2005 Pontiac Sunfire electrical system problems

60 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2005 Pontiac Sunfire — 88% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

88%

share of all complaints

62,500 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“None of the gauges work properly Gm has not issued a recall despite the numerous complaints and it is a 500 to 800 dollar repair bill to replace the instrument cluster. 2005 Sunfire and the instrument cluster is malfunctioning. The gas gauge has stopped working altogether and the temp and rpm gauge…”
filed Jun 22, 2022
“Going down hill, turned my car to the right and the car keep going straight. It did not turn at all. I almost got hit by on coming traffic, but my car hit the curve first stopping an accident from occurring I have replace window motor twice and they have went out again now. And I have also replaced…”
filed May 4, 2017
“Recall needed! Instrument cluster has failed. Started with the fuel gauge moving in wrong direction into speedometer. Empty is at 110mph. Speedometer stuck at 55mph while coming into town and needing to reduce to 35mph with my children in the car with me! With the line of traffic that was behind me im guessing it was…”
filed Mar 29, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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