1996 Pontiac Sunfire electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 42 complaints for the 1996 Pontiac Sunfire, 13% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 42 13% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash, 9 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Electrical system failure causing instrument and daytime running lights to fail. False deployment of air bags during service of electrical system resulting in damage to vehicle.
Car turns over but will not start.brought it back to dealer and they replaced the camshaft sensor. Got the car back two days later and the same thing happened. Brought back to dealer and they said it was the oem sercrity system. Took back and are still having problems starting all the time.