1999 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK AT 54000 MILES. REASON IS POOR DESIGN. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US. *JB

OUR 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA HAS JUST BEEN WORKED ON BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR A LEAK IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THEY CHARGED ME $795.00 TO FIX THIS LAST WEEK AND NOW IT IS BACK IN THE SHOP TO FIX THE COOLANT SENSOR WHICH WILL COST ANOTHER $175.00. LAST NIGHT I FOUND OUT THERE IS A PETITION ONLINE WITH OVER 2,500 SIGNATURES ON IT FOR THESE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR GM CAR. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS! *NLM

THE VEHICLES HEAD GASKET FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BE INOPERATIVE. *NLM

I HAD THREE TRANSMISSIONS, A CRACKED HEAD BECAUSE OF OVER HEATING, WATER PUMP AND HEAT SENSOR, OIL IN ONE CYLINDER, A SHORT IN THE REAR LIGHTS WITH DEALER SAYING I (SHOULD REPLACE THE LIGHTING STRUCTURE ON BOTH SIDES) $200.00. ABS SYSTEM SENSOR FRONT RIGHT SIDE WIRE BURNED THROUGH $500.00. THE $200.00 AND $500.00 I HAVE NOT DONE YET, SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL IT'S AN EVEN $1000.00 MORE TO SPEND MORE MONEY? THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS.*JB

WITHOUT PRIOR DIFFICULTY OR WARNING, THE STRUTS FAILED, AND THE HATCH DROPPED ON THE CONSUMER'S HEAD, KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED A SEVERE NECK INJURY. THE STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *JB SCC

I HAVE A '99 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH GM'S INFAMOUS V6 3.4L ENGINE. JUST HAD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET JOB AT 56.5K MILES. THIS IS A NOTED PROBLEM, WITH SUDDEN OVER HEATING AND THE CAR STOPPED ON MY WIFE. ALSO THE VEHICLE IS ON ITS THIRD TRANMISSION.*JB

LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED WATER PUMP AND INTAKE GASKET WERE LEAKING COOLANT. HAD TO REPLACE WATER PUMP AND RESEAL INTAKE AT 40K MILES. $1100 REPAIR

1999 PONTIAC MONATA VEHICLE IS SIMILAR TO THE 1915 OTHERS ONLINE HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/MOD_PERL/SIGNED.CGI?GMCNSMRS&1 COST $800 TO REPAIR.

VEHCILE IS LOSING COOLANT DISCOVERED A BAD IONTAKE GASKET. REPAIRS TOTALLED $800 BY LOCAL DELAERSHIP. RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE

PONTIAC MONTANA PRESENTED WITH A LOW COOLANT LIGHT,, FOUND TO HAVE A FAULTY INTAKE GASKET, (REPAIRED FOR APPROX $700.) WHEN ASKED ABOUT RATE OF OCCURRENCE, GM SERVICE MANAGER STATED "IT HAPPENS A LOT MORE OFTEN THAN GM WANTS TO ADMIT IN THE 3.4L AND 3.8L ENGINES". *JB