1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW OPENS BUT WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE GLASS WILL NOT GO UP STRAIGHT. THE AUTOMATIC REAR WINDOWS WILL OPEN SEPARATELY OR NOT AT ALL. ONCE OPEN IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THEM TO CLOSE. *AK

FAILING OF AIR CONDITIONER 2X WITHIN A 1 YEAR TIME FRAME. RESULTED IN BUYING 2 NEW AIR COMPRESSORS AND PARTS. LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT CONTINUES TO FOG RESULTING IN BUYING NEW ONE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. CONSTANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, IE., NAVIGATOR,WINDOWS (REAR AND FRONT),CD PLAYER. HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR 2X WITHIN 2 MONTH PERIOD. THIS VAN DRIVES GOOD BUT IT "NICKLE AND DIMEING" US TO DEATH. I HATE IT. EVERY MONTH OR EVEN EVERY WEEK ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING!!!!! IT'S HARD TO MAKE OUR MONTHLY PAYMENT DUE TO ALL OF THE EXPENSES WE ARE SHELLING OUT FOR THIS VEHICLE. I LITTERALLY PRAY FOR OUR VAN. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND WE NEEDED ALL THE ROOM WE COULD GET BUT, I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER MINI VAN AGAIN.*AK

WHERE DO I START? SAME COMPLAINTS AS ALL OTHER PONTIAC MINIVAN OWNERS. SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE IN 1998, HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FAULTY, ABS WARNING LIGHT MALFUNCTION, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT MALFUNCTION, AND MALFUNCTIONING (STILL) PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR. RECENTLY HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO ANTIFREEZE LEAK, AS WELL AS FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB. THIS IS THE WORST (AND MOST COSTLY) VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED WITH RESPECT TO MAINTENANCE.*AK

HEADLIGHT LENS FELL OFF. DRIVERS SIDE REPLACED TWICE. CURRENTLY, BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $150.00 FOR EACH FOR HEADLIGHT.

DURING SHARP LEFT TURNS, STEERING HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE AND A LOUD THUD SOUND IS HEARD, ALONG WITH VIBRATION. SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REFERRED US TO RECALL #02V286000. LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER SAID OUR VIN# IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH ADMITTING IT IS LIKELY THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

RE: COMPLAINT OF UNSATISFACTORY TRANSACTION. *BF THE STEERING LOCKED WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 200 VEHICLE OUT OF THE RANGE RECALL.(RECALL#02V286000). *JB

STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT...... STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHEN TURN LEFT. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. WE WERE IN NON BUSY AREA. FOUND OUT THERE IS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS, HOWEVER, MY VAN WAS NOT COVERED. MAKES NO SENSE. VAN IS IN SHOP NOW GETTING RACK AND OINION REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE LOST POWER COMPLETELY STALLING OUT. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED AND COOLANT MIXED IN WITH THE ENGINE OIL. CONSUMER WAS AWARE OF OTHER COMPLAINTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS ENGINE. *AK

INTAKE MANIFLOLD GASKET LEAKING ANTI FREEZE, DEX COOL. IT COST 1010.27 TO REPAIR THE ENGINE BUT NOW MY OIL PRESURRE LIGHT IS FLICKERING WHEN ENGINE IDLES SO THERE MAY BE SOME BEARING DAMAGE. ( CAM, ROD OR MAIN BEARINGS ) THE OIL PRESURRE SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED TO SEE IF IT HAD FAILED STILL DOES IT. ANTI FREEZE MIXING WITH OIL CAN DAMAGE BEARINGS AND CAUSE ENGINE TO LOCK UP BRACKING CAMS AND OR CRANKSHIFTS. THIS CAN STRAND US ON BUSY HIGHWAYS.*AK

A NOISE HAD BEGUN SOUNDING LIKE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RECEIVING OIL. HOWEVER WHEN THE OIL WAS CHECKED IT WAS FULL SO THE MECHANIC DID NOT PURSUE FURTHER. TWO DAYS LATER THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING WHICH RESULTED IN A TOWING OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND A REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE $4000.00. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL PUMP HAD FAILED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS OF THE ENGINE NEEDING SERVICE FOR LACK OF OIL OR THE OIL PUMP NEEDING REPLACEMENT. *LA