Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 3571 | 10017152 | Power door lock inoperative. *sc | 10/25/2005 | ||
| 3042 | 3042A | 10009664 | Battery drain on vehicles equipped with power sliding doors. *tt | 10/14/2004 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||||
| 57 | 07/01/2003 | 10016464 | Wire harness may be stretched, or the pcs may not be oriented in the same position, after installing a service replacement valve body assembly. gm tech link. *tt | 09/13/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/16/2011 | |||
| Electrical componets and rear light failure including breaks an turn signals | |||
| 08/09/2008 | 105455 | 1 | |
| Dealer sold me a pontiac montana minivan and i only had it for 2 weeks, and it won't start, it had a carfax report that said it was in a car accident, this was not told or revealed to me by the dealer. now i am stranded without a car to get around and no warranty was given. i ask for a warranty the salesman said it only comes with financing. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2004 | 85 | 5 | 03/14/2004 |
| We have only had our van a year. we have had problems since we got it. one thing after another. first coolant leaking, electrial problems, intake gasket leaking. replaced 11/05. motor failed 1/05. door mailfunction.*ak | |||
| 03/15/2003 | 1 | ||
| The passenger side sliding door did not lock when the consumer pushed the automatic key control button. *jb *ts | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 5 | 12/21/1999 | |
| I had three transmissions, a cracked head because of over heating, water pump and heat sensor, oil in one cylinder, a short in the rear lights with dealer saying i (should replace the lighting structure on both sides) $200.00. abs system sensor front right side wire burned through $500.00. the $200.00 and $500.00 i have not done yet, should i wait until it's an even $1000.00 more to spend more money? there are more problems.*jb | |||
| 07/27/1999 | 3 | 12/01/1998 | |
| The air bag light came on shortly after purchase while having other electrical system problems. it has been addressed more than 3 times by the dealer, whom i will no longer take my vehicle to for work. the air bag light is still malfunctioning, along with other electrical system failures presently occuring. the air bag light causes me great concern regarding possible unwarranted deployment leading to injury or accident. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 04/12/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1998 | |
| At 28,000 miles, the general tires that came w/the vehicle were completely bald & had to be replaced. they were supposed to be 80,000 mile tires & had been rotated numerous times, the cooling system: while on vacation, the cooling system overheated. told by dealer out of town that radiator cap loose & was tightened. 3 weeks later low coolant light kept coming on & took to dealer on 8/12/00. told coolant system dirty & needed to be flushed; $100.00. also told battery that came w/vehicle was leaking acid which also ruined battery positive cable. both needed to be replaced. said out of goodwill would not charge for battery cable but charged $98 for battery. brakes started to fail @ 11,000 miles, rotors cut @ 28,000 & told rotors not under warranty because not considered safety problem. rotors still warped & need cutting. brake light socket was melted to light & was fixed by dealer early on.( dot number: acm3kmi368 tire size: p215-70r15 ) | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 05/10/1999 | 9 | 03/01/1999 | |
| The abs tcds and brake light appears on the dash and stays lit. when it does a fuse has blown and as a result i have no brake light. i do have running lights however. i have been to roper gm 9 times thus far and have been told that it was a loose wire by the brake pedal, a fuse has blown, the wrong size fuse was used (they replaced it), the pig tail that i installed to hook up my golf cart was faulty (i had a new one installed and they said that was all right) then they were going to install a new wiring harness (as yet i do not know if they did because it has only been a week since i picked it up and haven't talked to them yet but will call on monday. they also installed fuses on the brake lines and all that did was not warn me that the brake lights were not working. now that i have it back for the 9th time when i hook the trailering lights up they light up (trailer lights) without the key in the van even turned on. they evidently reinstalled this harness or fooled around with it because it worked perfectly before they got it this last time on turning, braking and running lights with the trailer. when they said they were going to install a wiring harness i took it to mean and know i am right that it was going on the van and not the pig tail. it took them 2 weeks to get the harness and they said 5 to 6 house to install it and when i got there the 8th time they decided not to install it. all in all we have been footballed around 9 times now and it still is not right. have some of the work orders but not others because they told me they couldn't give me a copy as long as the job was open and not dfinished??? *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 10/18/1999 | 7 | 04/01/1999 | |
| The vehicle hesitates while driving and makes noise due to spark plug failure. yh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 12/31/1999 | 1 | 03/30/1999 | |
| The ecm was poorly grounded causing the vehicle to jerk or miss, after repair the vehicle continued to experience engine jerk and miss. nlm | |||
| 10/23/1999 | 4 | 04/01/1999 | |
| The van has stall/hesistated in traffice while traveling 60mph. there have been 8 visits to try and correct this problem. spark plug replaced, pistons replaced, motor replaced and transmission replaced and transmission has been worked on for a second time. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 07/18/2003 | 80000 | 1 | 05/11/1999 |
| The engine caught fire and all we can say is that 3 weeks prior to that, the car was worked on by the dealer to fix a colant leak between the intake maniful and the cylinder head. we drove the car up on a steep hill, the car was parked and 2 or 3 minutes later we were informed that our car's engine was on fire. abd the car wsa totalled.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 2 | 12/24/1998 | ||
| Consumer states speedometer stopped working twice. the instrument cluster had to be replaced both times. *tt | |||