2000 PONTIAC SUNFIRE Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

PONTIAC SUNFIRE 2000 WILL BE DRIVING THE CARS, IT STALLS OUT, THEN RESTARTS WITHOUT TURNING THE KEY. HAVE TALKED TO THE PONTIAC DEALER. BRINGING IT IN ON 12/20/2004 FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM RELATED TO A COLLAPSED FUEL STRAINER THATWILL CAOST IN THE AREA OF $200 TO REPAIR. ODI ACTION NO. PE02-66 WAS FILED IN 2002, NEEDS TO BE PUSHED FORWARD TO HOLD PONTIAC ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR POOR DESIGN. SEE (HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_42762.HTML) FOR FURTHER CONFIRMATION.

CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD BLINK SEVERAL TIMES, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NORMAL, ALSO THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALLS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASION AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

THE ENGINE CRANKS BUT WILL NOT START, VEHICLE HAS ALSO STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*JB

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AT ABOUT 45 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES,COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. CONSUMER REFUSED TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE ENGINE CRANKS BUT WILL NOT START, VEHICLE HAS ALSO STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*JB

THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE MANY PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED FROM TIME OF PURCHASE. ANY TIME I'D TURN ON AIR/HEAT/DEFROST ENTIRE CAR WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. DEALERSHIP FOUND BOTH PROBLEMS AND SO FAR ARE CORRECTED. HAD TO BRING OUT ANOTHER MODEL IDENTICAL TO MY TO FIND THE ALL THE PROBLEMS. ALSO HAD LEFT REAR SPEAKER REPLACED TWICE, GOT STRANDED DUE TO "GENERATOR LOW VOLTAGE" LIGHT NOT COMING ON WHEN MY BATTERY CABLE BOLT WAS STRIPPED OUT. HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REBURNISHED AT 913 MILES DUE TO SQUEALING AND AM CURRENTLY TAKING IT IN FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES BEING ENGAGED AT ALL TIMES.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, AND ON DAILY BASIS. TAKEN VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER, CANNOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT PRIOR TO VEHICLE STALLING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT USED TO ILLUMINATE AND THEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD QUIT, HOWEVER NOW, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WHERE IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. *SLC

AFTER LEAVING GARAGE NOTICED FLUID ON FLOOR. WAS TRAVELING 40MPH WHEN VEHICLE STALLED OUT. PRIOR TO STALLING, COOLANT LIGHT HAD CAME ON WHICH WAS ONLY WARNING SIGNAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

A FEW DAYS AFTER WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A "GRINDING, ROUGH" NOISE WHEN PUT INTO PARK. THERE IS ALSO A VIBRATION THAT CAN BE FELT INSIDE OF THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE CAR HE SAID IT HAD A "MISS" AND HE PULLED UP INFORMATION IN HIS COMPUTER AND NOTED THAT WE WERE THE 16TH PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN OF THE SAME PROBLEM. HE PULLED A CAR OFF THE LOT AND COMPARED IT TO OURS. IT DID THE SAME THING. HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME WE TOOK IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM THEY HOOKED THE CAR UP TO THE COMPUTER AND SAID IT WAS WITHIN SPECS. AGAIN, WE WERE TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. WE PURCHASED A NEW VEHICLE IN HOPES THAT THERE WOULD BE LITTLE PROBLEMS...