Pontiac Bonneville ball joint problems

Filed Nov 16, 2020 · 101,000 miles · IL

Passenger control arm is bad

Filed Apr 30, 2010 · Suspension · OH

Bought a 2002 pontiac bonneville 3 months ago. Within the month had to replace the left & right rear trailing arms at 700.00. Car seems to have a fuel pump problem because it doesn't always start-up feels like it is chocking. Lastly this past week as I turn left and sometimes right there is a popping noise like front bearings or tie rods. Is there a recall on any information stated above I would like to know.

Filed Sep 30, 2008 · Steering · 38,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 pontiac bonneville. After stopping at a traffic light, the tie rod failed and the two front wheels were facing each other. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that the tie rod was a foreign part. Updated 10-29-08 *bf updated 10/30/08.

Filed Jan 24, 2005 · Steering, Transmission · CA

Owner of 200 pontiac bonneville re defective transmission, requesting a defect and recent recall investigation. *bf the consumer was told the front and rear transmission mounts were broken and the left tie rod was severely worn.

Filed Oct 2, 2004 · Steering · CA · crash

I feel the right steering wheel control arm is too close to the steering wheel, on my 2000 bonneville. It is closer and longer that the turn signal arm on the left. I reported to pontiac that any time I rapidly steer to avoid an accident, I hit this arm before the wheel. This slows my response and starts the windshield wipers. I find this is very bad at such a time, hitting the arm slows my response and the distraction from the wipers just adds to the problem. I suggest the arm be shortened about 3/4 inch, withdrawing it from the immediate area of the steering wheel. I had a minor accident a couple weeks ago, and I hit the arm. I can't say I would have avoided the accident without hitting the arm. But I distinctly feel, hitting it slow my ability to avoid the accident, and yes, my windshield wipers were going when the car stopped. I have reported this to pontiac, but each year since, the arm is the same. Do you have statistics of how many times windshield wipers were engaged after an accident? Has anyone ever tested if there is a correlation of improperly placed control arms or devices, causing or making accidents more severe? I can't believe, I'm the only one who's noticed this safety flaw, and I don't know about other vehicles. But, I hit that dang wiper arm every time it's too close for comfort. And it's the worse time to hit it. If you'd like to test my driving abilities, I suspect you'd find my skills above average at the least. And if I hit it, I doubt I'm alone.

Filed Mar 9, 2004 · Suspension · 50,000 miles · MI

I purchased this vehicle approximatelt 2.5 years ago from williams chevy in traverse city, mi I noticed a intermittent snap sound that sounded to me like it was coming from the rear of the vehicle. I have been trying to track down the cause of this sound since owning the vehicle. The vehicle has been inspected at three different repair facilities and each time I was assured everything was ok. On 2/19/04, we left traverse city enroute for tampa, fl. And just outside of grand rapids, mi I detected a strange intermitent vibration that concerned me. The vehicle was returned to traverse city and parked. Upon returning from sunny florida, on march 1, 2004 a local repair facility found that the left rear ball joint had separated from the control arm and it was just an accident waiting to happen. According to the mechanic, unless you take the weight off from the vehicle the problem would not be found. Prior to the inspection by the mechanic, he test drove the vehicle and could find anything wrong with it. Since he replaced the ball joint and lower control arm, I have not heard the snapping noise since the repair was made.

Filed Feb 18, 2004 · Steering · 15 miles · OH

Tie rod ends had to be replaced at about 15k miles, again at about 25k miles. Car now has 64k miles and needs to be replaced again. Also, I have had to have the steering shaft lubricated and/or replaced 4 times due to the clicking/grinding noise caused by defective shafts.

Filed Nov 23, 2003 · Steering · 32,000 miles · WA

After the power steering rack was replaced in feb 2003, the intermittent clicking noise when turning resumed in april, 2003. Dealer unable to verify until september, 2003. Dealer replaced left outer tie rod (part 26067288 - rod kit 6.233). This did not solve the clicking noise when turning and on oct 7, 2003 the dealer replaced the intermediate shaft (part 26100571 - shaft 6.526). As of oct 7, 2003, the dealer has replaced the intermediate shaft twice and the power steering rack twice in an attempt to solve the clicking noise when turning.

Filed Aug 22, 2003 · Steering · NC

Steering column and tie rods need to be replaced in our 2001 pontiac bonneville with only 39000 miles and no accident.

Filed Jun 2, 2003 · Steering · 10,000 miles · FL

Grinding or squealing noise when turning left at low speed. Dealer has placed rack 3 times, noise still there although intermitent. Replaced tie rod ends also.