2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

CONSUMER'S HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE HANDLE OF THE SLIDING DOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S WRIST TO TWIST AND BREAK. ONCE THE DOOR HAS STARTED TO OPEN THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT FROM OPENING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK PE04064.PCO

ELECTRONIC DOOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE OPENED AND CLOSED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. SECOND OCCURRENCE. FEARFUL OF VEHICLE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. INFORMED ON PREVIOUS FAILURE THAT PROBLEM WAS FUEL PUMP. FELL VEHICLE HAS TOO FEW MILES TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE PUTTING CHILD IN BACKSEAT SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR CLOSED ON CONSUMER, AND DID NOT OPEN AS IT SHOULD. INSTEAD IT PINNED HER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME OF VEHICLE. ON 20 OCT0BER 2001 WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH SAME SLIDING DOOR OPENED. BOTH RECALLS ON SLIDING DOOR HAD BEEN DONE PRIOR TO THIS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER 3 TIMES AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE, UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

RPM NEEDLE GOES UP AND DOWN, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE VEHICLE STALLS. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED SIX TIMES BY SAME DEALER, AND PROBLEM COULDN'T BE FOUND. VEHICLE IS AT ANOTHER DEALER TO SEE IF THERE'S A CHANGE.*AK

A MALFUNCTION IS PRESENT IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM THAT CAUSES EXHAUST FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT THAT CAUSES PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*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

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAS STALLED 10 TIMES SO FAR. CONSUMER NOTICED IT NEVER STALLS IN SUNNY WEATHER, ALWAYS WHEN IT RAINS OR AFTER IT HAS RAINED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIND A CAUSE FOR PROBLEM. *AK

SINCE 10/25/00 WHEN THE FIRST TIME THIS VAN PROCEEDED TO OVERHEAT AND THE THEROMSTAT WAS CHANGED IN OHIO ON VACATION. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN MO AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO TIGHTEN A CLAMP AND CHECK THE THEROMSTAT AND THEY SAID PROBLEM SOLVED. ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS BUT ALWAYS SMELLING ANTIFREEZE AND THEN THE AIR CONDITONER WASNT COOLING THE WAY IT SHOULD AND THE RADIO WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT THE LCD SCREEN WENT OUT. ON 9-13 - 01 WAS BACK IN THE DEALER ...DIFFERENT DEALER THAN IT WAS PURCHASED FROM ...FOR VARIOUS ITEMS AND ONE TO CHECK ON THE AIR CONDITIONER FOR WE WERE GOING ON A TRIP...WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. WENT ON TRIP AND ON THE WAY HOME ..THE VAN STARTED TO OVERHEAT AGAIN...STOPPED PULLED OVER AND LET THE VAN REST AND SHUT OFF AC AND PROCEEDED TO HOTEL AND THEN DROVE HOME THE NEXT DAY AND IN THE DEALERSHIP IT WENT ONLY FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT WAS A DEFECTIVE RADITOR CAP AND DEBRI IN BETWEEN THE RADITOR AND CONDERSOR.*AK

THE CHILD INADVERNTLY HIT THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND WAS CLOSE TO THE DOOR WHEN IT CLOSED AND CAUGHT HER UPPER ARM