NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Pontiac Sunfire Recalls
The 2004 Pontiac Sunfire has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
2004 Pontiac Sunfire complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, the newest on August 13, 2020. Of these, 3 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, the component group named most often is the electrical system (50%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the engine (9%).
None of the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Pontiac Sunfire owners gave the mileage (27 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System16
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Engine3
- Exterior Lighting3
- Structure3
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 5. 41% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Pontiac Sunfire year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Sunfire years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 32 complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Sunfire by model year
Other 2004 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 13, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted