1998 Pontiac Bonneville Fuel system Problems

“General motors recall program denial of payment for recall item repaired nd paid for at a general motors Pontiac dealership. Second recall notice recieved on my 1998 Pontiac Bonneville, NHTSA id# 04v090000, compontent is the fuel system, gasoline delivery. My 1998 Bonneville was at the dealership many times and over a period of 2 years until the problem was resolved. Rental vehicles, costly not-needed repairs were done in an effort to find the problem, down time, etc. …”

“Vehicle was operating under normal conditions, vehicle was purchased used. Two blocks from my destination, the car was running rough, almost like it was sputtering. I parked the car in the hopes it would start,the backfire that I never heard, not only broke the nose off the starter, blew a hole in the intake manifold and filled the engine with antifreeze. Luckily for me I had shut the car off before any major damage had been done to the engine. I had the car towed back to the dealer I had purchased the vehicle from. …”

“1998 Pontiac Bonneville purchased with 214 miles on 10-05-2000 from powel watson motors in laredo, texas. The vehicle had problems from nov. 2000 to the repair date in 2002. A seperate dealership (tindall chev/Pontiac in dilley, texas) was finally able to repair the problems with the fuel regulator. This recall item has be denied from Pontiac. The dealership billed me $1,024.00 for repairs not including rental fees for the loaner car. I feel that Pontiac should honor the reall and return my money to me due to the faulty delphi fuel pressure regulator.”

“Had tune-up and regulators changed (based on recall) on 7/19/04. Then on 7/22/04 smoke emitting from exhaust and then car would not start. Car towed and repaired (manifold cracked). On 7/26/04 car taken from shop, 2 hrs later car would not start again. This time claimed starter was the problem. Consequences: over $1,500 in repairs.”

“Consumer bought the Bonneville in august, since then it has been in repair shop 7 times. The first four times were for transmission failure. They replaced the pressure control valve and throttle body. The remaining visits were for 4 fuel injection system failures, injector coil failures melted 4 spark plug wires. Also, water pump started leaking.”