1999 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Complaints

THE MOTOR THAT OPERATED THE POWER HEAD LIGHTS FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO DOWN. *PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT FOUR ORIGINAL RIMS ARE CORRODED FROM INSIDE OUT WHICH MAKES UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. DEALER STATED HE NEVER HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THIS. *AK

DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IN MARCH AND IN JUNE THE TURN SIGNAL LENS. ONCE AGAIN NEEDS TO REPLACE THE LENS. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 99 V 239 000, REGARDING THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB SCC

I HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TWICE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASE. I HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR AT 37500 MILES (WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 37000). THE MOTOR IN DRIVER SIDE DOOR WENT BAD FOR NO REASON. HAD TO REPLACE REAR SEAL AND PINS 4 TIMES OR MORE. I BELIEVED FOR A LONG TIME THAT IT WAS JUST ME BUT AFTER READING THROUGH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, I REALIZE IT'S THE CAR! I HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL OF THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS MENTIONED BY OTHERS ON THIS SITE. PURCHASED NEW, DROVE IT OFF THE PONTIAC LOT. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND ENGINE WAS OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FENCE.*JB

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES/ROTOR AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE NOISE WHEN BRAKING AT ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS/HOT WEATHER. 6/17/99, TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR EXCESSIVE BRAKE NOISE, THEY GAVE ME BULLETIN #88-5-13 DATED 9/88, SAID NOISE WAS NORMAL IT WILL GO AWAY WITH TIME. TOOK CAR IN AGA IN ON 7/30/99 FOR SAME PROBLEM, NOTHING WAS DONE, DEALER SAID I HAD TO GIVE BRAKES SOME TIME TO WEAR DOWN, THEN IT WILL GO AWAY. AGAIN, ON 09/08/99, WITH 4,477 MILES, BRAKE NOISE WAS WAY EXCESSIVE, THEY REPLACED THE PADS AND REFACED THE ROTORS. AGAIN ON 7/6/00 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY REMOVED PADS AND INSTALLED BRAKE QUIET AND NEW PADS. ON 8/01/00, TOOK CAR IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND CLAIMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED CAR HAD 8,544 MILES AT THE TIME. SUMMER OF 2001, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT IGNORED IT, I WAS TIRED OF RUNNING TO DEALER WITH THIS PROBLEM EVERY YEAR. ON 7/12/02, CAR HAD 20,926 MILES. I TOOK CAR INTO DEALER AGAIN, THIS TIME BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, SQUEALING OVER EXCESSIVELY AND STEARING WHEEL WAS SHAKING SEVERELY, WHEN I WAS BRAKING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, CAUSING ME TO STOP BEYOND THE SIGN. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO INCOMING TRAFFIC, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS FOR THE 3RD TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED AGAIN. THIS CAR IS ONLY DRIVEN 6MOS. EACH YEAR. IT IS STORED BEFORE WINTER , FROM MID OCTOBER UNTIL MID APRIL EVERY YEAR. I WAS TOLD THAT GM WILL NOT EXTEND WARRANTIES ON CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM. WHEN MY 5 YR. WARRANTY EXPIRES, I WILL BE STUCK WITH A YEARLY BILL OF REPLACING ROTORS ON THIS CAR, WHICH DOESN'T COME CHEAP. GM SHOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING THESE ROTORS TO WARP, AND FIX IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. THE FIREBIRD I OWNED PREVIOUSLY, I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 1994, I NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR ON THIS CAR FOR THE SIX YEARS I OWNED IT, THE ONLY THING I HAD TO REPLACE WAS THE PADS. I HAVE HAD EXCELLENT SERVICE FROM THE DEALER. DT

CARS ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY GO TO FULL THROTTLE ON ITS OWN. RPMS WOULD RACE FOR A MOMENT THEN RETURN TO NORMAL. DEALER SAID IT WAS CARBON BUILD UP. WE HAD HUNTER CHEVROLET IN HENDERSONVILLE, NC PERFORM THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE MAINTENANCE 10/30/01 WHICH INCLUDED CLEANING OUT THE THROTTLE BODY. ON 11/3/01 WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN, THE THROTTLE AGAIN WENT TO FULL THROTTLE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF CAR AND CRASHING. DID $7,500.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. GOT THE CAR BACK IN JANUARY 2002 AND ON 2/13/02 THE CAR AGAIN WENT TO FULL THROTTLE ON ITS OWN CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WRECKING IT AGAIN.*AK

WHENEVER TURN SIGNAL IS IN USE IT FAILS TO FLASH, IT WOULD REMAIN SOLID. VEHICLE WAS REARENDED DUE TO RIGHT SIGNAL NOT BLINKING. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AND MECHANIC REPLACED TWO BULBS. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK *SLC

GAS GAUGE NEEDLE JUMPS AROUND ALL THE TIME AND IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE VEHICLE. *AK