10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
22,667 miles

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problem #3

Jan 112003

Bonneville 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 68,000 miles
Engine compartment fire and explosion in a 1997 Pontiac Bonneville SE 3800 (3.8L non-supercharged engine) due to a backfire upon start-up.

- Manhattan, KS, USA

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problem #2

May 022002

Bonneville

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Oil pressure gauge will bottom out, and engine check light will come and stay on. Contacted dealer, and the dealer could not find cause.

- Richland, MI, USA

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problem #1

Mar 152000

Bonneville

  • miles
Fuel gauge cluster failed causing gauge to read full at all times

- Bremerton, WA, USA

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