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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1G2HZ5416Y4••••••2000 Pontiac BONNEVILLE
That is about average for the 2000 Pontiac BONNEVILLE — 5 complaints per build across 37 builds.
5on this build
172on the model
37builds in total
1involved a fire
Most reportedElectronic Stability Control 1Service Brakes 1Hydraulic 1Steering 1
What owners of this build wrote
Engine And Engine CoolingfireDec 2010
Fire ignited in the engine compartment while parked in a mall parking lot about 5 to 10 minutes after leaving vehicle completely destroying the front of the vehicle
Seat BeltsDec 2007
The contact owns a 2000 pontiac bonneville. The vehicle was taken to a local technician to have a child seat installed. The rear passenger side seat belt buckle was missing. When she felt down in the seat, the contact could not feel the buckle. The current and failure mileages…
VisibilityJul 2004
Rear window defect, both rear windows dropped a few inches while traveling. They would not move back up. *bf the vehicle was taken to the dealer who determined that theregulators neede dto be replaced. The consumer paid $408.92 for thefirst window and $424.69 for the second
Electronic Stability ControlNov 2003
Intermittently ABS traction stability warning light illuminated on the dashboard. When this occurred the cruise control mode was inoperative. Dealership performed a diagnostic test the failure code indicated, don't drive the vehicle and service immediately ABS stability control…
SteeringJun 2003
Incident date is an estimate. I had a clunking sound in my steering and took it to the dealer to investigate. They told me it was a known problem and the noise was because of the collapsible steering column, the two pieces are clunking together. Made that was in case of a crash.…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1G2HZ5416Y4200673 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.