Pontiac Sunfire Complaints (2003)

72 consumer complaints on file.

#10128659July 13, 2005
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE A UTILITY POLE. THE SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED, IT UNLATCHED DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10124992June 11, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS BOTH DASH AND EXTERIOR WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, NO LUCK. WAITED FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT STARTED UP, BUT WHEN I GOT UP TO 40MPH, IT REPEATED WHAT IT DID BEFORE, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINUTES AND IT STARTED AGAIN, AND IT DID IT AGAIN. AGAIN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED, THEN IT STARTED, AND I FINALLY GOT IT TO AN EXIT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD ONLY RUN AT 25MPH, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS ABOVE. THE NEXT DAY AFTER LEAVING THE CAR SIT OVERNIGHT, IT STARTED JUST FINE, RAN JUST FINE, EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CODE READ THAT IT WAS RUNNING TO LEAN, THEY CHECKED, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE CAR WILL NOT RUN ABOVE 70MPH, THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE ONLY REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE, WERE THE RECALLS ALREADY ON FILE FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124442June 7, 2005
EQUIPMENT
THE ACCELERATOR STICKS OR "FLUTTERS".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122557May 31, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: BOUGHT VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DYING AT RANDOM FOR NO REASON AND WILL NOT START BACK. SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 20 MINUTES OR LONGER BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. MECHANIC HAD NO IDEA WHY THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, BUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT. TWO WEEKS AGO THE CAR WAS SUBJECTED TO A PRESSURIZED TEST. CONSUMER HAS THE CAR TOWED ON 5-31-2005 BECAUSE IT DIED, AND DID RESTART. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PROBLEMS TO TRY TO CORRECT, BUT NOTHING WORKED. THE CAR WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114620March 24, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE - REAR BLINKER BULDS KEEP BURNING OUT. MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHERE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. I'VE BEEN PULLED OVER ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT LUCKILY NOT WRITTEN UP. I CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP REPLACING THE BULBS. THE BULBS COST AROUND $2.00 AND THEY BURN OUT WITHIN 2 HOURS. I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS BUT NONE WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10113115February 28, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
IT TOOK 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP , 9 SERVICE REPAIRS BEFORE THE REAR LIGHT BULB SOCKET ASSEMBLIES RECALL 04V524000 WAS REPAIRED CORRECTLY. CENTRAL PONTIAC, BUICK, GMC - REPAIR 4 TIMES. INTER HAVEN FL 863 299-1221, TEINLE OLDSMOBILE-PONTIAC-CADILLAC-GMC TRUCK, INC- FREMONT OHIO, REPAIRED 4 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111829February 20, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BOUGHT A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE IN OCT 2003. FROM FEB OF 2004 TO FEB 2005 IT HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPT OF FRANKLIN MOTOR CO IN JASPER AL A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. FOR NO REASON. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AT ONE POINT, WAS TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC ON A FOUR LANE HWY AND IT DIES ACROSS 2 LANES. CAN NOT MAKE THE CAR MIMIC THE PROBLEM AT ANY TIME BUT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT HAS NOT DONE IT WITH THEM WHILE BEING DRIVEN BY THEM. HAVE GONE THRU ARBITRATION WHICH WAS A JOKE, WAS TOLD BECAUSE OUR COMPLAINT LETTER REACHED GM COMPANY IN NOV OF 2004 THAT OUR YEAR ACCORDING TO THE LEMON LAW WAS UP. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT WE HAD TRIED TO GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST YEAR.LAWYER FOR GM COMPANY SAID THE CAR WAS NOT A HAZARD BECAUSE THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THEY HAVE REPLACED RESONATOR AND PIPE ASSEMBLY, COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, & MODULE, PCM/VCM ALL ON 4/5/04.UPPED IDLE FROM 725RPM TO 925-950 RPM ON 5/28/04. REPLACE VALVE, IDLE AIR CONTROL ON 3/23/2004*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109784December 1, 2004
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NUMEROUS OF FAILURES;AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CLUTCH STICKS TO FLOOR, CAR DOESN'T WANT TO START. *BF THE TURN SIGNALS AND LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD START ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT THE TURN OF THE KEY, THE VEHICLE USED AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF GAS, THE DASH WOULD RATTLE, THE ENGINE WOULD GROWL, THE DASH MADE A SOUND LIKE THE SPEAKER WAS BLOWN, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE STEREO AND THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE. (2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE) *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101594November 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN EVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WOULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING PROPERLY AS IT SHOULD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101087November 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED. *BF *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089846September 29, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER DRIVER STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WATCH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO COME ON. CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAUSED MOISTURE TO BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE. *AK REAR BRAKELIGHTS KEEP FAILING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091992September 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HESITATED. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE AND VEHICLE SKIDDED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. CONSUMER DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086837August 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 SUNFIRE HAVE BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE GRINDING AND I WAS TOL DNOTHING WAS WRONG. THEN 3,000 MILES LATER I WAS BACK IN THE SHOP AND THE BREAKS WERE GROUND. THAT WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT NO SOONER WAS I BACK IN THE SHOP AND THE BREAKS WERE COMPLETELY CHANGED. WELL ITS BEEN LESS THEN 4,000 MILES SINCE THAT WAS DONE AND THE BREAKS ARE STARTING TO GRIND AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071957July 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALL ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER EIGHT TIMES AND STILL HASN'T FOUND THE PROBLEM. *LA SINCE THE LAST CORRESPONDENCE THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN HER VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 2003 REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL FROM THE OTHER DEALER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082484July 22, 2004
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATION AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE VEHICLES ON THE SIDE AND REAR OF CAR. DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A "NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS MODEL." VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076101June 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075016June 8, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
REAR TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS-- BULBS BURNING OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ONE BULB WAS MELTED IN THE SOCKET, BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. I PLAN ON TAKING IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP NEXT WEEK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071725June 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ALL LIGHTS FROM THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059247April 20, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE INSIDE REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER INSPECTED TRUNK, AND DETERMINED THAT LEFT SIDE BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET WAS ON FIRE. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063539March 19, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
REAR TURN SIGNAL BULBS BLEW OUT THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION IN THE SOCKET. ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED THE PASSENGER CABIN AFTER DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY MINUTES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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