Pontiac Montana 1997-2008

Model Montana made by Pontiac got 4 consumer complains as well as 15 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to engine and engine cooling and structure. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment and exterior lighting.

Car model


Name Number of models Recalls Bulletins Investigations Consumer Complaints
Pontiac Montana 1997 0 1 22 3 26
Pontiac Montana 1998 0 3 24 12 66
Pontiac Montana 1999 0 7 52 11 335
Pontiac Montana 2000 1 7 86 7 340
Pontiac Montana 2001 1 11 150 1 251
Pontiac Montana 2002 2 5 158 1 184
Pontiac Montana 2003 2 7 138 1 115
Pontiac Montana 2004 2 5 113 1 60
Pontiac Montana 2005 3 7 55 6 74
Pontiac Montana 2006 3 1 8 0 7
Pontiac Montana 2007 0 1 8 0 0
Pontiac Montana 2008 0 1 0 0 0

Model 9999

Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL
21110111/21/2001628145Home link system for garage door openers. *tt03/05/2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS - SWITCH
18100010/18/2000617648Some vehicles may exhibit a cracked center high mounted stoplight or chimsel. *tt03/21/2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY
06170306/17/200310003701Noise from under the body that sounds like a slosh or clunk with more than half a tank of gas. *tt10/28/2003
POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY
11010201/11/2002629685Subject regarding axle seal leaks on vehicles with mileages greater than 18000 miles on 1999 through 2002 vehicles. *tt04/04/2002
POWER TRAIN - AXLE HUBS
06160306/16/200310003698Front wheel drive hub and bearing assemblies. warranty parts center test no trouble found. year unknown. *tt10/28/2003
STRUCTURE
19100010/19/2000617657Subject regarding concerns of hard starts caused by poor contact to connector seal c305, wiring harness shapes at the radiator core support, the accumulator stud and the transmission bell housing, starter relay branch chase at the serpentin03/22/2001
STRUCTURE - BODY
15070207/15/2002637265This is a service regarding bulletin 020867006, roof perforation on 1997 to 2002 models. *tt11/22/2002
20090009/20/2000619047Customers with a regular wheelbase u-van may complain of a loud howling noise coming off the roof area. *tt05/11/2001
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR
20090009/20/2000619052Some customers may complain of high efforts needed to manually open the sliding doors. *tt05/11/2001
STRUCTURE - BODY - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
06230306/23/200310003713Hinge or the support link in the rear storage compartment breaks. technical bulletin 0308110001 was released in jan 2003 with parts to address this problem. recent inspections at the warranty parts center show the entire storage compartme10/28/2003
SUSPENSION
18100010/18/2000617647Brief information on vehicles exhibit an leaking air shock on u-vans from 1997 to the present. *tt03/21/2001
SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING
03250303/25/200310001865Front wheel bearing replacements due to an anti-lock brake system (abs), traction control system (tcs) or service engine soon (ses) light on associated with front wheel speed sensor diagnostic trouble codes p1221, p1222, p1225, 26, c1232, o07/23/2003
SUSPENSION - REAR
04090109/04/2001626036Subject regarding incorrect specifications for rear wheel alignment on all wheel drive vehicles. *slc12/12/2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
20090009/20/2000619050Some customers may experience wet carpet in the rear of the vehicle caused by a jack compartment full of water. *tt05/11/2001
VISIBILITY - REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
20090009/20/2000619046Some customers may complain of intermittent or inoperative operation of the rear wiper. *tt05/11/2001

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM
04/10/2003801091804/23/2002
 1. loss of heat in vehicle.( brought vehicle into shop to determine the problem and have repairs done) 2. temperature gauge began to go up. 3. loss of (dexcool ) coolant. 4. vehicle began to overheat only a few miles after coolant was added. 5. brought vehicle in for repair, spend over $2,000 for rear manifold gasket, and other parts. also, spent a lot of money on dexcool. 6. vehicle has been out of use with the exception of 4-5 days since december 2004, consumer had to share spouse's vehicle, adding addition wear and tare on her vehicle, not to mention the stress this has cost us. 7. vehicle was sitting at gm dealership and they refused to do anything because warranty has almost expired. the warranty will expire on april 23, 2005, and not on april 17. 8. the gm dealer and the saturn dealership(where the van was purchased) passed the responsibility onto each other, and both stated they won't fix the vehicle because of mileage.*ak
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
04/10/2003801091804/23/2002
 1. loss of heat in vehicle.( brought vehicle into shop to determine the problem and have repairs done) 2. temperature gauge began to go up. 3. loss of (dexcool ) coolant. 4. vehicle began to overheat only a few miles after coolant was added. 5. brought vehicle in for repair, spend over $2,000 for rear manifold gasket, and other parts. also, spent a lot of money on dexcool. 6. vehicle has been out of use with the exception of 4-5 days since december 2004, consumer had to share spouse's vehicle, adding addition wear and tare on her vehicle, not to mention the stress this has cost us. 7. vehicle was sitting at gm dealership and they refused to do anything because warranty has almost expired. the warranty will expire on april 23, 2005, and not on april 17. 8. the gm dealer and the saturn dealership(where the van was purchased) passed the responsibility onto each other, and both stated they won't fix the vehicle because of mileage.*ak
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR
08/30/20011
 Consumers hand was resting on the door handle when one of the occupants activated the automatic sliding door opener, consumers arm became wedged between the door and seat back as the door opened, the door could not be stopped because there is no sensor safety device to interrupt the automatic mode when the door was opening, consumers wrist was broken, vehicle had been rented from the alamo corporation. *slc
08/30/20011
 Consumers hand was resting on the door handle when one of the occupants activated the automatic sliding door opener, consumers arm became wedged between the door and seat back as the door opened, the door could not be stopped because there is no sensor safety device to interrupt the automatic mode when the door was opening, consumers wrist was broken, vehicle had been rented from the alamo corporation. *slc manufacturer notified. *tt

Car dealers selling


StateCityZipNamePhone
MAHYANNIS02601SATURN OF HYANNIS508-775-9000