5.0

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
20,000 miles

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problem #1

Apr 212003

(reported on)

Sunfire 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 20,000 miles
The vehicles engine shuts off while driving. In addition, the auto theft system light would illuminate which prevented the consumer from starting the vehicle for approximately 20 minutes.

- Nyack, NY, USA

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