Pontiac Sunfire Complaints

1,141 consumer complaints on file.

#740512February 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
GENERATOR LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. REAR AND FRONT BRAKES SQUEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879509January 31, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN A VERY BAD SNOW STORM AT APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 40MPH AND COMING DOWN AN INCLINE. TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALLED. SEAT BELT WAS BEING WORN AT THE TIME. CONSUMER SUFFERED CHEST INJURIES. NO RESPONSE FROM PONTIAC, THEY WERE COLLECTING INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
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
#879391January 30, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WHILE DRIVING HEAT INDICATES OVERHEATING. WOULD BE LEAKING. GIVES OFF AN ODOR. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING. DROVE AGAIN & VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. LIGHT CAME ON FOR OVERHEATING. PUT COOLANT IN VEHICLE AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHICH WAS NO HELP. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES. AFTER VISITING DEALERSHIP 2ND TIME NOTHING WAS BEING RESOLVED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879213January 29, 2001
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONS ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM SIDE WHERE CHILD WAS SITTING IN REAR PASSENGER'S SEATBACK FLEW BACK, AND CHILD FELL THROUGH AND OUT OF TRUNK ,AND DIED ON IMPACT. CHILD'S SHOES WERE LEFT IN CAR. DRIVER DIED ON IMPACT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
2
#739732January 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SINCE PURCHASED IN APRIL 24 2000, HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET AND DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED, GRINDING NOISES WHEN CAR IS PARKED. ENTIRE TRANSMISSON HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF VEHICLE AND BRAKE FAILURE WITH IN THE 8 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739785January 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FIRST HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 34149 MILES ON 2/14/98. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739788January 22, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
PARKING LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN SWITCH IS TURNED OFF. GOES OUT EVENTUALLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739600January 18, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
FOR MY CAR BEING A 2000, I HAVE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. FOR STARTERS, I HAD A DEFECT IN THE SIDE WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS BACK SIDE, I HAD THE LINE THE ANTIFREEZE RUNS THROUGH REPLACED DUE TO A HOLE BEING BURNT THROUGH IF FROM THE BATTERY, I HAD THE MOLDING IN MY PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR FIXED TWICE, THEN I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE NOT COMING ON, SO THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AND THAT WASNT THE PROBLEM SO THEN IT WAS BACK A SECOND TIME, AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED, THEN THEY HAD TO ORDER ME A NEW CD PLAYER BECAUSE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL. THEN THERE WAS SHAKING IN THE CAR AS I DROVE IT, THEY TESTED IT AND SAID THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM, A WEEK LATER IT WAS BACK AND HAD COIL WIRES AND OTHER THINGS REPLACED DUE TO THE SHAKING, THEN THE GLASS IN MY DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR NEEDS REPLACED BECAUSE NOW THAT ISNT WORKING. I AM REALLY TIRED OF GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I AM HOPING SOMETHING WILL COME OUT OF THIS. I CANT BELIEVE THAT BUYING A NEW CAR CAN HAVE SO MUCH AGGRIVATION, TO BE HONEST I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT LONG DISTANCES, CONSIDERING I DRIVE AN HOUR TO WORK EVERY DAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878255January 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE GOING 15MPH APPLIED BRAKES & VEHICLE WOULD JERK, AND WOULD FAIL TO STOP. WHENEVER TURNING, VEHICLE WOULD BE THROWN 10 FEET TO WHITE MARKING WHEN USING BRAKES. TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR PROBLEM WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558971January 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN COLLISION DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINE, A FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE CONNECTING THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROLLER WAS LEAKING FLUID WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE DEFECTIVE FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE WAS OBSERVED TO PERMIT BRAKE FLUID TO PASS THROUGH THE LINE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877950January 10, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER HAD USED CHILD SAFETY LOCK, BUT COULD NOT BE TAKEN OFF, AND DOOR STAYED LOCKED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED FOR CHILDREN INSIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738521December 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE THREW A ROD.TALKED TO OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.EVEN ON MULTIPLE ENGINES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738120December 21, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE EVENING HOURS AND LIGHTS FAILED. THE LIGHTS QUIT WORKING AND FOUND OUT BY PUTTING SOMETHING BEHIND THE DIMMER SWITCH THAT THE LIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SWITCH IN APRIL 2000 HOWEVER IN DEC 2000 THE SAME SWITCH HAS FAILED AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE MILEAGE IT WAS MY RESPOSIBILITY TO REPAIR. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I PAID APPROXIMATELY $170.00 IN APRIL 2000 I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ABLE TO AID IN GETTING THIS REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE TO ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737989December 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI- LOCK BRAKES ARE VERY MESSED UP, CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HAVE SEVERAL WRECKS, HAVE CONTACTED DEALER, SAYS THAT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN IN SHOP 4 TIMES TO BE FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737759December 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING. FAILS TO START WHEN COLD AND ALSO AFTER DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TWICE IN FOUR DAYS. FUEL PUMP WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES IN 7 DAYS AFTER THE $700 FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. ALTHOUGH TECHNICIANS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP ME, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION, THE NHTSA SHOULD CONSIDER ANY VEHICLE THAT STOPS ON THE FREEWAY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU, IN ADVANCE, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737497December 7, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#875979December 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SYSTEM GOING OUT AT 20 MPH. APPLIED BRAKES AND HEARD CLICKING SOUND, AND PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR, THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875504November 27, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL FOR PCM, CONDITION OF VEHICLE WORSENED. SINCE REPAIR, DEALER CONCLUDED THAT HEAD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE HEAD GASKET BLEW UP FIRST AND THEN THE PCM FAILED. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE ON BOTH, THE VEHICLEE RUNS HORRIBLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875356November 21, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGH VEHICLE WOULD IDLE ROUGHLY. WOULD HESITATE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT/SIGN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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