1999 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

WHEN VAN WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE BECAUSE OF A HOLE IN THE AIR BAG. HOLE IN THE AIR BAG WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES WIDE. THE VAN WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN STOPPING AND ACCELERATING YOU GET A JERK AND A THUMP LIKE SOMEONE HAS HIT YOU FROM BEHIND. DEALERSHIP STATES "AFTER TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM" FOR MORE THEN 4 TIMES THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK AND IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS KIND OF VEHICLE IN THIS MODEL YEAR. MOREOVER THEY STATE THAT EYERY VEHICLE IN THIS MODEL YEAR HAS THE SAME CHARECTERISTIC. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BACKED THE CLAIM OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS NORMAL TO GET A JERK AND THUMP WHEN STOPPING AND ACCELERATING. PLEASE ADVISE THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH SUCH VIOLENT MOVEMENT OF FUEL IN FUEL TANK AND IF IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WHICH COULD RESULT IN FAILURE OF PART AND POSSIBLE FIRE OR FAILURE OF ANY OTHER PART AND IF THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE AS THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURE STATES. *AK

THE VAN STALLS OR HESITATES WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING OR TAKING OFF AFTER A STOP. THE VAN HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES SINCE OCTOBER OF 1999. VAN IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO REMEDY THIS PROBELM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE ABS TCDS AND BRAKE LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASH AND STAYS LIT. WHEN IT DOES A FUSE HAS BLOWN AND AS A RESULT I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHT. I DO HAVE RUNNING LIGHTS HOWEVER. I HAVE BEEN TO ROPER GM 9 TIMES THUS FAR AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS A LOOSE WIRE BY THE BRAKE PEDAL, A FUSE HAS BLOWN, THE WRONG SIZE FUSE WAS USED (THEY REPLACED IT), THE PIG TAIL THAT I INSTALLED TO HOOK UP MY GOLF CART WAS FAULTY (I HAD A NEW ONE INSTALLED AND THEY SAID THAT WAS ALL RIGHT) THEN THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL A NEW WIRING HARNESS (AS YET I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY DID BECAUSE IT HAS ONLY BEEN A WEEK SINCE I PICKED IT UP AND HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM YET BUT WILL CALL ON MONDAY. THEY ALSO INSTALLED FUSES ON THE BRAKE LINES AND ALL THAT DID WAS NOT WARN ME THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. NOW THAT I HAVE IT BACK FOR THE 9TH TIME WHEN I HOOK THE TRAILERING LIGHTS UP THEY LIGHT UP (TRAILER LIGHTS) WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE VAN EVEN TURNED ON. THEY EVIDENTLY REINSTALLED THIS HARNESS OR FOOLED AROUND WITH IT BECAUSE IT WORKED PERFECTLY BEFORE THEY GOT IT THIS LAST TIME ON TURNING, BRAKING AND RUNNING LIGHTS WITH THE TRAILER. WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS I TOOK IT TO MEAN AND KNOW I AM RIGHT THAT IT WAS GOING ON THE VAN AND NOT THE PIG TAIL. IT TOOK THEM 2 WEEKS TO GET THE HARNESS AND THEY SAID 5 TO 6 HOUSE TO INSTALL IT AND WHEN I GOT THERE THE 8TH TIME THEY DECIDED NOT TO INSTALL IT. ALL IN ALL WE HAVE BEEN FOOTBALLED AROUND 9 TIMES NOW AND IT STILL IS NOT RIGHT. HAVE SOME OF THE WORK ORDERS BUT NOT OTHERS BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME A COPY AS LONG AS THE JOB WAS OPEN AND NOT DFINISHED??? *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, AND GRADUALLY DEPRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE SUDDELY ACCELERATED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A BRICK HOUSE. UPON IMPACT, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. ALSO SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT SHOWED THAT THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *ML

OIL PAN HAS HEAVY OIL RESIDUE FILM WHICH GM CLAIMS TO BE NORMAL DUE TO ALUMINUM CASTING OIL PAN DESIGN THAT ALLOWS OIL TO SEAP THROUGH THE OIL PAN. A HEAVY OIL RESIDUE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE OIL PAN DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL AND APPEARS TO BE A LEAK. BURNING OIL CAN BE SMELLED INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE STOPPED. A FILE # HAS BEEN OPENED BY GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO RECORD MY COMPLAINTS. RIGHT HAND DOOR POWERED MIRROR IS LOOSE AND LOSES SETTING WHEN DOOR SHUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY/STOPPING OR PULLING OFF OR TAKING FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE STALLS. HAS TO DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET IN ORDER TO KEEP THE RPMS UP. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER. BUT, DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT VERY ROUGH AND HARD, AND TRANSMISSION EMITS A WHINING NOISE. ONCE IT STARTS, IT CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE RESTS. ALSO, AFTER DRIVING A DISTANCE CONTINUOUSLY OF 200 MILES OR MORE, THE VEHICLE WILL CONSISTENTLY STALL AT RED LIGHTS OR STOPSIGNS UNTIL IT HAS RESTED AT LEAST A FEW HOURS. *AK

THE PROBLEM IS NOT OF A FAILURE TYPE, BUT IT IS EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOOKED AT THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS GOING IN FRIDAY THE 25 OF FEBRUARY FOR A ROAD TEST WITH MY HUSBAND AND A TECHNICAN. THIS IS BEING DONE AT OTSE

THE VAN WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH, TRAVELING AT 35 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VAN WILL BE REPAIRED. *AK *ML