NHTSA — Engine And Engine Cooling: Exhaust System: Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1997 Pontiac Sunfire exhaust system problems

exhaust system problem

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1997 Pontiac Sunfire Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 302000

Sunfire

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The consumer was traveling about 55mph on the highway and heard a rumbling noise. When she applied the gas pedal there was a loud rambling noise. She looked in her rearview mirrior and saw white smoke though the window. Consumer got out of car and didn't see anything. She got into the vehicle and started it, and white smoke came from the hood. Car was turn off. She got out of vehicle, and lifted the hood, and noticed a big giant whole coming from the engine. A pipe was busted, and oil was leak out from the engine.

- Stockton, CA, USA

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