1999 Pontiac Sunfire Reviews

This review seems very typical of the reviews that import fanatics love to cite as "evidence" that domestics are somehow unreliable. It's the typical scenario: Someone buys a horribly abused car with half a million miles on it for a few bucks, has trouble with it and writes a bad review about it.

Our GM vehicles have all been flawless, including our last Pontiac (a Grand Am 2.4). Never a single problem with them. We take care of our cars. They last until we are tired of them (sometimes 300,000 miles) with virtually no repairs. It's not the car, it's the care (or lack of care) it gets.

I don't think it was all the car's fault, sounds like you got ripped off big time by the previous owner's misuse and abuse of the vehicle.

After spending 1400 for it and then nearly another 1000 to safety it, I would have junked it after the first 2 new problems on your list.

I own a 2001 Sunfire, previous owners looked after it, I look after it and it's very reliable. Just the usual tires, brakes, etc.

Next time I would do a bit more research on the car, previous owners, take it to a mechanic before buying and all that. The Sunfire/Cavalier are economy cars that weren't built to last forever, that's why they are so cheap to buy, most people run them to the ground in 5 years and then try to sell them to some poor individual for a pretty penny.

I have a 1999 Sunfire, and it is the best car I have ever owned. I haven't had to do anything to it but change the brakes and valve pan gasket, and I have had it for 6 years and it has 185000 miles on it, and it is still going strong.

This is my first car, and I will admit, I wish it had more power. I think it's a great car otherwise though.

You can't really count the brakes, the second bearing replacement, and tires, when those are all either obvious routine maintenance or because some mechanic ripped you off. You probably should have spent a little more than 1400 on it, because even though Pontiacs have low perceived values, they aren't that low.

Most of this stuff just needed to be replaced because the other owner neglected it.

On my car, I have needed to replace the A/C, the transmission seals, and the fuel pump, all of which cost about $300 at the most, although I will admit, we did the work ourselves.

The Sunfire is a great little car that always starts and has never left me or my uncle, who owned the car for 10 years before I got it 6 months ago, stranded.

Believe it or not, I have actually gone off roading with it; nothing too intense, but it was the highlight of me and my best friend's summers.