1997 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNAL LIGHTS. A FUSE HAD BLOWN. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR CONSUMER AND THIS VEHICLE. THE SIGNAL LIGHT FUSE BLOWS WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR WARNING. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT TABS, THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT IS MALFUNCTIONING, UNABLE TO SECURE A CHILD SAFETY SEAT,TABS IT WILL BREAK OFF AFTER BEING FASTERN.DEALER CONTACTED. MR

CONSUMER STATE THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER IS LINKING FLUID CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE TRYING TO TURN VEHICLE TO THE LEFT. POWER STEERING SEEMS TO PUSH VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. OCCURS AT ANY SPEED.

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER, THE HEAD LIGHT LEN COVERS FELL OFF DUE TO INFERIOR ADHESIVE CAUSING THE BULBS TO BURN OUT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

THE LENS CAP FELL OFF OF THE FRONT LIGHT HEADLIGHT. THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT. IT IS A DEFINITE DEFECT. I HAVE TO PAY $200 FOR A WHOLE NEW LIGHT. THEY SHOULD MAKE A LENS COVER. PONTIAC CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS BUT WHEN I CALLED ONE SALVAGE YARD HE TOLD ME THAT HE ALONE GETS 10 CALLS A WEEK ON THIS PART!!!*AK

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES KEEP FALLING OFF WITHOUT WARNING,RESULTING IN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS.*AK

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER OWN THE VEHICLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING IT. I WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. I HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR, DRIVING THEM TO SCHOOL, WHEN THE STEERING JUST GAVE OUT WHILE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC; FORTUNATELY IT WAS ON A CITY STREET, SO WE WEREN'T TRAVELLING VERY FAST. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PONTIAC DEALER FOR REPAIRS, WHICH TOTALLED WELL OVER $1000. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT A AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS WITH THE VEHICLE. SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD JUST PASSED 60,000 IT WAS NOO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. WE CALLED GM, AND THEY INSISTED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THEY DID GIVE US A DISCOUNT OFF OF THE PURCHASE OF OUR NEXT GM CAR, BECAUSE OF THIS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE, INCLUD ING REARSEATS THAT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY - THEY WOULDN'T STAY LOCKED INTO THE FLOOR, AND A JUST A NICE LITTLE SHOVE FROM BEHIND WOULD KNOCK THEM OUT OF THE FLOOR. IF YOU ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS, KEEP AT IT. I HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELLING 70 MPH DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE STEERING JUST QUIT.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE DISCOVERD THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, THE FUSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED OVER A HUNDRED TIMES.*MJ

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH STEERING MOMENTARILY LOCKED UP. VEHICLE THEN LOCKED UP MAKING LEFT HAND TURN. HAD TO PULL STEERING WHEEL A FEW DEGREES TO THE RIGHT TO FREE UP BIND. TOOK VEHICLE TO PONTIAC DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT RACK AND PINION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILURE DESTROYED THE AIR BAG COIL WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED.