Pontiac Firebird Complaints

586 consumer complaints on file.

#524804November 17, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSING FUSES TO SHORT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524787November 14, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSING FUSES TO SHORT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817232November 14, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER APLLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED . THE AIR BAG COVER BROKE THE PASSENGER'S ARM, AND THE WINDSHIELD WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#524634November 12, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
RADIATOR TANK FAILED, LEAKING FLUID CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818813November 12, 1997
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING:LINKAGES, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VEHICLE'S FRAME IS BREAKING DUE TO PRESSURE OF THE GEAR BOX, AND ALSO THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT; AND IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES.*AK FRAME IS BROKE AT STEERING GEAR, STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE, AND STEERING LINKAGE AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WORN, PRESSURE FROM THE GEAR BOX CAUSES THE FRAME TO WEAKEN AND BREAK, THE PROBLEM IS A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN PROBLEM, REPLACING THE FRAME BAND DOES NOT GUARANTEE PROBLEM WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, 2 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS, THE IDLER ARM AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT WERE REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818585November 7, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, THE ENGINE SURGED LIKE THE DRIVER WAS STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE ZOOMED RIGHT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD, BACK END FIRST HITTING A TREE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP TO BE CHECK FOR TROUBLE. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED LIKE THIS IN JULY OF 1993 AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE SYSTEM WILL JUST KICK BACK IN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817955October 29, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH APPROACHING WAS STRUCK. AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING NECK AND HAND INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#604684October 27, 1997
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DOOR LOCK TURN INDICATOR FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523782October 24, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#526268October 23, 1997
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
HEAD RESTS DON'T STAY IN ONE PLACE VERTICALLY/HORIZONTALLY. DRIVER HAS TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST THE HEAD REST WHILE DRIVING, CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817421October 22, 1997
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
CONSUMER TRIED AJUSTING HEAD REST AND FOUND THAT WHEN AJUSTING TO UP-DOWN POSITION, THE HEAD REST ALLOWS APPROX. 3 INCHES OF SPACE BEFORE IT LOCKS. THE ONLY LOCKING POSITION IS A VERTICLE POSITION WHEREAS WHEN AJUSTING THE HEA DREST WOULD MOVE ALMOST OFF THE SEAT THEN IT WILL LOCK ONLY TO SECURE THE HEAD REST FROM FALLING OFF. CONSUMER HAS SPOKEN TO THE HEAD REST MANUFACTURER FOR PONTIAC IN CANADA. CANADA'S MANUFACTURER ADMITTED TO PROBLEM, AND ALSO SENT CONSUMER SOME PART TO SEE IF IT MADE A DIFFERENCE, THE PARTS DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE HEAD REST WHEN UP, IT WILL FALL DOWN WHEN EVER VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. SHIMMERING OF THESE VEHICLE WILL MAKE HEAD REST FALL DOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#604321October 14, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523659October 10, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
RECALL WORK DONE ON CRACKS IN FUEL FILLER NECK, HOWEVER CONSUMER HAS BEEN SMELLING FUMES AND DISCOVERED CRACK IN FUEL TANK NECK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523514October 3, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
FUEL LINE FAILED CAUSING FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816000September 4, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY, BEGAN TO SMELL GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, HAD TO PULL OVER AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND GAS WAS FLOODING OVER THE ENGINE, THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED GAS WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518653August 28, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
FUEL LINE CLAMP HOLDING FUEL LINE ABOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD/VALVE COVER, CAME OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#815283August 12, 1997
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE ADHESIVE BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD GLASS AND THE MOUNTING IS SEPARATING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518782August 8, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
PLASTIC FUEL LINE LOOM IS HELD IN PLACE WITH A PLASTIC CLIP SECURED TO THROTTLE LINKAGE COVER. WHEN CLIP POPS OUT DUE TO HEAT/AGE OT BREAKAGE, PLASTIC LOOM/PLASTIC PIPE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH HOT AIR INJECTION PIPE AND MELT PLASTIC FUEL LINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518151August 1, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDALARE POORLY PLACED. WHEN DRIVER MOVES FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL TO BRAKE PEDAL, THE TOP PART OF THE FOOT HITS THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814472July 29, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ELECTRICAL: VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE AT10:30PM. DISCOVERED FIRE AT 1:30AM BECAUSE SMOKE WOKE THEM UP. VEHICLE TOTALED AND HOUSE NOT LIVEABLE DUE TO SMOKE. FIRE FIGHTERS SEEM TO THINK THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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