Ford Transit vs Pontiac Bonneville

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Ford Transit	Pontiac Bonneville
Complaints on file	1,064	2,580
Model years covered	2001–2026	1977–2005
Worst model year	2016	1998
Best model year	2019	2004
Crashes reported	43	135
Fires reported	19	180
Injuries reported	32	117
Deaths reported	7	0
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.5%	16.7%

Ford Transit by year

1 3 270 211 133 77 47 106 32 54 77 41 3 9

01 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 237 22.3%

Engine & Cooling 123 11.6%

Other & Unspecified 110 10.3%

Electrical System 105 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 5.9%

Brakes 59 5.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 57 5.4%

Body & Structure 53 5.0%

Pontiac Bonneville by year

1 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 24 20 35 45 26 139 183 123 330 181 188 359 176 301 179 113 67 38 37

77 78 79 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 615 23.8%

Electrical System 324 12.6%

Brakes 256 9.9%

Steering 218 8.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 171 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 169 6.6%

Airbags 150 5.8%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 133 5.2%