Recall Register

1977 Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1977 Pontiac Bonneville. The newest campaign is 77V025000. NHTSA received the report on 16 Feb 1977. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Linkages / Arm / Idler and Attachment. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 77V025000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the steering linkage assembly without charge.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 126,201 units in total.

  • 77V025000Steering / Linkages / Arm / Idler and Attachment
  • 76V176000Exterior Lighting
  • 76V175000Exterior Lighting / Turn Signal / Switch
  • 76V132000Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

  1. 77V025000Received . 35 units.

    Steering / Linkages / Arm / Idler and Attachment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On the involved vehicles, the incorrect steering linkage assembly may have been installed. As a result, the right-hand steering tie rod might interfere with the intermediate rod. This could cause the connection to fail due to excessive stress at that point.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the steering linkage assembly without charge.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 76V176000Received . 3,970 units.

    Exterior Lighting

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 76V175000Received . 66,632 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Turn Signal / Switch

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  4. 76V132000Received . 55,564 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1977 Pontiac Bonneville: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Steering1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 Jan 1997

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1977 Pontiac Bonneville, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19651
  2. 19662
  3. 19692
  4. 19712
  5. 19722
  6. 19741
  7. 19753
  8. 19761
  9. 19774
  10. 19782
  11. 19791
  12. 19810
  13. 19821
  14. 19841
  15. 19850
  16. 19861
  17. 19873
  18. 19880
  19. 19891
  20. 19900
  21. 19911
  22. 19923
  23. 19931
  24. 19940
  25. 19951
  26. 19962
  27. 19971
  28. 19981
  29. 19993
  30. 20002
  31. 20010
  32. 20022
  33. 20032
  34. 20040
  35. 20050

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1977 Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/bonneville/1977/. 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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1977 Pontiac Bonneville?
126,201 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Pontiac Bonneville have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Bonneville, model years 1965 to 2005. 4 of them name the 1977 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1977 Pontiac Bonneville name most often?
Steering: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1977 Pontiac Bonneville open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.