2004 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND SOME YOUNG MAN CAME FLYING AROUND THE CORNER AND HIT ME HEAD ON AS I WAS STOPPED, AND MY AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF , THE BODY SHOP MAN SAID THE SENSORS WERE SHEARED RIGHT OFF, THE PONTIAC 2004 VAN IS NOW TOTALED AND I STILL HURT. *NM

AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WILL CLOSE ON ANYTHING IN IT'S PATH. IT TAKES WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO FORCE THE DOOR BACK WHEN IT IS CLOSING ON SOMETHING. I'VE HAD IT CLOSE ON MY HAND (VERY PAINFUL) AND MY 5 YR OLD GOT HER ARM CAUGHT IN IT, SHE HAD A VERY BAD BRUISE ACROSS THE UPPER PART OF HER ARM. JUST GRATEFUL IT WASN'T BROKEN. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT BEEN PART OF A RECALL. SEEMS TO BE A WHOLE LOT MORE DANGEROUS THAN PREVIOUS RECALLS. DEALERSHIP REALLY HAS NO COMMENT OR SOLUTION WHEN THIS PROBLEM IS MENTIONED TO THEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL, THE THROTTLE ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO REVERSE AND BACKED INTO A TREE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE AND THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEREFORE NO POLICE WERE ALERTED. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP UNDER GOING INSPECTION.

I HAD A SCARY MORNING! THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE THIS MORNING. I DROPPED THE KIDS OFF AT THE BABYSITTERS HOUSE AND I LEFT MY CAR RUNNING. I GO BACK OUT AND THOUGHT I SMELLED SMOKE. I THOUGHT WELL MAYBE MY SEAT HAD SOME PAPER OR SOME TRASH ON IT SO I TURNED IT OFF. I DROVE ABOUT 4 BLOCKS AND I FELT LIKE MY LEG WAS ON FIRE. SO I PULLED OVER AND I SAW THIS SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY SEAT AND ABOUT A 1-1 1/2" INCH SLIT WHERE MY SEAT HAD BEEN BURNT! SO I DROVE TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP DRIVING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. APPARENTLY THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME? OR FREQUENTLY ENOUGH THAT THE SERVICE CENTER WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD THEM MY SEAT WAS ON FIRE. I DREAD WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD IT BEEN MY PASSENGER SEAT AND HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON BECAUSE I HAD A STACK FULL OF PAPERS AND MAGAZINES ON IT. I HAD NOTICED THAT MY SEAT WARMER WAS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT LATELY BUT DIDN'T ATTRIBUTE IT TO A DEFECT BUT MORE TO A SENSITIVITY WITH HEAT DUE TO MY PREGNANCY. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS TOOK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRENGTH TO KEEP THEM OPEN. IF SOMEONE WAS ENTERING THROUGH THE DOOR THEY COULD BE BADLY INJURED BY THE DOOR CLOSING ON HIM. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER, THEY STATED THAT THE POWER OF THE MOTOR IN THE CABLE CAUSED THE DOOR TO SHUT. THEREFORE, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT HE DID NOTICED THIS DEFECT FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE.*AK *JB

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 401 IN CANADA WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF OUR 2004 GM MONTANA AND WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE CENTER CONCRETE MEDIUM THE FRONT OF THE VAN WAS PUSHED IN 3 INCHES, BUT NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED . THE DAMAGE TO THE VAN WAS 22000. MY WIFE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES BECAUSE SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD, NOW WHEN I WENT TO GM TO ASK WHY MY 2004 MONTANAS AIRBAGS DIDN' T DEPLOY THEY WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, SINCE THEN MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ,AND I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR MY CHILDREN.*AK TO BE IN

SHOULDER CLIPS ON INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT PULL APART WITH VERY LITTLE FORCE, WITHOUT DEPRESSING RELEASE TABS. DEALER REPLACE PART, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" AND THAT ALL VEHICLES THEY CHECKED DO THE SAME THING. SIMILAR CLIPS ON OTHER CHILD SAFETY SEATS (NON-INTEGRATED) THAT I CHECKED DO NOT PULL APART WITHOUT DEPRESSING RELEASE TABS. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FILED. I WAS TOLD WITH THE FIRST COMPLAINT THAT SOMEONE WOULD FOLLOW-UP. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING IN ALMOST 1 YEAR. I AM UNABLE TO USE SEAT DUE TO FEAR OF FAILURE IF I WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

POWER DOOR OF A PONTIAC MONTANA SUV (ALAMO RENTAL CAR) TRAVELED BACKWARDS, PINNED MY WRIST AGAINST THE FRAME AND SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. AND MY WRIST WAS BROKEN. SAME CAR WA SUBSEQUENTLY RECALLED BECAUSE OF SIMILAR INJURIES.*AK

I HAVE TWO COMPLAINTS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO BE INTERESTED IN. FIRST ONE IS THE BACK UP SENSOR NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED. PEOPLE AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS WORKING FINE, BUT IT ONLY WORKED OCCASIONALLY. IT FINALLY SHOWED ME THAT IT WASN'T WORKING ON A DATE THAT I BACKED INTO A PARKED CAR NOT KNOWING IT WAS SO CLOSE, AND I HAD TO MAXIMIZE ALL THE SPACE I COULD TO GET OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THEIR OR MY VEHICLE, BUT IT'S THE IDEA OF A PART OF MY VEHICLE THAT I PAID EXTRA FOR NOT WORKING. ALSO, AFTER HEARING OF THE RECALL ON THE MOTORIZED DOOR, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE PRESSURE THE DOOR PUT ON AND OBJECT BEFORE REALIZING THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S ONLY FOR THE HANDLE ON THE INSIDE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO QUESTION HOW HARD THE DOOR SHUTS BEFORE IT WILL RETRACT WHEN AN ARM, LEG, BODY, ETC IS IN IT. I'M A GROWN WOMAN AND HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE DOOR BEFORE BY ACCIDENTLY HITTING THE BUTTON ON THE DOOR PANEL OR WHEN KEYS ARE IN MY POCKET. I'D HATE TO SEE HOW BAD ONE OF MY KIDS WOULD BE HURT WITH IT.*AK