Good bang for your buck!
Shifts hard when it's cold, but otherwise, nothing has really gone wrong.
Great car for young drivers. Decent performance for the price. Cheap and easy to modify and upgrade, as well as maintain.
Feels a little underpowered for the body style, but is relatively quick none the less.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 6th February, 2002
Affordable family/sports car
Transmission shifts very hard from drive to reverse, and vice versa.
Transmission shifts hard while driving up until about 45MPH. After that it's smooth sailing!
The design of this car is intensely styled, however the paint job scratches very easily.
It's fast and sporty with a lot of power for a 4-cylnder.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 10th September, 2001
Good sporty car for young drivers
Oxygen sensor is starting to go bad (not covered by the dealer), muffler needs to be replaced.
Replaced spark plugs and air filter.
Acceleration is quick, handles good, doesn't shake at high speeds. One disadvantage is that speed governor cuts in at 175 km/h.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 5th August, 2001
I love my Sunfire. I was in a bad accident today and I walked away with out a scratch. I think my car is totaled though. A F350 hit me and tailed me into a Celica. The officer said if it was not for the desighn of this car I would be dead. My car had 65,000 miles on it and worked great. I miss her already and I hope she will be OK.
3 weeks ago I purchased my first car, a 98 Pontiac Sunfire. I've already fell in love with it. The car has very good gas mileage. I do a lot of driving the gas last me the whole week.
My wife and I both have 98 Sunfires, we got them on the same day. We are now having problems with the EGR valve. The car stalls when we slow down for stop signs, etc. Is anyone else having problems??
This problem isn't covered on warranty and it's a costly problem.
Thanks.
Sunfire Owner.
Yes, I have the same problem with the car puttering out. I think its beacuse I got 93,0000 miles on it and it only cuts off when I don't drive it for a long time and its very hot or very cold and only with in the first 3-5 minutes of driving. After that it's a perfect ride. To fix this problem I leave my car on for 3-4 minutes before I leave for work in the mornings. I think a lot of people have problems with the car warming up. That's life. heh.
Nothing yet, my window are manual and sometimes the driver's side acts like it doesn't want to roll down, but it never has stuck.
The transmission, if driven hard, gets loose and makes some funny, stomach sinking sounds. Other than that, it's a great car.
I really like my car. I've never been very satisfied with domestic's and really had to settle for this car cause I wanted a Honda Civic, but it hasn't let me down.
The performance seems a little slow, but my last car had a race tuned Cosworth V6, so it's natural for me to feel unsatisfied in that department. Other than that, it's a great car for Pontiac.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 19th March, 2001
High performance bargain
So far nothing has gone wrong with the car except that it's no good in the snow. It's always been very reliable and never let me down. The 5 speed transmission has good pick-up for such a cheap version of a Pontiac.
This car is sporty and comfortable. Handles well on windy roads. More of a girls car :)
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 2nd March, 2001
A step up from my last car with modern tech and looks
Passenger light switch rattles, difficult to change the front signal lights (must remove entire headlight assembly).
Altogether I am happy but I'm a little worried about the tranny... I've heard they like to expire.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 12th February, 2001
It's a Keeper!!
Right outside mirror wouldn't stay in position - replaced.
No other problems!
Best built car I have owned. Enjoyable on trips and around town. Particularly pleased with 4-speed automatic. 3 year/36,000 mile warranty was a selling point.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 2nd August, 2000
This car was new and the dealer took six month to find that the oxygen sensor was defective!
After the dealer replaced the oxygen sensor the car has been great.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 29th June, 1998
10th Sep 2001, 19:43
I own a '98 Sunfire Sedan 3-speed automatic and it had 37,000 miles on it when I bought in 2001. The only problem I see is that the transmission shifts very hard from drive to reverse and vice versa. It also shifts hard while I'm driving. Once I get above 45 MPH I don't have anymore trouble. All around it's a really good car. Comfortable ride, cozy but roomy at the same time (scratches very easily too).