Recall Register

1999 Pontiac Firebird: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1999 Pontiac Firebird. The campaign is 99V239000. NHTSA received the report on 27 Aug 1999. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Clutch Assembly. NHTSA has 47 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 99V239000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the hydraulic clutch master cylinder with a new cylinder.
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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 69 units in total.

  1. 99V239000Received . 69 units.

    Power Train / Clutch Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. The clutch master cylinder may have been built with an incorrect retaining ring.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This may not allow the clutch system to disengage the clutch when the clutch pedal is depressed, resulting in unintentional vehicle movement, increased stopping distances, engine stalls, and difficulty in shifting.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the hydraulic clutch master cylinder with a new cylinder.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 99056. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

47 complaints, 76 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1999 Pontiac Firebird
  • All 1999 vehicles
1999 Pontiac Firebird: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1999 FirebirdAll 1999 vehiclesFirebird, all yearsMentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic250130.8163.319
Power Train118.491.967.39
Electrical System118.484.5107.29
Visibility92.142.932.47
Engine and Engine Cooling92.1120.279.87
Exterior Lighting65.821.644.95
Steering39.550.548.63
Fuel System, Gasoline26.328.677.32
Wheels26.39.216.22
Vehicle Speed Control26.341.734.92

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.

Complaints that report a crash
5
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
3
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
7 Jul 2014

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1999 Pontiac Firebird, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 16 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19671
  2. 19682
  3. 19692
  4. 19701
  5. 19711
  6. 19721
  7. 19732
  8. 19743
  9. 19751
  10. 19762
  11. 19771
  12. 19781
  13. 19792
  14. 19802
  15. 19811
  16. 19823
  17. 19832
  18. 19846
  19. 19854
  20. 19862
  21. 19871
  22. 19882
  23. 19892
  24. 19902
  25. 19913
  26. 19922
  27. 19930
  28. 19941
  29. 19951
  30. 19960
  31. 19971
  32. 19980
  33. 19991
  34. 20000
  35. 20010
  36. 20021

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1999 Pontiac Firebird: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/firebird/1999/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 Pontiac Firebird?
69 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Pontiac Firebird have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Firebird, model years 1967 to 2002. 1 of them names the 1999 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Pontiac Firebird name most often?
Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 19 of 76 component mentions, or 250 per 1,000. For all 1999 vehicles the figure is 130.8 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Pontiac Firebird open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.