NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Pontiac Sunfire Recalls
The 2002 Pontiac Sunfire has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Pontiac Sunfire. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 82
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire
2002 Pontiac Sunfire complaints by year
NHTSA has received 82 owner complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, the newest on October 24, 2016. Of these, 8 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
None of the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Pontiac Sunfire owners gave the mileage (59 complaints), the median was 35,690 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System24
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Steering11
- Visibility10
- Power Train7
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 14. 49% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Sunfire year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Sunfire years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 82 complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Sunfire by model year
Other 2002 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: October 24, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted