1999 PONTIAC MONTANA Equipment Problems

I WAS JACKING UP MY 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA USING THE CAR JACK, AND THE SCREW ON THE JACK STRIPPED OUT, DROPPING THE VAN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AS I WAS STILL LIFTING THE VEHICLE, BUT UNDER THE CORRECT CIRCUSTANCES IT COULD BE A SEVER ACCIDENT.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE NOTICEABLE WATER PUDDLES ON THE FLOOR OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THERE WAS ALSO A NOTICEABLY FOUL SMELL COMING FROM THE INTERIOR CARPETS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A SERVICE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER DRAIN ELBOW WAS MISSING. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE. UPDATED 10/25/06. *JB

Mileage: 154,800

LOW COOLANT ICON LIT UP ON DASH AT 15000 MILES.DEALER SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AT 51500 MILES LOW COOLANT ICON LIT UP ON DASH. DEALER SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AND IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF 503.00 DOLLARS TO MYSELF. *LA

Mileage: 15,000

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, LATE AT TIMES. RADIO/CD SCREEN IS GARBLED LOOSE SRS CONNECTORS POWER LOCK PROBLEMS SLIDING DOOR PROBLEMS *LA

Mileage: 53,000

THE RADIO DISPLAY FAILED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE RADIO DISPLAY FADED OUT, RADIO WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER, THE DISPLAY STILL DOES NOT COME UP CLEARLY. THE ON STAR SYSTEM FAILED AFTER UNRELATED REPAIRS WERE MADE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THE RADIO DISPLAY FADED OUT, RADIO WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER, THE DISPLAY STILL DOES NOT COME UP CLEARLY. THE ON STAR SYSTEM FAILED AFTER UNRELATED REPAIRS WERE MADE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED. REPLACED COMPRESSOR AND OTHER RELATED COMPONENTS. THIS REPAIR WAS MADE AFTER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON THE VAN AND MANUFACTURER DID COVER THE REPAIR. *TT

THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR MAKES NOISE. THE COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. *JG

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR EXTREME DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WITH THE MANUFACURER. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW 2.5 YEARS AGO AND HAVE HAD TO RETURN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 17 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO HAVE VARIOUS PROBLEMS FIXED: TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH 16,000 MILES, AIRBAG PROBLEMS, CD PLAYER PROBLEMS, INTAKE GASKET LEAKING, TIRES WEARING, NUMEROUS PROBLEMS! WE HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THE FIRST TIME A YEAR AGO THAT NOTHING WOULD BE DONE AND NOW ALL THEY WILL OFFER US IS EXTENDED WARRANTY! WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP TAKING OUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND JUST WANT OUT FROM UNDER THIS BURDEN, BIG MISTAKE WE MADE!*AK

PURCHAUSED USED (6 MONTHS OLD) HAVE NOW OWNED AUTO FOR 2 YEARS. AT 38000 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTING SHIFTING HARSH AT TIMES, HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. ENGINE HAS STARTED ACTING AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. RADIO HAS BEEN REPLACED 3-4 TIME, DUE TO GARBBLED DISPLAY. MOST RECENTLY HOWEVER, I HAD DOOR LOCKS REPAIRED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRES TO THE LOCKS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE WATER INTRUSION CAUSED BY THE AIR CONDITIONING LEAK INTO THE AUTO INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE THE AUTO.*AK

THE JACK IS NOT STURDY AND WEAK, IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE TIRE THE JACK COLLAPSED. *MJS