2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRENTY. YH THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE CAUSING THE BELT NOT TO LATCH, THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR WAS PULLED TOO FAR AND NOW WILL NOT RETRACT . YH

ALL DOOR LATCHES WILL LOCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AS A CONSUMER HE HIS CONCERNED. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WAS TRAVELING 40-45MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN AROUND, U-TURN, AND CUT OFF PONTIAC. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON DRIVER'S REAR SIDE. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO INJURIES.*AK

WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ON JULY 5, 2001 IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHICH KILLED MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY AND MY SON DIED TWO DAYS LATER DUE TO HEAD INJURIES. I WAS INJURED WITH RIB FRACTURES/ LOW BACK SPINAL FRACTURES AND MY LEFT LEG REQUIRED SURGERY. I AM UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT ON MY LEFT LEG FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. A CAR WAS GOING EAST ON I-40 AND I WAS GOING WEST. IT CROSSED THE MEDIAN TRYING TO MISS A LADDER THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF ANOTHER VECHICLE AND IT HIT US HEAD-ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE UPON IMPACT. FRONT PASSENGER DID INFLATE AFTER WE WERE REMOVED, AND VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. MY SON MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THE AIRBAGS HAD INFLATED SINCE THE CAR WENT DOWN THE SIDE OF MY VAN. WE ALL HAD OUR SEATBELTS ON. MY SON WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. *AK

RECALL 01V067000 REPAIRS WERE DONE. SOON AFTER SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN UP ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, COULD NOT REMEDY. CONSUMER CURRENTLY HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH SLIDING DOOR THAN PRIOR TO RECALL BEING PREFORMED.*AK CONSUMER STATES SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES TO OPEN WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR CONSIDERATION IN A VEHICLE BUY BACK. *SLC

THE VAN HAS HAD MULTIPLE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILURES AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A HISTORY OF ABS AND AIR BAG FAILURES. THE GM DISTRICT MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM ON THE 2000 MONTANA. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ORIGINAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THE REPLACEMENT ALSO FAILED. WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG FAILURES. WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF THEY WORK UNTIL WE NEED THEM. AT THAT POINT IT'S A LITTLE LATE TO DISCOVER THAT THEY DON'T WORK. DO MONTANAS HAVE A HIGH RATE OF AIR BAG FAILURES DURING ACCIDENTS?

MY THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS STARTING TO ENTER OUR MINIVAN AS THE POWER SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING. SHE REACHED IN TO STOP THE DOOR AND REVERSE IT (BY PRESSING THE INTERIOR BUTTON)AND THE DOOR CLOSED ON HER HAND AND SHUT. AN ADULT HAD TO COME AND OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE HER HAND COULD BE FREED. THE DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO REVERSE WHEN RESISTANCE IS ENCOUNTERED. I HAVE TRIED TO STOP THE DOOR AND THE AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE IT TAKES TO STOP THIS DOOR WOULD BRUISE MY ARM AND DEFINATELY CRUSH HER HAND OR ANY OTHER BODY PART INCLUDING HER HEAD. LUCKILY ONLY ONE SIDE OF HER HAND WAS STUCK AND SEVERELY BRUISED AND NOW SWOLEN AND BRUISED ACROSS HER KNUCKLES AND DOWN HER HAND. THE POWER OF THIS DOOR EXCEEDS ANY POWER BROUGHT ABOUT BY A GARAGE DOOR AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE HIGHER SAFETLY STANDARDS THAN A MINIVAN WHICH IS GEARED TOWARD FAMILES WITH CHILDREN. I BROUGHT THIS TO PONTIAC'S ATTENTION AND RECEIVED NO EXPLANATION OR ANSWERS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A BEAM, AS IN GARAGE DOORS, OR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE RESISTANCE NEEDED TO REVERSE THE DOOR BEFORE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN GARAGE WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. POLICE REPORT STATED THAT FIRE BEGAN IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE SPREAD FROM VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE AND ALSO MELTED THE NEIGHBORS VINYL SIDING. *AK

VEHICLE MAKING BUMBY NOISE DURING ACCELARATION AND DECELRATION DUE TO TIRE PROBLEMS. *AK (TIRESIZE: XP2000GT)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: XP2000GT )

RECALL 01V067000 ON SLIDING DOOR PERFORMED. CURRENTLY, DOOR DOES NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT SETTING FOR DOOR TO MANUAL. DEALER STATED RECALL WAS DONE. *AK