2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Power Train Problems

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 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. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ

Mileage: 122,000

HIGH PITCHED WHINE, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 186,000

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. *NM

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM GEAR TO GEAR. *JB

Mileage: 55,000

THE TRANSMISSION SUN GEAR WENT OUT. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT.

Mileage: 60,008

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 REPAIRED THE COOLING SYSTEM. DEALER SAID IT WAS AN INTERNAL LEAK. VAN KEPT GETTING LOW ON COOLANT, HAD TO KEEP FILLING IT UP, HOWEVER NEVER SAW A LEAK. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WITH THE MANIFOLD, AND COOLANT WAS LEAKING THRU AND BEING EVAPORTATED, THEREFORE NO TELLTALE LEAK. COST $600 TO REPAIR (AT 53,000) MILES. I HATE THIS VAN. THIS IS THE WORST ONE I'VE HAD. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY.

Mileage: 44,000

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 BEING SHIPPED WITHOUT TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 42,416

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 TO THE DOOR TRACK. THE CONSUMER HOPED THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD RESULT IN A TRAGEDY. *CB *JB

Mileage: 49,360

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

TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AFTER 55,000 MILES

Mileage: 55,000

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 GEAR. IT IS AS IF WE HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH A CLUTCH. IT IS DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE IS IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO BACK UP OR VICE VERSA. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE LIKE THIS. I HAVE TEST DRIVEN OTHER MANUFACTURER'S VANS AND IT NEVER HAPPENS. I KEEP BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND IT IS HOW THE VEHICLE IS ENGINEERED TO CONSERVE FUEL. IT IS A HAZARD THAT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET FIXED.*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 HORROR AS THE CAR DROVE INTO A DITCH ACROSS THE STREET. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMNG AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. THAT IS WHE I LEARNED THAT OUR MINIVAN COULD HAVE THE GEAR SHIFTED ON OUR AUTOMATIC WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR A MINIVAN THAT CARRIES CHILDREN ALL THE TIME.*AK

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

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 DEFECT CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT INTO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.*AK