Recall Register

1987 Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville. The newest campaign is 88V080000. NHTSA received the report on 16 May 1988. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control / Accelerator Pedal. NHTSA has 19 complaints on file for this model year. 8 NHTSA investigations name 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, 88V080000, in the NHTSA record

Replace accelerator cable.
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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

3 campaigns, newest first. 519,934 units in total.

  1. 88V080000Received . 35,057 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control / Accelerator Pedal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Excessive accelerator cable friction may restrict the cables free movement between the accelerator pedal and the throttle body.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could prevent throttle from returning to closed(idle) position when accelerator pedal is released; thus, engine speed wouldnot decrease, and loss of accelerator control could result in an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace accelerator cable.

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

  2. 87V135000Received . 479,715 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring / Fuses and Circuit Breakers

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    An in line fusible link may melt down and cause a fire.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The in line fusible link located in the area of theplastic windshield washer bottle bracket may, under a high resistance load,melt down and ignite the washer bottle bracket resulting in an enginecompartment fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The windshield washer bottle bracket will be replaced.

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

  3. 87V103000Received . 5,162 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring / Fuses and Circuit Breakers

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The headlamp circuit breaker may overheat at low beam causing an intermittent headlamp circuit.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Headlamp and foglamps would go out suddenly reducingdriver visibility, which could result in a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Revise foglamp circuit to prevent overheating of headlamp circuit.

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

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

19 complaints, 24 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.

1987 Pontiac Bonneville: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Steering6
Electrical System4
Engine and Engine Cooling3
Seat Belts2
Power Train2
Seats2
Vehicle Speed Control1
Suspension1
Equipment1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 11.

Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
7 May 2003

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 1987 Pontiac Bonneville, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 7 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA90017Engineering analysisBRAKE FAILUREService Brakes, Hydraulic26 Mar 199022 Apr 1991
PE89171Preliminary evaluationBRAKE FAILUREService Brakes, Hydraulic26 Sep 198926 Mar 1990
EA89028Engineering analysisREAR BRAKE PINService Brakes, Hydraulic28 Jul 198927 Jul 1990
PE89145Preliminary evaluationPARKING BRAKE CABLEParking Brake21 Jul 198922 Sep 1989
PE89101Preliminary evaluationREAR BRAKE PINService Brakes, Hydraulic15 Mar 198928 Jul 1989
PE89098Preliminary evaluationANTI LOCK BRAKESService Brakes, Hydraulic10 Mar 198917 May 1989
EA87022Engineering analysisSTALLINGVehicle Speed Control / Linkages27 Aug 198727 Nov 1991
PE87041Preliminary evaluationTHROTTLE SYSTEM FAILUREVehicle Speed Control / Linkages4 Aug 198730 Nov 1987

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. 1987 Pontiac Bonneville: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/bonneville/1987/. 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.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville?
519,934 units in 3 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. 3 of them name the 1987 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville name most often?
Steering: 6 of 24 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville open?
No. Each of the 8 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.