1999 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WENT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK DOWN TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, AND SHUTDOWN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK WHILE HAVING OIL CHANGED, CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE AIR FILTER REPLACED, IN ORDER TO REPLACE AIR FILTER, THE THROTTLE CABLE CLAMP WAS LOOSENED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE AIR FILTER HOUSING, IT WAS NOT LINED BACK UP PROPERLY CAUSING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND TRANSMISSION ROUGHLY WILL SHIFT GEAR. VEHICLE AT DEALER, THEY WILL FLUSH FUEL INJECTORS.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED UP, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS A PROGRAMMING FUNCTION THAT NEEDED TO BE REPORGRAMMED, THE DOOR WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN SO CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW MOTOR ACTIVATOR, THE DOOR WORKS FINE BUT SOMETIMES THE BUZZER GOES OFF FOR NO REASON, DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IS OK AS LONG AS DOOR IS WORKING. *JB

THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH CONNECTION WAS LOOSE CAUSING THE ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP OVER 6 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE JUMPS AND JERKS.*AK

SLIDING DOOR LOCKS WOULD STICK WHEN USING REMOTE OR MANUAL CONTROL WHILE GETTING IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO ENTER THROUGH DRIVER/PASSENGER DOOR. HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES. EACH TIME VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM WOULD REAPPEAR. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE SLIDING DOORS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN MOTION THEY BEGIN TO INTERLOCK WITH EACH OTHER. WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE BEEN FIXED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL DRIFT BACKWARD WHEN STOPPED ON HILL IN DRIVE GEAR(FORWARD)AND WITHOUT BRAKE BEING DEPRESSED. SAME SITUATION WILL HAPPEN WHEN IN REVERSE GEAR POINTING DOWNHILL WHEN BRAKE IS LET OFF (THE VEHICLE WILL COAST IN FORWARD DIRECTION). I FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD CATCH AND PREVENT THIS MOTION. ALL OTHER AUTOMATICS THAT I HAVE DRIVEN HAVE NOT EXHIBITTED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE VAN HAS STALL/HESISTATED IN TRAFFICE WHILE TRAVELING 60MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN 8 VISITS TO TRY AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. SPARK PLUG REPLACED, PISTONS REPLACED, MOTOR REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR A SECOND TIME.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER , AND VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, FORCING IT INTO A DITCH HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. CONSUMER STATED THAT WERE INJURIES. *AK