NHTSA Complaint #743618 — 1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	743618
Vehicle	1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Date of Incident	April 5, 2001
Date Filed	April 19, 2001
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	TN

Consumer Description

PROBLEM WITH CAR STALLING, HESITATING, AND IDLING ROUGLY. STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND RECEIVED TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 00032. TOOK CAR IN. ONE SPARK PLUG WIRE WAS REPLACED. A MONTH LATER SAME PROBLEM. ANOTHER SPARK PLUG WIRE WAS REPLACED. NOW, ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS LATER...SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT SEEMS TO BE MORE EXTREME. REPLACED ALL SPARK PLUG WIRES ON MY OWN, BUT STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR AND THE DEALERSHIP STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HAVE BECOME VERY DISGUSTED WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND NO LONGER WANT TO TAKE MY CAR THERE. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON HOW I CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IN OTHER CARS TO OR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SENT OUT THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN. AND PLUS, I READ MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ON YOUR COMPLAINT PAGE. ANY ASSISTANCE WILL BE WELL APPRECIATED. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

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