2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Problems & Recalls
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Mileage: 35,000
SHIFTING OUT OF PARK WHILE ENGINE NOT RUNNING WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING ON/STEPPED ON, WHICH RESULTED IN THE VAN ROLLING IN REVERSE, THANKFULLY IT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPEN, WAS ABLE TO PUT IT BACK INTO PARK (THANK GOD).
Mileage: 135,769
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND THE REAR AXLE SUPPORT BRACKET DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REP...
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND THE REAR AXLE SUPPORT BRACKET DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REP...
Mileage: 150,000
I DID NOT REALIZE EVERY OWNER OF A PONTIAC MONTANA ALL HAD SAME PROBLEMS. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/COMMENT/3340529. THE DEALER SOLD ME A PONTIAC MONTANA. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE IT, I RAN OUT THE GAS BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ FULL, BUT ACTUALLY I...
Mileage: 161,677
I DID NOT REALIZE EVERY OWNER OF A PONTIAC MONTANA ALL HAD SAME PROBLEMS. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/COMMENT/3340529. THE DEALER SOLD ME A PONTIAC MONTANA. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE IT, I RAN OUT THE GAS BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ FULL, BUT ACTUALLY I...
Mileage: 161,677
I DID NOT REALIZE EVERY OWNER OF A PONTIAC MONTANA ALL HAD SAME PROBLEMS. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/COMMENT/3340529. THE DEALER SOLD ME A PONTIAC MONTANA. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE IT, I RAN OUT THE GAS BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ FULL, BUT ACTUALLY I...
Mileage: 161,677
THIS IS A ADDON FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE I SUBMITTED JUST NOW. I WANT TO POINT OUT. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ INCORRECTLY. WHEN THE ENGINE BECOME HOT, IT ALMOST STARTED A FIRE. I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH A TEN YEAR OLD. DEALERS ARE STILL SELLING...
Mileage: 161,677
THIS IS A ADDON FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE I SUBMITTED JUST NOW. I WANT TO POINT OUT. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ INCORRECTLY. WHEN THE ENGINE BECOME HOT, IT ALMOST STARTED A FIRE. I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH A TEN YEAR OLD. DEALERS ARE STILL SELLING...
Mileage: 161,677
THIS IS A ADDON FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE I SUBMITTED JUST NOW. I WANT TO POINT OUT. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ INCORRECTLY. WHEN THE ENGINE BECOME HOT, IT ALMOST STARTED A FIRE. I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH A TEN YEAR OLD. DEALERS ARE STILL SELLING...
Mileage: 161,677
THE CAR WOULD START MISSING, LIKE THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF THE AND I WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR 1 TO 2 HRS AND THEN IT WOULD START AND RUN FOR A WHILE AND SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPEN I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO MY...
Mileage: 182,000
THE CAR WOULD START MISSING, LIKE THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF THE AND I WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR 1 TO 2 HRS AND THEN IT WOULD START AND RUN FOR A WHILE AND SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPEN I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO MY...
Mileage: 182,000
THE CAR WOULD START MISSING, LIKE THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF THE AND I WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR 1 TO 2 HRS AND THEN IT WOULD START AND RUN FOR A WHILE AND SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPEN I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO MY...
Mileage: 182,000
IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT WHEN IT RAINS THE WIPERS DO NOT WORK OR IF THEY DO, THE STOP AND START ON THEIR OWN. NOW THEY JUST WON'T WORK IF IT EVEN SPRINKLES. *TR
Mileage: 186,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THE CIRCUIT BOARD WIRING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE MANUFAC...
Mileage: 96,000
WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THIS MORNING AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY UNDER THE PASSENGER DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I INSPECTED FURTHER WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND MIRROR, AND COULD SEE THAT THE FLUID WAS D...
Mileage: 82,120
SEVERE CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES. THERE IS A SHORT SECTION OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES JUST FORWARD OF THE REAR CONTROL ARM THAT RUSTS OUT. *TR
Mileage: 155,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND CRASHED INTO A TREE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THE CONTAC...
Mileage: 131,042
ADDITION TO FILED AIRBAG ACCIDENTS NHTSA-FARM BUREAU-STILL INSURING THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. AS I DRIVE WITH A HEAD INJURY. OTHER INJURYS AND EXPECTED TO CARE FOR ADULT CHILD WITH TBI. FARM BUREAU STOPPED PAYING HER PIP BENEFITS. NHTSA ID-=MY ACCIDENT 11-11-2010 DAUGHTERS 3-18-2010 SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK...
Mileage: 163,000
ADDITION TO FILED AIRBAG ACCIDENTS NHTSA-FARM BUREAU-STILL INSURING THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. AS I DRIVE WITH A HEAD INJURY. OTHER INJURYS AND EXPECTED TO CARE FOR ADULT CHILD WITH TBI. FARM BUREAU STOPPED PAYING HER PIP BENEFITS. NHTSA ID-=MY ACCIDENT 11-11-2010 DAUGHTERS 3-18-2010 SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK...
Mileage: 163,000
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. HIT ANDRUN.ON 3-18-2010. INSURED BY FARM BUREAU. WHO STILL INSURES THE FAULTY VEHICLE. THE IMPACT WAS FROM A LARGE WHITE TRUCK. TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED RATE TURNING THROUGH A RED LIGHT AS I CROSSED AN INTERSECTION. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED.REGISTERED ON11-28-2010.REALIZED THE SE...
Mileage: 160,000
WE HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA, MY LITTLE GIRL AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE THAT'S 15 MIN FROM HOME I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL, THEN SMOKE CAME POURING OUT OF THE DASH BUY THE TIME WE GOT OUT THE SECURITY LITE WAS ON CHECK MOTOR LIGHT WAS ON AND IT WOULD ONLY GO TEN MILES AN HOUR, SO THE NE...
Mileage: 172,000
INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 84,000 MILES. VERY COSTLY REPAIR $1,500.00. *TR
Mileage: 84,000
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON EVERY FEW MILES. *TR
Mileage: 85,500
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA, DRIVING WESTBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE CAME UP AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR. UNIT 1 CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0831-90) *JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 MONTANA VAN AND REAR-ENDED A PICKUP TRUCK. CAUSED $3700 DAMAGE, BENT IN BUMPER, RADIATOR, A/C CONDENSER, HOOD AND BROKE HEADLIGHT. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THIS INSTANCE. *TR
Mileage: 104,000
.A WHITE TRUCK TURNED LEFT INTO TRAFFIC. DROVE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES HITTING THEM BOTH ABOUT 35 MPH..1 WAS A DODGE THE BUMPER AND PIECES WERE LEFT IN THE INTERSECTION.THE RIGHT FRONT END OF MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WAS HIT AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TURNING AND HEADED NORTH ON BALLENGER HWY.NO AIR BAG DEP...
Mileage: 162,000
I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL'S PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. A WOMAN IN A 1994 SILVERADO TRUCK REAR ENDED ME. SHE WAS TRAVELING 35MPH. DID NOT SEE STOPPED TRAFFIC. MY STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY NOR ANY OTHER AIRBAG. THE SECOND IMPACT THIS YEAR AND NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT INSURANC...
Mileage: 164,000
DAUGHTER 23YRS OLD. BEGAN TO CROSS INTO INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC. A WHITE TRUCK CAME TURNING LEFT HITTING THE VEHICLE TO HER RIGHT AND CLIPPING THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE PONTIAC MONTANA. THE VEHICLE TO HER RIGHT LOST A PIECE OF THE BUMPER WHICH WAS A DODGE THEY DID NOT STOP.SHE LOST CONCIOUSNESS....
Mileage: 162,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING AND PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR 10 MINUTES SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. SHE TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH WATER BUT WHEN SHE DID FLAMES STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE VENTS. WIRES WERE MELTED AND THE HEATI...
Mileage: 158,000
WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND CREATED A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. IT WAS CAUSED BY THE RUSTED ROOF CORNERS PUSHING BOTH TOP CORNERS OF WINDSHIELD GLASS FORWARD. WATER WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN WINDSHIELD GLASS AND ROOF METAL DUE TO THE DEFECT DESIGN. *TR
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY DESIRED GEAR. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AT THE FAILURE LOCATION. THE GEAR CABLE WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDAT...
Mileage: 122,000
MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA (EXT) HAS BEEN ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. I HAVE TRIED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT, BUT NOTHING STAYS CONSTANT. IT MAY HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS COLD OR HOT, EARLY MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON, ETC. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. IN A...
Mileage: 110,000
I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MELTING IN THE SOCKETS. I REPLACE THEM AND THEY WORK FOR A SHORT PERIOD UNTIL THEY MELT RESULTING IN THE BULB BURNING OUT AND MELTING AGAIN. *TR
AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON. REPLACE SENSOR AND IT GOES OFF. THEN ABOUT 3MONTHS LATER IT COMES BACK ON. DEALER REPLACED SENSOR AGAIN. THIS HAS REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT IS BACK ON AND IS MAKING A CLICKING SOUND UNDER DASH. LIGHT IS OFF BUT CLICKING SOUND IS STILL THERE. IS IT WORKING? *TR
I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MELTING IN THE SOCKETS. I REPLACE THEM AND THEY WORK FOR A SHORT PERIOD UNTIL THEY MELT RESULTING IN THE BULB BURNING OUT. I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE IT RESULTS IN A FIRE OR AN ACCIDENT. ANY...
Mileage: 83,560
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LOCK. THE DEALER STATED THAT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR FIVE DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAIL...
Mileage: 113,546
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LOCK. THE DEALER STATED THAT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR FIVE DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAIL...
Mileage: 113,546
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE VEHICLE HAS A 2009 BABY TREND REARFACING INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER CS31029 (NA). THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON APRIL 11, 2009. THE CHILD RESTRAINT REQUIRED AN ANCHORAGE, WHICH WAS NOT EQUIPPED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY SECUR...
Mileage: 120,000
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA INTAKE GASKET FAILED...I'VE READ ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND JUST WANTED TO ADD MINE. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE WAS NO RECALL EITHER. I HAVE NEVER USED ANYTHING BUT DEXCOOL IN THIS VAN, NOW IT IS GOING TO COS...
Mileage: 155,000
I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA THAT NEEDS AN INTAKE GASKET REPLACED. THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY ADVISES THAT NO OTHER COOLANT IS TO BE USED IN THIS VAN BUT DEXCOOL. I NEVER USED A DIFFERENT PRODUCT THAN DEXCOOL. NOW DEXCOOL HAS DESTROYED THAT GASKET. MY CAR IS LEAKING FLUIDS AND BARELY HEATS. COST F...
MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET FAILURE AT 125,000 MILES REPLACED AT COST OF $1100, MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON PROBLEM FOR VEHICLE, BECAUSE ORIGINAL GASKET WAS PLASTIC AND FAILED OFTEN. WOULD LIKE AT LEAST PARTIAL REFUND FOR REPAIR. *TR
Mileage: 100,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE DOOR HANDLES ON HER VEHICLE. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE LOCKS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 0...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE DOOR HANDLES ON HER VEHICLE. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE LOCKS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 0...
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA; 3.4LTR 6CYL: "SERVICE ENGINE" SOON LIGHT PROMPTED SERVICE VISIT. TECH TOLD US THAT CODES INDICATED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS HAD FAILED AND THAT ENGINE OIL AND COOLANT WERE LEAKING. SUCH LEAKAGE CAUSED OIL CONTAMINATION OF THE COOLANT AS WELL AS COOLANT CONTAMINATION OF THE ...
Mileage: 120,000
HIGH PITCHED WHINE, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Mileage: 186,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER DAUGHTER'S LEG BECAME TRAPPED ON THE REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR. THE DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO RETRACT WHEN AN OBJECT IS BLOCKING THE SENSOR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCKS ON ITS OWN. THE DEALER WAS NOTI...
Mileage: 120,000
BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 107K MILES IN A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR CAUSED BY FAULTY DESIGN OR THE USE OF DEX COOL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY FAILURES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 107,000
POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH - OPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. STARTED OFF ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE OCCASIONAL IN HOT WEATHER - NOW CANNOT GET THE SLIDING DOOR TO LATCH AT ALL. *TR
I HAVE 3 CHILDREN, ONE DISABLED. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FROM DAY 1 WHEN THE MANUAL SLIDING DOOR BROKE TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. ALMOST KILLED MY DISABLED CHILD WHEN IT SPRANG OPEN ON HIM. DEALER, SAID HE BROKE IT, A CHILD WITH FULL BODY MUSCLE DISORDERS WHO CAN'T LIFT A BRICK. NOW WE HAVE HAD UNEND...
Mileage: 50,000
I HAVE 3 CHILDREN, ONE DISABLED. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FROM DAY 1 WHEN THE MANUAL SLIDING DOOR BROKE TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. ALMOST KILLED MY DISABLED CHILD WHEN IT SPRANG OPEN ON HIM. DEALER, SAID HE BROKE IT, A CHILD WITH FULL BODY MUSCLE DISORDERS WHO CAN'T LIFT A BRICK. NOW WE HAVE HAD UNEND...
Mileage: 50,000
I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA,IN THE PAST 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATERPUMPX2 AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET X2. THE GASKET LASTED 18 MONTHS AND THE WATERPUMP 3 MONTHS. I FEEL THAT PUTTING 1400.00 DOLLARS INTO A VEHICLE WITHIN 18 MONTHS FOR THE SAME PARTS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THE SERVICEMAN HOWEVER...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. AS THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING, A CHILD REACHED INTO THE VEHICLE TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR. HOWEVER, THE SLIDING DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE AND SMASHED THE CHILD'S RIGHT HAND. THE CHILD'S HAND SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES. ...
Mileage: 98,751
WAS DRIVING, TURNED WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT, VEHICLE WOULDN'T RESPOND AND CONTINUED TO GO LEFT, TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. WENT ACROSS LANE, HIT AT MODERATE SPEED A HYDRO POLE SEVERED AND MOVED 4 FEET BY IMPACT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, AS WELL AS MY 2 CHILDREN SUSTAINE...
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WHEN HE TRIED TO LOCK THE SEAT BELTS, THEY UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED ON SOME OCCASIONS. ALSO, WHEN THE SEAT BELTS WERE LOCKED THEY DIDN'T RETRACT PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A VER...
ON SEPT 26, 2006, I HAVE MY PONTIAC MONTANA MY 2000 VEHICLE SERVICE IN A DEALER FOR ISSUE OF ENGINE VIBRATION OCCASIONALLY. THE REPAIRING FEE IS ABOUT $1000 TO REPLACE SPARK PLUG AND COILS. AT 5:36 PM OF DURING MY DRIVING BACK HOME IN I-696, MY VEHICLE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOP RUNNING AT ABOUT 75 MILE...
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH TWICE AND IT IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT EITHER THE WINDOW DOWN IT DOES NOT GO UP. I HAVE TO SHUT THE MOTOR OFF TO GET THEM UP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY UP WHEN YOU SWITCH THEM OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW W...
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH TWICE AND IT IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT EITHER THE WINDOW DOWN IT DOES NOT GO UP. I HAVE TO SHUT THE MOTOR OFF TO GET THEM UP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY UP WHEN YOU SWITCH THEM OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW W...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN INSPECTED BY T...
Mileage: 87,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN INSPECTED BY T...
Mileage: 87,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE CANOPY TOP WAS FULLY EXTENDED WITH THE CHILD IN THE SAFETY SEAT, THE SEAT FELL OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TWICE, AND SENT A REPLACEMENT CANOPY, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THE CANOPY H...
Mileage: 97,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR BRAKING CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING FLUID.
INTAKE GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. THIS IS A GROSS MISCONDUCT ON BEHALF OF GM ALLOWING THESE TO FAIL WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION. NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE...JUST DRIVE NORMALLY. CONSEQUENCES ARE $1200 TO REPLACE A GASKET THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED MORE THAN SIX YEARS.
Mileage: 87,000
POWER SLIDING DOOR NEEDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO REVERSE CLOSING AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR MOVES UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY ONCE THE TANK GETS BELOW 1/3. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILING AFTER 65000 MILES CAUSING VERY HARD UP-SHIFTING AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMS UP. *N...
POWER SLIDING DOOR NEEDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO REVERSE CLOSING AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR MOVES UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY ONCE THE TANK GETS BELOW 1/3. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILING AFTER 65000 MILES CAUSING VERY HARD UP-SHIFTING AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMS UP. *N...
POWER SLIDING DOOR NEEDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO REVERSE CLOSING AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR MOVES UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY ONCE THE TANK GETS BELOW 1/3. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILING AFTER 65000 MILES CAUSING VERY HARD UP-SHIFTING AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMS UP. *N...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE UP IN A DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN BUT THE TIRES WOULD NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BOLT ON THE ...
Mileage: 79,400
2000 MONTANA LEAKED COOLANT FROM LOWER INTAKE GASKET. *TS *NM
MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA HAS COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE THROUGH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. I NOTICED THE PROBLEM TODAY WHEN I CHANGED THE OIL. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED YET. AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES I HAD TO START ADDING A LITTLE COOLANT TO THE RESERVOIR WITH EVERY OIL CHANGE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUG...
AFTER TWO RECALLS FROM GM OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. DEALER AVOIDS REPAIRS. RIGHT ELEC. SLIDING DOOR RECALLED FOR HAZARDOUS INSIDE HANDLE. COULD BRAKE FINGERS. NO CORRECTION WAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. DEALER AVOIDS ORDERING PARTS SO REPLACEMENT CAN'T TAKE PLACE. *NM
Mileage: 60,000
AFTER TWO RECALLS FROM GM OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. DEALER AVOIDS REPAIRS. RIGHT ELEC. SLIDING DOOR RECALLED FOR HAZARDOUS INSIDE HANDLE. COULD BRAKE FINGERS. NO CORRECTION WAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. DEALER AVOIDS ORDERING PARTS SO REPLACEMENT CAN'T TAKE PLACE. *NM
Mileage: 60,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONTACT DID THE REPAIR WORK AND FOUND THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAD DISINTEGRATED AND THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE FRONT BRAKE PAD FELL OFF OF THE STEEL BACKING PLATE. THE PAD ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS BEGINNING TO...
Mileage: 52,000
VAN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THAT IS APPARENTLY EXTREMELY COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT COST ME ABOUT $800 TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE AT A LOCAL MECHANIC. IT WOULD HAVE COST MORE THAN $1200 TO HAVE IT DONE AT THE DEALER. SHAME ON GM FOR NOT ISSUING A FULL RECALL FOR THIS OBVI...
Mileage: 45,000
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA 3.4 LITER NUMEROUS COOLANT LEAKS AT INTAKE AREA AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. ALSO COOLANT COOLER ALLOWED OIL TO GET IN TO THE COOLANT SYSTEM. I RETORQUED INTAKE AND ALEVIATED PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10,000 MILES AND THEN CAME BACK. ENDED UP HAVING DEALER REPLACE INTAKE GASKETS AND ...
Mileage: 60,000
1.) THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT A FAILURE WOULD HAPPEN. 2.) FUEL PUMP FAILED. CONSEQUENCES: ENGINE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WOULD NOT START OR RUN WHICH LEFT US STRANDED BY THE ROADSIDE - THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT 36,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE V...
Mileage: 36,000
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPRO...
Mileage: 37,182
WELDING AT THE BASE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT SEPARATED IN MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN. THE VEHICLE HAD NO ACCIDENT, EVENT LEADING TO THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. BASE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS MOVING WITH THE SEAT, THERE IS A 1/2 INCH GAP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AT THE WELDING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PONTIAC DEA...
Mileage: 100,200
THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED ITSELF WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING A REGULAR, NON-EMERGENCY STOP. THIS MADE THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASE SEVERELY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BY CAUSING ME TO RUN INTO ANOTHER OBJECT. EVIDENTLY, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FOR THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYST...
Mileage: 75,000
DT: CONTACT STATES THE GAS GAUGE IS READING FULL AT ALL TIMES. IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT GASOLINE TANK IS EMPTY UNTIL THE VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE HIT 50,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 58,000 MILES. *AK
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE...
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE...
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE...
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE...
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE...
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT PROPERLY ROLL UP. FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW FULL TANK WHEN IT IS ALMOST EMPTY.
Mileage: 115,544
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT PROPERLY ROLL UP. FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW FULL TANK WHEN IT IS ALMOST EMPTY.
Mileage: 115,544
MY ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHILE BRAKING. THERE ARE NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO JUSTIFY THE ACTIVATION AND NO SERVICE ENGINE OR ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES, THE BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASES AND I'VE HAD TO ADJUST M...
Mileage: 66,500
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2004 I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT A MONTANA 2000 MINI VAN FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. MY VAN HAD BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP MANY TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD WITH PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM WIRING. *AK HARNESS TO THE FUEL PUMP TWICE. THEN HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP...
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2004 I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT A MONTANA 2000 MINI VAN FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. MY VAN HAD BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP MANY TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD WITH PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM WIRING. *AK HARNESS TO THE FUEL PUMP TWICE. THEN HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP...
WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD , CALLED THE MECHANIC, WHO TOLD THEM TO CHECK THE WATER LEVEL, WHICH WAS FINE , THE ANTIFREEZE LEVEL WAS EMPTY. CONSUMER REFILLED THE ANTIFREEZE AND DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD...
Mileage: 35,000
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THEVEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRERD. *AK *ER
DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT HAD A FAULTING INTAKE GASKET. REPLACED ALL GASKETS AT A COST OF ALMOST $800. WAS TOLD GM REDESIGNED GASKET BUT DID NOT PLACE A RECALL ON THE PART. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB
Mileage: 70,288
1.WHILE GETTING MY TIRES ROTATED, CARX NOTICED MY COOLANT WAS LEAKING. 2. ANTIFREEZE WAS GETTING INTO THE ENGINE, AND IF NOT FIXED WOULD DAMAGE IT. 2. TOOK CAR TO PONTIAC DEALER. BILL TO FIX WAS $650. REPLACED THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET. *JB
Mileage: 90,000
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO...
Mileage: 88,852
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY BRUISING THE PASSENGER. THE DOOR WAS UNABLE TO OPEN IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE OWNER PRESSED THE BUTTON. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT CLOSED ON HIS WIFES L...
Mileage: 48,000
LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. COULD SMELL BURNING COOLANT TURNS OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. PAID $900 IN REPAIRS. CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND THE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CAR. THIS HAPPENED AT 71,000 MILES. ...
LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. COULD SMELL BURNING COOLANT TURNS OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. PAID $900 IN REPAIRS. CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND THE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CAR. THIS HAPPENED AT 71,000 MILES. ...
REAR BRAKE-LIGHT SUB ASSEMBLY HOLDS BRAKE LIGHT BULBS. EVIDENTLY WHEN USED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN METROPOLITAN AREAS SUCH AS NEW YORK METRO AND LOS ANGELES, BULB HEATING MELTS THE BULB HOLDING SUB- ASSEMBLY DIRECTLY RELEASING THE BULB CONTACTS AND CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE. BULBS CONTINUE TO ...
Mileage: 45,000
I WON A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA AND I NOTICED OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT I WAS LOOSING A LITTLE ANTI-FREEZE OVER TIME. THE RATE INCREASED OVER THE PAST MONTH UNTIL THE "ENGINE OVERHEATED LIGHT" CAME ON. WHEN TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND I WAS LOOSI...
Mileage: 77,000
I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA AND HAVE HAD A COOLANT LEAK PROBLEM. MY VAN HAS ONLY 66K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN IN 2 TIMES FOR COOLANT LEAKS. ON 11/26/04 I HAD A COOLANT LEAK AND HAD TO HAVE LOWER MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED. ON 12/2/04, LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE INTERIOR AND NOW HAVE BAD HEATER CORE...
Mileage: 66,000
MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH A 3.4 LITRE ENGINE WAS LEAKING FLUID ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THE INTAKE GASKET WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE REPLACE THE INTAKE GASKET AND BOLTS. THE TOTAL COST WAS $674.94. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO MENTIONED THAT...
Mileage: 60,548
NOTICED THAT COOLANT HAD TO BE ADDED EVEN THOUGH NO APARENT LEAK OR OVERHEATING ON MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT WAS AN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK AND WOULD COST $970 TO FIX. I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL ENGINE EITHER DUE TO THE DEX COOL COOLANT OR THE ...
Mileage: 67,500
AT 26,000 MILES MY VAN STARTED LEAKING COOLANT, ALOT OF IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP NEARBY AND THE MECHANIC TOOK A QUICK LOOK AND SAID IT WOULD NEED THE ENGINE PULLED AND ALL THE RUBBER RINGS OR GASKETS IN THE ENGINE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING AND IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICL...
LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILED. MDEALERSHIP REPAIRED AT MY COST SHORTLY AFTER, THE CAM SHAFT BROKE. I WILL NOT PAY TO FIX. *AK
Mileage: 99,550
WHEN DRIVING ANY SPEED REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND SEPARATED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. FIRESTONE, INSIGNIA, 21570/R15. *AK
I READ OF YOUR INVESTIGATION IN AUTOMOTIVE NEWS. MY 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER'S WRIST WAS BROKEN LAST SUMMER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF OUR 2000 MONTANA. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE FROM INSIDE AND AS THE DOOR MOVED OPEN IT BENT HER WRIST BACKWARD. IT DIDN'T STOP, DESPITE THE RESISTANCE. IT WAS BR...
SRS BAG LIGHT STEADILY ON AND SEAT BELT LIGHT MAN ON DASH CHIMES FOR NO REASON AND BLINKS ON/OFF. TOOK IN TO PONTIAC 6/18/04, THEY FIXED WIRING HARNESS THAT DAY (UNCLEAR ON INVOICE) WE JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MAY 2004. A FEW WEEKS LATER WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK IT BACK IN, JUST TO HEAR TH...
Mileage: 63,000
SRS BAG LIGHT STEADILY ON AND SEAT BELT LIGHT MAN ON DASH CHIMES FOR NO REASON AND BLINKS ON/OFF. TOOK IN TO PONTIAC 6/18/04, THEY FIXED WIRING HARNESS THAT DAY (UNCLEAR ON INVOICE) WE JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MAY 2004. A FEW WEEKS LATER WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK IT BACK IN, JUST TO HEAR TH...
Mileage: 63,000
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A POSSIBLE MANUFACTURE DEFECT OF MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THERE WAS ELECTRICAL DAMAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO THE FACTORY (WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED) MISS ROUTING OF THE HARNESS FROM THE POSITIVE CABLE OF THE BATTERY. THE HARNESS WAS FOUND, BY THE MECHANIC...
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, COOLING SYSTEM FLUSH, OIL AND FILTER CHANGE.*AK
Mileage: 55,000
MY 2000 MONTANA VAN WOULD NOT START AT 18000 MILES AFTER TOWING TWICE TO THE DEALER FOUND CONNECTOR TO FUEL PUMP BAD. THEN AT 20000 MILES WIRE HARNESS TO FUEL PUMP. THEN AT 25000 MILES FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. NOW AT 55000 MILE THE VAN SUDDENLY STALLED DRIVING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR MAKING STEERING AND B...
MY 2000 MONTANA VAN WOULD NOT START AT 18000 MILES AFTER TOWING TWICE TO THE DEALER FOUND CONNECTOR TO FUEL PUMP BAD. THEN AT 20000 MILES WIRE HARNESS TO FUEL PUMP. THEN AT 25000 MILES FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. NOW AT 55000 MILE THE VAN SUDDENLY STALLED DRIVING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR MAKING STEERING AND B...
HEAD GASKET FAILURE, WHICH ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH 2000 PONTIAC MONTANAS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT ALSO...GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 62,600
WAS HAVING A LOUD WHOOPING SOUND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CHECKED OUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT THE SOUND SO THEY CHECK A/C AND SAID THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS GOING OUT AND REPLACED IT SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE VAN IN THE SHOP CAUSE A/C WILL NOT WORK 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A NOTHER...
Mileage: 47,000
WAS HAVING A LOUD WHOOPING SOUND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CHECKED OUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT THE SOUND SO THEY CHECK A/C AND SAID THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS GOING OUT AND REPLACED IT SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE VAN IN THE SHOP CAUSE A/C WILL NOT WORK 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A NOTHER...
Mileage: 47,000
UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD GASKET COOLANT LEAKS. (DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE DOING 10 A WEEK ON THIS VEHICLE). *AK
Mileage: 40,191
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 2000 MONTANA AND OTHER VANS WIPERS WITH DELAY INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN WHEN SHUT OFF THEY POP UP AND STAY UP.!! *AK
Mileage: 67,000
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 2000 MONTANA AND OTHER VANS WIPERS WITH DELAY INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN WHEN SHUT OFF THEY POP UP AND STAY UP.!! *AK
Mileage: 67,000
VEHICLES STALLED AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHICH WAS CAUSING A COOLANT LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 48,000 MILES. *NM
Mileage: 48,000
DRIVER SIDE REAR STRUT/SHOCK MOUNT, PART OF THE INNER WHEELHOUSE ASSY., RUSTED AT A WELD AND CRACKED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, NOT SURE WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME. THE CRACK IS RUSTED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CRACK IN BOTH DIRECTIONS UNTIL THE RIPPED PART STARTS WHERE THE PAR...
Mileage: 68,000
RECENTLY A NUMBER OF GM CAR/VANS HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE 3100 ENGINE. A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM HAVE A "LOW COOLANT" INDICATION WITH THE RESULT BEING A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH A COST OF $700 TO $1000. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. *JB
Mileage: 76,500
RECENTLY A NUMBER OF GM CAR/VANS HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE 3100 ENGINE. A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM HAVE A "LOW COOLANT" INDICATION WITH THE RESULT BEING A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH A COST OF $700 TO $1000. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. *JB
Mileage: 76,500
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM GEAR TO GEAR. *JB
Mileage: 55,000
I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH A 3.4 LITER ENGINE. I HAD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED IN JANUARY OF 2003 BECAUSE THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING OUT. IT COST ABOUT $600 TO DO THIS. I RECENTLY CHANGED THE OIL ON FEBRUARY 29, 2004 AND NOTICED COOLANT IN THE OIL AGAIN. I AM NOW WORKING WITH THE ...
Mileage: 54,000
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA AT 109,000 MILES. MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH ABOUT 47,000 MILES AND SHE NEEDS TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ALSO. SOUNDS LIKE THE GASKET MAY HAVE BEEN SUBSTANDARD. *AK
Mileage: 109,000
GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKING. DIAGNOSED AS LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WIRING HARNESS FOR FUEL ASSEMBLY WAS CORRODED DUE TO EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE - REPAIR BILL $1400. *JB
GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKING. DIAGNOSED AS LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WIRING HARNESS FOR FUEL ASSEMBLY WAS CORRODED DUE TO EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE - REPAIR BILL $1400. *JB
MY SON HAD HIS EAR HURT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC VAN DOOR TRIED TO CLOSE ON IT. I DID CALL THE MANUFACTURE AND COMPLAINED. *CB
Mileage: 15,000
ON JUNE 17, 2003 WHILE DRIVING NEAR MY HOME MY BRAKES FAILED, TOTALLY, I HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I FROM GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON NOTHING. I HAD JUST A FEW INCIDENTS OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMING LIKE IT WAS GOING DOWN...
Mileage: 57,982
THE TRANSMISSION SUN GEAR WENT OUT. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT.
Mileage: 60,008
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INE...
Mileage: 43,000
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INE...
Mileage: 43,000
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INE...
Mileage: 43,000
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INE...
Mileage: 43,000
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INE...
Mileage: 43,000
OUR MONTANA PONTIAC VAN HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE START. WE PURCHASED IT AS A USED VEHICLE FROM A GM DEALER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WE HAD THE STARTED REPLACED THREE TIMES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS, ...
OUR MONTANA PONTIAC VAN HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE START. WE PURCHASED IT AS A USED VEHICLE FROM A GM DEALER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WE HAD THE STARTED REPLACED THREE TIMES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS, ...
ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT ...
Mileage: 38,500
ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT ...
Mileage: 38,500
ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT ...
Mileage: 38,500
ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT ...
Mileage: 38,500
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT AROUND 44000 MILES. DEALER SAID THE "LIP SEAL" FAILED INSIDE TRANSMISSION, AFTER TAKING IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSIS. WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR COST. ENDED UP HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AAMCO. A/C IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE LOW SETTING (#1). NOT YET REPAIRED. JUST...
Mileage: 44,000
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT AROUND 44000 MILES. DEALER SAID THE "LIP SEAL" FAILED INSIDE TRANSMISSION, AFTER TAKING IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSIS. WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR COST. ENDED UP HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AAMCO. A/C IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE LOW SETTING (#1). NOT YET REPAIRED. JUST...
Mileage: 44,000
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT AROUND 44000 MILES. DEALER SAID THE "LIP SEAL" FAILED INSIDE TRANSMISSION, AFTER TAKING IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSIS. WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR COST. ENDED UP HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AAMCO. A/C IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE LOW SETTING (#1). NOT YET REPAIRED. JUST...
Mileage: 44,000
LOOSING COOLANT, COOLANT IN OIL. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AFTER REPAIR ON 04-01-03, 24,535 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE 26,000. EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED $301.21 OF THE REPAIR. ROWAN PONTIAC/GMC DID NOT WANT TO HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE RENTAL C...
Mileage: 19,964
MY MONTANA HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED AT A CERTIFIED GM USED CAR LOT AT LINDSEY CHEVEROLET. IT HAS BEEN BURING THROUGH AT LEAST 2 QUARTS OF OIL OR MORE WITH-IN LESS THEN 700 MILES. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED FOR LEAKS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY. THERE IS NO SMOKE FROM T...
Mileage: 58,000
MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE IN THE FRONT END BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. WITH 66K MILES AND DRIVEN MAINLY INTERSTATE, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. FOUND BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WORN OUT WITH EXTREME PLAY. ONLY THE TIE RODS WERE WORN, NOTHING ELSE IN THE FRONT SU...
Mileage: 66,684
MONTANA VAN WAS TAKEN IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND ASKED TO TOP UP COOLANT SINCE WE WERE GETTING THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT. OIL WAS CHANGED AND COOLANT TOPPED UP....NO MENTION OF A LEAK. A WEEK LATER, THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN SO WE TOOK IT IN. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WAS APPROX. $...
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE TO GO AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OVER. THE PAINT, I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE ABS BRAKES WENT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY, THEY WON'T HELP ME THERE. THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NO PRICE FO...
Mileage: 65,000
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE TO GO AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OVER. THE PAINT, I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE ABS BRAKES WENT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY, THEY WON'T HELP ME THERE. THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NO PRICE FO...
Mileage: 65,000
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE TO GO AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OVER. THE PAINT, I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE ABS BRAKES WENT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY, THEY WON'T HELP ME THERE. THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NO PRICE FO...
Mileage: 65,000
MY PARENTS BOUGHT A 2000 MONTANA VAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2002. IT SEEMS TO BE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. THE LOCAL GM DEALER WHERE THEY PURCHASED IT, SAYS IT IS THE INTAKE MANIFIOLD GASKETS. FOR $2,500 THEY COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE MATTER UP WITH THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP, AND SHOWED HIM A COPY OF...
Mileage: 60,000
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 72,000KMS (45,000) MILES AND SHORTLY AFTERWARD NOTICED THAT COOLANT NEEDED TO BE TOPPED UP OCCASIONALLY OVER THE SUBSEQUENT SIX MONTH PERIOD. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE CRANKCASE, BUT THERE WAS A POOL OF COOLANT COLLECTING EXTERNALLY UNDER THE INTAKE...
Mileage: 54,000
1/3/04 VAN FAILED TO START-REASON UNKNOWN. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO CHECK OUT AND DISCOVERED OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE AT 50,000 THIS IS CRAZY, THIS TYPE OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT 50,000 MILES THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IN THE ENGINEERING OR PART THAT ARE BEING USED.*AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. A VARIETY OF GASKETS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, ENGINE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *AK
Mileage: 33,000
LOWER INTAKE MANAFOLD LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGIN OIL.
Mileage: 48,900
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT GAS GAUGE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES GAS GAUGE REGISTERED EMPTY WHEN GAS TANK WAS FULL, AND FULL WHEN IT WAS EMPTY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS OVER $500.00. *AK
MY WIFE AND I WERE ON A RURAL ROAD IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN WHEN OUR VAN STOPPED RUNNING WITH NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. WE ENDED UP WALKING ALMOST SEVEN MILES IN BITTER COLD TO GET BACK HOME. LATER ON WE LEARNED THAT THE DEX TYPE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE CAM TO FAIL.
Mileage: 82,000
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE CUTTING OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED WATER WAS GETTING INTO THE OIL. *AK
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE CRANKCASE. THIS CAUSED HYDRAULIC LIFTER DAMAGE - LIFTERS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND GASKET REPLACED. ADDITIONAL ENGINE DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK
Mileage: 66,267
THE SEAT BELT CLIP MALFUNCTIONED. THE PART WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Mileage: 45,000
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD A LOW COOLANT LEVEL. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Mileage: 49,000
FAILED 4T65E TRANSMISSION. REQUIRED A REBUILD. *LA
Mileage: 60,008
LOWER MANIFOLD AND WATER PUMP ARE BOTH LEAKING ON VEHICLE.*MR THE WATER PUMP AND THE MANIFOLD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FIRST MAJOR FAILURE OCCURRED THE DAY AFTER THE CONSUMER TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE VEHICLE B...
Mileage: 42,416
LOWER MANIFOLD AND WATER PUMP ARE BOTH LEAKING ON VEHICLE.*MR THE WATER PUMP AND THE MANIFOLD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FIRST MAJOR FAILURE OCCURRED THE DAY AFTER THE CONSUMER TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE VEHICLE B...
Mileage: 42,416
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Mileage: 52,000
DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *LA
MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE IN THE FRONT END BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. WITH 66K MILES AND DRIVEN MAINLY INTERSTATE, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. FOUND BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WORN OUT WITH EXTREME PLAY. ONLY THE TIE RODS WERE WORN NOTHING ELSE IN THE FRONT SU...
Mileage: 66,684
OWNER'S CHILD WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR. WHEN THE CHILD PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR, CHILD'S FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR SENSOR. SLIDING DOOR DID NOT STOP FROM CLOSING, CAUSING THE CHILD'S LEFT RING FINGER TO BE CUT OFF.*AK
THE WINDSHIELD FRAME RUSTED AND THE SEAL BECAME UNGLUED. THIS RESULTED IN WINDSHIELD DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE TOP PASSENGER SIDE CORNER. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE CRACKS, BUT THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE RUST. THE CAUSE OF THE RUST WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
Mileage: 56,000
THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED DUE TO A GROUND SCREW FAILURE. *AK THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE TYPE OF PROBLEM. *SCC *JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH IT BECAME HARDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WORE OUT.*AK
Mileage: 66,580
DEALER REPLACED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND RELATED SEALER. ALSO, REPLACED THE WATER PUMP, AND FLUSHED THE COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT WENT INTO THE ENGINE. *AK
DEALER REPLACED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND RELATED SEALER. ALSO, REPLACED THE WATER PUMP, AND FLUSHED THE COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT WENT INTO THE ENGINE. *AK
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND MOLDING STRIPS ON SLIDING DOORS.*MR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 49360 MILES THE SOLENOID WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION COSTING $914.04 IN REPAIRS. ON EACH SLIDING DOOR, THERE WAS A LONG BLACK RUBBER MOLDING STRIP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR FRAME THAT KEPT FALLING DOWN IN ...
Mileage: 49,360
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND MOLDING STRIPS ON SLIDING DOORS.*MR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 49360 MILES THE SOLENOID WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION COSTING $914.04 IN REPAIRS. ON EACH SLIDING DOOR, THERE WAS A LONG BLACK RUBBER MOLDING STRIP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR FRAME THAT KEPT FALLING DOWN IN ...
Mileage: 49,360
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLES PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB *NLM
Mileage: 55,000
THE LEFT FRONT PRETENSIONER WAS OPEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE FAULTY SEAT BELT TENSIONER. *TS. ALSO THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DID NOT RETURN WHEN IT WAS OPENED
Mileage: 23,800
THE LEFT FRONT PRETENSIONER WAS OPEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE FAULTY SEAT BELT TENSIONER. *TS. ALSO THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DID NOT RETURN WHEN IT WAS OPENED
Mileage: 23,800
WHILE DRIVING SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHICH IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE LATCH LOCKING MECHANISM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Mileage: 24,000
THE MIDDLE ROW CENTER SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISMS BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS TIGHTENING CSS, WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING USED.*AK
Mileage: 55,000
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH ...
Mileage: 29,885
I BOUGHT A 200 PONTIAC MONTANA LAST YEAR. AS PART OF THE PURCHASE THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT "DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT" ASSEMBLY DUE TO WATER BEING IN THE LIGHT. I NOW HAVE WATER IN THE SAME LIGHT ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS THE LEFT FRONT HEAD LIGHT WHICH HAS BLOWN DUE TO THE WATER IN THE LIGHT ASSEM...
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS FAILED AT 50K, WERE REPLACED IN JANUARY OF 2002. NOW IN APRIL 2003 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING AND HAVE ANTIFREEZE LEAK IN THE WATER PUMP AS WELL.
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *JB
ENGINE SPUDDERING AND DIED. WILL NOT START. GARAGE FOUND COOLANT IN OIL. HAD INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE. ENGINE BEING REPLACED. SUSPECT PREMATURE FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET OR DEX-COOL COOLANT CAUSING PROBLEM. NEED TO INVESTIGATE. *NLM
Mileage: 55,000
THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE DEALER STATED THE SECOND CLUTCH DRUM WAS CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION.*JB
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT 42K
THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE CALIPER OVER HEATS INTERFERING WITH POSSE TRACTION AND ABS BRAKES. PH
00 MONTANA HAS BEEN AT DEALER 3 TIMES IN 8 DAYS.THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON & WOULD NOT GO OFF.TOOK VEH TO DEALER ON A TUES WAS INFORMED WOULD HAVE BACK IN 2-3.AFTER REVIEW THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD BUT LEAK WAS NOT EXTERNAL SINCE NO FLUIDS WERE ON GROUND.SUPPOSED PARTS ...
LOW COOLANT LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A LEAK IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. PH
Mileage: 33,600
TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AFTER 55,000 MILES
Mileage: 55,000
PONTIAC MONTANA 2000: MY CAR ONLY HAS 49,000 MILES YET HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I JUST GOT A REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHICH IS LEAKING DEXCOOL OUT AND INTO MY ENGINE. REPAIR, WHICH AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, APPEARS COMMON YET HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BY GM. *JB
Mileage: 45,000
CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR VENTS. DEALER DETERMINED THE REAR WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED, CAUSED BY WATER INTRUSION IN REAR QUARTER PANEL. TS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKS CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
IGNITION SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING, SPEED SLOW OR FAST. USUALLY RESTARTS AFTER TURNING OFF IGNITION, NOT ALWAYS. INFO CENTER DISPLAYS "SECURITY" OR "SERVICE TRACTION SOON". IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED 2X. DT
WE WERE IN A COLLISION (NOT AT FAULT) IN WHICH WE HIT HEAD ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS INFLATED. THE VEHICLE HAD MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND WE ARE WAITING IF IT IS REPAIRABLE OR WILL BE TOTALED. SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD THE AIRBAGS CHECKED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASI...
VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY SPEED WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE CHANGES/REPAIRS WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY REOCCUR FROM WEEKS TO SIX MONTHS. STALLING STARTED AT 7,000 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE WAS MOVING 5MPH WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE. VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHOOK, AND THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE COLLAPSED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS REAR AXLE BRACKET SNAPPING DUE TO STRESS. *AK *JG
Mileage: 86,000
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THIS INDICATES THAT AIR BAGS WILL BE INOPERATIVE IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CONTACTED, CANNOT FIX PROBLEM.*AK THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SAME REPAIR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OR NINE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE EVERYTHING PER GENERAL MOTORS. T...
WE HAVE REPEATEDLY REPORTED TO BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MFR. THAT WHEN OUR TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE, OUR VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD EVEN IF ONLY ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. IT ALSO ROLLS FORWARD WHEN IN REVERSE. WHEN THE INCLINE IS STEEP, YOU ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP GOING IN THE DIRECTION THE TRANSMISSION IS IN ...
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT TOP LATCH CAN BE UNDONE IF TUGGED ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL LINE IS LEAKING FLUID. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL FILTER ASSEMBLY. IT WAS REMOVED AND REINSTALLED. *JG
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR HAS SENSOR THAT FAILED TO RESPOND IF OCCUPANT WAS NOT CLEAR OF CLOSING. THIS ALLOWED DOOR TO CONTINUOUSLY CLOSE EVEN WITH PRESSURE APPLIED BY OWNER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE KEEPS COMING OPEN, WILL NOT LATCH. DEALER CONTACTED , CAN NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM.*JB
AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON MY LEASED 2000PONTIAC MONTANA THE FRONT BRAKES BEGAN TO EXHIBIT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A WAPARAGE CONDITION. MINIMAL USE, AND NO HIGH SPEED STOPS INDICATED A PROBLEM TO ME BEYOND NORMAL. BRAKE INSPECTION (ON SATURDAY - NOT AT DEALER LOCATION) INDICATED EXTREME PITTING A...
AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. BUT, CURRENTLY, DEALER CAN'T IDENTIFY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT KEEPS REOCCURRING.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS WILL DIM.THEN, RETURN TO NORMAL STATUS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER SEEMED NOT TO BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
VAN STALLED OUT TWO TIMES WITHIN A 3 WEEK PERIOD. AFTER STALLING I WOULD TRY TO START IT AND IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT WOULD NOT START. BOTH TIMES I HAD IT TOWED TO MY AUTO REPAIR SHOP. BOTH TIMES I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEM AND THEY SAID WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMINGB A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IT WOULD START. TH...
TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE (SPLITTING) AND WERE REPLACED FAILURE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE RAN OVER A ROCK, AND ROCK CAME UP AND HIT THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING THE TANK TO LEAK, THERE ARE PUDDLES OF FUEL IN CONSUMER'S GARAGE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS GOING TP PICK UP THE VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ROCK HIT THE FILLER NECK GOING INTO THE TANK W...
THE SEAT THAT HOUSES THE INFANT SAFETY SEAT CAN BE LIFTED TO ALLOW PASSENGERS IN THE FAR BACK OF THE MINIVAN. I HAD LET MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT AND THOUGHT I HAD LOCKED THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE. I THEN BUCKLED MY 15 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER INTO THE 5 POINT RESTRAINT, BUILT-IN CAR SEAT. WHILE DRIVIN...
WHEN REAR DOOR OPENS YOU CAN'T STOP IT, IT BROKE MY WRIST WHEN MY BRACLET CAUGHT ON HANDLE. *AK
CONSUMER'S HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE HANDLE OF THE SLIDING DOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S WRIST TO TWIST AND BREAK. ONCE THE DOOR HAS STARTED TO OPEN THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT FROM OPENING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK PE04064.PCO
ELECTRONIC DOOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE OPENED AND CLOSED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WILL NOT START. SECOND OCCURRENCE. FEARFUL OF VEHICLE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. INFORMED ON PREVIOUS FAILURE THAT PROBLEM WAS FUEL PUMP. FELL VEHICLE HAS TOO FEW MILES TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. *AK
VEHICLE WILL NOT START. SECOND OCCURRENCE. FEARFUL OF VEHICLE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. INFORMED ON PREVIOUS FAILURE THAT PROBLEM WAS FUEL PUMP. FELL VEHICLE HAS TOO FEW MILES TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. *AK
WHILE PUTTING CHILD IN BACKSEAT SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR CLOSED ON CONSUMER, AND DID NOT OPEN AS IT SHOULD. INSTEAD IT PINNED HER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME OF VEHICLE. ON 20 OCT0BER 2001 WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH SAME SLIDING DOOR OPENED. BOTH RECALLS ON SLIDING DOOR HAD BEEN DONE PRIOR TO THIS. CONSUMER...
RPM NEEDLE GOES UP AND DOWN, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE VEHICLE STALLS. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED SIX TIMES BY SAME DEALER, AND PROBLEM COULDN'T BE FOUND. VEHICLE IS AT ANOTHER DEALER TO SEE IF THERE'S A CHANGE.*AK
RPM NEEDLE GOES UP AND DOWN, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE VEHICLE STALLS. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED SIX TIMES BY SAME DEALER, AND PROBLEM COULDN'T BE FOUND. VEHICLE IS AT ANOTHER DEALER TO SEE IF THERE'S A CHANGE.*AK
A MALFUNCTION IS PRESENT IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM THAT CAUSES EXHAUST FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT THAT CAUSES PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
I STOPPED AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AND GOT OUT TO GET THE MAIL AND NEWSPAPER. MY 2 YEAR OLD TODDLER GOT OUT OF HER CARSEAT AND JUMPED INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE. THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING ACROSS THE STREET. I COULD ONLY RUN ALONGSIDE IN HOR...
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAS STALLED 10 TIMES SO FAR. CONSUMER NOTICED IT NEVER STALLS IN SUNNY WEATHER, ALWAYS WHEN IT RAINS OR AFTER IT HAS RAINED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIND A CAUSE FOR PROBLEM. *AK
SINCE 10/25/00 WHEN THE FIRST TIME THIS VAN PROCEEDED TO OVERHEAT AND THE THEROMSTAT WAS CHANGED IN OHIO ON VACATION. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN MO AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO TIGHTEN A CLAMP AND CHECK THE THEROMSTAT AND THEY SAID PROBLEM SOLVED. ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS ...
THE CHILD INADVERNTLY HIT THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND WAS CLOSE TO THE DOOR WHEN IT CLOSED AND CAUGHT HER UPPER ARM
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS ...
ALL DOOR LATCHES WILL LOCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AS A CONSUMER HE HIS CONCERNED. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WAS TRAVELING 40-45MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN AROUND, U-TURN, AND CUT OFF PONTIAC. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON DRIVER'S REAR SIDE. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO INJURIES.*AK
WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ON JULY 5, 2001 IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHICH KILLED MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY AND MY SON DIED TWO DAYS LATER DUE TO HEAD INJURIES. I WAS INJURED WITH RIB FRACTURES/ LOW BACK SPINAL FRACTURES AND MY LEFT LEG REQUIRED SURGERY. I AM UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT ON MY LEFT LE...
RECALL 01V067000 REPAIRS WERE DONE. SOON AFTER SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN UP ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, COULD NOT REMEDY. CONSUMER CURRENTLY HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH SLIDING DOOR THAN PRIOR TO RECALL BEING PREFORMED.*AK CONSUMER STATES SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES TO OPEN WHILE IN MOTION, ...
THE VAN HAS HAD MULTIPLE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILURES AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A HISTORY OF ABS AND AIR BAG FAILURES. THE GM DISTRICT MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM ON...
THE VAN HAS HAD MULTIPLE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILURES AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A HISTORY OF ABS AND AIR BAG FAILURES. THE GM DISTRICT MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM ON...
MY THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS STARTING TO ENTER OUR MINIVAN AS THE POWER SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING. SHE REACHED IN TO STOP THE DOOR AND REVERSE IT (BY PRESSING THE INTERIOR BUTTON)AND THE DOOR CLOSED ON HER HAND AND SHUT. AN ADULT HAD TO COME AND OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE HER HAND COULD BE FREED. THE...
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN GARAGE WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. POLICE REPORT STATED THAT FIRE BEGAN IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE SPREAD FROM VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE AND ALSO MELTED THE NEIGHBORS VINYL SIDING. *AK
VEHICLE MAKING BUMBY NOISE DURING ACCELARATION AND DECELRATION DUE TO TIRE PROBLEMS. *AK (TIRESIZE: XP2000GT)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: XP2000GT )
RECALL 01V067000 ON SLIDING DOOR PERFORMED. CURRENTLY, DOOR DOES NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT SETTING FOR DOOR TO MANUAL. DEALER STATED RECALL WAS DONE. *AK
DRIVER' S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN AND OFF TRACKS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A WEIRD AND BUMPY NOISE WHILE DRIVING, THE NOISE IS MORE PREVALENT DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE ALIGNMENT, EXCEPT THE TIRES HAVE DIFFERENT WEAR PATTERENS, DEALERSHIP AD...
WHEN CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE HE WAS TOLD THAT REAR SLIDING POWER DOOR WOULD STOP CLOSING QUICKLY IF HE WERE TO HOLD IT. HIS WIFE WAS IN DOOR WAY WHEN CONSUMER ACCIDENTLY CLOSED IT, AND WIFE WAS PINNED BY DOOR. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP DOOR.*AK CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS BRUISED VERY BADLY. *SLC
CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS AGAINST DESIGN OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. A CHILD WOULD NOT BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING DOOR FROM CLOSING BECAUSE CHILD COULD NOT USE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP DOOR. *CONSUMER DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FOR A RECALL, STATING THAT DOOR CAN AUTOMATICALLY OPEN WHILE IN OPERATION. CON...
CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS AGAINST DESIGN OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. A CHILD WOULD NOT BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING DOOR FROM CLOSING BECAUSE CHILD COULD NOT USE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP DOOR. *CONSUMER DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FOR A RECALL, STATING THAT DOOR CAN AUTOMATICALLY OPEN WHILE IN OPERATION. CON...
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, MONTANA, P215/70R15 SIZE. SIDEWALL ON TWO OF TIRES ARE PULLING APART, EXPOSING CORDS. PONTIAC AND GENERAL TIRE COMPANY HAVE INSPECTED THE TIRES. *AK GENERAL TIRES, DOT ACM3KM1349. *SLC
SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM TIRE AT 65MPH ON I-4. OTHER 3 TIRES, SHOW SIGNS OF SEPARATION. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED PER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. (TIRESIZE: P21570R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P21570R15 )
POWER DOOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL OPEN FROM BOTH SIDES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALERSHOP, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
MIDDLE BUCKET SEATS RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK - THIS WOULD ALLOW A PASSENGER TO SLIDE UNDER THE SEAT BELT. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
POWER ASSISTED STEERING BECOMES HARD AT HIGH SPEED OR STEERING BECOMES LOOSE - DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM
HEAVY VALVE LIFTER NOISE - INDICATING POSSIBLE EARLY ENGINE FAILURE
WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN RUNNING OVER TRASH ON HIGHWAY FUEL WIRES BECOME UNDONE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK THE WIRING UNDER THE BODY BETWEEN FRONT TO BACK FRAME SUPPORT AND FUEL TANK WAS EXPOSED TO ROAD HAZARD. *YH
THE CRANK ARM ON THE WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING THE WIPER ARM TO NOT RETURN TO THEIR HOME POSITION WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AFTER USE. NLM
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH, A CAR LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO CENTER DIVIDER AND I COLLIDED WITH THAT CAR. THE PASSENGER SIDE BELT DID NOT HOLD MY WIFE BACK INTO HER SEAT. AIR BAGS DID GO OFF. HER FACE WAS BADLY HURT TWICE, ONCE BUY THE DASH FROM STOPPING VERY SHARPLY AND THE SEATBELT ...
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH, A CAR LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO CENTER DIVIDER AND I COLLIDED WITH THAT CAR. THE PASSENGER SIDE BELT DID NOT HOLD MY WIFE BACK INTO HER SEAT. AIR BAGS DID GO OFF. HER FACE WAS BADLY HURT TWICE, ONCE BUY THE DASH FROM STOPPING VERY SHARPLY AND THE SEATBELT ...
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING, DEALER REPAIRED THE HARNESS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THERE WAS A SPACE THAT WAS TOO LARGE FOR THE CONNECTOR THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO ARK AND STALL THE VEHICLE. *SLC
ORIGNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AT 5700 MILES DEALER INSTALLED A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION, SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 8600 MILES. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A SECOND REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INTERLOCKED AND MANGLED. DEALER SAID THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK THE PROBLEM REOCCURED AFTER THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE WIPER BLADES. *YH
VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEALER HAD REPLACED CABLES AND REINSTALLED TRANSMISSION, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS RECOGNIZED THE DEFECT, BUT HAS NOT FOUND AN ACTUAL REMEDY. WITH DEFEC...
WHILE DRIVING 65 ON FREEWAY THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED INTO THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER WAS SEATED THERE AND RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON HER LEFT HAND AND ARM. THE GLASS SHOWERED THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH GLASS. THE NOISE AS THE WINDOW
WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON AT NIGHT, LIGHTS INSIDE DASHBOARD ARE SO BRIGHT THAT THEY CAUSE DISTRACTION TO CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER ATTEMPTS TO DIM THE LIGHTS, BUT LIGHTS INSIDE THE DASHBOARD WOULD BE VERY DIM, AND DIFFICULT FOR CONSUMER TO SEE DASHBOARD INFORMATION. DEALER AND MAN...
ONCE THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR IS ACTIVATED IT CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY A BUTTON, NO AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WILL STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING. THE MANUAL STATES THAT THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WILL HAVE TO INCREASE AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE CLOSING POINT, BUT WE (SERVICE GUY) AND MYSELF COULD NOT STOP AFTER AN...
ONCE THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR IS ACTIVATED IT CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY A BUTTON, NO AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WILL STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING. THE MANUAL STATES THAT THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WILL HAVE TO INCREASE AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE CLOSING POINT, BUT WE (SERVICE GUY) AND MYSELF COULD NOT STOP AFTER AN...
THE BRACKET AND FRAYED CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHILE DRIVING. NLM
THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED AND LOCKED INTO PLACE BUT IT CONTINUES TO MOVE, CONSUMER DOESN'T REALIZE MIRROR HAS MOVED UNTIL THE MOMENT IT IS NEEDED. NLM
THE BRACKET AND FRAYED CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHILE DRIVING. NLM
THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED AND LOCKED INTO PLACE BUT IT CONTINUES TO MOVE, CONSUMER DOESN'T REALIZE MIRROR HAS MOVED UNTIL THE MOMENT IT IS NEEDED. NLM
WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE MID LINE AND CRASHED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO ENGINE OVERHEATING EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL AFFECTING THE RADIO -- THEN ENGINE OVERHEATED REQUIRING VEHICLE TO BE TOWED -- TWO MORE TIME THAT SAME WEEK AFTER BEING REPAIRED EACH TIME THE ENGINE OVERHEATED -- ON THIRD TIME MFG. REPLACED ENGINE COMPLETELY. THREE WEEKS AFTER NEW EN...
SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO ENGINE OVERHEATING EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL AFFECTING THE RADIO -- THEN ENGINE OVERHEATED REQUIRING VEHICLE TO BE TOWED -- TWO MORE TIME THAT SAME WEEK AFTER BEING REPAIRED EACH TIME THE ENGINE OVERHEATED -- ON THIRD TIME MFG. REPLACED ENGINE COMPLETELY. THREE WEEKS AFTER NEW EN...
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY START. ALSO, SLIDING DOORS LOCK UP. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & MOVED THE SPARK PLUG OVER THINKING IT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY START. ALSO, SLIDING DOORS LOCK UP. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & MOVED THE SPARK PLUG OVER THINKING IT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY START. ALSO, SLIDING DOORS LOCK UP. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & MOVED THE SPARK PLUG OVER THINKING IT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION. *AK
ENGINE WENT WIDE OPEN, HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO KILL MOTOR. LUCKY WE WERE ON A BACK ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC,WE ALSO HAVE TEENAGE DRIVERS, THEY MAY HAVE PANICED AND IT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT REALLY BAD!!*AK
WHEN TEMP IS 30 OR BELOW THE WINDSHIELD STARTS TO BUILD ICE ABOUT 4 INCHES AROUND THE WHOLE GLASS AREA, WIPERS START TO FREEZE UP AND BALL OF ICE AROUND THE BLADES
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING FAILED. STEERING WHEEL KEPT TURNING, CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON US-57 IN ILLINOIS, WE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF OUR BRAKING SYSTEM, APPARENTLY FROM A SEVERED BRAKE LINE. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, WE EXITED THE HIGHWAY AT EXIT #283, GILMAN, ILLINOIS. AS WE WENT UP THE RAMP, MY WIFE BEGAN BRAKING, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR,...
WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON US-57 IN ILLINOIS, WE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF OUR BRAKING SYSTEM, APPARENTLY FROM A SEVERED BRAKE LINE. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, WE EXITED THE HIGHWAY AT EXIT #283, GILMAN, ILLINOIS. AS WE WENT UP THE RAMP, MY WIFE BEGAN BRAKING, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR,...
WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
FRONT ATTACHMENTS OF THE REAR SEATS HAD ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME LOOSE W/O WARNING. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND REAR SEATS WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. ONE PASSENGER WAS OCCUPYING THE SEATS AT THAT MOMENT, BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID INJURY. THE EFFECT OF THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES TO CONSUMER'S CHILDER...
WE WERE DRIVING OUR BRAND NEW MONTANA VAN AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. WE HAD ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL WORKING (DOORS, WINDOWS, TV) BUT THE MOTOR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS AT 731 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ...
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. LAST FRIDAY WHILE TRAVELING THERE WAS A LOUD CRACKING NOISE, AND VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FINE, BUT THE ENGINE WASN'T OPERABLE. *AK
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN IN VEHICLE WHEN MAJOR GAS LEAK WAS DETECTED ON HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM. GARAGE THAT REATTACHED FUEL RETURN LINE AND INSTALLED RETAINING WIRE TIES INDICATE THAT THIS IS AN UNCOMMON LIFE-THREATENING EVENT. REPORTED TO DEALER--DEALER TO CHECK VEHICLE THIS WEEK AND TO NOTIFY MANUFACTUR...
REAR WINDOW BROKE TO PIECES WHILE THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BEING SHUT. YH
WE PURCHASED THE PONTIAC MONTANA AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. WE HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER BABY DUE IN MAY. WE DISCOVERED, AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN, THAT THE REAR BUCKET SEATS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT SAFELY RESTRAIN A CHILD SEAT. WE CONSULTED THE PA STATE POL...
WE PURCHASED THE PONTIAC MONTANA AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. WE HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER BABY DUE IN MAY. WE DISCOVERED, AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN, THAT THE REAR BUCKET SEATS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT SAFELY RESTRAIN A CHILD SEAT. WE CONSULTED THE PA STATE POL...
PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE ALL THE TIME. IT HAS A FAILURE RATE OF ABOUT 30% OF THE TIME. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, AND NEITHER GM OR DEALER CAN FIX IT. *AK