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1982 Pontiac Firebird Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 3, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Dec 30, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1982 Pontiac Firebird. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Seat belts
Filed Jan 3, 2008
Crash reported2 injuries reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1982 PONTIAC FIRE BIRD. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A HEAD ON CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND HER SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. AS OF JANUARY 3, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A SLIP DISK IN THE LOWER BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE, AN INTERNAL CRANIAL BRAIN INJURY; THE MEDIAL NERVES IN HER RIGHT ARM WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SEAT BELTS: FRONT: ANCHORAGE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 82V089000). A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, MILEAGES, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10213624
Incident
Mar 12, 1986
Engine
Filed Apr 23, 1998
Fire reported

ENGINE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
534345
Incident
Mar 17, 1998
EngineTransmission
Filed Dec 30, 1997

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FAULTY PISTONS.

NHTSA ID
527185
Incident
Jul 1, 1987

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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