1997 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH POWER SLIDING DOOR, UNTIL RECALL CAMPAIGN # 01V067000.. REPOTED PROBLEM TO NHTSA AND ALSO PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS. WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE VAN TO DEALER AND DID SO MANY TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT OF PARTS IN THE DOOR. FINALLY WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL ON THE RECALL.. CAMPAIGN # 01V264000... DATED IN OCTOBER 2001... LOCAL DEALER COULD NOT GET PARTS, SINCE I LIVE IN FLORIDA FOR WINTER MONTHS WAS TOLD BY PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO TAKE THE VAN TO CARL'S PONTIAC, STUART, FL. DID SO AND THEY PERFORMED THE CAMPAIGN. DOOR STILL FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY, WILL NOT ALWAYS LATCH, AND WILL OPEN WHEN VAN IN MOTION. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO RETURN CAR TO DEALER. BUT EACH TIME I DO THEY CLAIM TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG TO CHARGE ME FOR. AFTER FIRST RECALL, AND FAILURE, IT TOOK PONTIAC CUSTOMER RELATIONS 10 MONTHS TO REIMBURSE ME FOR CHARGES. HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN PONTIAC TRAINED MECHANICS, SINCE THE VAN HAS BEEN TO 3 DEALERS, AT LEAST 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THAT WAS CAUSED BY FIRST RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER HIT A BUMP AND BOTH LENSES FELL OUT OF HEADLIGHTS. ADHESIVE THAT HOLDS LENSES DRIED UP. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YD

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY CEASES TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. AFTER THE LAST REPAIR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 01V-067. THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE BUT VEHICLE IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *YH

A PIN FELL OFF FROM RACK AND PINION STEERING WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. CONSUMER COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK

VERY LOUD ENGINE KNOCK, LEAVING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE GM DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN LARAMIE, WY, HAS BEEN CAUSED BY EITHER A SPUN BEARING/BEARING FAILURE OR OTHER FAILURE CAUSING LACK OF OIL FLOW TO VITAL ENGINE PARTS. I MUST NOW EI. *AK

RECLINE LATCHES - DO NOT PROPERLY RE-ENGAGE. SMALL CHILD CAN EASILY LIFT LATCH WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. UNTIL LATCH IS MANUALLY PUSHED BACK DOWN, SEAT BACK WILL NOT CATCH IN ANY POSITION. SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES ON THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM IN THIS VEHICLE THAT EITHER PREVENT THE SEAT BELT FROM BEING PULLED OUT FOR USE, OR CAN LEAVE SEAT BELT HANGING OUT OF DOOR. CLOSING DOOR MIGHT DAMAGE BELT OR LATCH. BOTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH GM. GM CLAIMS (FILE # C06088691) NEITHER IS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKS OIL/ANTIFREEZE DOWN THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN TO GM BUT IT DOES NOTHING.*AK

HEADLIGHTS COVERS HAD FALLEN ONE AFTER ANOTHER WITHIN A WEEK APART. CONSUMER TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD CAUSED THIS SITUATION, COVERS COULD NOT BE PUT BACK. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIR 01V-067 FOR THE SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR THE VEHICLE NEVER EXHIBITED ANY SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALL, AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AT TIMES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE A MODULE WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE, THE DAY AFTER REPAIR THE DOOR FAILED TO OPERATE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED ON SEVERAL OCCASION BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR WOULD OPEN WHILE THE VHEILCE WAS IN MOTION. NLM

RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT, VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE, AND THEN ALL POWER STEERING FLUID RAN OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION. PLEASE ADD VIN . *AK