2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE MID LINE AND CRASHED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO ENGINE OVERHEATING EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL AFFECTING THE RADIO -- THEN ENGINE OVERHEATED REQUIRING VEHICLE TO BE TOWED -- TWO MORE TIME THAT SAME WEEK AFTER BEING REPAIRED EACH TIME THE ENGINE OVERHEATED -- ON THIRD TIME MFG. REPLACED ENGINE COMPLETELY. THREE WEEKS AFTER NEW ENGINE INSTALLED THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH RADIO REOCCURRED AS WELL AS INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERING FOLLOWED A FEW DAYS LATER WITH THE "NEW" ENGINE OVERHEATING. IN REPAIR SHOP NOW FOR FOURTH REPAIR.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY START. ALSO, SLIDING DOORS LOCK UP. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & MOVED THE SPARK PLUG OVER THINKING IT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION. *AK

ENGINE WENT WIDE OPEN, HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO KILL MOTOR. LUCKY WE WERE ON A BACK ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC,WE ALSO HAVE TEENAGE DRIVERS, THEY MAY HAVE PANICED AND IT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT REALLY BAD!!*AK

WHEN TEMP IS 30 OR BELOW THE WINDSHIELD STARTS TO BUILD ICE ABOUT 4 INCHES AROUND THE WHOLE GLASS AREA, WIPERS START TO FREEZE UP AND BALL OF ICE AROUND THE BLADES

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING FAILED. STEERING WHEEL KEPT TURNING, CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON US-57 IN ILLINOIS, WE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF OUR BRAKING SYSTEM, APPARENTLY FROM A SEVERED BRAKE LINE. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, WE EXITED THE HIGHWAY AT EXIT #283, GILMAN, ILLINOIS. AS WE WENT UP THE RAMP, MY WIFE BEGAN BRAKING, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, WHILE BARELY SLOWING THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON BEFORE THIS POINT, BUT CAME ON AFTER SEVERAL PUMPS OF THE PEDAL. SHE PUMPED THE PEDAL A FEW TIMES, AND GOT SOME BRAKING, AND STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE RAMP. AT THIS POINT WE DETERMINED THAT WE HAD ENOUGH BRAKING ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO THE GAS STATION WHICH WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM US. IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE GAS STATION I CHECKED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND FOUND THE FLUID RESERVOIR EMPTY. I THEN CHECKED UNDER THE VEHICLE FOR LEAKS, AT WHICH TIME I DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LINE, COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE TO THE RIGHT, AT THE POINT AT WHICH IT PASSES IN FRONT OF AND OVER THE TOP OF THE SQUARE, TUBULAR STEEL AXLE HOUSING,TO BE SEVERED. IN THIS SHORT SPAN OF THE BRAKE LINE, WHICH HAS A SPIRAL STEEL WIRE PROTECTOR AT THIS POINT, SOME OBJECT,(APPARENTLY),IMPACTED THE LINE AND SMASHED IT AGAINST THE AXLE HOUSING WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO NOT ONLY FLATTEN IT, BUT ALSO SEVER IT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLATTENED AREA. I FEEL THAT SOME TYPE OF GUARD SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE BRAKE LINE AT THE POINT WHERE IT CROSSES IN FRONT OF THE STEEL AXLE HOUSING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FRONT ATTACHMENTS OF THE REAR SEATS HAD ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME LOOSE W/O WARNING. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND REAR SEATS WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. ONE PASSENGER WAS OCCUPYING THE SEATS AT THAT MOMENT, BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID INJURY. THE EFFECT OF THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES TO CONSUMER'S CHILDERN THAT SIT IN SAFETY SEATS OR TO ANY OTHER PASSENGER. *AK

WE WERE DRIVING OUR BRAND NEW MONTANA VAN AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. WE HAD ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL WORKING (DOORS, WINDOWS, TV) BUT THE MOTOR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS AT 731 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND AFTER 3 DAYS THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A BLOWN FUSE. WE PICKED UP THE VAN AND TRIED TO DRIVE IT HOME. WE MADE IT 40 MILES AND IT DIED AGAIN. APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OUR HOME TOWN AND THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR 4 DAYS AND STILL CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT HAS CAUSED IT TO STOP. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY ARE RACKING UP THE MILES ON OUR NEW VEHICLE AND EVEN IF THEY GIVE US THE VAN BACK, WE ARE NOT SURE WE WILL EVER FEEL SAFE IN IT AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE ARE AFRAID THAT THERE MAY BE AN ACCIDENT, OR THAT WE COULD GET STRANDED ANYWHERE. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN. THE MINOR PROBLEM WAS THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLIPPED OVER THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SCRATCHED AND DENTED THE PASSENGER DOOR FRAME. A LITTLE LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE INFORM US IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MONTANAS AND THE ENGINE QUITTING. THANK YOU. *AK