Honda Insight vs Pontiac Sunfire

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda Insight	Pontiac Sunfire
Complaints on file	682	1,641
Model years covered	2000–2022	1985–2005
Worst model year	2019	1996
Best model year	2002	2005
Crashes reported	82	153
Fires reported	8	61
Injuries reported	42	102
Deaths reported	4	7
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	19.9%	19.7%

Honda Insight by year

34 17 12 6 3 2 2 155 51 66 63 5 128 50 36 52

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 21 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 125 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 98 14.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 77 11.3%

Electrical System 58 8.5%

Brakes 49 7.2%

Other & Unspecified 43 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 41 6.0%

Lights 30 4.4%

Pontiac Sunfire by year

2 1 2 154 320 257 149 128 169 83 128 113 41 94

85 91 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 339 20.7%

Engine & Cooling 259 15.8%

Brakes 172 10.5%

Airbags 125 7.6%

Steering 115 7.0%

Lights 109 6.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 76 4.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 71 4.3%