934 |
| 1986 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 5% | 93,317 |
| 1985 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1984 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 2% | 1,755,897 |
| 1982 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 2% | 79,686 |
| 1981 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1979 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 4% | 1,326,404 |
| 1978 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 3 | 5% | 338,123 |
| 1977 Pontiac Bonneville | 4 | 1 | 2% | 126,201 |
| 1976 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 39,278 |
| 1975 Pontiac Bonneville | 3 | 0 | 0% | 4,373 |
| 1974 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 782,111 |
| 1972 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3,708,763 |
| 1971 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3,737,949 |
| 1969 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 0 | 0% | 24,075 |
| 1966 Pontiac Bonneville | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,309,470 |
| 1965 Pontiac Bonneville NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 830,000 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
2,580 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 222.1 | 573 |
| Electrical System | 125.6 | 324 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 92.2 | 238 |
| Steering | 84.5 | 218 |
| Power Train | 66.3 | 171 |
| Air Bags | 58.1 | 150 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 52.7 | 136 |
| Visibility | 51.6 | 133 |
| Structure | 37.6 | 97 |
| Exterior Lighting | 26 | 67 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- G610 campaigns
- Grand AM40 campaigns
- Grand Prix68 campaigns
- Vibe22 campaigns
- Sunfire17 campaigns
- Montana20 campaigns
- Trans Sport18 campaigns
- Solstice5 campaigns
- Torrent4 campaigns
- GTO2 campaigns
- Firebird40 campaigns
- Aztek8 campaigns
- G56 campaigns
- G84 campaigns
- Sunbird22 campaigns
- Trans AM1 campaign
- Lemans26 campaigns
- Fiero4 campaigns
- Pontiac5 campaigns
- 600016 campaigns
- Parisienne7 campaigns
- Safari5 campaigns
- Tempest7 campaigns
- Phoenix18 campaigns
- Grand Ville9 campaigns
- 20004 campaigns
- Catalina19 campaigns
- Ventura13 campaigns
- T10004 campaigns
- Grand Safari3 campaigns
- Grand Lemans4 campaigns
- Bonneville Brougham3 campaigns
- Executive3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/bonneville/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Pontiac Bonneville model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1977 with 4, 1999 with 3, 1992 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Pontiac Bonneville model year has the most complaints?
- The 1998 model year, with 277 of the 1,979 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Pontiac Bonneville name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 222.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 125.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 92.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Pontiac Bonneville?
- 19 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.