NHTSA Complaint #10124992 — 2003 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS BOTH DASH AND EXTERIOR WENT OUT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, NO LUCK. WAITED FOR 30 MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT STARTED UP, BUT WHEN I GOT UP TO 40MPH, IT REPEATED WHAT IT DID BEFORE, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINUTES AND IT STARTED AGAIN, AND IT DID IT AGAIN. AGAIN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAITED, THEN IT STARTED, AND I FINALLY GOT IT TO AN EXIT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. IT WOULD ONLY RUN AT 25MPH, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IT WOULD REPEAT THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS ABOVE. THE NEXT DAY AFTER LEAVING THE CAR SIT OVERNIGHT, IT STARTED JUST FINE, RAN JUST FINE, EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CODE READ THAT IT WAS RUNNING TO LEAN, THEY CHECKED, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE CAR WILL NOT RUN ABOVE 70MPH, THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE ONLY REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE, WERE THE RECALLS ALREADY ON FILE FOR THIS VEHICLE.