Pontiac Sunfire: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Sunfire, model years 1985 to 2005. NHTSA has 1,029 complaints on file for this model line. 10 of the 14 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Pontiac Sunfire | 0 | 25 | 34% | |
| 2004 Pontiac Sunfire NHTSA page | 1 | 21 | 29% | 37 |
| 2003 Pontiac Sunfire | 1 | 65 | 88% | 256,025 |
| 2002 Pontiac Sunfire | 0 | 67 | 91% | |
| 2001 Pontiac Sunfire | 1 | 57 | 78% | 1,415,231 |
| 2000 Pontiac Sunfire | 1 | 90 | 122% | 1,415,231 |
| 1999 Pontiac Sunfire | 2 | 88 | 120% | 1,421,815 |
| 1998 Pontiac Sunfire | 3 | 111 | 151% | 2,574,411 |
| 1997 Pontiac Sunfire | 6 | 185 | 252% | 3,452,149 |
| 1996 Pontiac Sunfire | 7 | 196 | 267% | 3,971,283 |
| 1995 Pontiac Sunfire | 5 | 119 | 162% | 1,909,386 |
| 1994 Pontiac Sunfire NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1991 Pontiac Sunfire NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1985 Pontiac Sunfire NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 3% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
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.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,459 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 178.9 | 261 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 167.2 | 244 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 97.3 | 142 |
| Air Bags | 80.9 | 118 |
| Steering | 67.9 | 99 |
| Exterior Lighting | 61 | 89 |
| Power Train | 47.3 | 69 |
| Visibility | 46.6 | 68 |
| Suspension | 32.9 | 48 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 32.9 | 48 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Grand AM40 campaigns
- Grand Prix68 campaigns
- Bonneville40 campaigns
- G610 campaigns
- Trans Sport18 campaigns
- Montana20 campaigns
- Firebird40 campaigns
- GTO2 campaigns
- Vibe22 campaigns
- Aztek8 campaigns
- Sunbird22 campaigns
- Trans AM1 campaign
- Lemans26 campaigns
- Fiero4 campaigns
- Pontiac5 campaigns
- Solstice5 campaigns
- 600016 campaigns
- Torrent4 campaigns
- G56 campaigns
- G84 campaigns
- Parisienne7 campaigns
- Safari5 campaigns
- Tempest7 campaigns
- Phoenix18 campaigns
- Grand Ville9 campaigns
- 20004 campaigns
- Catalina19 campaigns
- Ventura13 campaigns
- T10004 campaigns
- Grand Safari3 campaigns
- Grand Lemans4 campaigns
- Bonneville Brougham3 campaigns
- Executive3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Pontiac Sunfire: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/sunfire/. 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
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Pontiac Sunfire model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1996 with 7, 1997 with 6, 1995 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Pontiac Sunfire model year has the most complaints?
- The 1996 model year, with 196 of the 1,029 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Pontiac Sunfire name?
- Electrical System: 178.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 167.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 97.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Pontiac Sunfire?
- 8 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.