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1987 Pontiac Sunbird Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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.
6
Latest Dec 17, 1998
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.
3
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 Aug 26, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 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

Electrical
Filed Dec 17, 1998
Fire reported

NONE

NHTSA ID
701426
Incident
Dec 12, 1998
Heating & air conditioningElectricalTires & wheels
Filed Jan 6, 1997

AIR CONDITIONER REPLACED.

NHTSA ID
602431
Incident
Dec 28, 1996
Engine
Filed Sep 18, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
508844
Incident
Aug 28, 1996
Engine
Filed Jul 16, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE LOCKED UP, CAUSING FIRE.

NHTSA ID
505302
Incident
May 30, 1996
Electrical
Filed Dec 6, 1995

WRONG ALTERNATOR INSTALLED IN VEHICLE AT FACTORY, CAUSING ALTERNATOR TO OVERHEAT. *DSH

NHTSA ID
500219
Incident
Dec 1, 1995
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Aug 26, 1995

HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONER REPAIR ABOUT THREE TIMES AND STILL DOESN'T WORK . TT

NHTSA ID
971170

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

Data on this page last refreshed .