1998 Pontiac Bonneville Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 8about this part
- Share
- 3%of 277 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 49,585miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 8 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 1998 Pontiac Bonneville, 3% of the 277 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 49,585 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was driving on the new york thruway and all of a sudden, my car shut off. I had to power steer, no power brakes, the fuel gauge read no fuel and the bells went off. I had to try to get to a safe place and restart my car. This has happened many more times. I can be going 25mph or 70mph; I can have the cruise on or off; I can have the heat or A/C on or off, it does not matter; in all cases, the engine shuts off when I am not expecting it.”
NHTSA complaint #10608590, filed 2014-07, 50,000 miles“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.”
NHTSA complaint #10050974, filed 2003-12, 49,170 miles“Dt: got into the vehicle, put pressure on the gas pedal and it went all the way to the floor. Tried mashing on the brakes, and the vehicle just kept going, the more the consumer mashed on the brakes the faster the vehicle went. Vehicle hit a brick building on june 6, 2005. Contacted Pontiac, they sent out an inspector. Then, they sent a letter stating that the allegation had no merit. The consumer was injured from the air bags.”
NHTSA complaint #10136444, filed 2005-09, 15,000 miles“1998 pontaic Bonneville se, standard v6 engine, while stopped with the brake engaged the engine will surge and leap forward . Car engine will quit while driving, causing loss of anti-lock brakes. Transmission sometimes shifts up and down without any reason, even at speed causing control problems. Suposedly related to the design of the intake manifold ( plastic cracks causing vacum problems and sometines loss of water). Also exterior paint started to peal off at 70.000 miles.”
NHTSA complaint #10030633, filed 2003-08, 65,000 miles“From the night we drove the car home we had problems with the headlights/ dash lights and interior lights not working properly. Then we had trouble with the windshield wipers not working , horn. Upon repair work in march of 1999 we were showed and told that the dash had been broken out before and wires had been cut into. We have also had a problem with lack of power upon pressing accelerator.”
NHTSA complaint #719876, filed 2000-03Related service bulletins
- 10017568Sep 1, 2005Intermittent chuggle or fishbite on light acceleration or a highway speeds with no diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs).
Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | 2% |
| 2002 | 1 | 1% |
| 2001 | 1 | 1% |
| 2000 | 4 | 2% |
| 1999 | 4 | 3% |
| 1998 | 8 | 3% |
| 1997 | 9 | 6% |
| 1996 | 4 | 3% |
| 1995 | 6 | 2% |
| 1994 | 2 | 2% |
| 1993 | 8 | 6% |
| 1992 | 1 | 1% |
| 1991 | 2 | 9% |
| 1990 | 3 | 8% |
| 1989 | 2 | 7% |
| 1987 | 1 | 5% |
Other parts of the 1998 Pontiac Bonneville
194 complaintsFuel system
36 complaintsElectrical system
28 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
13 complaintsOther or unknown
8 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
8 complaintsBrakes
7 complaintsSteering
7 complaintsEngine
6 complaintsAir bags
4 complaintsEquipment
4 complaintsExterior lighting
4 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1998 Pontiac Bonneville
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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