Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | EVERY TIME I LET MY CAR SIT FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE, I START IT UP AND THE BELT ON THE TENSIONER SQUEAK FOR 15 SECONDS. ALS… |
| 2014-07-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM VERNON DOWN'S CASINO AND WAS MAKING A RIGHT AND WAS ABOUT TO SWITCH INTO THIRD GEAR THE RPM'S W… |
| 2014-06-09 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | BOUGHT A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE FROM A DEALERSHIP 5 MONTHS AGO. I TOLD THE OWNER/SALESMAN I WANTED A SAFE 1ST CAR FOR MY … |
| 2014-02-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STA… |
| 2013-06-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 5:00PM, PERFECT ROAD CONDITIONS. I STARTED CHOKING & SWERVED INTO ANOTHER LANE, OTH… |
| 2012-09-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE SINCE 2008. MY FAMILY BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 27 MILES ON IT. EVERY … |
| 2010-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM… |
| 2010-05-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED F… |
| 2010-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | FAILURE TO THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS, WITH TIME, CORROSION ATTACK THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS. WHICH WILL CAUSE THE HEADLIGHT IN… |
| 2009-11-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2006 WITH EVERYTHING ON IT STOCK. IN 2009 THE COIL PACK STARTED MISFIRING CAUSING THE CATALYTIC … |
| 2009-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1. HIGH USE OF TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE LEADS TO SEPARATION AT THE TRANSMISSION END LINK. 2. ONCE THE SHIFT CABLE LI… |
| 2009-02-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. HEADLAMPS DO NOT WORK. FOUND OUT THRU INTERNET SEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. T… |
| 2009-02-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEAD LIGHTS FAIL FOR NO REASON AND AT ANY TIME. THIS CAN INCLUDE BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM AND FOG LIGHTS. HAS BEEN REPAIR… |
| 2009-02-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING ON THE… |
| 2009-01-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE FRONT WIRING HARNESS ON MY 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE 2 DOOR HAS FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME DUE TO CORROSION OF THE OBVIOUSL… |
| 2009-01-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD ALOT OF SHORTAGES ON MY 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ON LINE AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF SI… |
| 2008-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2005 HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT - PONTIAC DEALER WRAPPED HARNESS WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE. STATED IT WAS FRO… |
| 2008-05-10 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | REFERRING TO THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT: WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN HOME AFTER IT WAS ALREADY DARK, I NOTICED THAT TH… |
| 2008-04-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | I HAD BOUGHT 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE FROM MCELVEEN PONTIAC-BUICK-GMC TRUCK, SUMMERVILLE, SC IN 2002. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED… |
| 2008-01-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEA… |
| 2007-12-13 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | IN DEC. 2005 MY DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED TO OPERATE - IT WILL STICK AND NOT ROLL DOWN. AFTER WHILE IT WILL ROLL … |
| 2007-09-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING TO THE STORE ONE NIGHT I REALIZED HALFWAY THERE, MY DASH LIGHT BEHIND THE FUEL GAGE WAS ALMOST OUT AND THEN REA… |
| 2007-07-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | THIS IS MY MOTHER'S CAR, NOT MINE, SHE'S 54 YEARS OLD AND SHE DOES NOT DRIVE CRAZY. LAST WEEK HER FRONT SPRING SUSPENS… |
| 2007-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FAILURE IS IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT DIM HEADLIGHTS. THE LEFT WENT OUT 1 WEEK AGO. THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WA… |
| 2007-03-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. STARTED WITH DIM LIGHTS THEN TO NO LOW BEAMS, AND NOW ONLY ONE HIGH BEAM.… |
| 2007-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED THREE TIMES SINCE 2003 CAUSING FAILURE OF THE LOW AND HIGH BEAMS ON THE HE… |
| 2006-11-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING. THE BULBS TESTED FINE, THE FUSE TESTED FINE AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH SEEMS TO BE … |
| 2006-09-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | TURNED THE CAR OFF , WENT IN THE STORE, CAME OUT AND THE CAR WAS FULL OFF BLACK SMOKE. THE WIRE HARNESS MELTED FROM TH… |
| 2006-06-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BEGAN LOSING ABILITY TO LIFT/LOWER AFTER BEING LOWERED ONE DAY WHILE WINDOW HAD MOISTURE ON IT. T… |
| 2006-03-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2003 AND THE CAR WAS GREAT. IN MARCH 2006 I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE THE CAR WHEN A… |
| 2006-02-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS WHEN THIS OCC… |
| 2006-01-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN WATER ENTERED THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT WO… |
| 2005-07-16 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES | No | 0 | PONTIAC SUNFIRE DEVELOPED A START UP PROBLEM.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CLAIMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A … |
| 2005-06-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT A POLE. MY SEATBELTS UNLACHED DURING IMPA… |
| 2005-06-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | DT: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE A UT… |
| 2005-05-27 | EQUIPMENT | No | 0 | THE ACCELERATOR STICKS OR "FLUTTERS". |
| 2005-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS BOTH DASH AND EXTERIOR WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE ST… |
| 2005-03-24 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT | No | 1 | 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE - REAR BLINKER BULDS KEEP BURNING OUT. MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND I'VE ALMO… |
| 2005-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE VEHICLE BECOMES ERRATIC AFTER WARMING UP. ON A HOT DAY IT MAY NOT RESPOND AT ALL OR MAY RESET TO… |
| 2004-12-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | NUMEROUS OF FAILURES;AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CLUTCH STICKS TO FLOOR, CAR DOESN'T WANT TO START. *BF TH… |
| 2004-11-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED. *BF *TC *JB |
| 2004-09-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WHEN EVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WOULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ST… |
| 2004-09-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HESITATED. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAIN… |
| 2004-08-26 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER DRIVER STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WATCH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO COME O… |
| 2004-08-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES GRABBED AND LET GO, LIKE A PULSATION. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE D… |
| 2004-07-22 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | No | 0 | OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATION AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE VEHICLES ON THE SIDE AND REAR O… |
| 2004-06-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 SUNFIRE HAVE BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE GRINDING AND I WAS TOL DNOTHING WAS… |
| 2004-05-12 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS | No | 0 | REAR TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS-- BULBS BURNING OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ONE BULB WAS MELTED IN THE SOCKET, BULBS HAVE … |
| 2004-04-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY BECAM… |
| 2004-03-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERATI… |