1997 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT Complaints

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COOLANT LEAK, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB

MY WIFE AND I ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF A 1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WITH 71,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 65,000 MILES, IT SEEMED TO VERY SLOWLY LOSE COOLANT, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS GOING. AT 70,000 MILES, A "WHITE MILKY SLUDGE LIKE JELLY MATERIAL" APPEARED IN THE ENGINE, AND RIGHT AWAY I KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN METICULOUS MAINTAINED, SO IMMEDIATELY I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER AND INFORMED THEM THAT WE HAD COOLANT LEAK. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD FAILED, ALLOWING COOLANT TO MIX IN WITH THE OIL. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE GASKET AND FLUSH OUT THE MOTOR ALL TO THE TUNE OF $731.00. CALLING GM CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE THEY "DENIED" ANY PROBLEMS, AND THEY SAID SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT A LOT OF OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ISSUES WITH GM. I AM HOPING THAT OUR PROBLEMS WAS CAUGHT IN TIME AS IT SEEMS LIKE MANY FOLKS ARE WORSE OFF. I KNOW THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT SINCE THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MANY GM VEHICLES, MODELS, AND ENGINES, I THINK THAT GM SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME/ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GASKET DEFECT/SERVICE ISSUE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT?? *JB

THE HEADLIGHT LENS POPPED OFF WITHOUT WARNING, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE SEAL AROUND THE LENS WAS EXCESSIVELY CORRODED.*JB *TS

THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION. *JB *SCC

NHTSA 02-V-286000 CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE RACK AND PINION, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THE TOOLS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WERE BROKE.*JB

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING RACK AND PINION.*JB

DAY BEFORE I WAS GOING TO HAVE MY 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT REPAIRED FOR A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET I WAS COMING HOME AND THE VAN SHUT DOWN ON ME, LEAVING ME WITH POOR STEERING AND HARDLEY NO BRAKES. AFTER LEAVING IT SIT FOR ABOUT A HOUR IT RESTARTED. I DID SOME CHECKING ON THE INTERNET AND READ ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENIG TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH LEAKING MANIFOLD GASKETS.I CALLED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. THE OLDSMOBILE GARAGE THAT TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THAT THE GASKETS ARE DEFECTIVE. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OR CARS NEAR ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. FOR GM TO SIT AND LIE TO ME THAT THERES NOTHING WRONG AND THEN I SEE PETITIONS WITH AROND 1350 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, SOMETHING HAD BETTER BE DONE.I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE.

CONSUMER STATED, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOTICED A SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. PLASTIC MANIFOLD WAS CAUSING THE BURNING, DAMAGED THE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS INTAKE MANIFOLD RESEALED. *TT

THE VAN WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WHICH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS DAMAGED. THE VAN WAS REPAIRED BY A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP. ANTI-FREEZE IS LEAKING BY THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND MIXING WITH THE OIL, WHICH WASN'T FROM THE ACCIDENT. THE OWNER HAS FOUND SIMILAR REPORTS ON "NHTSAS' WEBSITE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, PROBLEMS IS DUE TO A FAULTY FUELS INJECTORS. INJECTORS CLOG EVERY SIX MONTHS, ALSO HAS PROBLEM WATERING LEAKING UNDER THE DASHBOARD THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, PROBLEM WITH THE SLIDING DOOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURES HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION MR. KERSH. TS