2005 PONTIAC MONTANA Complaints

WINDOW STICKER INDICATED THAT MY VEHICLE CONTAINED STABILITRAK ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL. RECEIVED LETTER 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE INDICATING THAT THEY DID NOT INSTALL THE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS VERIFIED SYSTEM IS NOT INSTALLED. *NM

MY DAUGHTER HAD UN-BUCKLED HER SEAT BELT BECAUSE IT HAD LOCKED UP, SO I WENT TO MAKE A QUICK STOP SO I COULD BUCKLE HER BACK UP. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES MODERATELY HARD AND THE ANTI-LOCKS ACTIVATED FOR ABOUT 1 SECOND, THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND THE VAN WENT INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SKID. I HIT AN 8" CURB HEAD ON, JUMPED OVER IT AND LANDED ON THE FRONT LAWN OF A MOTEL AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE FRONT TIRES POPPED, THE WHEELS WERE PUSHED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BACK OF THE WHEEL WELLS, THE FRAME IS BENT (BODY LINES DON'T LINE UP) AND I'M SURE THERE IS MUCH MORE WRONG WITH IT. THE ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STARTED COMING ON ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER EVERY TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED IN. THE INFORMATION CENTER WOULD ALSO SAY "SERVICE TRACKING SYSTEM" AND "SERVICE ABS SYSTEM." I DID AS THE MANUAL SAYS; TURNED THE KEY OFF THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. SO I ASSUMED EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK IN A BIND. THE DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO SAY IT'S MY FAULT AND THAT THEY WILL BE FILING WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THE POLICE REPORT NOTES THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON AFTER THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SKID MARKS AND THE DAMAGE, AND I AM NOTE SURE THE EDR THAT THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH WOULD REFLECT THE SAME THING OR NOT. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEAD RESTS IN THE VEHICLE WERE SIZED TOO LARGE AND INHIBITED THE DRIVER'S VIEW. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND REQUESTED SMALLER HEAD RESTS. THE DEALER WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH HER REQUEST. NO CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK UPDATED 1/11/2006. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN RELEASING BRAKE PRESSURE ON AN INCLINE THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THE REMOTE CONTROL DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE, AND POWER DOOR LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK. THE DEALER NOTED THIS WAS NORMAL, AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SWAY BACK AND FORTH REGARDLESS OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER SAFETY CONCERN WAS THE AUTOMATIC DOOR. IT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY DEVICE TO KEEP THE DOOR FROM COMING OPEN WHEN IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO OPEN. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE INSIDE HANDLE IT WILL NOT STOP UNLESS SHE MANUALLY TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHY THIS HAPPENED.*AK

DT: THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPEED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKE OR USING THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL THEN HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKES BECAME VERY HOT AND STARTED SMOKING. AFTER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO ACCIDENT RESULTED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND COULDN'T IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM BUT SUGGESTED THE DEALER REPLACE THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE. THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING PROPERLY NOW. *AK *NM

PASSENGER ELECTRIC CARGO DOOR DID NOT OPEN ELECTRICALLY AFTER OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE WAS USED TO RELEASE LATCHING MECHANISM. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITH NO INDICATION THROUGH THE MONITORING/WARNING SYSTEM THAT THE DOOR WAS NOT FULLY CLOSED AND LOCKED. UNDER GM CASE# 8477192, IT WAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE DOOR LATCH ACTUATOR FOR A VOLTAGE SPIKE ISSUE. *NM

DT: THE CALLER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE MOTOR RAN EVEN AFTER THE DOOR WAS SHUT. ONCE, THE DOOR DID NOT RETRACT WHEN HER CHILD WAS GETTING OUT, AND THE DOOR TRAPPED HER. CHILD WAS NOT HURT. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DEALER SHAVED THE DOOR ON THE INSIDE AND REPLACED THE MOTOR. THE CALLER STATED THAT THE MOTOR STILL RAN AT TIMES AFTER THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. MANUFACTURER SAID BECAUSE THEY WENT TO COURT THEY WILL HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN WITH REPORTING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN BECAUSE THE CALLER'S PURSE WAS STOLEN OUT OF THE VAN AFTER A RECALL ON THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS. RECALL WORK WAS DONE ON THE LOCKS.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT ACCELERATED, CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO A TREE. SHE WAS DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN A DRIVEWAY. BYSTANDERS STATED THAT THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING. THE CONTACT STATED SHE COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, THE BODY SHOP DECLARED THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

MY 3 YEAR OLD SON PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOOR AND THE DOOR CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB AND PART OF THE PALM. I TOOK HIM TO THE IMMEDIATE CARE CENTER AND HE HAD A BONE THAT WAS CHIPPED IN HIS THUMB. THEY PUT A SPLINT ON HIS THUMB AND WAS GOING TO RE X-RAY HIM IN ABOUT A WEEK. *NM