2006 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

2006 PONTIAC MONTANA SV6 WITH FAULTY REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES OVER LAST YEAR AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. MULTIPLE REPAIRS AND CALIBRATIONS. DOOR REOPENS AFTER CLOSING. *TR

BRAKING PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER AND SHAKE. WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN QUICKLY WHEN BRAKING. HAD TWO LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB REPLACED. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 15,000 MILES. HAD TO REMOVE & REFINISH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. HAD TO REMOVE AND RESURFACE REAR ROTORS. ALL WORK HAD BE DONE WITH UNDER 25,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

2006 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN, 9,000 MILES, REAR STABILIZER SNAPPED COMPLETELY IN HALF WHILE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. NO ENCOUNTERED WITH ROAD DEBRIS, POT HOLES OR OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCES CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. A LOUD NOISED WAS HEARD BY THE DRIVER AND SHE FELT THE REAR END WOBBLE. SHE PULLED THE VAN TO A STOP. THE REAR WHEEL AND "AXLE" BECAME "FREE FLOATING AND DETACHED FROM THE FRAME" CAUSING THE TIRE TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE STABILIZER TO FALL TO THE GROUND. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED IN PARKING LOT WHILE MOVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, AND NOT AT A HIGHWAY SPEED. THE DEALER WHO IS CONDUCTING THE WARRANTY WORK STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM, BUT WOULD REPORT IT TO GM AND ALSO NOTED THAT NO OTHER AREA UNDER THE CAR HAD ANY DAMAGE, INDICATING THAT IT APPEARED TO BE STRICTLY A FAILED STRUCTURE. THE "STABILIZER HAD APPARENTLY JUST SNAPPED", HE STATED. THE VAN HAD NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND WAS PURCHASE NEW FROM A CERTIFIED GM DEALER. THE WHOLE REAR END, AXLE, BRAKE LINES, STABILIZER AND OTHER RELATED PARTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR

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

2006 PONTIAC MONTANA SV6 REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC DETERMINED THE WINDOW WAS FAULTY. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR WINDOW REPAIR. *KB *NM

I WAS INVOLVED IN A SEVERE FONT END COLLISION INVOLVING MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA PURCHASED IN ABINGTON MASS AT MIDWAY AUTO. I WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING AT LEAST 25 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE CAR WAS TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT DUE TO SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE. *NM