NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Sunfire Recalls
The 2003 Pontiac Sunfire has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 1, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 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
- 72
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 Pontiac Sunfire
2003 Pontiac Sunfire complaints by year
NHTSA has received 72 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, the newest on September 3, 2014. Of these, 4 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (35%), followed by the electrical system (32%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
1 of the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire's 2 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2003 Pontiac Sunfire owners gave the mileage (52 complaints), the median was 30,918 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting25
- Electrical System23
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Air Bags6
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 17. 51% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Pontiac Sunfire year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 72 complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Sunfire are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Sunfire by model year
Other 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: September 3, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted