Overview & Reviews
The Sunfire remains largely unchanged for 2004. Dual exhaust outlets are no longer available as a package option, but a CD/MP3 player with RDS and equalizer now comes with the Sun and Sound package.
- Low price, torquey four-cylinder engine, optional satellite radio and OnStar.
- Ancient design inside and out, cheap interior materials, poor build quality, low resale value, poor side-impact and front-offset crash test results.
User Reviews:
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This is one car not to buy. D+ - 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
By Stormynightout - May 24 - 10:00 amUpon driving this new vehicle for aproximately one month, I have come to realize that it is the cheapest piece of pure garbage on the road today. Along with all of the interior components ratteling, such as the dashboard, door panels, and headliner. The mechanical components were also assembled very poorly, such as the trunk locking mechanism, which has bent within one months use. The wonderful sound system that Pontiac raves about is silenced by the buzzing door panels that hold the speakers.
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Not Worth It! - 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
By Jon Leibowitz - March 4 - 10:00 amConsider the Sunfire and similar Chevrolet Cavalier basic transportation only--both are crude, unpleasant, and outdated. The Sunfire sedan has been discontinued, and the coupe received a face lift for 2003. The Sunfires only virtue is its secure handling. ABS is no longer standard. The ride is stiff, uncomfortable, and lacking in control. The four-cylinder engine is buzzy. The thinly padded front seats lack support and are fatiguing on long journeys. The rear seat is badly shaped and cramped, and accessing it takes athletic skill. Interior fit and finish are subpar. Poor side-crash-test results are another minus. Im gonna get a nice new Celica.
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Sunfires are Bad Cars - 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
By LGrant - May 3 - 3:53 amWe have had nothing but trouble with this car since we bought it. The latest is that the motor mount broke in half which messed up the axles. The car is an accident waiting to happen. I am just lucky my daughter didnt get hurt. The hood is still loose on one side but the dealers will not replace it. We have been in three times. When the trunk started leaking (two days after we got the car)they found a wire coat hanger inside the wall but could not explain it. The car is a pile of junk. It is defective but Pontiac will not do anything about it. I guess they are waiting for someone to die first.
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Car - 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
By Heather - October 7 - 2:20 amI bought this car new and have already had problems with the engine. They had to replace the engine at 10,000, a factory defect. I have not been happy with this vehicle from the start and wanted to return it, but they would not. Once a lemon always a lemon, now I have 54,000 km on it and one of the bearing is totally disintegrated. Now Gm is wondering why, purpose because it was a lemon from the beginning. I am not carless, they do not give courtesy cars to powertrain warranty customers and they seem to be taking there sweet time. I put in several complaints about this car in the past and got no where. Im sure they just thought I was a complainer. HATE this car,never will buy again
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If you have one of these, sell it! - 2004 Pontiac Sunfire
By ahnalia - August 26 - 12:36 pmFirst the ICP had to be replaced, then the transmission started acting up, then the key wouldnt come out of the ignition, but the final straw is the fact at a mere 25 mile per hour front end collsion, the car I hit was fine with very little damage.. my sunfire on the otherhand, was completely and utterly destroyed. The airbags did deploy, and no one was seriously hurt, but the car itself, I am beyond words of how utterly destroyed the car is. Total loss, engine is nearly inside the dashboard, window shattered, hood is almost up to the windshield. Flimsy design and completely unsafe IMO. If you own one of these, sell it NOW! You may be saving a life! I will NEVER buy another GM car-ever!
