Pontiac Firebird
Registered from 1996 to 2002.
About this model
The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile built and produced by Pontiac from the 1967 to 2002 model years. Designed as a pony car to compete with the Ford Mustang, it was introduced on February 23, 1967, five months after GM's Chevrolet division's platform-sharing Camaro. This also coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, Ford's upscale, platform-sharing version of the Mustang. The name "Firebird" was also previously used by GM for the General Motors Firebird series of concept cars in the 1950s.
From the Wikipedia article Pontiac Firebird, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1589 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 2001 | 1589 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 2000 | 1589 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1999 | 1579 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1998 | 1577 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1997 | 1575 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1996 | 1575 kg · 2570 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Fuel tube retaining clip failure
Engineering analysis, opened November 1997, closed September 1998.
Fuel tub retaining clip failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened July 1997, closed November 1997.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Pontiac filed 336 bulletins about the 2002 Firebird.
- Equipment: 115
- Engine and engine cooling: 52
- Electrical system: 46
- Power train: 25
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 18
- Engine: 14
- Exterior lighting: 9
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Structure: 9
- Visibility: 8
- Other: 31
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
- This bulletin provides information for use on a Product Assistance Claim (PAC), which is formerly known as a Product Allegation Resolution (PAR) claim. · July 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Service Programming System (SPS) Error Codes E4398, E4399, E4401, E4403, M4404, M4413, M6954, M6955, E4414, E4423, E4491, E4492,… · June 2024
- This bulletin provides information for electrical ground repairs using new General Motors replacement fasteners with conductive finish. · April 2024
- XM Audio Traffic And Travel Link Availability And Operation. · April 2024
328 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.