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2001 Pontiac Bonneville engine and engine cooling problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2001 Pontiac Bonneville17% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
17%
share of all complaints
96,884 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 7
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • We had a lot of snow and I live on a slight hill. Went to start the car that was covered in snow to move the car on the other side of the street facing down hill. I turned the key to start the car and heard it pop or backfire which it had never done before. I tried again to start the car and now it…

    filed Feb 14, 2014

  • When I drive my car it shuts down on me while driving and I have to wait at least 20 mins before it starts back up and sometimes it smells like something is burning. *tr

    filed Dec 3, 2013

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.