Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Pontiac Bonneville

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
113
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
20
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

113 filed
13
Crashes
5
Fires
12
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    20
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    8
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    7
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL Cylinders
    4
  • AIR Bags
    4

Recalls

3 campaigns
96V015000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES1996-01-23

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 1991 THROUGH JULY 1995. THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE CAN SEPARATE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN LOW TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION LOADS.

RiskVEHICLE FIRES CAN OCCUR DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES.

91V167000·PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL1991-09-23

WHEN APPLIED, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY RELEASE ONE OR MORE TEETH, REDUCING THE CABLE LOAD TO THE REAR BRAKES.

RiskDEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE LEVER RELEASE AND ROADLEVEL. THE PARKING BRAKE MAY NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE, ALLOWING IT TO ROLL, WHICHCOULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 105.

FixREPLACE PARKING BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY.

91V131000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1991-08-05

TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE MAY DISENGAGE FROM SHIFT CONTROL CABLE BRACKET, CAUSING LOSS OF GEAR INDICATOR REFERENCE, AND SHIFT SELECTOR OPERATION.

RiskTHE DISENGAGED CABLE COULD FALSELY INDICATE TRANSMISSIONGEAR POSITION, AND THE VEHICLE MIGHT BE LEFT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN THE DRIVERMOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR TO PARK OR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. A VEHICLE LEFT ON ANINCLINE WITHOUT PARKING BRAKES WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS PLACED IN PARK COULDMOVE. EITHER CASE RESULTS IN UNEXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNINGAND COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIP ON THE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE BRACKET ON TOP OF TRANSAXLE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA93011·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-05-03 → 1994-05-31

FUEL LINE FAILURE

PE92010·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-01-27 → 1992-05-22

FUEL LINE CONNECTOR FAILS

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