Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Pontiac Sunfire submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THEN, HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK
-THE HORN ON 1996 PONTIAC SUNFIRE HAS QUIT WORKING AND BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES. THE PEOPLE AT THE SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS GETTING WET APPARENTLY EVERYTIME I WENT THROUGH WATER BECAUSE OF IT BEING POINTED DOWNWARD. -THE MUFFLER HAS BEEN FIXED THREE TIMES -THERE ARE MORE THAT I CAN NOT REMEBER RIGHT OFF HAND -THEIR IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE CAR. THE LIGHT ON THE RADIO TIME AND STAION DISPLAY HAS NOT WORKED SINCE I BOUGHT IT, THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON, THE PASSENGER REAR WINDOW LETS DOWN BUT WILL NOT LET UP WHEN NEEDED SINCE RIGHT AFTER I GOT THE CAR, THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD GO ON AND OFF WITHOUT EVEN BEING TOUCHED, WHILE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD, THE WIDSHIELD WIPERS WILL JUST COME ON WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON AND THEN STOP HALFWAY DOWN IMPAIRING VISION, THE PASSENGER REAR TAIL LIGHT BLOWS ALL OF THE TIME, IT HAS NEVER STAYED WITH A BULB THAT WORKS, ETC. -THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKS AND HAS LEAKED SINCE I GOT IT -THE GAS LIGHT WILL NOT TELL YOU WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING LOW ON FUEL -THE RADIO WILL EAT YOUR TAPES SINCE I GOT THE CARTHE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACE ON THE CAR WITH LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT -THE RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM THE POWER STEERING HAS LEAKED FLUID AND WILL STOP TURNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. I HAVE ALMOST WRECKED ON IT SVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF IT AND THE BRAKES. -THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR WORKS WHEN IT GETS READY TO IF EVEN THEN AND HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT.
I HAVE HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN I AM ACCELERATING ON GAS PEDAL,IT WILL STICK, CAUSING HIGHER ACCCELERATION. MORE THAN A COUPLE OCCASIONS...AND CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF AT THE TIME!!!!!!!!!*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE CABLE WHICH IS CAUSING THE PEDAL TO STICK, AND WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE ISN'T GETTING ANY SPEED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. *AKTHE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF THE THROTTLE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, THE PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WAS RECALL BUT THE CONSUMES VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE BRAKING DUE TO WARPED ROTORS, THE RIGHT FRONT SEATBELT WAS TWISTED, FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. *SB
LEAKING FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTIUATE TOO QUICKLY AND EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS.
ENGINE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED.
SHIFTED CAR INTO REVERSE AND CAR ACCELERATED, HIT SIX CARS . *AK
DRIVING ONTO RAMP, BRAKED TO MAKE RIGHT TURN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL, KEPT STRAIGHT. *AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL, CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED, LOST CONTROL AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *AK
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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