1997 Pontiac Sunfire defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Pontiac Sunfire. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION
  Defect Petition DP03007 · opened Oct 14, 2003 · closed Jan 30, 2004

  On september 23, 2003, the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) received a letter dated september 8, 2003 from mr. Donald friedman, petitioning the agency to open a defect investigation into unintended acceleration involving [model year] 1996 and 1997 general motors j-cars.in support of his petition, …

• FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN AREA
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02001 · opened Jan 3, 2002 · closed Mar 15, 2002 · led to recall 02V070000
• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS
  Engineering Analysis EA98001 · opened Jan 23, 1998 · closed Jul 31, 1998 · led to recall 98V146000

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