NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Bonneville Recalls
The 2003 Pontiac Bonneville has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Pontiac Bonneville. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V238000
- Reported
- July 1, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 102,212
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Bonneville, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Bonneville, 9 other models
2003 Pontiac Bonneville complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville, the newest on July 14, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the steering (19%) and the engine (17%).
None of the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Pontiac Bonneville owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Steering10
- Engine9
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Power Train6
- Unknown Or Other5
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 9. 24% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 54 complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Bonneville are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Bonneville by model year
Other 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: July 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted