Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)1 injured
Filed Jul 22, 2002IL
PERIODICALLY GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT GOES OUT, PREVENTING DRIVER TO VISUALLY SEE WHAT GEAR VEHICLE IS IN ,SUCH AS DRIVE/ REVERSE OR NEUTRAL, ETC.*AK
1994 Pontiac Sunfire
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 12, 1995TX
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE GEARS. TT
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1996| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2001 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 | 96 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1999 | 93 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 1998 | 120 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 1997 | 190 | 9 | 8 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 201 | 10 | 11 | 0 | Above average |
| 1995 | 119 | 7 | 11 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.