Pontiac Firebird Complaints

586 consumer complaints on file.

#747458June 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747309June 24, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WITH THE PROBLEMS WITH CAR .DEALERSHIP IS NOT FIXING.LEAVING BOLTS OUT .CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS. WE FEEL HELPLESS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890351June 13, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 80 MPH. WHEN STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE SPEED BRAKES DID NOT WORK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890249June 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IT CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO SHUTTER. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED.*AK THE ROTORS FAILED AT LESS THAN 7500 MILES, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THEM CLAIMING THEY CAN BE TURNED TWO OR THREE TIMES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746481June 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
SPRINGS ARE ALSO WORN OUT, HAD WINDOW MOTORS REPLACED AND THEY STILL MAKE CRUNCHING NOISES. THIS CAR STAYS AT THE PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF MY GARAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888726May 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH STEERING STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHILE BRAKING. THIS SECOND TIME AT 26,000 MILES THAT FRONT ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING. DEALER STATED IT WAS NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887970May 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
TOOK VEHICLE TO MIDAS FOR MAINTENANCE DUE TO BRAKES SQUEALING WHEN APPLIED. HAD BRAKES CHECKED. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE CRACKED. NO EXPLANATION OF HOW THEY BECAME CRACKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744285April 19, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DOCUMENT NUMBER 766918 IN THE GM DATABASE ON THIS ISSUE. "DISTORTION IN OUTER SURFACE OF VEHICLE GLASS" THE WINDSHIELD HAS AN "ORANGE PEEL " EFFECT THAT IMPAIRS SAFE VISON THROUGH IT. PONTIAC CLAIMS THAT THIS IS DUE TO OWNER NEGLIGENCE AND THAT DETERGENTS WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID HAVE BEEN USED TO CAUSE THIS. I HAVE NEVER USED A DETERGENT ON THIS CAR CONTAINING IT. PONTIAC STANDS FIRM ON NOT COVERING THIS PROBLEM THROUGH THEIR 3/36000 BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742883March 22, 2001
SEATS
I WAS DRIVING AND SAW A DEER; PUT ON BRAKES MAKING THEM SOUND, DEER HIT FRONT END OF CAR TEARING OFF LEFT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND MANGLING INSIDE OF LIGHT; ALSO PUSHED THE LEFT FRONT QUARTER PANEL TOWARD THE DRIVER'S DOOR WITH MINOR DENT IN THAT SECTION. TOOK CAR TO DEALER NEXT MORNING AND RECEIVED ESTIMATE. DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS NOTICED THAT THE SEAT FELT LIKE IT WAS LOOSE WHEN TURNING SHARP CURVES AND WOULD MAKE A THUMP SOUND. CAR IN FOR REPAIRS. DEALER HAS STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THE SEAT TO BECOME LOOSE IN ITS TRACKS. BOLTS ARE TIGHT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742419March 14, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
CAMPAIGN NUMBER 90V105000 APPEARS TO COVER THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882929March 13, 2001
TIRES
30 DAYS AFTER BUYING VEHICLE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT IN DECEMBER. THEN, BLOWOUT WAS ON FEB.RUARY 28, ON SAME SIDE.CONSUMER WAS WANDERING IF THAT WAS A RELATED DEFECT WITH GOODYEAR TIRES.*AK *SLC DOT# P24550ZR1652
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742320March 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741546February 26, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
STRONG FUEL FUMES INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN CAR HAS BEEN OFF FOR NON-SPECIFIC TIME. PROBLEM COMES AND GOES. NOTICABLE WHEN GETTING IN THE CAR TO START AND GO. SOMETIMES SO STRONG BOTH WINDOWS HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN IN ORDER TO BREATHE. IT GOES AWAY ONCE THE CAR IS RUNNING AND AIRED OUT. THIS CAN HAPPEN ONCE IN A DAY, OR WEEK, OR SEVERAL WEEKS, OR IT CAN GO ON ALL DAY, THEN NOT AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. OR HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES IN A WEEK. THE GAS CAP IS TIGHT AND A VACUUM SOUND IS RELEASED WHEN THE CAP IS LOOSENED. THE SMELL IS NOT OBVIOUS OUTSIDE THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741560February 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
UNEVEN WEAR IN THE BRAKE ROTORS. GM HAS REDESIGNED THE ROTOR BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICING TWICE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, GM REFUSES TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT WAS INCORRECTLY REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE UNEVEN WEAR CAUSES A SHIMMY IN THE CAR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. ACCORDING TO GM SERVICE BULLETINS, IT GENERALLY HAPPENS AFTER ABOUT 7000 MILES FROM LAST BRAKE SERVICING (AS IS THE CASE WITH MY CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741332February 22, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTEL RELAXER MOTOR FAILED WHICH STOPPED CAR IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559708February 15, 2001
TIRES
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WIDE TIRES EQUIPPED ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS IN WHICH VEHICLE FISH-TAILED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL RESULTING IN A CRASH, ON ONE OCCASION CONSUMER HIT HIS HEAD, BUT WAS NOT INJURED, BOTH ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN SNOWY, WET ROAD CONDITIONS. (TIRE MAKE/MODEL NOT PROVIDED) *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#880318February 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
ENGINE IS OVERHEATING BECAUSE OF RADIATOR COOLANT (DEX/COOL) BREAKING DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880210February 9, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT CAN'T BE LOCKED, NOT ENOUGH TENSION ON SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. MANUFACTURER HAS REPLACED SEAT BELT, IT STILL DOESN'T LOCK TO SECURE CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER CONSIDERS THE SEAT BELT PROBLEM TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY MATTER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880176February 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FUEL ODOR/VAPOR GETTING INTO VEHICLE VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879487January 31, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PASSENGER'S SIDE OF DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN BECAUSE OF FRAME MOVING A LITTLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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