NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Pontiac Sunfire Recalls
The 2005 Pontiac Sunfire has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Pontiac Sunfire. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 68
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Pontiac Sunfire, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Sunfire, 4 other models
2005 Pontiac Sunfire complaints by year
NHTSA has received 68 owner complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire, the newest on June 22, 2022.
In complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire, the component group named most often is the electrical system (88%), followed by the steering (6%) and the vehicle speed control (6%).
The 2005 Pontiac Sunfire's only recall also concerns the steering.
Where 2005 Pontiac Sunfire owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System60
- Steering4
- Vehicle Speed Control4
- Engine3
- Exterior Lighting3
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 14. 16% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Pontiac Sunfire year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Sunfire years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 68 complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Sunfire by model year
Other 2005 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: June 22, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted