Pros and Cons of the 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SLE?

The 2000 Pontiac Bonneville is one of the worst and should be avoided if at all possible. Here is what I found:

(1) The 2000 Pontiac Bonneville is on Consumer Reports' 2008 list of Used Cars to Avoid.

(2) CR's overall Reliability Verdict for the 2000 Pontiac Bonneville is Much Worse Than Average, its lowest rating.

(3) The 2000 Bonneville has Much Worse Than Average ratings in CR's Transmission Major category, its Suspension category, its Body Hardware category, its Power Equipment category, and its Audio System category and has Worse Than Average ratings in CR's Drive System category, its Fuel System category, its Exhaust category, its Paint/Trim category, and its Sqeaks and Rattles category. So, a 2000 Bonneville is a good candidate for problems in any of these areas. (Not in one category is the 2000 Bonneville above average.)

(4) The Pontiac line has the second largest number of entries on Consumer Reports' 2008 list of Used Cars to Avoid, after some correction is made for the size of its offerings (the number of entries on the Used-Cars-to-Avoid list divided by the number of Used Car Reliability Verdicts). The Pontiac line has a score of -2.2 by this quality measure, the Hummer line, -2.0, the GMC line, -1.9, the Chevrolet line, -1.3, the Saab line, -1.1, the Cadillac line, -.9, and the Saturn line, -.9. For reference, the Five Best have scores of 0.0: Toyota's Scion line, Fuji's Subaru line, Honda's Acura line, Toyota's Lexus line and Toyota's Toyota line.

(5) The Pontiac line has the lowest 5-year Reliability Percentrank average of all of GM's lines with a 5-year Reliability Percentrank average (the Hummer is too new to have a 5-year average). The Pontiac line's 5-year average is .24, the Oldsmobile line, .26, the Saab line, .26, the Cadillac line, .27, the GMC line, .28, the Saturn line, .30, the Chevrolet line, .32, and the Buick line, .49. For reference, the Hyundai line has a 5-year average of .41, Nissan, .70, Subaru, .77, Honda, .84, and Toyota, .89.

(6) The Pontiac line has the third lowest 1998-to-2007 Used Car Reliability Verdict history of GM's lines. By this reliability measure, the Pontiac line has a score of -.51 (on a scale of -1.00 to +1.00), the Hummer line, -.88, the the Oldsmobile line, -.58, the Cadillac line, -.44, the Chevrolet line, -.28, the GMC line, -.23, the Saturn line, -.17, and the Buick line, -.05. For reference, the Hyundai line has a score of +.20, Honda's Acura line, +.67, Toyota's Scion line, +.72, Toyota's Lexus line, +.82, Honda's Honda line, +.83, and Toyota's Toyota line, +.84.

(7) With regard to durability, AutoOnInfo.net's detailed studies indicate that the Pontiac line is the worst of GM's lines. The stats suggest that a typical 7-year-old Pontiac product is as troublesome to own as a typical 36-year-old Toyota and a typical 51-year-old Honda.

2000 Pontiac Bonneville Sle

My mom drives a 1999 Bonnie and my grandmother drives a 2000. Both are excellent cars, and each of them have great pickup. The seats are not the most comfortable to sit in for a long drive, but they're not bad. Go for the SSEi model if it's available, that thing has power! It's a comfortable car that is very reliable. In the 19 years combined lived of the cars, the only maintenance they have needed are standard oil changes and 2 brake jobs. The 1999 just tipped 140,000 miles last week, and my gran's 2000 just tipped 70,000 and both run like they are new.

DONT BUY IT!!! GM'S ARE ALL JUNK!! THEY USE DEX-COOL TO COOL DOWN THE ENGINES....DEX-COOL EATS ENGINE GASKETS AND VALVES...JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK JUNK!!!

"WHATS CHEAP NOW, WILL BE EXPENSIVE IN THE END"

GOOD LUCK!