2004 Pontiac Bonneville Steering Problems

“Have a 2004 Bonneville gxp around the 24,000 mile mark the car seemed to fall apart. The passenger window sticks, the trunk stays full of water, the passenger side floor pan fills up with water once every 4 months, the coolant temperature gauge stopped working, the tachometer stopped working, the speedometer stopped working, and most concerning the steering joint in the steering column is bad. We contacted the local dealer at the time and they said there were no recalls. I do not feel safe driving my three children around in this car. …”

“A massachusettes vehicle inspection on my 2004 Pontiac Bonneville has resulted in a safety rejection of the vehicle for a worn steering stub shaft bearing. Pontiac is aware of this problem and has issued service bulletin 04-02-32-001d mar 09 (steering - steering gear stub shaft bearing kit). The fact that a service bulletin has been issued substantiates that this is a common safety concern. The consequence of failure is loss of steering control.”

“Component failure-gauge cluster panel-2004 Pontiac Bonneville se 1. Failure - temp gauge failures prompted a computer check engine reading that stated the temp sending unit was probable cause. Dealer ewing buick-Pontiac did not have part, referred to reliable chevrolet who sold us the part as specified in tech pub but was not the correct sending unit. Compared the old one to another year model and located an identical sending unit within 48 hours but this did not fix the temp gauge. …”

“The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Bonneville. The contact stated that the steering wheel would intermittently exhibit a clunking sound. Additionally, the steering wheel would seize for a few moments before independently resuming normal function. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure was unable to be duplicated. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 42,000. The current mileage was 72,550.”

“I purchased my car from sharrett Pontiac buick gmc on 10 november 2004. When I took the car for a test ride on 30 dec I noticed a very obvious vibration in the car. The sales man said they would be able to fix it. I purchased it on 10 november and was not able to drive it home till friday the 12 of nov. I was told new tire was put on the car. I took my car back to the dealer for repairs on 17th of november (2 days) again for intermediate shaft (2 days) again in the week of 14 dec for a couple of days still not correct. I was even told by service manager in a phone call ?the car is 90% fixed? …”