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Pontiac Phoenix

Every Pontiac Phoenix model year on file, 1977 to 1984. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years81977 to 1984
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1984 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.751197719781979198019811982198319841
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Pontiac Phoenix complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Pontiac Phoenix model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Pontiac Phoenix by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1984Coupe10.033320
1983Not decoded0NoneNone120
1982Not decoded0NoneNone310
1981Not decoded0NoneNone220
1980Not decoded0NoneNone820
1979Not decoded0NoneNone100
1978Not decoded0NoneNone300
1977Not decoded0NoneNone200
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Pontiac Phoenix

  • 07E-088 Oct 24, 2007
    Certain honeywell fram racing brand hp4 and hp8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use…
    Equipment · 122k vehicles
  • 06E-043 May 19, 2006
    Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or…
    Fuel system · 88k vehicles
  • 85V-034 Mar 29, 1985
    Fuel system may leak at the throttle body injection fuel feed pipe connection
    Fuel system · 121k vehicles
  • 84V-011 Feb 6, 1984
    Some vehicles have bucket seat back locks that do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard 207, anchorage of seats
    Seats · 77k vehicles
  • 83V-105 Oct 13, 1983
    Brake proportioner valves may break and separate from the master cylinder
    Brakes · 352k vehicles
  • 83V-018 Feb 24, 1983
    Under certain conditions, vehicles may experience premature rear wheel skid during braking
    Brakes · 240k vehicles
  • 83V-007 Jan 1, 1983
    Rear brake hoses may have been manufactured incorrectly when the metal end fittings were installed
    Brakes · 15k vehicles
  • 82V-021 Mar 8, 1982
    Under certaain conditions, the hose clamps on the fuel tank filler pipe and fuel tank filler vent pipe could fracture
    Fuel system · 519k vehicles
  • 82V-018 Mar 2, 1982
    Clutch cable may rub against the master cylinder brake pipe when the clutch pedal is operated
    Powertrain · 4,987 vehicles
  • 81V-095 Aug 10, 1981
    Under certain conditions, the rear brakes could lock up without prior warning during high deceleration braking
    Brakes · 47k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.