2004 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

I HAVE HAD MY VAN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THE STARTER, AND 1 TIME I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN IT WAS STAYING IN GAUGE, AND IT STARTED TO SMOKE AND I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT .THE DEALER WILL NOT DO A THING ABOUT IT ALL THEY DO IS CHANGE THE STARTER, AND THEY SAY THE FLYWHEEL IS OKAY. BUT IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS VAN .AND IF YOU WOULD PLESE CALL ME.*AK

IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO OPEN/CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER ANY TYPE OF DIP OR POT HOLE IN THE ROAD VEHICLE BOTTOMS OUT. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT LOADED THE INCIDENT OCCURS. *TC

SAFETY HAZARD WITH 2004 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH SUN VISORS.*MR THE VANITY MIRROR INSTALLED ON THE SUNVISOR DOES NOT HAVE A COVER. WHEN THE VISOR IS USED ON SUNNY DAYS THE GLARE FROM THE SUN INTO THE MIRROR CAUSES REDUCED VISIBILITY. *NM

VEHICLE COMES EQUIPPED WITH A SENSOR THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER WHEN REVERSING. WHEN VEHICLE IS 2 FEET AWAY FROM AN OBSTACLE THIS SENSOR IS MALFUNCTIONING AND WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WAS FIRST CONTACTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THEY JUST INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG, BUT WHEN THE VEHICLE BACKED INTO A POLE BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR.*AK

I HATE MY MINIVAN HORN. THE ONLY PLACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHERE YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF SOUNDING THE HORN IS IN THE CENTER OF THE COLUMN - WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO TAKE ONE HAND OFF THE WHEEL TO REACH THE HORN. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAY THE HORN IS FINE. FINE, AS IN THEIR SERVICE ATTTENDANT CAN MAKE THE HORN WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE HIS HAND FROM THE WHEEL, BECAUSE THERE IS A SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE CENTER AREA THAT WILL SOUND THE HORN, TOO. WELL, I DON'T HAVE 300 LBS. OF THUMB PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO HIT THAT SPOT AND KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL. IN SUMMARY, THIS HORN IS JUST NOT AVAILABLE WHEN I NEED IT - AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES WHEN I'VE TRIED TO SOUND MY HORN TO ALERT OTHER DRIVER TO A POSSIBLE CRASH SITUATION, AND THE HORN JUST WASN'T THERE. WHEN THE HORN DOES SOUND, IT'S WIMPY. SUPPOSED TO BE A DUAL NOTE HORN, BUT MANY TIMES YOU ONLY HEAR ONE NOTE, THEN THE SECOND NOTE. I WANT A HORN THAT WORKS FOR ME. OWNERS MANUAL SAYS YOU CAN SOUND THE HORN BY "PRESSING THE HORN SYMBOLS ON YOUR STEERING WHEEL." THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. I CANNOT PROCEED WITH THIS COMPLAIN WITHOUT PUTTING IN AN INCIDENT DATE; I'VE TRIED, BUT IT KEEPS BOUNCING BACK TO THIS FORM. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR - THERE WAS NO INCIDENT. BUT BECAUSE THIS WEB SITE PREVENTS YOU FROM SAYING THAT, I WILL PUT DOWN THE DATE I TOOK MY COMPLAINT TO THE DEALER.*AK