1997 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

THE REAR POWER LOCK DOOR DID NOT LOCK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

I OWN A '97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT(MONTANA) AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 6 YEARS I AM HAVING WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEMS .. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE WIPERS THEY DON'T CLOSE CORRECTLY .. THEY CLOSE WITH THE BLADES STRAIGHT UP VERTICALLY. *PH

THE STEERING ON OUR 1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT MONTANA IS VERY HARD. I NOTICED THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I WANTED TO TURN IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE A TURN NOW, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR STILL COMES OPEN SOMETIMES AFTER YOU CLOSE IT. IT SEEMS AS IF IT'S GOING TO CLOSE AND THEN IT WOULD JUST OPEN. I KNOW MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAID IT WAS A RECALL ON THESE TWO THINGS AND THEY WERE FIXED, BUT IT STILL SEEMS AS IF THE PROBLEM IS THERE. *PH

IN OCTOBER 2002 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 01V264000 REPAIRS CONCERNING POWER SLIDING DOOR. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON 7/14/2003. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ACTUATOR MODULE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. *NLM BOTH HOOD LOCKS FAILED. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THE SLIDING DOOR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WITH THE AUTOMATIC SWITCH. DEALER ABOUT YEAR AGO FIXED THE SLIDING DOOR, AND STILL PROBLEM RECURRING. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ANY LONGER ON WARRANTY. *AK

I HAVE OWNED MY PONTIAC TRANSPORT 2 YEARS. IN THAT TIME I HAVE DRIVEN IT 17,000 MILES. IT HAS 78,500 MILES AT PRESENT. FOR MOST OF THAT TIME THE ADD COOLANT LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. MY PONTIAC DEALER TELLS ME THAT I NEED A $900 REPAIR TO REPLACE A INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. IN CONVERSING WITH OTHER GM OWNERS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM POSSIBLY DUE TO THE DEX-COOL ANTIFREEZE WHICH GM SAYS SHOULD LAST 150,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FAILURES. E G ARMENTROUT. *JB

FUEL PUMP STOPPED RUNNING, CAUSING ENGINE TO QUIT. HAPPENED THREE TIMES. FOUND CONNECTOR CONTACTS AT BOTH ENDS OF FUEL SENDER HARNESS SEVERELY CORRODED. CONTACTS IN FUEL TANK END OF HARNESS FELL OUT WHEN UNPLUGGED. DEALER HAS HAD OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. HARNESS IS ON BACKORDER.*AK

COOLANT LIGHT STARTED COMING ON OVER A YEAR AGO. TOOK THE VAN TO BOB NEIL PONTIAC IN WINSTON-SALEM NC. THEY CHECKED IT OUT BUT SAID THEY COULD FIND NO REASON. HAD BEEN CHECKING AND ADDING COOLANT REGULARLY. PROBLEM HAD INCREASED AND HAD IT CHECKED AGAIN IN MARCH 2003 WHILE THE VAN WAS IN FOR A RECALL NOTICE. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $600.00 + TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VAN HAS STARTED HAVING SUDDEN SWINGS IN THERMOSTAT READINGS AND USING OVER A QUART OF COOLANT A WEEK. I HAVE READ OF OTHERS COMPLAINING ON THIS SITE OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND WORSE. I ALSO REVIEWED NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS FROM PONTIAC REGARDING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. WHY WOULD GM NOT OFFER TO HELP CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT?*AK

FUSES BLOW WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING INSTALLED. REAR SIGNAL LIGHT DOES NOT FLASH. PH