2000 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

WAS DRIVING, TURNED WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT, VEHICLE WOULDN'T RESPOND AND CONTINUED TO GO LEFT, TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. WENT ACROSS LANE, HIT AT MODERATE SPEED A HYDRO POLE SEVERED AND MOVED 4 FEET BY IMPACT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, AS WELL AS MY 2 CHILDREN SUSTAINED WHIPLASH.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WHEN HE TRIED TO LOCK THE SEAT BELTS, THEY UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED ON SOME OCCASIONS. ALSO, WHEN THE SEAT BELTS WERE LOCKED THEY DIDN'T RETRACT PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED, BUT IN THE FUTURE COULD CAUSE INJURIES DUE TO THE SEAT BELTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HE CONTACTED THE PONTIAC MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT AND WAS GIVEN CASE# 71-479818840. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WAS A PART THAT WITH TIME WORE OUT, AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE BELTS. HE STATED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FELT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BUILD THESE VEHICLES WITH BETTER SEAT BELTS OR STOP MAKING THEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HAD A TOTAL OF THREE VEHICLES BY PONTIAC THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100000.*AK UPDATED 04/05/07. *JB

ON SEPT 26, 2006, I HAVE MY PONTIAC MONTANA MY 2000 VEHICLE SERVICE IN A DEALER FOR ISSUE OF ENGINE VIBRATION OCCASIONALLY. THE REPAIRING FEE IS ABOUT $1000 TO REPLACE SPARK PLUG AND COILS. AT 5:36 PM OF DURING MY DRIVING BACK HOME IN I-696, MY VEHICLE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOP RUNNING AT ABOUT 75 MILE/HOUR WHICH MADE ME ALMOST BECOME INVOLVED IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. AT THIS TIME, I CALLED THE DEALER TO INFORM THIS ISSUE AND DEALER MADE A NOTE. WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, THE DIC WAS LIGHTING UP WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION. I CAME BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I WAS ASKED TO USA A RECORDING DATA TOOL, HOWEVER, THE NEXT A MONTH, THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING OK WITHOUT INCIDENT. THEREFORE, I STOPPED RECORDING DATA FOR THE VEHICLE. IN JANUARY OF 2007, THE SAME PROBLEM BEGAN TO HAPPEN AGAIN. 3 TIMES WHEN I DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60 TO 75 MILE/HOUR, THE VEHICLE ENGINE STOP RUNNING SUDDENLY IF THE BRAKE WAS PUSHED. THEN I WENT BACK TO DEALER AGAIN FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING ON 1/4/07. THEY STILL CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND THEN SCHEDULE TO A FULL CHECK ON 1/9/07. HOWEVER ON 2:30 PM OF 1/8/07, THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RUNNING AND HAS TO TOW TO DEALER AGAIN. IN THE MEANTIME, I CALLED GM AND DEALER TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT. I HAD TWICE IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PUT MY FAMILY AND MYSELF LIFE IN A VERY HARMFUL SITUATION. GM GIVE ME A CASE NUMBER 71-476-171970. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THEY CAN GET VEHICLE STARTED BUT CAN NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPING WITH BRAKE PRESSED. I NEED TO PAY $711 FOR THE VEHICLE RUNNING AND THEN GO FROM THERE. THE DEALER AND GM HAD A TALK, THEN GM REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME SHE WILL PURSUE TO REIMBURSE ME THE REPAIRING FEE. THEN AFTER 4 DAYS GM TOLD ME AGAIN THEY WILL NOT TO REIMBURSE ME THE MONEY NOW SINCE I AM SCARED FOR THE ENGINE STOP ISSUE, I CAN NOT DRIVE VEHICLE OVER 65 MILE/HOUR. *JB

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH TWICE AND IT IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT EITHER THE WINDOW DOWN IT DOES NOT GO UP. I HAVE TO SHUT THE MOTOR OFF TO GET THEM UP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY UP WHEN YOU SWITCH THEM OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE HOME IS. BECAUSE OF THIS I DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MUCH. THE BACK POWER WINDOWS ARE MESSED UP. IF YOU OPEN THEM THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THEY WILL CLOSE. THE MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. THIS VAN WAS BOUGHT NEW IT IS NOW 7 YRS OLD HAS LESS THEN 55,000 MILES BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PARKED OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST 2YRS. BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST IT. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER ONE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, WHICH DID NOT PRODUCE ANY FAILURE CODES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE CANOPY TOP WAS FULLY EXTENDED WITH THE CHILD IN THE SAFETY SEAT, THE SEAT FELL OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TWICE, AND SENT A REPLACEMENT CANOPY, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THE CANOPY HUNG TOO LOW, AND WOULD DRAG ON THE FLOOR WHEN CARRIED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS AN EVENFLO DISCOVERY. DOM:02/15/06.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR BRAKING CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING FLUID.

INTAKE GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. THIS IS A GROSS MISCONDUCT ON BEHALF OF GM ALLOWING THESE TO FAIL WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION. NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE...JUST DRIVE NORMALLY. CONSEQUENCES ARE $1200 TO REPLACE A GASKET THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED MORE THAN SIX YEARS.

POWER SLIDING DOOR NEEDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO REVERSE CLOSING AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR MOVES UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY ONCE THE TANK GETS BELOW 1/3. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILING AFTER 65000 MILES CAUSING VERY HARD UP-SHIFTING AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMS UP. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE UP IN A DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN BUT THE TIRES WOULD NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BOLT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAT HOLDS THE STEERING ROD TO THE STEERING SECTOR UNDER THE VEHICLE FELL OFF. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE IS AWAITING REPAIRS.