2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

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.

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

THE SEAT BELT CLIP MALFUNCTIONED. THE PART WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

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

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

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

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 SUSPENSION. PONTIAC AND MY DEALER SEEM TO THINK THAT TIE ROD WEAR AT 66K IS NORMAL WEAR! ITS HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES. I AM JUST GLAD THAT THE TIE RODS DID NOT SEPARATE SINCE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. OTHER GM MINI VAN OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS OBVIOUS PREMATURE TIE ROD WEAR. *JB

DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *LA