2004 Pontiac Bonneville problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Steering (5) · Electrical System (4) · Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery (2)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Pontiac Bonneville model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
25 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (444)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-03-28 · 23-NA-001 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on onstar module 2g sunset information.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. technician should get record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the tire pressure monitor, active fuel injector tester, multi media tester, pico scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Showing the 6 most recent of 444 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2015-07-10 · Electrical System · 150,000 mi“trouble with window regulators going bad. right now my right rear window and door lock will not work. there should be a recall on these windows..…”
2014-11-21 · Air Bags · 56,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 pontiac bonneville. the contact stated that the air bag warning indicator illuminated. the failure occurred numerous of times. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 56,000.…”
2014-11-08 · Unknown Or Other · 135,000 mi · 🔥 fire“driving on highway, we (wide and i) noticed a smell of something burning. since we were in a farming area we didn't think too much of it. about 20 miles later the smell lingered and we noticed smoke began filling car. pulled over to see what was going on and my wife noticed smoke coming out from back seat. i took the seat off and discovered there …”
2014-05-29 · Electrical System · 35,900 mi“when the car would go over a bump the ignition switch would slide to the off position and all systems fail including the power brakes and steering. we have used 1 single key without a key ring since the incidents but still feel unsafe. *tr…”
2014-03-28 · Steering · 42,000 mi“tl* 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 …”
2013-12-03 · Service Brakes · 100,500 mi“steel brake line started leaking. *tr…”
2012-02-17 · Power Train · 72,000 mi“in jan 2009 @ 72k miles on the car service engine light comes on and shortly after the trans. would bang into gear. per gm dealer it had codes p0756 and p2763 calling for replacement of shift solenoid. in sept. 2010 @ 108k miles the exact same issue and code, replaced the same part. now in feb 2012 @137k miles again the same exact issue and code…”
2012-02-16 · Steering · 40,662 mi“steering wheel clunked & felt detached---car taken to gm dealership where it was found to have quote a "broken steering column." steering column part was replaced, part #26087952 column as 6,518. cost was $1516.58. car was delivered on 3/15/05 and has only 40,662 + miles. *tr…”
2011-08-12 · Electrical System · 97,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 pontiac bonneville. the contact stated that all of the warning and indicator gauges failed to work properly and would all provide a reading of zero. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed as a cluster gauge failure. the manufacturer was contacted but the vehicle was not repaired. the failure…”
2011-05-24 · Air Bags · 82,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 pontiac boneville. the contact stated that the air bag default warning light would illuminate on the instrument panel. the vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired and the manufacturer was not contacted . the failure mileage was 82,000. …”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.