1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART WHEN ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SLIDE ACROSS THE SEAT AND BUCKLE GOT CAUGHT IN HIS GARMENTS. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT SEAT BELT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THAT.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AND CONSUMER LEFT KEYS IN THE IGNITION WITH VEHICLE TURNED OFF, CHILD WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT STEPPING ON BRAKE. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE POSITIVE TERMINAL POST SEPARATED FROM THE CASING OF THE BATTERY (DELCO FREEDOM, MODEL NR. 78 6YR). *JG

POSITIVE TERMINAL OF MY DELCO FREEDOM BATTERY MOD. 78 6YR SEPARATED FROM THE BATTERY CASE, CAUSING LEAKAGE OF GAS AND ACID AND FAILURE OF BATTERY. INTERNET RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS BATTERY.

RPMS GO TO 1200 UPON STARTING VEHICLE AND 1500 WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE. GAS PEDAL DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PRESSED, VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO GIVE GAS GAS PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE.*AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *YH

SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE DEALER IS INSPECTING. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. THE DOOR STARTED ACTING UP AFTER NHTSA RECALL 01V067000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01013 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH HIT A COW AND AIRBAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS FRONTAL DAMAGE. ALSO, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT LENSE FELL OFF VEHICLE. CONVERSATION WITH A PONTIAC DEALER PARTS MANAGER AND A PONTIAC DEALER SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LENSE IS "GLUED" TO THE HOUSING AND THAT THE ADHESIVE MATERIAL DRIES OUT CAUSING THE LENSE TO SEPARATE FROM THE HOUSING. YOU CAN NOT PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT LENS, YOU CAN ONLY PURCHASE AN ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSSEMBLE, APPROXIMATELY $240.00 PLUS LABOR. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN MOISTURE ENTERS THE NOW LENSE FREE ASSEMBLY, THE HALOGEN HEADLIGHT FAILS. HALOGEN LIGHTS HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF SEVERAL HOUSE FIRES BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH OPERATIONAL TEMPERTURE. THE CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN USES THE SAME HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS SAME ASSEMBLY IS USED ON BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES FOR SEVERAL YEARS. FOR THE MANUFACTURE YER OF 1998, YOUR SITE LISTS 11 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DEFECT FOR THE PONTIAC VAN AND 17 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DEFECT FOR THE CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN. I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED ALL THE YEARS THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN USED FOR BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES. THIS ASSEBLY MAY ALSO BE USED ON THE OLDMOBILE SILOETTE VAN.*AK