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2000 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 Jan 22, 2007
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.
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Reports on file since Sep 21, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 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

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Engine
Filed Jan 22, 2007

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HER 2000 PONTIAC SUNFIRE AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND SHE HAD TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED THREE TIMES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK UPDATED 2/16/2007 - *NM

NHTSA ID
10179350
Incident
Jan 19, 2007
Mileage
75,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Dec 20, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT STATES ROOF OF VEHICLE BECAME UNGLUED. THE ROOF WAS S MADE OF A PLASTIC COMPOSITE THAT OVER THE YEARS MADE THE GLUE SWEEP THROUGH THE ROOF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY OR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. *AK

NHTSA ID
10145739
Incident
May 15, 2004
Mileage
24,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 21, 2000
Crash reported

DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DESIGN BRAKE LINE FAILED, LEAKING ALL THE FLUID , AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A LOSS OF BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NHTSA ID
871149

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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