I don't know if its just mine or if all Bonnevilles have poor turning radiuses. But compared to my 1996 Olds. Eighty-Eight the turning ability of my Bonny sucks. Is there any fix for this (possible a new steering rack). Its pretty noticeable when I turn into a parking spot. With all other cars I turn at a certain point and make it in just fine. With the bonny it makes too wide of a turn and I end up having to back up so I can finish making the turn into the spot.

I didn't remember having this issue when I bought the car back in 2002. But I did end up needing some front end suspension work done after I jumped a curb trying to avoid an idiot making a u-turn on the top of a hill during an Ice storm. That'* why I ask if this is a common problem or possible something I can get fixed.

i find the turning radius on my 00 SSEi to be much smaller than my 93 Lumina 4dr

according to cars.com the 00 Bonneville has a turning radius of 20.2', while the 1997 (they didnt show the 1996) Olds 88 has a turning radius of 20.0'

what size tires are you running?

Mine does not turn very well either.

I think it'* just the design. My '95 Lumina didn't turn well either.

I would imagine, the larger the car, the sharper it should turn to compensate for distance between front and rear wheels.

Yeah, mine isnt that great either. I think its just cause these arent sports cars like a lot of people think they are., they are touring sedans, not tight corner carvers. But hey in a banked turn on a country road these cars sure stick.

Turning radius:

'00 Bonneville - 41.7'
'01-05 Bonneville - 40.5'
'96 Eighty Eight - 40.7'

If you don't think its right, get to a parking lot, crank wheel to left or right, put mark by outside of the outer wheel and then turn at full lock to 180* now mark where the outside of the outside wheel is, then measure between the two.

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Ohh, 38.7' back for my year.
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Thanks for all the replies.

Both cars are running the oem wheels. Bonny has 17s and I think the Olds is running 15s. I'll try to find a large lot to tests the turning of both cars. It seems like something must be wrong if I notice the problem on the Bonny but not the Olds. Considering from the above posts, they should have the same turning radius.

Thanks again for all the posts.

I've noticed this too. The last car I had was a '00 Chrysler LHS, so it was still decent sized - but it had a smaller turning radius than the bonny does. Oh well, I've gotten used to it anyways.

Pssst.... That'* turning diameter. Radius is only half the diameter, which is the same as the others posted...

just FYI