Pontiac Sunfire by model year

1,639 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Pontiac Sunfire across 11 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Pontiac Sunfire

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1995	154
1996	320
1997	257
1998	149
1999	128
2000	169
2001	83
2002	128
2003	113
2004	41
2005	94

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2005	94	Electrical system (67%)		25 to 26
2004	41	Electrical system (39%)	1	25 to 27
2003	113	Lighting (25%)	1	25
2002	128	Electrical system (20%)		21 to 25
2001	83	Electrical system (25%)	1	21 to 24
2000	169	Electrical system (19%)	1	22 to 24
1999	128	Electrical system (20%)	2	22 to 25
1998	149	Engine (18%)	3	23 to 25
1997	257	Steering (17%)	6	23 to 26
1996	320	Engine (14%)	7	23 to 26
1995	154	Engine (25%)	5	22 to 25