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1986 Pontiac Sunbird 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 Nov 3, 2004
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.
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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 Jan 19, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Pontiac Sunbird. 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

Showing 1–6 of 6

Brakes
Filed Nov 3, 2004

COMPLAINT ABOUT MANFACTURES NEED TO INSTALL BRAKE LINES ON ALL VEHICLES. *BF THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUSTING OF BRAKE LINES. *TC

NHTSA ID
10099361
Incident
Oct 22, 2004
Engine
Filed May 19, 1998

WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOBES ON THE CAMSHAFT WERE WORN OUT, WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
823452
Incident
May 19, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 4, 1996

REAR DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK, WOULD OPEN WITH A PUSH. *DSH

NHTSA ID
501276
Incident
Dec 1, 1995
Engine
Filed Jan 7, 1996

HEAD GASKET CONTINUALLY FAILS. *DSH

NHTSA ID
500548
Incident
Jan 1, 1989
Steering
Filed Jul 20, 1995

THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WILL NOT WORK IN COLD WEATHER, EXCESSIVE EFFORT IS NEEDED TO OPERATE STEERING. TT

NHTSA ID
969131
Incident
Jul 20, 1995
Steering
Filed Jan 19, 1995

COLD POWER STEERING. *AK

NHTSA ID
478361
Incident
Jan 19, 1995

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.

Data sources

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