2001 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

A MALFUNCTION WITHIN EXHAUST SYSTEM IS CAUSING FUMES TO ESCAPE, AND RESULTING IN DRIVER AND PASSENGERS BECOMING ILL. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FREEZE IN PLACE FROM PACKED SNOW, AND WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. 8AK

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED 5 OR 6 TIMES IN THE 4 1/2 MONTHS SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. THE FIRST TIME I HAD JUST LEFT WORK. ABOUT 1 MILE FROM WORK AT ABOUT 20 MPH IT STALLED. THIS WAS A 2 LANE RESIDENTIAL AREA. I WAS ABLE TO FIGHT OFF THE PANIC, PUT ON MY FLASHERS, AND HAD JUST ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT BLOCK AND COAST INTO A STOREFRONT PARKING AREA. MY HUSBAND SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. STALLED ON RESIDENTIAL 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I HAD JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED. STALLED AT ABOUT 35 MPH THROUGH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND I WAS ON A 4-LANE BRIDGE. THIS TIME I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE, THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE AGAIN WITHOUT ANY NOISE OR WARNING LIGHTS/MESSAGES THE VEHICLE STALLED.STALLED TRAVELING TO WORK ON 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH. I WAS COASTING DOWN A LONG HILL TOWARD MY EXIT. THE VEHICLE STALLED, I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE EXIT AND THEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE DID RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.STALLED ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A 6 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT ROUGHLY 70 - 72 MPH. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE WITH VEHICLES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS, THE HEADLIGHTS, RADIO, HEATER, ETC... CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. THE MOTOR COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING, HOWEVER THERE IS NO POWER BRAKES AND NO POWER STEERING.*AK

OIL FILTER LOCATED NEXT TO THE STARTER W BURNED A HOLE IN AIR CONDITIONER LINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WATER IS LEAKING FROM DRIVER'S INFORMATION CENTER IN HEADLINER OF VEHICLE DURING AND AFTER RAIN. GMC HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT TO DEALERS BUT HAVE TOLD THE DEALERS THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT YET. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN LAST WEEK TO BE FIXED. THE DEALER THOUGHT IT WAS. TODAY (10/23/01) IT LEAKED AGAIN FROMTHE SAME SPOT .*AK

PASSENGER SITTING ON THE MIDDLE SEAT NEXT TO THE POWER DOOR HAD THEIR RIGHT ARM RESTING ON THE DOOR HANDLE, THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR WAS PRESSED, CAUSING THE PASSENGERS ARM TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SEAT BACK AND THE DOOR HANDLE, PASSENGER COULD NOT REMOVE THEIR RIGHT ARM AND THE WRIST WAS BENT BACKWARD UNTIL THE WRIST BONE SNAPPED, THIS VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL FROM ALAMO COMPANY. *SLC PE04064.PCO

POWER DOOR HAS NO SAFETY LATCH FEATURES TO PREVENT DOOR FROM OPENING WHEN GRABBED OR HELD. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE A BROKEN WRIST. TOOK TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC CHECKED DOOR AND NOTICED NO SAFETY LATCH. INDICATED ONE SHOULD BE PRESENT TO PREVENT CONSUMER FROM BREAKING WRIST.*AK *YH PE04064.PCO

VAN SLIDES BACKWARDS WHILE STOPPED ON AN INCLINE IF THE FOOT IS OFF THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE,IF I STOP ON AN INCLINE AND THEN RELEASE THE FOOT BRAKE TO RESUME DRIVING , THE VAN ROLLS BACKWARDS. WE SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE KOONS OF MANASSAS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS A NORMAL FEATURE FOR THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. WE REQUEST.YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, THANK YOU

CONSUMER STATES WHILE STOPPED AT AN INCLINE AND FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACKWARD, CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM A NATIONAL CAR RENTAL AGENCY. ENGINE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING JUST AFTER DECELERATING AT RED LIGHT CHANGING TO GREEN. "BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. RESULTED IN ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP USING EMERGENCY FOOT BRAKE. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. CAR RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. *AK