Pontiac Sunfire Complaints (1996)

201 consumer complaints on file.

#751043August 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
I HAVE HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN I AM ACCELERATING ON GAS PEDAL,IT WILL STICK, CAUSING HIGHER ACCCELERATION. MORE THAN A COUPLE OCCASIONS...AND CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF AT THE TIME!!!!!!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750685August 17, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
AT THE END OF JUNE (2001) MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. I HAD THE LOCK REPLACED. THIS MONTH (08/2001) MY PASSANGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS NOT WORKING. MY DOOR CAN NOT BE SHUT . I HAVE TO REPLACE THE LOCK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885557April 10, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MPH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT PROVOCATION/CRASH. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK IT WAS A ROUGH ROAD WITH POT HOLES, AND THE CONSUMER BELIEVES IT WAS A NORMAL ROAD CONDITON WHEN THE AIR BAG EXPLODED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882726March 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AN UNSUAL NOISE OCCURRED DUE TO FAILURE OF ONE OF THE LIFTERS WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO CRAMSHAFT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742039March 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
RIGHT AXLE BROKE OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION JERKING THE CAR HARSHLY TO THE RIGHT AND INTO A CURB,FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS PUSHED BACK TO WHERE THE FRONT RIGHT CLIP AND THE DOOR JAM MEET. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740142January 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558994November 9, 2000
TIRES
THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL (NO MAKE/MODEL OF THE TIRE PROVIDED) (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734432October 16, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ON SIX OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A SHORTED COIL SHELL.AT 6225 MILES AT CLASSIC PONTIAC BECAUSE OF ENGINE LIGHT WARNING AT 23033 ATCLASSIC I WAS TOWED TO SHOP TO REPLACE A SHORTED COIL SHELL.AT 23051 I WAS TOWED TO PARK PONTIAC NOW KNOWN AS ROSLYN AUTO GROUP WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE 1996 PONTIAC SUNFIRE., TO GET TO THE THE LATEST AND MOST TROUBLING INCIDENT I WAS OPERATING MY CAR IN N.Y. CITY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THE WALDOF ASTORIA HOTEL ON PARK AVE ACCOMPANIED BY DAUGHTER WHO I WAS TAKING TO MT. SINANI HOSP. FOR TREATMENT.THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING IT FLASHED ABOUT TWENTY TIMES I THEN HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND AND LOST POWER TO A 10 MILE AN HOUR SPEED.THIS WAS A SERVERE SAFTEY PROBLEM FOR MYSELF MY DAUGHTERS ,OTHER MOTORIST AND THEGENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE OTHER CARS AND TRUCKS HAD TO EXECUTE EVASSIVE MANUEVERS TO AVOID HITTING MY DISABLED CAR I WAS ABLE TO DIRECT MY CAR TO A SAFE SIDE STREET.THIS CAR IS A TIME BOMB BECAUSEOF GENERAL MOTORS INABILITY TO RESOLVE MY PERSISTANT AND INHERIENT PROBLEM THAT HAS CAUSED THIS AUTO TO BE TOWED TO THEIR REPAIR SHOPS THREE TIMES AS WELL AS DRIVEN IN 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I AM STILL PAYING OFF THIS CAR AND THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME MY LAST BILL INCLUDING TOWING WHICH CAME TO $500.00 IS MY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE CARS CURRENT MILIAGE. ASIDE FROM THAT THIS CAR IS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY ME NOTIFING YOU OF THIS CONDITION I AM HOPING THAT IF MYSELF OR ANYONE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC SUFFERS DAMAGES OR LOSS OF LIFE GENERAL MOTORS WILL BECOME LIABLE.THANK YOU JAMES W. GRIFFIN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555532October 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872023October 2, 2000
STEERING
STEERING GETS LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING CORNERS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER IS UNCERTAIN, THEY CAN'T START REPLACING PARTS . THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730413September 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, INTERIOR LIGHTING, WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WATER PUMP LEAKING HALF GALLON OR MORE OF FLUID EVERYDAY, CAUSING LOW COOLANT LIGHT TO COME ON. LOCAL DEALER WANTED 7 HOURS AND $600.00 DOLLARS OR MORE TO FIX. CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AT ACCORDIAN-LIKE SHOCK ABSORBER AT HIGH SPEED. WAS UPSET TO LEARN THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS DEALER-ONLY ITEM AND COST $420.00 DOLLARS PLUS $40.00 DOLLAR CORE CHARGE. WHEEL STUDS (THREE)ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL FAILED DURING HIGHWAY TRIP IN JUNE OF 1999. TWO MORE FAILED DURING AUGUST OF 2000. HAVE BEEN TOLD, COULD BE OVERTIGHTENING ISSUE, BUT HAVE NOT HAD PROBLEM WITH REMAINING STUDS ON OTHER WHEELS. THIS COULD BE VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. INTERIOR DOME LIGHT HAS INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSES LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT INDEFINITELY. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HAD TO TURN LIGHT OFF BY PULLING DOME LIGHT FUSE OR DISCONNECTING BATTERY EACH TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869260August 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN THE MORNING WHEN MOVING THE PAWL FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, VEHICLE WILL FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY HAD BUMPED IT ON THE REAR. TAKEN TO A TECHNICIAN WHO SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868053August 17, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
VEHICLE HAD A GAS ODOR. FOR PAST WEEK ODOR BECAME VERY STRONG. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, WHO FOUND THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR IN THE #2 CYLINDER WAS LEAKING. SPARK FROM CYLINDER COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. AS PER DEALER, THIS WAS A "FIRE HAZARD, " AND WOULD NOT START ENGINE. MANFACTURER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WILL NOT BE COVERED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727558August 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COOLANT SEEPING FROM ENGINE AREA. SUSPECT DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. NOTICED PROBLEM ON AUGUST 8, 2000 AFTER COMING BACK TO PARKED CAR IN TWO HOURS. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE CAR HAS NEVER OVERHEATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553117July 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724797June 30, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
STRUT BEARING PLATE: SHOULD NOT BE FAULTY ON A 1996, CAN CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195R6515 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724715June 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE FIRST FAILURE - 8 MONTH AFTER THE PURCHASE. 2ND AND 3RD - WITHIN 6 MONTHS APART. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864084June 22, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD STOP WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE AND NOT RESTART. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721425April 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 72,000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND THE HEAD WAS CRACKED. ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE FEBRUARY 1999. ALL PREVIOUS RECALLS ON VEHICLE WERE NOT HANDLED BY DEALER BEFORE PURCHASE. THIS INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. INFORMATION OBTAINED DETERMINED THAT GM RECALLED THE QUAD 4 ENGINE FOR PREVIOUS VEHICLES 1992-93 DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES. GMC REFUSES TO ACCEPT BLAME. THE REPAIRS OF THE ENGINE WILL COST $2,650.00 DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859955April 10, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
FRONT CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES CRACKED AND ALMOST FELL OFF, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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