{"count":85,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10630444,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2014","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,ENGINE","summary":"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. ALSO THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE RIM FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1,000 AND 2,000. WHEN I DRIVE IT THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON BUT EVERY TIME THE AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND I'M ACCELERATING THE ENGINE WILL NOT SHIFT, THE RPMS WILL REV UP TO RED LINE IF PUSHED THAT FAR, EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT FOR AIRBAG AND BATTERY WILL SHUT OFF AND IT WILL SHIFT. SOMETIMES WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL WHILE THIS IS DOING THIS AT NIGHT, MY DASHBOARD AS WELL AS RADIO LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF UNTIL RPMS GO DOWN TO 2,000.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10626382,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/19/2014","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"ENGINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE TENSIONER AND VALVE TO FAIL. THE TIMING CHAIN VALVE AND TENSIONER WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10608743,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2014","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"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 WHERE 3000 AND THE ENGINE JUST DIED ........  MAUGERI''S AUTO ON ALBANY AND BLEEKER ST. TOWED MY CAR TO HIS SHOP FIXED THE STEERING COLUMN AS A RESULT OF THE ENGINE DIEING THE WINDOW'S WONT ROLL UP AND THE INTERIOR JUST GOT SOAKED IN WET IN THE RAIN AFTER ON THE DATE OF 7/714 PAID ALMOST A GRAND FOR TOWING AND STEERING COLUMN IN THE VEHICLE .  I AM A RECIPIENT OF THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM AND USE THE VEHICLE TO AND FROM MY STRUCTURED DAY AS WELL AS MY NEUROLOGIST AS WELL AS MY HEMATOLOGIST WHO'S OFFICES ARE 57 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE IT IS GOING TO BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DR. APPT. IN THE MORNING... I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND A FIXED INCOME RECEIVER LESS THEN 700 DOLLARS A MONTH...  *TR  UPDATED 2/6/2015   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10598342,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"06/15/2014","vin":"1G2JB12F537","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BOUGHT A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE FROM A DEALERSHIP 5 MONTHS AGO. I TOLD THE OWNER/SALESMAN I WANTED A SAFE 1ST CAR FOR MY KID. MY KID AND SOME FRIENDS WERE DRIVING,IT WAS RAINING AND THE BACK TIRES STARTED TO SLIDE,MY KID REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR BRIEFLY AND SAID AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND THEY ENDED UP IN A SPIN. THE CAR HIT AN OBJECT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE,SPUN AROUND AND HIT ANOTHER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE,THEN BOUNCED OFF THAT AND LANDED ACROSS A DEEP DITCH WHERE IT WAS HIT AGAIN IN THE REAR WHEN STOPPING. NO STEERING. NO BRAKES. THE ENGINE WAS STILL GOING EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS WEDGED INTO THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT AND THE EMBANKMENT OF THE DITCH.  BY THE GRACE OF GOD NO ONE WAS PHYSICALLY INJURED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR HOME. MY KID SAID THAT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE STEERING WHEEL FELT \" WIGGLEY\". WE LOOKED AT THAT AREA 1ST. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOOSE. THE PIVOT PIN FOR THE COLUMN WAS GONE. I SAW THERE WAS A RECALL IN OCTOBER OF 2008. I CALLED GM TO REQUEST THE RECORDS TO FIND OUT IF THE REPAIR WAS EVER DONE. THE GM REP REFUSED TO GIVE ME THE INFORMATION IN THE DATA BASE.  HE SAID I COULD GET IT FROM A \"CERTIFIED\" GM DEALER!  HE ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE STEERING, BUT THERE WAS OTHERS.  I ASKED WHAT THEY WERE AND AGAIN HE SAID HE COULDN'T GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION.  I ALSO OWN A PONTIAC G5 THAT'S BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS ON THE IGNITION RECALL.  I HAVE BEEN ON A LIST AT MY DEALERSHIP. I AM MAD AS HELL!  ALL MY KID HAS NOW IS THE COMFORT OF KNOWING THE FRIENDS WEREN'T HURT OR KILLED.  SOME 1ST CAR, HUH?  SPENT 5000.00 OF 401K MONEY FOR A DEATH TRAP THAT GM REFUSES TO GIVE ME THE DATABASE HISTORY ON.  CAN'T DRIVE IT, CAN'T SELL IT, AND WITH NO HISTORY, CAN'T FIX IT.  LIABILITY AND COMP, THAT'S ALL WE COULD AFFORD, INSURANCE IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR YOUNG DRIVERS. THERE IS NO MIDDLE CLASS AND THIS KIND OF THING IS WHY.   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10566774,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2014","vin":"1G2JB12F347","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT DID NOT RECTIFY THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10519995,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2013","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 5:00PM, PERFECT ROAD CONDITIONS. I STARTED CHOKING & SWERVED INTO ANOTHER LANE, OTHER DRIVER BLASTED HIS HORN & SCARED ME. I OVER COMPENSATED & LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR & ENDED UP HITTING THE MEDIAN. MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS FINE, BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY CORRECTLY.  THE AIR BAG CAME OUT OF THE SIDE & NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME.  THE AIRBAG BLEW MY REAR VIEW MIRROR OFF OF THE WIND SHIELD & ENDED UP BREAKING MY RIGHT HAND IN MULTIPLE PLACES.  MY SEAT BELT ALSO CAME UNDONE.  I AM ONLY 5 FEET TALL & IF THE AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF LIKE IT SHOULD'VE, I KNOW I WOULD HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INJURIES TO MY FACE & CHEST.  THE REASON I AM MAKING A COMPLAINT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT HAD I HIT THIS WALL HEAD ON, I MOST LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN KILLED. AT THIS TIME I DO NOT KNOW THE VIN OR CORRECT MILES, MY CAR AS TOTALED & IT'S  STILL WITH THE TOW COMPANY.   I BELIEVE THIS, ALONG WITH THE SEAT BELT UNLOCKING ON IT'S  OWN AFTER A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, TO BE TREMENDOUSLY DANGEROUS. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10495323,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/31/2013","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)","summary":"I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE SINCE 2008.  MY FAMILY BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 27 MILES ON IT.  EVERY WINTER WHEN IT IS REALLY COLD, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD NOT ALWAYS RESET ITSELF AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF.  THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE FUEL GAUGE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT EVENTUALLY IT WOULD RESET ITSELF.  HOWEVER, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012, ALL OF MY GAUGES ON MY DASH WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.  MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS SINCE SPUN COMPLETELY AROUND AND IS STUCK ON THE PLASTIC FROM THE DASH.  ALSO, MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOW NOT RESETTING ITSELF.  IT HAS SAID THAT I WAS AT 40 MPH  WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. I DO KNOW THAT THE TEMPERATURE HAS DROPPED WHICH COULD BE EFFECTING THINGS BUT THIS ISSUE IS JUST PLAIN ANNOYING ANYMORE.  I CAN DEAL WITH THE FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING, I CAN USE MY MILEAGE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.  BUT THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING IS A REAL ISSUE FOR ME.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10341693,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2010","vin":"1G2JB12F537","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE, WITH COOPER, TREND SETTER SE, SIZE P195/15/R15 REPLACEMENT TIRES. WHILE  DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE SEPARATED AND THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL BELT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE.  THE CONTACT SATED THE TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE; HOWEVER, THE WHEEL WELL AND THE REAR TIRE WERE DAMAGED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP.  THE LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO CRACKED.  A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.  THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 90,000.   UPDATED 12/30/10","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"COOPER","productModel":"TRENDSETTER SE","size":"P205/75R15","manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10334335,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/28/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2010","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED FUNCTIONING  WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONED.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 70,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10318397,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/10/2010","vin":"3G2JB52F13S","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"FAILURE TO THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS,  WITH TIME, CORROSION ATTACK THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS. WHICH WILL CAUSE THE HEADLIGHT INTENSITY TO LOWER OR WORST, TOTAL HEADLIGHT FAILURE. THAT MEAN THAT YOU CAN BE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND TOTALLY LOSE YOUR HEADLIGHT.    THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES NOW, AND I NEED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED A 5TH TIME  APRIL 2004. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10315166,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. HEADLAMPS DO NOT WORK. FOUND OUT THRU INTERNET SEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WIRING PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT GM SHOULD FIX (FOG LAMPS AS WELL). THE LAMPS ALREADY WENT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENS AT NIGHT YOU HAVE NO LIGHTS. GM KEEPS SKIRTING AROUND THE ISSUE UNTIL YOUR WARRANTY RUNS OUT THEN IT COSTS YOU MORE MONEY THAN YOU HAVE TO GET IT FIXED. VERY, VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING. JUST DO A INTERNET SEARCH FOR SUNFIRE HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS/DO NOT WORK/ ETC. AND YOU'LL SEE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10295015,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/27/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2009","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2006 WITH EVERYTHING ON IT STOCK. IN 2009 THE COIL PACK STARTED MISFIRING CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO GO BAD AND ALSO CAUSING THE RODS BEARINGS TO SPIN. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10283087,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"09/07/2009","vin":"1G2JB14F137","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"1. HIGH USE OF TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE LEADS TO SEPARATION AT THE TRANSMISSION END LINK.    2. ONCE THE SHIFT CABLE LINK WEARS OUT IT FALLS DOWN AND THE TRANSMISSION CAN NO LONGER BE SHIFTED THROUGH GEAR POSITIONS FROM WITHIN THE VEHICLE. A VEHICLE CAN BE LEFT STRANDED IN ANY GEAR, DRIVE, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, OR ANY OTHER POSITION.     3. A TEMPORARY FIX IS POSSIBLE WITH A ZIP TIE, BUT IS ONLY TEMPORARY DUE TO HEAT AND WEAR ON THE ZIP TIE. AN OE REPLACEMENT FOR THE SHIFT CABLE NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED. THIS IS A HIGH FAILURE ITEM LEADING TO STRANDED VEHICLES IN MANY DANGEROUS LOCATIONS AND NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED WITH A FAIL SAFE CONNECTION AT THE TRANSMISSION END. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10270065,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/27/2009","vin":"1G2JB12F837","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY BECAME EXTREMELY DIM.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED ACCORDING TO A SAFETY RECALL.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT THE REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE.  THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10259473,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/18/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/20/2009","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"HEAD LIGHTS FAIL FOR NO REASON AND AT ANY TIME. THIS CAN INCLUDE BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM AND FOG LIGHTS. HAS BEEN REPAIRED NOW FOR THE 5TH TIME AT A GM DEALER SHIP. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10259327,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/06/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2009","vin":"1G2JB12F237","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING ON THE VEHICLE.  THE FORWARD ELECTRIC HARNESS ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER INTO THE LIGHT AND CAUSED IT TO FAIL.  SOON AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2003, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED.  THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WAS A RECALL (GM RECALL NUMBER 03029) ON THE LIGHTS.  THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE IT AFFECTED THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AND DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT.  THE CONTACT RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT THEY STATED THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AND WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED A SECOND TIME.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,700. UPDATED 03/23/09. *LJ  UPDATED 03/24/09.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10257966,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/18/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2009","vin":"3G2JB12F03S","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE FRONT WIRING HARNESS ON MY 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE 2 DOOR HAS FAILED FOR THE 4TH TIME DUE TO CORROSION OF THE OBVIOUSLY-TOO-SMALL GAUGE WIRING AND INAPPROPRIATE PLACEMENT AND WATER-PROOFING OF THE WIRING HARNESS AND CONNECTORS. HEADLIGHT(S) OR FOGLIGHT(S) TYPICALLY EITHER FAIL OUTRIGHT, OR DIM TO ABOUT 10% INTENSITY, CAUSED BY CORROSION IN THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS. PREVIOUS FAILURES OF THIS WIRING HARNESS AFFECTING BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND/OR FOGLIGHTS OCCURRED IN JAN 2005, JAN 2006,  AND JAN 2007, AND WERE REPAIRED BY REMOVAL OF CORRODED WIRE SECTIONS AND RE-SPLICING OF WIRES. DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH GM AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS CONFIRM MY SUSPICIONS OF SIMILAR FAILURES IN MANY OTHER SUNFIRES AND CAVALIERS.  I AGREE WITH A LIFELONG MECHANIC WHO SAYS THE ONLY PROPER SOLUTION IS A COMPLETE REWIRING JOB.    THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AS COMPLETE HEADLIGHT FAILURE OR DIMMING CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. A DEAD OF NIGHT FAILURE ANYWHERE, IN THE CITY, NEAR A SCHOOL, OR ON A COUNTRY ROAD AS HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND IN HER SUNFIRE, CANNOT BE CONSTRUED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN LIFE-THREATENING; FOG LIGHT AND HEADLIGHT FAILURE AT ANY OTHER TIME IS DANGEROUS. IF THE FAILURE OF SUNFIRE/CAVALIER REAR BRAKE AND TURN LIGHTS WARRANTED A 2004 RECALL, THEN SURELY THIS EQUALLY OR MORE THREATENING CHRONIC PROBLEM DESERVES ONE. WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED ALREADY IS BEYOND ME.    GM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BY ISSUING A SERIES OF TSBS OVER THE YEARS ON THIS PROBLEM: #03018, #0309, #030842002, #021903, AND THE NHTSA HAS BEEN APPRISED OF THEM.    I AM A HOBBY MECHANIC WHO HAS SPENT 45 YEARS BUILDING AND RACING POWERBOATS AND WORKING ON AND RESTORING CARS. I KNOW A DESIGN FAULT WHEN I SEE ONE. THIS ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE SUSPECT WIRING HARNESSES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THEM TO FAIL (TIME AND TIME AGAIN) AND THEN MAKING SPLICES TO THE WIRING AND CLEANING UP THE CONNECTORS. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10254471,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/10/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2009","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE HAD ALOT OF SHORTAGES ON MY 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ON LINE AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF SIMILAR ISSUES. SUCH AS POWER WINDOW SHORTAGES, HIGH BEAM AND LOW BEAM SHORTAGES, THE LOCKS, AND ISSUES WITH THE DASHBOARD GAUGES NOT WORKING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS TO MANY ISSUES WITH SHORTAGES AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10241013,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE","summary":"THE 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE IS AN INFERIOR CAR. MINE CURRENTLY HAS APPROX 57,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW, IT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER CAME OUT AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. THE CAR HAD WHITE PAINT OVERSPRAY ON IT. THE DEALER REPAINTED IT. THE SUNROOF MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DEALER FIXED IT. THE TURN SIGNALS KEPT GOING OUT & IT WAS FIXED DUE TO THE RECALL. THE DASH HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIR WAS NOT COMING OUT OF THE VENTS PROPERLY. THE POWER WINDOW DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED COMPLETELY AROUND 38,000 MILES & PASSENGER INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT WORK. THIS WAS FIXED AT MY EXPENSE. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAD THE DEALER CHECK THEM SEVERAL TIMES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY FINALLY REPLACED THEM AT THEIR COST BECAUSE THEY SAID IT SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY GIVEN THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. I'VE HAD BRAKES REPLACED TWO OTHER TIMES AT MY EXPENSE AND THEY ARE STILL SQUEAKING AND CREAKING VERY LOUDLY AND I'M TOLD THE BRAKE PADS ARE \"CRACKED\" BUT THAT IT WON'T HURT ANYTHING. NOW, THE NEW PROBLEM IS, THE RADIO QUIT PLAYING FOR 15 MINUTES AFTER THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND YOU'RE IN IT. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, MY DOME LIGHT AND MAP LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON UNTIL I LET OFF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATE. ALSO, THE HORN NO LONGER HONKS WHEN I LOCK THE CAR WITH THE REMOTE. I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH THIS CAR BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO GET RID OF IT SINCE I JUST PAID IT OFF IN JULY 2008. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC! *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10235515,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"07/23/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2005 HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT - PONTIAC DEALER WRAPPED HARNESS WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE. STATED IT WAS FROM WASHER FLUID LEAKING. APPROX 12 MONTHS LATER INCIDENT OCCUR AGAIN. TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER ON REQUEST OF PONTIAC. RE-WRAP HARNESS DIFFERENT AREA. SERVICE LIGHT ON 2 WEEKS AGO. DEALER WRAPPED ENTIRE HARNESS. PONTIAC SERVICE NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINT NUMBERS OBTAINED.  SAFETY ISSUE AS LIGHTS GO OUT. WIRING HARNESS DETERIORATED. BANDAIDED 3X. CONCERN RE: LIGHTS GOING OUT AGAIN AT NIGHT. FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10231090,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE VEHICLE BECOMES ERRATIC AFTER WARMING UP. ON A HOT DAY IT MAY NOT RESPOND AT ALL OR MAY RESET TO A NEGATIVE VALUE AND NOT RESPOND DURING MOVEMENT. IT ALSO LOCKS UP WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT WHATEVER THE SUSTAINED SPEED HAS BEEN, GRADUALLY FALLING TO ZERO AS THE CAR ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10229663,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F137","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL PUMP WENT OUT ON 2003 GM PONTIAC SUNFIRE. LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ONLY 65K MILES ON THE CAR.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10228000,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/10/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F437","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"REFERRING TO THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT:  WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN HOME AFTER IT WAS ALREADY DARK, I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT SEEMED A LITTLE DIMMER THAN THE DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT.  I ALSO HAD ON MY DRIVING LIGHTS THAT ARE BELOW THE HEADLIGHTS.  WE WERE ON A PARTICULARLY DARK ROAD WHERE THERE IS A TENDENCY TO BE DEER, SO WHEN IT WAS CLEAR OF OPPOSING TRAFFIC, I PUT THE HIGH-BEAM LIGHTS ON.  AFTER PUTTING THE HIGH-BEAMS ON, ALL THE LIGHTS.....HEADLIGHTS, HIGH-BEAMS, AND DRIVING LIGHTS WENT OUT....WHILE I WAS DRIVING.  A RED \"SERVICE\" LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD.  I WAS VERY STARTLED AT THIS AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  I SWITCHED THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND NOTHING WOULD WORK AND THE \"SERVICE\" LIGHT REMAINED ON.  FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IF I PANICKED.  MY CHILDREN WERE VERY WORRIED THAT WE WERE PULLED OFF IN THE DARK.  I DECIDED TO SHUT THE CAR OFF, HOPING TO RESET SOMETHING, AND TURN IT BACK ON.  WHEN I DID THIS, THE \"SERVICE\" LIGHT WAS NOT ON, AND THE HEADLIGHTS AND DRIVING LIGHTS CAME ON.  THE PASSENGER-SIDE LIGHT WAS STILL DIM WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE LIT AND DIM, ALTHOUGH THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH INSIDE THE CAR WAS NOT ON.  I BOUGHT A NEW HEADLIGHT AND CHANGED THE BULB, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHT, IT WAS STILL DIM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10224115,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/29/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/10/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F237","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DRIVING TO THE STORE ONE NIGHT I REALIZED HALFWAY THERE, MY DASH LIGHT BEHIND THE FUEL GAGE WAS ALMOST OUT AND THEN REALIZED EVERYTHING ILLUMINATED BY MY HEADLIGHTS LOOKED VERY DIM, LIKE THEY WEREN'T ON, JUST MY FOG LIGHTS.  I PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT IT WAS JUST MY FOG LIGHTS,  I HAD NO LOW BEAMS YET THE SWITCH SHOWED MY LIGHTS TO BE ON.  THANKFULLY NO POLICE WERE AROUND, I'VE BEEN TOLD DRIVING WITHOUT YOUR LIGHTS ON IS A RED FLAG TO THE POLICE THAT YOU MAY BE DRIVING DRUNK OR DRIVING RECKLESSLY, WHICH NEITHER WAS THE CASE.  LUCKILY A FRIEND WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME AND PULLED OVER AT THE SAME TIME.  WE BOTH LOOKED AT IT AND THEN HE HAD TO HELP ME GET BACK HOME, DIDN'T KNOW I HAD HIGH BEAMS STILL.  I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG AND STILL WORKING ON IT 6 MONTHS LATER.  I'M NOW ON A DISABILITY INCOME AND CAN'T JUST BRING IT TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC TO SEE IF THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIX IT AND END UP WITH AN OUTRAGEOUS BILL, ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK.  I WAS DOING RESEARCH TO SEE IF I MISSED A RECALL OR AN ARTICLE STATING THE PROBLEM & FIX WITH THIS ISSUE WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE AND SEE THAT IT HAS AN AWFUL LOT OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS AS MINE.  KIND OF A RELIEF.  AFTER READING MOST OF THEM, I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND A COMMENT/COMPLAINT THAT SAYS EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND IF IT'S EXPENSIVE.  IF I'M NOT THE ONLY PONTIAC OWNER WITH THIS ISSUE AND AT A LOSS, WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT BESIDES THE OBVIOUS?  IS THERE AN ACTUAL FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT I HAVEN'T READ/FOUND YET OR WHEN THERE IS ONE, WILL I/WE BE NOTIFIED?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10223430,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/05/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"04/05/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F437","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"I HAD BOUGHT 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE FROM MCELVEEN PONTIAC-BUICK-GMC TRUCK, SUMMERVILLE, SC IN 2002. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED UNDER FOLLOWING RECALL FOR REAR STOP LAMPS AND WORK WAS DONE ON 6/8/2005.  NHTSA ACTION NUMBER:  EA04028              NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER:      04V524000  MAKE:    PONTIAC       MODEL:    SUNFIRE  YEAR : 2003   MANUFACTURER : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.    COMPONENT :    EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL     MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED IN DECEMBER 2007 AND I TOOK THE CAR TO LOU SOBH PONTIAC, DULUTH, GA ON 12/13/2007. THEY REPLACED THE TURN LAMP. IN FEB. 2008 THIS LAMP FAILED AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO LOU SOBH PONTIAC, DULUTH, GA AND THEY REPLACED THE BULB (NO PAPER WORK WAS GENERATED BY SERVICE DEPT. AND WORK WAS COVERED UNDER PART WARRANTY).     IN MARCH 2008 BOTH REAR SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED. I TOOK CAR AGAIN TO LOU SOBH PONTIAC, DULUTH, GA ON 4/5/2008. THIS TIME THEY CHECKED ALL WIRING AND INFORMED ME THAT  THE BOTH SOCKETS ARE MELTED DUE TO OVERHEAT AND MAY BE LOOSE CONTACTS. THEY REPLACED BOTH SOCKET.     SOCKETS WILL MELT OVER THE TIME ONLY IF THEY ARE LOOSE TO BEGIN WITH, AND IF IT IS NOT CAUGHT IN TIME, THAN WIRING MAY CATCH FIRE AND ALSO MAY CAUSE ACCIDENT.     THIS ALSO MAY BE RELATED ANOTHER INCIDENT I HAD ENCOUNTERED WITH MY POWER WINDOWS WHICH FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF REGULATOR DUE TO SHORT (IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY) WHICH HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS WHEN REAR SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED IN DEC. 2007.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10223432,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/13/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/05/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F437","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"IN DEC. 2005 MY DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED TO OPERATE - IT WILL STICK AND NOT ROLL DOWN. AFTER WHILE IT WILL ROLL UP AND DOWN AS NORMAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER MCELVEEN PONTIAC, SUMMERVILLE, SC (I HAD BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM THIS DEALER) AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND NO WORK WAS PERFORMED.    ABOVE PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW INTERMITTENTLY NORMALLY HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS DRIZZLING RAINING.     IN DEC. 2007 MY PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED AND IT WILL NOT ROLL UP. IT WAS DRIZZLING WHEN IT FAILED. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER LOU SOBH PONTIAC, DULUTH, GA ON 12/13/2007 AND GOT REPAIRED ON 12/17/2007. ACCORDING TO DEALER PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. DEALER REPLACED THE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY. SINCE THAN BOTH WINDOWS ARE WORKING OK SO FAR.    THIS CAN CAUSE ACCIDENT IF IT IS RAINING AND WINDOW FAILS TO ROLL UP OR IN THE EVENT OF POOR VISIBILITY (MORNING WITH HEAVY FOG OR FROST ON THE WINDOW) WHEN YOU WANT TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW TO SEE UPCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE TAKING LEFT TURN.    THIS FAILURE OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME WHEN MY REAR SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED. IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND SOCKET HAD MELTED. THEREFORE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THESE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10214110,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/07/2008","vin":"1G2JB12F637","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE.  THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HEADLAMP CIRCUIT MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A FAILED WIRE AND CORRODED CONNECTION.  THEY MADE THE REPAIR.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,346.   UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN  THE REAR TURN SIGNALS WERE INOPERATIVE AS WELL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213815,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/30/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2008","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING. THE BULBS TESTED FINE, THE FUSE TESTED FINE AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH SEEMS TO BE WORKING PROPERLY.  I REPLACED THE SWITCH WITH A KNOWN WORKING SWITCH AND THE LOW BEAMS STILL DO NOT WORK.  I DRIVE WHEN IT IS DARK OUTSIDE AND AM FORCED TO USE MY HIGH BEAMS TO SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM SEEN BY OTHER DRIVERS. I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WHICH I DID AND THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS STILL DO NOT WORK. *CN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212625,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2007","vin":"1G2WK52JX3F","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I BOUGHT MY GRAND PRIX FROM CHIP BANKS IN DUQUOIN, IL. IN AUGUST OF 2006 AND IT HAD ONLY 39,500 AFTER OWNING IT FOR 4 MONTHS THE HEAD STARTED TO MISFIRE. I HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID IT HAD BEEN HEALY COILED TO JUST TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX MY CAR BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I DID NOT BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR MY CAR BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD IT AND IT DID NOT HAVE VERY MANY MILES ON IT SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY. I HAD IT HEALY COILED TO REPAIR IT AND IT HELD FOR 8 MONTHS AND NOW ALL THE OTHER ROCKER ARMS ARE NEEDING HEALY COILED IN BECAUSE THEY ARE WORN OUT AND THEY ARE DROPPING THE PUSH ROD INTO MY HEAD. I BOUGHT A NEW HEAD FOR MY CAR AND HAD IT INSTALLED AND NOW THE OTHER HEAD IS DOING THE SAME THING. PLEASE HELP ME. I AM THE MOTHER OF FOUR AND I AM LOW INCOME I CALLED CHIP BANKS AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME AND I HAVE NO WAY TO GET MY KIDS AROUND.  ONE THING ABOUT MY CAR IS ADVANCED AUTO WHERE I GOT MY HEAD FROM HAD TO SPECIAL ORDER IT BECAUSE IT HAD A 8 MM BOLT PATTERN SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR NOT. I GAVE $13,000.00 FOR THIS CAR AND I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER CAR AND I DON'T WANT ANOTHER CAR I LOVE MY GRAND PRIX I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF THE HEADS HAVE BEEN RECALLED OR SOMETHING. I TRIED TO GO ON CAR FAX.COM AND IT SAID MY CAR HAD ELEVEN REPORTS ON IT BUT I DO NOT OWN A CREDIT CARD SO I CANNOT PURCHASE IT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT TELL ME IF THE CAR HAD EVER BEEN WRECKED OR THE ENGINE MESSED UP OR ANYTHING. THANK YOU.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10211007,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/30/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2007","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CAR STALLED ON ME WHILE ON A BUSY ROAD.  ENDED UP BEING RELATED TO THE CARS PASSLOCK SYSTEM.  COST $500 FOR TOWING AND REPAIRS.  PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING AGAIN AS CAR STALLED ON ME WHILE ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON 12/11/2007 AND WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN.  APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM ON LATE 90'S EARLY 2000'S GM VEHICLES.  IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ON THE INTERSTATE, I WOULD HATE TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN ON THE CAR (I.E. POWER STEERING).  VERY DANGEROUS!!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10210949,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2007","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"3.1L INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10204414,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2007","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY,AIR BAGS","summary":"I PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCTOBER 2003 AND THE CAR WAS GREAT. IN MARCH 2006 I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE THE CAR WHEN ATTEMPTED TO START WOULD TAKE A FEW SECONDS EXTRA AND THEN START, THEN 6 MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE CAR JUST CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE CAR RESTARTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER. THEN IN NOVEMBER THIS STARTED HAPPENING MORE AN MORE FREQUENTLY. ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER THE CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. I WAITED AN HOUR AND STILL THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP SO I REPLACED THAT AND THE CAR WORKED FOR 2 DAYS AND THEN THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. HE THEN TESTED THE CAR AND SAW THERE WAS NO POWER GOING TO THE FUEL PUMP. I HAD HIM DO A TEMPORARY FIX AND RUN A LINE FROM THE BATTERY TO THE FUEL PUMP SO THE CAR WOULD STILL START. THEN EVERYTHING ELSE SLOWLY STARTED TO FAIL. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW STAYS ON. ONE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND THEN THE OTHER FOLLOWED BY MY HIGH BEAM TOTALLY. MY FRONT LEFT TURN SIGNAL WENT THEN THE REAR RIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT RIGHT. MY HORN NO LONGER WORKS. I DON'T KNOW IF MY AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING AS WELL.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10199030,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2007","vin":"3G2JB52F13S","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THIS IS MY MOTHER'S CAR, NOT MINE, SHE'S 54 YEARS OLD AND SHE DOES NOT DRIVE CRAZY.  LAST WEEK HER FRONT SPRING SUSPENSION BROKE FOR NO REASON.  I'M A MECHANIC, AND I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THAT KIND OF FAILURE, IT HAD TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  WHEN SHE WENT AT THE DEALER (WHICH WASN'T WHERE SHE BOUGHT THE CAR) THEY SAID THAT HER CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY, SO IT WOULD COST A $120 PLUS LABOR TO REPAIR THE CAR.  SO SHE BOUGHT A USED PART AND HAD IT REPLACED.  PERSONALLY, I THINK THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER, THAT THEY NEVER SEEN THAT TYPE OF PROBLEM BEFORE AND THEY SHOULD INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS DEFECT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10196162,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/12/2007","vin":"1G2JB12F437","components":"VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BEGAN LOSING ABILITY TO LIFT/LOWER AFTER BEING LOWERED ONE DAY WHILE WINDOW HAD MOISTURE ON IT.  TOOK IT TO GM DEALER AFTER WINDOW BECAME TOTALLY STUCK DOWN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MOTOR.  A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN.  WAS TOLD IT WAS REGULATOR.  THREE MONTHS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME TO PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW.  HAVE YET TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN BECAUSE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.  IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WINDOW MOTOR REGULATOR  SHOULD LAST AROUND 5 YEARS.  IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER WHY THIS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER THE WINDOWS WERE OPENED/SHUT WITH MOISTURE ON THEM (DEW FROM AM.  THIS DOES POSE A SAFETY HAZARD IN MY OPINION AS WE HAVE  TROUBLE MAKERS  IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO DELIGHT IN SHOOTING PAINT BALLS AT CARS AT NIGHT, AND I DON'T LIKE HAVING AN OPEN WINDOW IN WHICH IT CAN GO FLYING THROUGH AND HIT ME IN THE EYE/HEAD), AS WELL AS A GENERAL INCONVENIENCE.  I WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION DONE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE MOISTURE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE FAILING WINDOWS.  PLEASE UPDATE ON WHAT IS FOUND OUT.  THANK YOU.  AND I CHECKED PROPERTY DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE MOISTURE DAMAGE THAT RESULTED TO MY VEHICLE (AND EVERYTHING IN IT) BECAUSE OF A STORM WE HAD WHILE THE WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN.  SO TO ME THAT IS PROPERTY DAMAGE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1995","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"S SERIES","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10189064,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2007","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"FAILURE IS IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT DIM HEADLIGHTS.  THE LEFT WENT OUT 1 WEEK AGO.  THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS A CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE UNTIL THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON (SIMILAR SOUND WHEN TURN SIGNAL LAMPS GO OUT).  THE BULB WAS REPLACED AND THE SERVICE LIGHT WENT OFF.  THE LIGHT STILL DID NOT WORK AND THE CLICKING NOISE WAS THE SAME.  THE OLD BULB DID NOT HAVE THE FILAMENT BURNT OUT.  TODAY THE RIGHT BULB HAS DONE THE SAME THING.  BOTH BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND STILL THE SAME RESULTS.  NO HEADLIGHTS.  BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS STILL WORK.  LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED DURING THE DAY ELSE MY WIFE WOULD HAVE HAD A HECK OF A TIME GETTING AROUND AND AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY.  CURRENTLY THIS CONDITION STILL EXISTS AND WE ARE SWAPPING VEHICLES TO PLAY THE DRIVE DURING DAYLIGHT GAME.  FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON TO THE PONTIAC SUNFIRE.  POOR ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10186237,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2007","vin":"1G2JB12F237","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. STARTED WITH DIM LIGHTS THEN TO NO LOW BEAMS, AND NOW ONLY ONE HIGH BEAM. BY RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I AM CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. THIS TO ME SEEMS LIKE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. MAYBE NO ONE WAS KILLED AS A RESULT ,BUT HOW MANY WOULD HAVE TO FOR A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I THINK PONTIAC NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH A RECALL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10185902,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2007","vin":"1G2WR52143F","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2003 GRAND PRIX GTP, WHICH HAD REGULAR CAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE, CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN I WAS AT WORK. A CO-EMPLOYEE TOLD ME SHE HEARD THESE GRAND PRIX HAVE A HISTORY OF CATCHING ON FIRE AND I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND ARTICLES THAT THEY DO HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF ENGINE FIRES, WHICH MINE WAS.  THEREFORE, I THOUGHT I WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT REPORT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10182273,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2007","vin":"3G2JB52F23S","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TURNED THE CAR OFF , WENT IN THE STORE, CAME OUT AND THE CAR WAS FULL OFF BLACK SMOKE.  THE WIRE HARNESS MELTED FROM THE FUSE PANEL BACK TO THE TAIL LIGHTS.  DEALER SAID IT STARTED FROM A FAULTY DIODE NEAR THE FUSE PANEL, BUT WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT. THANK GOD THE KIDS WEREN'T WAITING IN THE CAR.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10177874,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2007","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED THREE TIMES SINCE 2003 CAUSING FAILURE OF THE LOW AND HIGH BEAMS ON THE HEADLIGHTS AS WELL AS THE TURN SIGNALS.  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS BEING CAUSED BY EARLY CORROSION.  THERE IS NO WARNING OF THE IMPENDING FAILURE.  THE LIGHTS IMMEDIATELY GO OUT WITH NO RECOURSE UNTIL SERVICED.  THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM, AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADMITTED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON FAILURE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10177701,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2007","vin":"1G2NW52E13C","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"GM HAS PROBLEMS WITH ERRATIC FUEL SENSORS, AND THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL A LOT AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS THEY HAVE, OR DON'T HAVE IN THEIR CARS. I HAVE BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM, ON A BUSY EXPRESSWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF GAS BECAUSE MY GAS GAUGE WAS READING WRONG. THAT WAS IN ME 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH MY 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WHOLE THING SHOULD BE RECALLED BEING THAT IT IS NOT COVERED IN LEMON LAW FOR NEW YORK STATE AND A COSTLY REPAIR $(200-300 FOR THE PARTS) AND ADD ON THE $70 AN HOUR FOR LABOR.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10156402,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/28/2006","vin":"1GMDX03E93D","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"NUMBER 2 ABOVE - OUR PONTIAC MONTANA 2003 VAN HAS THE AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR.  THE DOOR SLIDES BACK INTO PLACE WHEN THE BUTTON IS PUSHED.  IT IS SUPPOSE TO GO BACK TO AN OPEN POSITION WHEN THE DOOR TOUCHES A PERSON OR AN OBJECT.  OUR CONCERN IS IT TAKES ALL OF MY BODY WEIGHT FOR THIS DOOR TO GO BACK.  SO IF OR WHEN A CHILD MIGHT GET HIS ARM OR EVEN HEAD IN BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE DOOR CLOSING IF HE WERE STARTING TO GET OUT OF THE VAN IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY SINCE THE DOOR WOULD NOT JUST GO BACK AS IT SHOULD.  OUR GRANDSON DID GET HIS FINGERS/HAND CAUGHT IN IT AND THE BUTTON HAD TO BE PUSHED TO RELEASE HIM.  THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL.  IT IS NOT WHEN THE CHRYSLER VANS WHICH MY NIECE OWNS HAS THE SAME TYPE SET UP AND WHEN YOU JUST TOUCH HER DOOR AS IT'S CLOSING IT GOES RIGHT BACK OPEN.  WE REALLY ARE CONCERNED WITH THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE THIS COULD CAUSE A CHILD.  I WAS TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE TO SOME FRIENDS WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE VAN HOW THE DOOR WOULD GO BACK NOT KNOWING IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE DOOR FOR IT TO GO BACK AND IT BRUISED MY ARM.  THE WAY THIS DOOR WORKS NOW WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MONTANA UNLESS THIS FEATURE IS CORRECTED.  WE WOULD DEFINITELY GO TO A CHRYSLER VAN NEXT.  THEIRS IS MUCH SAFER.  WE HAVE 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN EVERYTIME THEY GO WITH US IN THE CAR.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10150782,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/21/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/21/2006","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING.  THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS WHEN THIS OCCURRED.  THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL THEN RESTARTED.  THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  ALSO, THE CLUTCH FAILED ON THE VEHICLE TWICE.  THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED WHILE PARKED AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CLUTCH PIN.  THE SECOND TIME, 3 MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH WENT TO THE FLOOR.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10147461,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2006","vin":"1G2JB12F837","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN WATER ENTERED THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE THE HEADLIGHTS DID  NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE HIGH BEAM  ILLUMINATED.  HOWEVER, THE LOW BEAM BECAME  INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER REWIRED THE HEADLIGHTS AND REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT BULBS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10140361,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F837","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES GRABBED AND LET GO, LIKE A PULSATION. TOOK THE VEHICLE   TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER THEY TURNED THE ROTORS. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER  CLEANED  THE ROTORS. THE THIRD TIME THEY TURNED THE ROTORS FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE BRAKES WORKED,  BUT  THE CONTACT WAS  CONCERNED ABOUT  THE MULTIPLICITY OF TIMES THAT THE ROTORS WERE SERVICED. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS  TOLD THE CONTACT  THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM A LOT. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY AND OFFERED NO HELP AT THEIR EXPENSE. *AK  UPDATED 11/15/2005.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10133415,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/16/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2005","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"PONTIAC SUNFIRE DEVELOPED A START UP PROBLEM.*MR  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CLAIMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A DEVICE BELIEVED TO BE INSTALLED DURING THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM RECALL.  THEY SAID IT'S A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE RECALL WORK AND A WIRE LEFT LOOSELY ATTACHED TO THE DEVICE, THAT WHEN CONTACT IS BROKEN, PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING.  THE CONSUMER PAID TO HAVE THE PART REMOVED.  THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE VEHICLE WARRANTY CLAIMING THAT THE DEVICE WAS A NON-PONTIAC PART.  THE CONSUMER IS ADAMANT THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NO ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN REGULAR MAINTENANCE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10128693,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT A POLE. MY SEATBELTS UNLACHED DURING IMPACT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10128581,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/13/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2005","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM V6 AND AM ON MY 5TH SET OF LIFETIME WARRENTY BREAKS AND MY 2ND SET OF ROTORS.  I HAVE ALSO HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR THE GAS HAND MALFUNCTIONING AND THE MOTOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW IS NOT WORKING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10128659,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"DT:  WHILE DRIVING  ABOUT 45 MPH, THE  AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE A UTILITY POLE.  THE SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED, IT UNLATCHED DURING THIS INCIDENT.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURRED.  NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO VEHICLE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10124992,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/11/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F537","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS BOTH DASH AND EXTERIOR WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED.  PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, NO LUCK.  WAITED FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT STARTED UP, BUT WHEN I GOT UP TO 40MPH, IT REPEATED WHAT IT DID BEFORE, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINUTES AND IT STARTED AGAIN, AND IT DID IT AGAIN.  AGAIN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED, THEN IT STARTED, AND I FINALLY GOT IT TO AN EXIT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.  IT WOULD ONLY RUN AT 25MPH, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS ABOVE.  THE NEXT DAY AFTER LEAVING THE CAR SIT OVERNIGHT, IT STARTED JUST FINE, RAN JUST FINE, EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.  TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CODE READ THAT IT WAS RUNNING TO LEAN, THEY CHECKED, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS.  THE CAR WILL NOT RUN ABOVE 70MPH, THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT.  THE ONLY REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE, WERE THE RECALLS ALREADY ON FILE FOR THIS VEHICLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10124442,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/27/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2005","vin":"","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE ACCELERATOR STICKS OR \"FLUTTERS\".","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10122557,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/31/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT: BOUGHT  VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR  SHOP 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DYING AT RANDOM FOR NO REASON AND WILL NOT START BACK. SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 20 MINUTES OR LONGER BEFORE IT WILL RESTART.  MECHANIC HAD NO IDEA WHY THIS  PROBLEM HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, BUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT. TWO WEEKS AGO THE CAR  WAS SUBJECTED TO A PRESSURIZED TEST. CONSUMER HAS THE CAR TOWED ON 5-31-2005 BECAUSE IT DIED, AND DID  RESTART.  THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF  PROBLEMS  TO TRY TO CORRECT, BUT NOTHING  WORKED. THE CAR WAS KEPT AT THE DEALER FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS AT A  TIME.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10114620,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/24/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F037","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE - REAR BLINKER BULDS KEEP BURNING OUT.  MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHERE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME.  I'VE BEEN PULLED OVER ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT LUCKILY NOT WRITTEN UP.  I CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP REPLACING THE BULBS.  THE BULBS COST AROUND $2.00 AND THEY BURN OUT WITHIN 2 HOURS.  I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS BUT NONE WORK.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10113115,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/2005","vin":"1G2JB12F537","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"IT TOOK 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP , 9 SERVICE REPAIRS BEFORE THE REAR LIGHT BULB SOCKET ASSEMBLIES  RECALL 04V524000 WAS REPAIRED CORRECTLY.  CENTRAL PONTIAC, BUICK, GMC  - REPAIR 4 TIMES.  INTER HAVEN FL 863 299-1221,  TEINLE OLDSMOBILE-PONTIAC-CADILLAC-GMC TRUCK, INC-   FREMONT OHIO, REPAIRED 4 TIMES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10111829,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/16/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/20/2005","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"BOUGHT A 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE IN OCT 2003. FROM FEB OF 2004 TO FEB 2005 IT HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPT OF FRANKLIN MOTOR CO IN JASPER AL A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.  THE CAR DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. FOR NO REASON.  ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AT ONE POINT, WAS TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC ON A FOUR LANE HWY AND IT DIES ACROSS 2 LANES.  CAN NOT MAKE THE CAR MIMIC THE PROBLEM AT ANY TIME BUT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT HAS NOT DONE IT WITH THEM WHILE BEING DRIVEN BY THEM. HAVE GONE THRU ARBITRATION WHICH WAS A JOKE, WAS TOLD BECAUSE OUR COMPLAINT LETTER REACHED GM COMPANY IN NOV OF 2004 THAT OUR YEAR ACCORDING TO THE LEMON LAW WAS UP. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT WE HAD TRIED TO GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST YEAR.LAWYER FOR GM COMPANY SAID THE CAR WAS NOT A HAZARD BECAUSE THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT.  THEY HAVE REPLACED RESONATOR AND PIPE ASSEMBLY, COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, & MODULE, PCM/VCM  ALL ON 4/5/04.UPPED IDLE FROM 725RPM TO 925-950 RPM ON 5/28/04. REPLACE VALVE, IDLE AIR CONTROL ON 3/23/2004*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10106412,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2005","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"TIRES/STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE HAVE FAILED 4 TIMES.  CAR HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW ON THE 4TH SET OF NEW TIRES, AVERAGE TIRE LASTS ABOUT 9-12,000 MILES, WITH ONE SET HAVING ONLY LASTED 4,000 MILES.  THE DEALER KEPT BLAMING IT ON THE TIRES BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE ITSELF, THE CAR HAS BEEN ALIGNED WITH EACH SET OF NEW TIRES AND 2 EXTRA TIMES WHEN I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT PULLS TO THE LEFT SEVERELY AND IT ALSO SHAKES EVEN AFTER BEING ALIGNED.  I DON'T THINK 6 ALIGNMENTS IS NORMAL FOR A NEW CAR.  IS ANYONE ELSE HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES?    *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10105615,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/02/2005","vin":"1GMDX13E13D","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"IN AUGUST OF 2004 WHILE CAMPING MY 18 MONTH OLD SON WAS GETTING OUT OF OUR 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA WHEN HE INSTINCTIVELY REACHED BACK INTO THE VAN TO GRAB HIS SIPPY CUP THAT HE DROPPED WHILE THE DOOR WAS STARTING TO CLOSE, HIS HAND BECAME PINCHED IN THE SLIDING DOOR.  I  DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE HAD DROPPED HIS CUP, SO I LOOKED AWAY TRYING TO GRAB HIS TWIN BROTHER BEFORE PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORING CAMP SITES YELLED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE DOOR HAD ACTUALLY CLOSED COMPLETELY ON HIS HAND.  LUCKILY NOTHING WAS BROKE BECAUSE HIS HAND WAS SO SMALL AND IT HAPPENED JUST UNDERNEATH THE PROTECTIVE STRIP SO IT ACTUALLY CLOSED COMPLETELY.  I CONTACTED SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND SPOKE TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AT GM REGARDING THIS MATTER AND THEY PRETTY MUCH ALL TOLD ME (AFTER HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS FROM THEM) THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING MY KIDS BETTER AND THAT IT IS A SAFETY FEATURE TO STOP COMPLETE CLOSURE OF OBJECTS UNFORTUNATELY LARGER THAN MY 18 MONTH OLD SONS HAND.  ALSO I HEARD A LOT OF SORRY AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAD TO HAPPEN BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO FOR ME.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10104490,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/25/2004","vin":"1G2HY54K834","components":"STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CREAKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL.  INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED.  ALSO, BURNING SMELL COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.  GASKETS REPLACED ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND ALSO THE THROTTLE GASKET REPLACED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10104275,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/21/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2004","vin":"","components":"STEERING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,STRUCTURE","summary":"CONTINUAL EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF MY 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA.  IN JAN. 2003.. DOOR HANDLES HAD TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THEY SNAPPED. (UNDER WARRANTY).   IN OCTOBER 2004... GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE NOZZLE CAME LOOSE FROM THE TANK, $900 REPAIR  TODAY.. 12/21/04 VAN DID NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO RIGHT TIE ROD LOOSE AND ALIGNMENT $300 (CAR HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10109784,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/01/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE","summary":"NUMEROUS OF FAILURES;AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, CLUTCH STICKS TO FLOOR, CAR DOESN'T WANT TO START.   *BF   THE TURN SIGNALS AND LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD START ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT THE TURN OF THE KEY, THE VEHICLE USED AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF GAS, THE DASH WOULD RATTLE, THE ENGINE WOULD GROWL, THE DASH MADE A SOUND LIKE THE SPEAKER WAS BLOWN, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE STEREO AND THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE.  (2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE)   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10101594,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/23/2004","vin":"1G2JE1ZF737","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN EVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WOULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS IN THE VEHICLE.   ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING PROPERLY AS IT SHOULD.   THE CONSUMER TOOK THE  VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND  WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10101087,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKED. *BF *TC *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10089846,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/29/2004","vin":"1J4GL58K02W","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER DRIVER STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WATCH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO COME ON.  CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS.  HE  DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND  MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAUSED MOISTURE TO BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE.  *AK  REAR BRAKELIGHTS KEEP FAILING.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10091992,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/13/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2004","vin":"1G2JB1ZF837","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HESITATED. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON.  THIS CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE AND VEHICLE SKIDDED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES.  CONSUMER DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10086837,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/14/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 SUNFIRE HAVE BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES.  THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE GRINDING AND I WAS TOL DNOTHING WAS WRONG.  THEN 3,000 MILES LATER I WAS BACK IN THE SHOP AND THE BREAKS WERE GROUND.  THAT WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT NO SOONER WAS I BACK IN THE SHOP AND THE BREAKS WERE COMPLETELY CHANGED.  WELL ITS BEEN LESS THEN 4,000 MILES SINCE THAT WAS DONE AND THE BREAKS ARE STARTING TO GRIND AGAIN.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10071957,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALL ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER EIGHT TIMES AND STILL HASN'T FOUND THE PROBLEM.  *LA  SINCE THE LAST CORRESPONDENCE THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN HER VEHICLE STALLED.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 2003 REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.  THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL FROM THE OTHER DEALER.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10082484,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/22/2004","vin":"1G2JB12FX37","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"OUTSIDE MIRROR VIBRATION AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE VEHICLES ON THE SIDE AND REAR OF CAR. DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES  TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A \"NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS MODEL.\"  VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY AT HIGHER SPEEDS.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10076101,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F137","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED.  THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER.  THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE.  WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.  THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10075016,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/08/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F637","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"REAR TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS-- BULBS BURNING OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ONE BULB WAS MELTED IN THE SOCKET, BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.  I PLAN ON TAKING IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP NEXT WEEK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10071725,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2004","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH  ALL LIGHTS FROM THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF.  THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER.  THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO START IT  UP AGAIN.  VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR INSPECTION AND THE  MECHANIC COULD  NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.   *AK   THE PROBLEM RECURRED.   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10059247,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED  SMOKE  INSIDE REAR OF  VEHICLE. CONSUMER INSPECTED TRUNK, AND DETERMINED THAT LEFT SIDE BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET WAS ON FIRE. *AK   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10064185,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/30/2004","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN MAY 2003.  SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE MORE THAN 4 TIMES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.  MY CAR AT TIMES HESITATES BEFORE STARTING OTHER TIMES MAKES WEIRD POPPING NOISES AND SOMETIMES THE BRAKES MAKE A POPPING NOISE.  EVERYTIME A SERVICE MECHANIC CHECKED FOR THOSE PROBLEMS THEY WERE NOT DUPLICATED.  THEN I NOTICED ONE DAY THAT ON MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WAS SOAKED!!!!! I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE WATER WAS DRAINING IT CAUSED MY FLOOR TO GET SOAKED EVERYTIME IT RAINED.    THE DEALER FIXED THAT.  NOW IT'S A FEW MONTHS LATER AND I'M DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR JUST DIES COMPLETELY CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING NO WARNING AT ALL! NO SHOULDER FOR ME TO PULL OFF ON !!!!VERY DANGEROUS. I TRY TO START MY CAR AND IT DOES NOT EVEN TURN OVER.  I GET TOWED TO THE DEALER WERE THEY TELL ME THAT MY SENSOR WAS BAD, IT READ I HAD A LITTLE LESS THAN AN 1/2 OF TANK  BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS EMPTY.  THE DEALER PUT A SENSOR IN AND TOLD ME TO COME PICK UP MY CAR.  I STILL DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CAR.  I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS MORE THAN THE SENSOR.  MY CAR JUST COMPLETELY DIED WITH NO WARNING.  NO HESITATION NOTHING, MY FUEL LIGHT WAS NOT ON! MY CAR WOULD NOT EVEN TURN OVER.  WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF GAS IT STILL TURNS OVER  IT DIDN'T!   I HOPE THAT MY CAR IS COMPLETELY FIXED THAT WAS MY REASON FOR BUYING A NEW CAR, I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THIS CAR A YEAR AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SIGNS THAT I MAY HAVE A LEMON!*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10063539,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"REAR TURN SIGNAL BULBS BLEW OUT THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION IN THE SOCKET.  ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED THE PASSENGER CABIN AFTER DRIVING FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY MINUTES.   DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10060316,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/25/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2004","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,EQUIPMENT","summary":"CD PLAYER FAILED AT 9,000MI. FOG LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED AT 10,00MI TRUNK LATCH FAILED AT 8,500MI.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10058527,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"REAR BRAKE LIGHT IGNITED DUE TO FAULTY SOCKET INSTALLATION WHILE DRIVING CAR.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10055160,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/17/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,WHEELS,SEATS","summary":"REAR SEAT IS BROKEN RUNK LATCH IS BROKEN.  WARRANTY WAS NOT HONORED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10070445,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON MARCH 8TH AND IT WENT IN THE FIRST TIME ON MARCH 24TH FOR A WATER LEAK COMING FROM THE SUNROOF HOUSING.  THE SUPPOSEDLY RESEALED THE SUNROOF HOUSING AND IT WENT BACK IN FOR THE SECOND TIME ON JUNE 23RD.  SAME WATER LEAK IN THE EXACT PLACE AGAIN.  NOW THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE SUNROOF GLASS IS WARPED AND THAT'S WHY THE SEAL ISN'T HOLDING.  2 TIMES IN SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 3 MONTHS WITHIN 6000 MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050639,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/2003","vin":"1G2JB12F137","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT ROTORS ON THE CAR ARE DEFECTIVE.  MY CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AT 6000 MILES WITH A COMPLAINT OF WARPED ROTORS CAUSING A VIBRATION UPON BRAKEING.  AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS \"WERE WITHIN SPECS\".  I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AT 14000 MILES WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AND THE ROTORS WERE \"RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE BUFFED\".  I DID NOT RECEIVE THE CAR WITH RESURFACED ROTORS AND BUFFED PADS.  THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLAINT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN FEBRUARY 2003.  I FEEL SINCE THE CAR CAME WITH A DEFECTIVE PART, THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE PADS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES.  THIS COULD BE A LIFE THREATING PROBLEM IF THE BRAKES FAIL DUE TO DEFECTIVE ROTORS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050258,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2003","vin":"1G2JB12F137","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"CONSUMER REPLACED  DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL BULBS FOUR TIMES. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE WHEN  PREPARING TO MAKE A TURN, AND LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR A VEHICLE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO  HER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10048178,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/07/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/18/2003","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.  VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10040953,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2003","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"LEFT BLINKER AND BRAKE LIGHTS NOT FUNCTIONING - PURCHASED VEHICLE 5/03  - MILEAGE 2300 MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10037291,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2003","vin":"1G2JB14F437","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AFTER LESS THAN 11,000 MILES OF TRAVEL; 2003 PONTIAC-SUNFIRE PURCHASED ON APRIL 29, 2003. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A BAD BATCH OF BRAKE PARTS OR THE COMPONENT IS EITHER UNDER DESIGNED OR IMPROPERLY SPECIFIED TO WITHSTAND DAY-TO-DAY CITY DRIVING CONDITIONS. A 2001 CHEVROLET-CAVALIER THAT I PREVIOUSLY OWNED EXHIBITED THE SAME INSUFFICIENCY IN IT'S BRAKE ROTORS THAT REQUIRED SERVICING THREE TIMES IN 60,000 MILES OF DRIVING. BOTH OF THESE CARS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRIMS AND GM DIVISION NAME. THE COST TO RESURFACE SALVAGABLE ROTORS IS APPROXIMATELY $140 AT THE DEALER. IF THEY CAN'T BE RESURFACED THEN THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED ENTIRELY. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10037656,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/26/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2003","vin":"1G2JB12F937","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE APPLYING THE GEAR TO SHIFT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING  VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING, AND THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10034223,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2003","vin":"1G2JB12F737","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS;  FUEL GAUGE IS NOT READING PROPERLY, CAUSING  VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE GAUGE READS 1/4 FULL.  ALSO, LEFT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT DOES NOT OPERATE ALL THE TIME.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10022915,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/03/2003","vin":"1G2JB12F337","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ON SIX OCCASIONS.  THE TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE.  *AK       *CB   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"SUNFIRE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":760275,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/18/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/04/2002","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I WAS DRIVINING ON THE HIGHWAY , I HIT MY BRAKES BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD CUT ME OFF. UPON DOING SO MY BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, IN WHICH IT SENT ME INTO A SPIN. I THEN HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND WALL ON BOTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I PAID $1000. EXTRA FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKES. I BROKE MY WRIST AND BURNED MY ARM FROM THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG..I WAS BLOCKING MY FACE WITH MY ARM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"PONTIAC","productModel":"PONTIAC","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]}]}