Hello out there in Bonneville Land.

My wife bought a 2000 Bonneville SLE a year ago here near Clearwater, Florida, and it is just a gorgeous car in Arctic White, with a gray leather interior and all of the options. It looks perfect and was a one owner car with 144,000 miles on it.

For whatever reason, I had never noticed the 2000-2005 Bonnevilles before, but as soon as I saw this one I fell in love with the timeless body style. It looks to me a lot like a big BMW, something classic that will stand the test of time. We get a lot of compliments from people who see it. It rides nicely and has plenty of pep for such a big car. Even though it's now 16 years old, we both have a sense of pride getting into the car in public.

I can see why there is a Bonneville Club in support these great looking cars, and now I have joined you all in support of these classically beautiful cars.



The only problems so far is that it very recently, in the last month,

1. has a driver's power window stuck up (I just got a Dorman motor and Regulator from Amazon ($57) and plan to put it in when the local Tropical Storm ends, and

2. It started leaking water inside from places yet unknown. I have been diligently reading the forums here and picking up the acquired and hard-earned wisdom of you men here who have worked through these Bonneville problems before, and will be looking at the A/C evaporator hose, the door panels, and the sunroof drains. It's been a long time since I worked on a car, but I am sure it will come back to me as I get into it.

The leak is puzzling, as it just started one month ago and it varies. The first time was after driving through some deep water during a sudden rain storm, with the right rear floorboard carpet wet, which I vacumned dry. Later on, the front passenger carpet floorboard was soaked, but the rear was dry. Last night I laid paper towels on the floor to try to see the source of the leak, but all was dry this morning even with a good rain last night.

I'd appreciate any tips on the above, as I must fix these problems quickly to keep this Bonneville looking new and running great.

Thanks for letting me join your club,


J.J.

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Favorite other cars I've owned:

2003 Lincoln Town Car, Cartier Edition (still have it)
1996 Chevrolet Impala SS (favorite car ever)
1995 Corvette
1989 Toyota Supra Turbo with 5-speed
1979 Mercury Colony Park Station Wagon
1974 Pontiac Trans-Am (455)
1957 VW Beetle
1957 TR3

welcome to the club

since your leaks happen when driving, I would suspect some entry in the floor

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2000 SSEi
past rides:
1996 SSEi
1992 GTP
1987 Grand Am

It could be the same issue I had. It would get wet on the side that was biased downwards...the sunroof seal was letting in TOO MUCH water and over running the drains.

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Welcome!

By the way, it's SLE.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles