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Pontiac Sunfire Body Problems

84 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2005.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Body · 2000 5

NO MEMORY OF THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT I SUSTAINED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND MY BOYFRIEND DIED. MY SPECIALISTS OUT OF STATE BELIEVES IT WAS SOMETHING KNOWN AS SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS IS A PROBLEM WHY DOES NHTSA KEEP IGNORING THAT T...

Body · 2001 5

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW BECAME STUCK AND WOULDN'T ROLL DOWN. TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY FIXED IT BUT IT CONTINUES TO ROLL DOWN SLOW WHEN PRESSING ALL FOUR WINDOW BUTTONS AT ONCE. WHEN PRESSING ONLY THIS BUTTON AND NONE OTHER THE WI...

Body · 2002 4

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 270-STATE ROUTE 3, AND WAS DRIVING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC! WENT TO CHANGE LANES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT! STARTED MERGING INTO MY CHANGING LANE WHEN I NOTICED A CAR SPEEDING INTO MY CHANGING LANE! I PULLED BACK INTO ...

Body · 2001 4

VEHICLE SLIPPED ON ICE GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR, HIT A TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. EXTREME DAMAGE, DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA ON THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE COLLAPSING. *JB

Body · 2004 4

DT: THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FELL APART, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE .TRIED TO GET IT TO STRAIGTEN OUT., IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T DO WHAT CONSUMER, WANTED IT TO DO AND THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE,. BUT THE AIR...

Body · 2000 4

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. UPON PARKING NEAR A STOP WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND ON BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JUMPED ONTO THE SIDEWALK. THE FRONT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND WILL COST $4,700. NO POLICE...

Body · 2000 4

DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL CAR SO SHE PULLED AND JERKED THE WHEEL. IN DOING SO WHEN THE STEERING UNFROZE HER CAR ROLLED OVER TWICE. CAR WAS TOTALED. WE ADVISED GM, W...

Body · 2002 4

BLOWER FOR HEATER/AIRCONDITIONER BLEW AFTER HITTING SMALL BUMP ON 5/26/03; FUSE REPLACED;SAME PROBLEM AFTER HITTING POTHOLE ON 6/21/03 WITH A BURNING PLASTIC SMELL NOTED ON 6/22/03; BROUGHT TO DEALER ON 6/23/03 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT T...

Body · 2002 4

MY DAUGHTER WAS ON HER WAY TO COLLEGE AND SHE WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AND THE STEERING OF HER 2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE LOCKED UP AND SHE COULD NOT STEER. DUE TO THIS SHE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND THE CAR WAS TURNED SIDEWAYS AND HIT A TREE T...

Body · 2001 4

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF HARNESS, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE THROWN OUT OF SEAT. DRIVER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. *AKI

Body · 2000 4

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND , AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT BROKE. DRIVER WENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Body · 2003 3

IN AUGUST OF 2004 WHILE CAMPING MY 18 MONTH OLD SON WAS GETTING OUT OF OUR 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA WHEN HE INSTINCTIVELY REACHED BACK INTO THE VAN TO GRAB HIS SIPPY CUP THAT HE DROPPED WHILE THE DOOR WAS STARTING TO CLOSE, HIS HAND BECAME P...

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