1999 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

I BELEIVE THAT THIS VAN IS UN-SAFE FOR MY FAMILY TO DRIVE, WITH THE ENGINE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 024635 TIRESIZE: P21570R15)

FUEL PUMP FAILED WITH ONLY 43000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT IT IS VERY RARE FOR A FUEL PUMP TO FAIL WITH SUCH FEW MILES.REPAIR BILL FOR PROBLEM WAS $705. THE REASON I OWN NEWER VEHICLES IS SO I DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY AT A REPAIR SHOP. WITH MY CAR PAYMENT AND THE COST OF THE REPAIR I WILL HAVE SPENT $1055 IN ONE MONTH TO KEEP UP A 1999 VEHICLE, WHICH IS REDICULOUS.

AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRAANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD IN ALL GEARS, INTERMITENTLY AFTER DRIVING AROUND TOWN AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS. *AK

SIDEWALL OF TIRE "MELTED" AT HIGHWAY SPEED DURING HOT TEMPERATURE. GENERAL TIRE REPLACED TIRE WITH NEW MODEL OF XP2000GT. I STILL HAVE 3 OF THE OLD TIRES ON MY MINIVAN, AND AM LEARY OF THIER RELIABILITY. OLD TIRE TPC SPEC 1135MS. NEW TIRE TPC SEC 1144MS. I URGE GM TO CHOOSE A SAFER TIRE TO INSTALL AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS A DEFINATE CHANCE OF A MAJOR ACCENDENT OR LOSS OF LIFE HAPPENING DUE TO THE TIRE FAILURE. THE TIRE DID NOT "BLOW OUT" THE ACTUAL SIDEWALL RUBBER APPEARED TO SHEAR OFF AND THE RUBBER CHANGED COMPOSITION TO RESEMBLE THAT OF "BUBBLE GUM". THE MELTED RUBBER COATED THE STEEL WHEEL AS WELL AS THE PLASTIC WHEEL COVER. ONLY AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BUG & TAR REMOVER COULD CLEAN OFF THE MELTED RUBBER. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN NOT LOCATE THE PAPERWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPLACEMENT, BUT I DID TAKE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/70R15 )

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED ON JULY 12TH, 1999. ENTIRE CAR WAS SHAKING AND SMOKING BADLY, DEC. 06, 1999, MORE BRAKE REPAIRS. DEALER SAID RETAINING CLIP BROKE, RETAINING CLIP NOT ON. DEC 14, HAD A LOW BRAKE PEDAL, AND EMERGENCY BRAKES WOULD SOMETIMES GO TO THE FLOOR , AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD NOT.*AK

AT 28,000 MILES, THE GENERAL TIRES THAT CAME W/THE VEHICLE WERE COMPLETELY BALD & HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE 80,000 MILE TIRES & HAD BEEN ROTATED NUMEROUS TIMES, THE COOLING SYSTEM: WHILE ON VACATION, THE COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATED. TOLD BY DEALER OUT OF TOWN THAT RADIATOR CAP LOOSE & WAS TIGHTENED. 3 WEEKS LATER LOW COOLANT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON & TOOK TO DEALER ON 8/12/00. TOLD COOLANT SYSTEM DIRTY & NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED; $100.00. ALSO TOLD BATTERY THAT CAME W/VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ACID WHICH ALSO RUINED BATTERY POSITIVE CABLE. BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SAID OUT OF GOODWILL WOULD NOT CHARGE FOR BATTERY CABLE BUT CHARGED $98 FOR BATTERY. BRAKES STARTED TO FAIL @ 11,000 MILES, ROTORS CUT @ 28,000 & TOLD ROTORS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE NOT CONSIDERED SAFETY PROBLEM. ROTORS STILL WARPED & NEED CUTTING. BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET WAS MELTED TO LIGHT & WAS FIXED BY DEALER EARLY ON.( DOT NUMBER: ACM3KMI368 TIRE SIZE: P215-70R15 )

THE JACK IS NOT STURDY AND WEAK, IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE TIRE THE JACK COLLAPSED. *MJS

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH IN THE EXPRESS LANE, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF SEVERAL VEHICLES. CONSUMER' S VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO DECREASE BRAKING DISTANCE IN TIME TO KEEP IT FROM REARENDING THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WASN'T INJURED. VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED & REPAIRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, PASSSENGER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK