2005 pontiac sunfire 2 door coupe; serious electrical failure...all dash components do not work and shops that we take car to try to fix problems with speedometer, tach, and temp gauges...not fixed; then AC goes off and on sometimes works/sometimes does not. Have spent over 2k in repairs, still not fixed and now the trunk latch has malfunctioned and has to be replaced. Car dies in extreme heat. Shops say electrical system malfunctions a lot on this model.
2005 Pontiac Sunfire electrical complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac sunfire. While driving 35 - 40 MPH she heard a noise in the dashboard. She stated that the speedometer, temperature, gas gauge all stopped working properly. She stated the entire instrument cluster was malfunctioning. The failure has been on going for two months. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealer for the failure. The vehicle was purchase used in 2009. The failure mileage was 78,000 and the current mileage was 82,334.
2005 pontiac sunfire..instrument gauges erratic....temp gauge pegs all the way to RPM gauge and sometimes RPM gauge does not work.
2005 pontiac sunfire, 36000 miles, mfg date 2-2005 beginning approximately 2 months ago, the speedometer has become increasingly unreliable to the point of total failure. The problem seems to be compounded by higher temperatures as it is worse when car gets hot from sitting in sun and less so when ambient temps are cooler as in the morning. As a lot of my driving is done in city and in lower speed limit areas, this presents a safety issue not only for myself but for others.
The gas gauge is having major problems especially when it is really hot or cold outside. The gas gauge will go the opposite direction into the speedometer. Now it is stuck on the dash and will not move. I also had problems with the speedometer getting stuck. It was telling me I was doing 100mph while I was stopped. This is extremely frustrating because I am not able to tell how much gas I have in my tank and how fast I am going. This item really needs to be recalled.
2005 pontiac sunfire gas gauge & speedometer has finally stopped working, after many sporadic failures. Can't tell how fast car is going - can't judge when car may run out of gas. Driving in inclement weather makes this all the more dangerous. Had this happen on the 2003 model and had to replace full component. This is obviously a dangerous and ongoing defect in sunfires and pontiac needs to recall & correct. To continue to have this problem in models shows a total lack of safety concern on the auto makers part. Please investigate.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac sunfire. While driving at an unknown speed, the tachometer was not working properly. The meter would rise and fall without the vehicle changing speed. In addition, all of the other gauges were malfunctioning. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 83,000.
Speedometer stops working during driving.
At first my speedometer would just stick occasionally, but now it never works at all. It is always either at 0 or stuck on some random number. I have been looking online and many other people with 2005 sunfire's have had the same problem and it is incredibly frustrating. I have yet to find someone who was willing to look at my car and attempt to pull the dash apart to fix it.
2005 pontiac sunfire speedometer & tachometer quit in rush hour traffic. Gauges ran into each other - no other problems just occurred out of the blue. Only 33,000 miles on vehicle.
The speedometer and tachometer failed on my 2005 pontiac sunfire while driving down I-4 in florida. This causes a serve safety hazard not knowing how fast you are gong. From research done on the internet, this is an all to common problem with this vehicle. It seems to occur just after the vehicle comes out of warranty.
Only routine driving preceded this incident. The tachometer and speedometer on my 2005 pontiac sunfire began to act erratic prior to 33,000 miles. At ~34,500 miles the tachometer completely failed in a position which prevented the speedometer from functioning (the speedometer needle was held down by the tachometer needle). This was a tremendous safety concern especially since my teenage daughter was driving the vehicle. This appears to be an all too common problem for several late model gm vehicles and should be considered a safety concern since it prevents the proper operation of the vehicle and can distract the driver. I can't imagine that a speedometer failure would not represent a safety defect and warrant action. I have had the instrument panel replaced at the dealer. I contacted pontiac customer service and they appear to only log complaints. I was informed that recalls of this nature were based on consumer complaints regardless of how many of the specific part they know they have replaced. That is crazy ' if they know that a large number of a certain part is failing they should replace it without waiting for the issue to manifest itself in an accident. In addition, the driver side electric window is also not functioning properly - which also appears to be occurring in several gm models. This is also a safety concern because it could prevent the occupants of the vehicle from exiting it in an emergency. Gm is aware that this is a workmanship/material quality issue.
All dash gauges have ultimately failed. First, speedometer was erratic. Then tachometer failed. Now all dash gauges are inoperative. Requires full replacement of gauge module.
All gauges on the dash have failed: temp, tach, speedometer and fuel.
The gas gauge and the tachometer on my car both are not working properly. When I fill up the car, the gas gauge doesn't reset and often falls over into the speedometer. The tack hasn't worked in over a year. Warranty expired on the car. Mechanics said I'd have to replace the entire panel, giving my car an incorrect read on the mileage.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 pontiac sunfire. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle suddenly began to decelerate and the air conditioner began blowing warm air followed by a burning smell. Prior to the failure, whenever the contact would drive the vehicle with the air conditioner activated at any speed, she could hear a rattling sound coming from the air conditioner unit. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. Updated 09/17/08. *lj the consumer was told if she turned the vehicle off, it would not start again. Updated 09/24/08. B
Speedometer failure- one day, I was driving to work on a residential road about 35 MPH and noticed that my speedometer was registering 80 MPH. This came to a great shock to me. I attempted to shut off the ignition to see if the speedometer would reset and it didn't. Also, the speedometer would not return to 0 MPH- it only dropped to about 65mph. I searched 2005 pontiac sunfire speedometer and 2005 chevrolet cavalier speedometer in google and have found many blog postings on automotive websites about the same issue with an inaccurate speedometer and/or gauge cluster malfunction. This issue also seems to extend beyond the sunfire/cavalier models to other gm vehicles back to 1993. My car has approximately 50,000 miles on it and while I have been out of the warranty based on the mileage for some time, if I had not exceeded the mileage restriction, I would have just passed the 3 year mark on dec. 12, 2007. It seems that many other sunfire/cavalier and gm product owners experiencing the same issue first experienced the issue just outside of the 3 year warranty period. There are currently law suits pending against gm to pay for speedometer repairs. One poster on the car blog said that when he saw his speedometer read 65 MPH on a residential street he quickly hit his brakes and if anyone had been behind him, it would have caused a crash. For this reason, I believe that this defective speedometer issue could cause a safety hazard.
I have 2005 sunfire and about 37,000 miles the speedometer doesn't work right the fuel gage stopped working if your stopped after after driving for a while speedometer say your doing 110mph and it stay there?
Date: 5/2/07 sunfire 2005 was purchased brand new in 9/05 investment purpose in a new car for safety, reliability, gas mileage, non-repair and price of vehicle. At 26,000 miles, $900 of repairs were placed on the car in upgrades to keep the vehicle running, to-date, counting 10 failures, first date of failure requiring car repair 12/27/06. (not including vehicle maintenance) repairs demand at a minimum 3hrs of time at each repair visit. Repairs on vehicle demand just a few more hundred dollars in cash payments and cost of a car rental while vehicle is down. Incidences of failure on vehicle remain unresolved due to pontiac's denial and refusal to fix the vehicle. Supportive documents will show price gouging, harassment and a defective vehicle. The following failures have occurred on the gmc/pontiac sunfire 05 vehicle: trunk latch failure, no crank - battery failure, all four tires failed warped, cracked, frayed apart, brake pad failure. Following are failures occurring on the vehicle left unresolved: brakes squeak, maneuvering in turning vehicle makes noise, vehicle bounces/rocks forward when parking and stopping, vehicle bounces/rocks backward at stop. These failures are just a few and counting.
Fatal flaw. The vehicle I am speaking of is a pontiac sunfire possibly 2005 model year. I had rented it from a rental company and used it for about a month. During the use there were a couple of incidents where I would remove the key from the ignition thinking the car was off but come back an hour later to find out that the engine was still running. I didn't really care about this but I was watching on news and found out that an entire family of 6 had died because of carbon monoxide poisoning. So this simple possible defect of the pontiac could be fatal. I don't know if it is a defect for all pontiac sunfires but it should be checked out because of the possibility of death.
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