Vehicle report
1984 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
This model year
What the record shows
The 1984 Pontiac Firebird is a subcompact car, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1975 to 2002.
The EPA rated 14 configurations: engines from 2.5-litre four-cylinder to 5-litre eight-cylinder, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 15 to 23 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 11 owner complaints for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.