2001 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED HE NOTICED ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 102,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WAS DEPRESSED TO OPEN THE DOORS, THEY WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH THE LOCK DOWN SO THAT IT WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. HE CONTINUED TO NOTICE THE FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY. IN NOVEMBER 2009, THE DOORS STOPPED LOCKING ALTOGETHER WHICH PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE UNTIL THE DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A RELATED RECALL FOR THE FAILURE BUT THE REPAIR HAD BEEN PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE; THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY A DIAGNOSTIC FEE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,000.

FUEL GAUGE INAPPROPRIATELY REPORTS AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. GAUGE FAILS AT APPROXIMATELY 15 GALLONS USED. THE TANK SENSOR INDICATES NO FUEL UPON REACHING THE ABOVE AMOUNT UNTIL THE CAR IS RESTARTED WHICH AT THAT TIME READS FULL EVEN WHEN LESS IS PRESENT. WHILE DRIVING THE GAUGE WILL AGAIN RETURN TO THE EMPTY STATE EVEN WHEN ADEQUATE FUEL IS PRESENT IN TANK. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE TANK IS REFILLED. WHEN REFILLED THE AMOUNT OF GASOLINE MEASURED AT THE PUMP AND INDICATED AS NEEDED IS INACCURATE UP TO 3 GALLONS MORE NEEDED TO FILL TANK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE FUEL GAUGE ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL INACCURATELY DISPLAYS THE AMOUNT OF FUEL PRESENT IN THE FUEL TANK. ON SOME OCCASIONS HE WOULD HEAR THE LOW FUEL WARNING INDICATOR WHILE FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL TANK. HE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP NOR HAD HE SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA. WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS PROVIDED INADEQUATE ILLUMINATION ON THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE HEADLIGHT LENS EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE CORROSION WHICH WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEATHER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/17/09. *LJ UPDATED 12/21/09

MY MOM HAS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA . THIS WEEKEND, SHE PUT MY 19 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN HER CAR SEAT IN THE 2ND ROW SEAT. AT ONE POINT DURING THE WEEKEND, MOM STOPPED HARD AND THE SEAT WITH MY DAUGHTER IN IT FLIPPED FORWARD, WITH MY DAUGHTER IN IT. MY DAUGHTER'S FACE HIT THE DRIVER SEAT BACK. SHE GOT A BLOODY NOSE AND A BLACK EYE, AND FORTUNATELY THAT WAS ALL. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT WHEN A CAR SEAT IS INSTALLED WITH A TETHER, AND THE TETHER IS TIGHT, IT IS VERY EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY TRIGGER THE RELEASE OF THE SEAT BASE MECHANISM, ALLOWING THE SEAT TO TILT FORWARD. THE TETHER BRACKET IS ATTACHED TO THE BAR THAT IS PART OF THE MECHANISM FOR RELEASING THE SEAT. WHEN THE TETHER IS TIGHTENED, IT BEGINS TO MOVE THE MECHANISM. IT ONLY TAKES A GOOD BUMP, SUCH AS FORM SLIDING THE SEAT BACK ON ITS RAILS, TO COMPLETELY RELEASE THE SEAT AND ALLOW IT TO TILT FORWARD UNDER HARD BRAKING OR A COLLISION. *TR

I WAS JUST DRIVING TO THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING MY VAN STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE THE TEMP GOT TO ABOVE 260 AND IT JUST STOPPED IN THE ROAD. I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON HAD TO PUSH ME OUT OF THE ROAD AND I CALLED MY BROTHER AND HE DROVE OUT TO ME AND CHECKED THINGS OUT WHO IS A MECHANIC AND HE SAID I BLEW A HEAD GASKET, HE SAID THESE THINGS HAPPEN BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT 79,000 MILES. I CALLED AROUND TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO FIX AND SO FAR NO ONE WILL DO IT BECAUSE IT IS ALOT OF TROUBLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS, OR ECU, CONSTANTLY FAILED. THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AND DOES NOT DIM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE CHANGED LAST YEAR, BUT THE FAILURE HAS RECENTLY RECURRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,756.

HELLO ON 3/31/09 MY 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON I-88 HIGHWAY WITH 60 MILES PER HOUR. THE SMOKE FILLED THE CAR AND FIRE WAS SHOOTING UP AT THE BACK WINDOW WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. APPARENTLY AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE AT THE WINDSHIELD VIPER HAS STARTED THE FIRE. *TR

EVER SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE VAN IT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN A GEAR AND STEP ON THE GAS IT WOULD REV THE ENGINE AND HIT HARD IN GEAR AND CAUSING THE VAN TO JERK HARD WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHERE WE WERE TOLD AND HE SAID IT WAS THE DRIVE SHAFT AND REPLACED IT AND IT SHOULD NOT JERK NO MORE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE THAN IT WAS WHEN THEY FIXED IT. *TR