Pontiac Bonneville power steering loss problems

Filed Aug 18, 2016 · Steering · 152,000 miles · MA

1995 pontiac bonneville my stsering wheel was making a clunking noise then when driving home I turned the corner going right my lower sub frame dropped out from rusted bolts and lost all control! No steering at all. Still shaking.can't believe theres a recall for headlights recall but no steering urecall .I called pontiac and registered a complaint . For now I have to pay for repairs but what if was my life and not money I lost.these cars should be recalled immediately. The police had to come and direct traffic around my car while I sat there shaking.

Filed Aug 13, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 81,000 miles · WI

My car shuts off while driving. I notice it because power steering is hard to use and RPM's go down to zero and car has shut off. It started up again. This has been a real problem. Dealer tested car and said it was a crankshaft sensor. I replaced the crankshaft sensor and the problem continues. Cam sensor replaced too. This is a safety issue. No one knows why the car shuts off when it wants to. Now the car still shuts off while driving, but also it takes 2 to 3 times to restart. Still trying to figure this out. It is august 2015 and I need this car. Is this a recall issue?

Filed Aug 22, 2010 · Engine · 129,000 miles · MI

My upper intake manifold leaks engine coolant into the combustion chambers and into the crankcase. The egr tube melts the upper plastic manifold I have had the upper and lower intake replaced for this issue once before with gm parts and it happening again. If it not fixed the coolant can contaminate my oil and lock up my engine when traveling down the road and possibly cause me to crash. If the engine locks up I will lose power steering and braking ability.

Filed Aug 21, 2009 · Steering · 57,000 miles · WV

2003 pontiac bonneville ssei when turning the steering wheel, left or right from a stopping position a loud clunking noise appears. It is felt through the steering wheel and column. While driving the noise happens rarely. I have read numerous accounts of this but no recall as of yet. I am worried this is a safety concern while driving on the highways at high speeds especially. Is something loose and/or getting rubbed to cause damage and loss of steering in the future? Gm dealer defect?

Filed Aug 10, 2009 · Steering · 132,000 miles · MA

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.

Filed Apr 13, 2009 · Body, Steering · 147,000 miles · MN

1993 pontiac bonneville (3.8l) rear engine cradle rotted at all for bolt points causing rear of engine cradle to fall out of the car causing steering issues and an eventual loss of steering. 1.) driving down normal paved city street. Began turning a corner. (extremely lucky this happened at low speeds on a city street. If this happened on the freeway serious injury could have taken place) 2.) failure occurred once. Any failure causing steering loss is one too many. 3.) not yet repaired in searching the internet I see that gm has issued recalls for this exact type of failure on the pontiac grand prix, but I do not see one listed for the bonneville. In searching the internet I have found many other reports of this occurring. This was critical enough to issue a recall for the pontiac grand prix, then this should be serious enough to include the bonneville as well.

Filed Feb 13, 2009 · Electrical · 218,657 miles · MI

Car stalled while driving home at night. No electrical power what so ever including emergency flashers. Nearly had an accident and had no way of indicating to other vehicles that I had a problem. No lights, no power steering, no brakes, no brake lights, no emergency flashers. After slowing down to appx. 25 MPH, power came back on. I shifted to neutral and was able to start the car and drive it home.

Filed Aug 24, 2008 · Body, Transmission · 150,000 miles · MI

1994 pontiac bonneville. Due to corrosion the engine cradle bolts / mounting failed and engine fell out of car. Luckily it was while turning around in the driveway, if it had happened on / at road speeds there could easily have been loss of steering control, multi car involvement, injuries, or loss of life. Gm service offered zero help on recall or service bulletin information and denied any responsibility for defect or repair.

Filed Jul 25, 2008 · Steering · 37,000 miles · FL

When the right front wheel passes through standing water moisture is deflected onto the serpentine belt. The serpentine belt slips causing a loss of power steering which renders the vehicle not able steer until the serpentine belt stops slipping. Multiple occurrences.

Filed Oct 10, 2006 · Engine · 130,000 miles · WI · fire

Car completely shuts down while decelerating at anywhere from 30-55 MPH. Sometimes can restart, sometimes not for a half hour or so. The car's engine coolant has leaked out onto engine. Car shut down, no power, no steering, no brakes, then the coolant spilled out everywhere, engine started smoking and now the engine has stopped working even after replacing head gasket. Car had been into dealers numerous times to no avail. No one could identify the problem. Now have a car that had to be towed and is no longer functioning. Numerous fuel injectors were replaced in hopes of stopping the stalling out and shutdowns, but nothing has worked. Waiting for a couple of quotes on what it will take to try and fix the engine or most likely need replaced. This has been happening since the car was fairly new.