Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Pontiac Sunbird

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Seat Belts
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR Position Indication (PRNDL)
    1
  • Seats
    1
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
87V079000·SEATS1987-05-07

THE METAL FLOOR PAN ANCHOR BAR COULD FATIGUE AND BREAK AROUND THE LEFT FRONT OUTER SEAT ADJUSTER STUD OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, ALLOWING THE STUD TO SEPARATE FROM THE FLOOR PAN ANCHOR BAR.

RiskDRIVERS SEAT COULD TIP REARWARD UNEXPECTEDLY; THIS COULDRESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixINSTALL A REINFORCEMENT BRACKET ON THE FLOOR PAN ANCHOR BAR AT THE LEFT FRONT OUTER SEAT ADJUSTER POSITION OF THE DRIVERS SEAT.

84V011000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1984-02-06

SOME VEHICLES HAVE BUCKET SEAT BACK LOCKS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 207, ANCHORAGE OF SEATS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BACK LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION.

FixINSPECTION OF SEAT BACK LOCKS WILL BE PERFORMED. LOCKS THAT HAVE BENT, BROKEN OR MISSING HOOKS WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA87007·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-12-16 → 1987-08-07

SUDDEN ACCEL

DP86019·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-09-12 → 1986-12-22

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

EA86023·SEATS1986-08-01 → 1987-06-01

SEAT TRACK LOCK

Led to recall87V079000

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