1998 Pontiac Bonneville

MY COMPLAINT IS: I WAS DRIVING DOWN ILLINOIS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 AT 70 MPH WHEN MY ENGINE DIED, BECAUSE MY MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING, THIS IS THE 4TH TIME!! BECAUSE MY ENGINE DIED, IT KEPT BLOWING AND FORCING ANTIFREEZE DOWN MY INTAKE AND FILLING MY CYLINDERS WITH WATER AND ANTIFREEZE, CAUSING A VAPOR LOCK!!! I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN NEUTRAL GOING 70 MPH, WITH 20-25 CARS AROUND ME AND 3-5 SEMI TRUCKS, BUT THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP!!!! I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR!!! I HAD NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, NO CONTROL TO BE ABLE TO AVOID A 20-25 CAR PILE UP, WITH TENS TO HUNDREDS BEING INJURED!!!!!!!!! THIS IS A "SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE RESOLVED!! GM NEEDS TO DO A COMPLETE RECALL OF ALL 3.1, 3.4 & 3.8 V6 ENGINES MADE WITH PLASTIC MANIFOLDS AND PLASTIC GASKETS!!!! GM NEEDS TO REPLACE THEM WITH THE ALUMINUM MANIFOLDS AND RUBBER GASKETS THEY USED TO PLACE ON "ALL ENGINES MANUFACTURED SINCE THESE CHANGES", WHICH I BELIEVE IS 1995!!!!! ALSO, DO NOT ALLOW GM TO DENY THESE CHARGES OF DEFECTIVE MATERIAL, PARTS, WORKMANSHIP, OR MANUFACTURING, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THERE IS A "NEW TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN" CHANGING THE MANIFOLD, GASKET AND INSTALLATION!! PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED URL - HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/MOD_PERL/SIGNED.CGI?GMCNSMRS TO VIEW THE OVER 1,300 PEOPLE SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN JUST A FEW MONTHS BY WORD OF MOUTH. THE DEALERSHIPS STOCK THESE PARTS, WHERE BEFORE THEIR DESIGN CHANGE IN 1996 FROM ALUMINUM TO PLASTIC MANIFOLDS, THE DEALERSHIPS NEVER STOCKED THESE MANIFOLDS!!! OTHER SUPPORT WEBSITES: HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/GM_INTAKE/INDEX.HTM#UPDATES & HTTP://WWW.GM-V6LEMONS.COM

1998 PONTIAC BONNIVILLE THEY USE A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD COVER OF SCHROWED.WITHIN THIS COVER THEY HAVE HOLE FOR THE EGR VALVE WHICH GETS VERY VERY HOT,AND TO COOL THIS THEY RUN COOLANT AROUND THIS WITHIN THE PLASTIC. DON'T THEY REALIZE THAT THE PLASTIC WILL CRACK FROM EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION AND COOLANT WILL INFILTRATE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE ENTIRE COMBUSTION CHAMBER,EXHAUST. THIS HAPPENED TO MY 98 BONNIVILLE AND I WANT THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER THE CYLINDERS AND OIL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST. GAS FROM THE EGR PASSES THROUGH THE PLASTIC AND EVENTUALLY SOFTENS AND DETERIORATES IT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE ACCORDING TO LOCAL DEALERS AND MECHANIC. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN ISSUED SINCE IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY AND DAMAGE ISSUE. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER---NO SATISFACTION. *****DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS******770815. *AK *JB

CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN MISSING AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. DROVE ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE & CAR STOPPED RUNNING. THE DEALER SAID THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD PLENNUIM NEEDED REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE PLUGS REMOVED & CLEANED. ALSO NEEDED OIL, FILER & COLLANT CHANGED. COST OVER $750 TO REPAIR & MANIFOLD WAS ABOUT THE ONLY ENGINE COMPONENT TO NOT BE INCLUDED UNDER THE ADD'L SERVICE CONTRACT WE HAD PURCHASED.