2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE Complaints

DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE A UTILITY POLE. THE SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED, IT UNLATCHED DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO VEHICLE. *JB

WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS BOTH DASH AND EXTERIOR WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, NO LUCK. WAITED FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT STARTED UP, BUT WHEN I GOT UP TO 40MPH, IT REPEATED WHAT IT DID BEFORE, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINUTES AND IT STARTED AGAIN, AND IT DID IT AGAIN. AGAIN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED, THEN IT STARTED, AND I FINALLY GOT IT TO AN EXIT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD ONLY RUN AT 25MPH, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS ABOVE. THE NEXT DAY AFTER LEAVING THE CAR SIT OVERNIGHT, IT STARTED JUST FINE, RAN JUST FINE, EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CODE READ THAT IT WAS RUNNING TO LEAN, THEY CHECKED, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE CAR WILL NOT RUN ABOVE 70MPH, THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE ONLY REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE, WERE THE RECALLS ALREADY ON FILE FOR THIS VEHICLE.

DT: BOUGHT VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DYING AT RANDOM FOR NO REASON AND WILL NOT START BACK. SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 20 MINUTES OR LONGER BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. MECHANIC HAD NO IDEA WHY THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, BUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT. TWO WEEKS AGO THE CAR WAS SUBJECTED TO A PRESSURIZED TEST. CONSUMER HAS THE CAR TOWED ON 5-31-2005 BECAUSE IT DIED, AND DID RESTART. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PROBLEMS TO TRY TO CORRECT, BUT NOTHING WORKED. THE CAR WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.*AK

2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE - REAR BLINKER BULDS KEEP BURNING OUT. MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHERE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. I'VE BEEN PULLED OVER ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT LUCKILY NOT WRITTEN UP. I CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP REPLACING THE BULBS. THE BULBS COST AROUND $2.00 AND THEY BURN OUT WITHIN 2 HOURS. I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS BUT NONE WORK.

IT TOOK 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP , 9 SERVICE REPAIRS BEFORE THE REAR LIGHT BULB SOCKET ASSEMBLIES RECALL 04V524000 WAS REPAIRED CORRECTLY. CENTRAL PONTIAC, BUICK, GMC - REPAIR 4 TIMES. INTER HAVEN FL 863 299-1221, TEINLE OLDSMOBILE-PONTIAC-CADILLAC-GMC TRUCK, INC- FREMONT OHIO, REPAIRED 4 TIMES. *AK

BOUGHT A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE IN OCT 2003. FROM FEB OF 2004 TO FEB 2005 IT HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPT OF FRANKLIN MOTOR CO IN JASPER AL A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. FOR NO REASON. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AT ONE POINT, WAS TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC ON A FOUR LANE HWY AND IT DIES ACROSS 2 LANES. CAN NOT MAKE THE CAR MIMIC THE PROBLEM AT ANY TIME BUT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT HAS NOT DONE IT WITH THEM WHILE BEING DRIVEN BY THEM. HAVE GONE THRU ARBITRATION WHICH WAS A JOKE, WAS TOLD BECAUSE OUR COMPLAINT LETTER REACHED GM COMPANY IN NOV OF 2004 THAT OUR YEAR ACCORDING TO THE LEMON LAW WAS UP. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT WE HAD TRIED TO GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST YEAR.LAWYER FOR GM COMPANY SAID THE CAR WAS NOT A HAZARD BECAUSE THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THEY HAVE REPLACED RESONATOR AND PIPE ASSEMBLY, COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, & MODULE, PCM/VCM ALL ON 4/5/04.UPPED IDLE FROM 725RPM TO 925-950 RPM ON 5/28/04. REPLACE VALVE, IDLE AIR CONTROL ON 3/23/2004*JB

NUMEROUS OF FAILURES;AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CLUTCH STICKS TO FLOOR, CAR DOESN'T WANT TO START. *BF THE TURN SIGNALS AND LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD START ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT THE TURN OF THE KEY, THE VEHICLE USED AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF GAS, THE DASH WOULD RATTLE, THE ENGINE WOULD GROWL, THE DASH MADE A SOUND LIKE THE SPEAKER WAS BLOWN, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE STEREO AND THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE. (2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE) *SC

WHEN EVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WOULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING PROPERLY AS IT SHOULD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB *NM

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER DRIVER STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WATCH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO COME ON. CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAUSED MOISTURE TO BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE. *AK REAR BRAKELIGHTS KEEP FAILING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HESITATED. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE AND VEHICLE SKIDDED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. CONSUMER DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK