NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Pontiac Sunfire Recalls
The 2001 Pontiac Sunfire has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 27, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Pontiac Sunfire. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 04V036000
- Reported
- January 27, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,415,231
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Sunfire, 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Sunfire, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Sunfire, 4 other models
2001 Pontiac Sunfire complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire, the newest on April 20, 2017. Of these, 8 describe a crash (12%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire, the component group named most often is the electrical system (32%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (18%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (12%).
1 of the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2001 Pontiac Sunfire owners gave the mileage (29 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System21
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Air Bags7
- Tires4
- Visibility4
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 15. 62% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Sunfire year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 66 complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Sunfire by model year
Other 2001 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: April 20, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted