1995 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Power Train Problems

THIS VEHICLE IS HAVING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, GM NEVER LETS ME KNOW OF ANY RECALLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY THEY HAVE RECALLED THEM AGAIN FOR A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING BUT I CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION. VERY UPSET THAT I HAVE TO PAY TO GET THIS THING FIXED! REALLY NEED A NEW CAR NOW. THE GAS GAUGE OR TANK IS EMPTY WHEN THE GAUGE SHOWS 1/2 TANK. SIDE DOOR WE UNPLUGGED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AND THE LIGHT STILL SHOWS ON MY DASH AS OPEN. MANY TIMES IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT OPEN. IN A CRASH WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN ANY DOORS IF THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING BADLY. WE REPLACED IT ONCE ONLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. WE USE A LOT OF FLUID AND OIL. THE ENGINE IS RUNNING VERY POORLY, WOULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS. INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK. VAN LOOKS NEW ON OUTSIDE EXCEPT THE HOOD WHICH HAD NO PRIMER ED AND NOW HAS CHIPS ON IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WE CANNOT AFFORD A NEW CAR NOR FIX THIS ONE.

I OWN A 1995 PONTIAC TRANSPORT BOUGHT USED IN GOOD SHAPE. I HAVE OWNED IT APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS. IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD BOTH HEAD GASKETS SHAVED AND REDONE, THE TRANMSISSION REBUILT 3 TIMES, FOUR WATER PUMPS, A RADIATOR, A FAN, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM TOTALLY REBUILT, THE TANK DROPPED, A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH LOCKS AND ELECTRICAL SHORTS. IT IS A TOTAL LEMON. NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN TOTALLY REBUILT AND STILL WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR TO DRIVE OR OVERDRIVE. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SAYS IT MUST BE A FUSE OR WIRE PROBLEM. THIS CAR BREAKS DOWN CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE DAY I GOT IT, I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT THAN I HAVE PAID FOR IT, AND STILL, IN FACT, OWE ON IT. PONTIAC DECLARED SOME 1997'S LEMONS, MINE IS MORE A LEMON THAN THEY ARE AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF MINE. CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS. HAS BEEN WORKED ON THIS TIME, ON AND OFF FOR A MONTH.*AK

Mileage: 1

THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY SHUDDERED AND OCCASIONALLY ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS RUN AT THE CRONIC PONTIAC SERVICE DEPT(PRESSURE TEST), I WAS ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT(EST $2800). I PURCHASED A USED REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FROM A LOCAL USED PARTS BUSINESS AND HAD IT INSTALLED BY MY MECHANIC(BULLDOG TIRE). ONCE ROAD-TESTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS EXISTED WITH THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AS THE ORIGINAL. MY MECHANIC THEN FOUND THE PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE WAS RUPTURED INSIDE THE RADIATOR ALLOWING WATER TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER THE RADIATOR. THE COOLANT LINES WERE REPLACED(SEE NHTSA RECALL ID NUMBER 96V015000) AND THE RADIATOR WAS REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO FLUSHED. I THEN CONTACTED THE CRONIC PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVISE THEM OF THEIR MIS-DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS THE COSTS I HAD INCURRED. I ALSO ADVISED THEM OF THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. HE STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND HE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE DIAGNOSIS OF A BAD TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH BOTH TRANSMISSIONS HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS FINE AFTER THE COOLANT LINE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS WEBSITES ON-LINE DESCRIBING THIS RECALL AND ONE OF THEM SUGGESTS IT MAY BE A REGIONAL RECALL FOR VEHICLES PURCHASED IN NORTHERN STATES. I HAVE CALLED PONTIAC TWICE SO FAR AND THEY CAN NEITHER FIND A VEHICLE SPECIFIC RECALL NOR A MAKE/MODEL RECALL WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK

NOTICED A GREEN LIQUID COMING FROM VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND AFTER CAR HAD BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND JERKING. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PIN HOLDING GEAR SHIFT LEVER CAME OUT. IF THIS HAPPENS AND THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK POSITION, THE DOORS CANNOT BE UNLOCKED UNTIL SHIFT LEVER IS IN PARK POSITION.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT ON ITS OWN, AND WILL NOT CLICK BACK INTO THE OVERDRIVE GEAR. VEHICLE SHUTS COMPLETLY DOWN WHEN THIS HAPPENS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

UPON STARTING THE VAN, THE PIN IN THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER FELL OUT, CAUSING THE LEVER TO FALL IN DRIVER'S HAND. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VAN HOME SAFELY. DEALER HAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BEEN DRIVING AT 60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND ON WET PAVEMENT, ON EXIT RAMP SLOWING DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF METAL. TRANSMISSION BURNED UP. DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, NOT ONE THAT IS REBUILT. *AK

TRACTION CONTROL FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE.

UPPER TRANSAXLE OIL COOLER HOSE PULLED OUT OF THE CRIMPED COUPLING AT TRANSAXLE END OF ASSEMBLY PRIOR TO RECALL.