1994 Pontiac Firebird problems
Owners have filed 72 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Pontiac Firebird. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. Next are brakes (12%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 72 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Pontiac Firebird with enough data (43 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My "t-top" car's a pillar collapsed and struck me in the head when I was struck in the leftmost front part of my car, causing a severe traumatic brain injury which I am slowly recovering from.
While driving the driver apllied the brakes and the air bag deployed . The air bag cover broke the passenger's arm, and the windshield which caused the driver to hit another vehicle.
Applied brakes and clutch at same time, anti-lock brake system locked up, vehicle spun around twice, lost control, resulting in an accident; vehicle available for inspection.
The car engine caught on fire is the major thing, but also you could always hear noises from the wheels got them inspected twice and the people said nothing was wrong.
I have a 94 pontiac firebird 3.4 that is giving me a vats problem. The security light does not blink but the car will not start for anything.