1998 Pontiac Bonneville SE review from North America

It seems to need brake maintenance more often than should be necessary.

Paint on the hood and roof cracked at 60000 miles.

Right window will not seal while at highway speeds resulting in wind noise.

Plenum cracked at 99000 miles and trashed the engine resulting in a $1500 cost. GM apparently knows about the problem, but refuses to acknowledge it.

Fan speed switch started working intermittently at 80000 miles.

Extremely comfortable to drive, very good ergonomics for a large man. I'm 6'3" at 260 lbs.

Smooth handling and ride with good cornering, but a little slow in the initial acceleration department.

I bought this vehicle loaded to the point where the only thing different between it and the SLE is leather seats and I would consider it a pleasure to own had GM not dropped the ball with the defective clear coat and the inclusion of a plastic plenum sandwiched in between the steel intake manifold and block. As a engineer, I can see the simplicity of this error and am dismayed by GM's indifference to it.