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Pontiac Firebird Electrical Problems

30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2002. Best year: 2000.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Electrical · 2002 5

2002 PONTIAC FIREBIRD WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *MR

Electrical · 2000 4

I PURCHASED A PONTIAC MONTANA IN 2004 IT WAS BUILT IN 2000 .ON MARCH 12,2007 IT BUSTED INTO FLAMES BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND FUSE BOX . WHILE MY WIFE AND CHILD WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *AK

Electrical · 2000 4

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE SKID ABOUT 15 FEET BEFORE HITTING A WALL. THE FRONT END WAS COMPLETED DAMAGED. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER SUFFE...

Electrical · 2001 4

A FIRE STARTED IN THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. SCC *TS

Electrical · 2001 4

ELECTRICAL POWER TRUNK AND CONVERTIBLE TOP. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE TRUNK. THE HOUSING OVER THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HAD BURNED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

Electrical · 2000 4

35M.P.H. DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT INTO SIDE OF AUTO WITH NO EMPLOY OF AIR BAGS. *AK

Electrical · 2001 2

FRONT TURN SIGNALS GO OUT EVERY FEW WEEKS. THE PROBLEM IS THE DESIGN OF THE SOCKET, WHICH IS NOT SEALED WELL CAUSING THE SOCKET TO SHORT OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THE SOCKET AND LIGHT-BULBS MULTIPLE TIMES. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I FEEL TURN S...

Electrical · 2000 2

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. TURN SIGNALS & HAZARD FLASHER WILL QUIT WORKING, HAVE TO HIT DASHBOARD ABOVE HAZARD SWITCH WITH FIST TO ACTIVATE TURN SIGNALS AGAIN. RECALL ISSUED #03V327000 BUT MY VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, DEALER TOLD ME $1...

Electrical · 2002 2

2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WOULD NOT START DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH (WHICH WAS ALREADY REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO BY MY GM PONTIAC DEALER BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM). NEW IGNITION SWITCH MUST BE BOUGHT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ONE.

Electrical · 2001 2

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, A BURNING ODOR WAS DETECTED. THE CONTACT OPENED THE TRUNK AND NOTICED A BEACH TOWEL HAD TWO BURN MARKS ON IT. THE TOWEL WAS MOVED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC.

Electrical · 2002 2

WITHOUT ANY PRIOR ISSUES ONE DAY THE GM ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILED ON OUR CAR, RESULTING IN OUR INABILITY TO START THE CAR. MOTHER AND 9 MONTH OLD CHILD WERE STRANDED BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION. TO FIX THE ISSUE, THE DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY Q...

Electrical · 2000 2

I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC FIREBIRD. AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH I HAVE TO CHANGE EITHER A PARKING LIGHT OR A FOG LIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS BURNT OUT. ONE OF MY FOG LIGHTS IS COMPLETELY RUINED AND I HAVE TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW PIECE, BECAUSE IT WAS MEL...

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