2000 Pontiac Montana Fuel system Problems

THIS IS A ADDON FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE I SUBMITTED JUST NOW. I WANT TO POINT OUT. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ INCORRECTLY. WHEN THE ENGINE BECOME HOT, IT ALMOST STARTED A FIRE. I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH A TEN YEAR OLD. DEALERS ARE STILL SELLING THESE PONTIAC MONTANA'S. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY DEATHS IT MAY HAVE ALREADY CAUSED. OR HOW MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE STRANDED, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY, IT WILL SAY ITS FULL BUT IT IS ACTUALLY EMPTY. THE CONDENSERS GO, WHICH CAUSE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR, AND I ALREADY PUT OUT CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS ALREADY. THE FIRST MONTH I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER. EVERY OWNER HAS HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES I DID NOT REALIZE EVERY OWNER OF A PONTIAC MONTANA ALL HAD SAME PROBLEMS. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/COMMENT/3340529. YOU CAN GOOGLE PONTIAC MONTANA COMPLAINTS AND THEIR ARE HUNDREDS OF WEBSITE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. BUT GMC REFUSED TO RECALL SINCE THE COMPLAINTS FIRST STARTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10676193

Incident

Jan 1, 2015

Mileage

161,677 mi

I DID NOT REALIZE EVERY OWNER OF A PONTIAC MONTANA ALL HAD SAME PROBLEMS. EVERY OWNER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/COMMENT/3340529. THE DEALER SOLD ME A PONTIAC MONTANA. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE IT, I RAN OUT THE GAS BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE READ FULL, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS EMPTY. I DID NOT REALIZE THE GAS GAUGE STOPS WORKING UNTIL EVERY OWNER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. EVERY OWNER HAD A CONDENSER PROBLEM. EVERY OWNER. WHICH IN TURN MAKES THE HEAD GASKET GO. I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT NUMEROUS CALLS TO GMC WERE MADE AND NO RECALLS HAS BEEN DONE. IT IS SHAMELESS, HOW PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE STRUGGLING AND THESE CAR DEALERS MADE BILLIONS WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT. IF YOU GOOGLE PONTIAC COMPLAINTS. EVERY OWNER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. EVERY OWNER. I CANT AFFORD TO REPLACE A MOTOR BECAUSE OF THE HEAD GASKET. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR LOAN. ISN'T THEIR A LAW THAT CAN HELP VICTIMS LIKE US. IT SHOULD BE SHAMEFUL HOW GMC HAS SOLD PONTIAC VEHICLES WITH SO MANY FAULTY EQUIPMENT. I NEED HELP. IF EVERY SINGLE OWNER HAD THE SAME CONDENSER, SAME, HEATING PROBLEM, SAME GAS GAUGE, SAME BLOWN HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT. PONTIAC GMC SHOULD BE FORCED TO PAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10676192

Incident

Jan 1, 2015

Mileage

161,677 mi

POWER SLIDING DOOR NEEDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO REVERSE CLOSING AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR MOVES UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY ONCE THE TANK GETS BELOW 1/3. PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID FAILING AFTER 65000 MILES CAUSING VERY HARD UP-SHIFTING AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMS UP. *NM

NHTSA ID

10159180

Incident

May 16, 2006

1.) THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT A FAILURE WOULD HAPPEN. 2.) FUEL PUMP FAILED. CONSEQUENCES: ENGINE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WOULD NOT START OR RUN WHICH LEFT US STRANDED BY THE ROADSIDE - THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT 36,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE ON 12-24-2002. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 56,500 MILES AND 5.5 YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE ( ON 7-26-2005, ON 8-8-2005, ON 8-9-2005, ON 8-11-2005) AND AGAIN THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START NOR RUN. 3.) FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION WHERE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED ( I MAY STILL HAVE THE OLD PUMP ). FOR THE SECOND INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED REPEATEDLY (3 TIMES) TO A DEALER FACILITY BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP WOULD ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NO START CONDITION THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME IT WOULD NOT START FOR THE MECHANIC SO HE DIAGNOSED IT AND DECLARED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT. AFTER RECEIVING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING IT THE CAR WAS PARKED AND IT WOULD NOT START WHICH RESULTED IN MY WIFE AND KIDS HAVING TO WALK HOME. I WENT TO THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED FOR ME SO I DROVE IT BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NO START CONDITION. WE RECEIVED THE CAR BACK AND THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE REPAIR FACILITY AND THIS TIME WOULD NOT START FOR THE MECHANIC WHO THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10132820

Incident

Dec 24, 2002

Mileage

36,000 mi

DT: CONTACT STATES THE GAS GAUGE IS READING FULL AT ALL TIMES. IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT GASOLINE TANK IS EMPTY UNTIL THE VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF GAS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE HIT 50,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 58,000 MILES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10125760

Incident

Jun 20, 2005

FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN EMPTY AND EMPTY WHEN UNDER 3/4 OF A TANK. MESSAGE CENTER ALARMS TELLING ME THAT I AM OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN I STOP AT THE GAS STATION IT WILL ONLY HOLD NO MORE THAN FIVE DALLORS. ALSO I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHTS REPLACED SEVREL TIMES. THE REAR MOTORIZED WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT ALWAYS SHUT WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON. AND ENGINE IS QUICK TO OVERHEAT. ALSO THE PASSANGER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT ALWAYS LATCH PROPERLY, LOCK AND UNLOCK WHEN BUTTONS PRESSED. THE SAD THING ABOUT IT IS I HAVE ONLY HAD THE VAN FOR JUST UNDER A YEAR. THE VAN IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AND I AM ALREADY HAVING THIS KIND OF PROBLEMS OUT OF IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER PONTIAC (GM).

NHTSA ID

10125567

Incident

Oct 10, 2004

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT PROPERLY ROLL UP. FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW FULL TANK WHEN IT IS ALMOST EMPTY.

NHTSA ID

10120795

Incident

Jun 23, 2004

Mileage

115,544 mi

DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2004 I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT A MONTANA 2000 MINI VAN FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. MY VAN HAD BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP MANY TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD WITH PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM WIRING. *AK HARNESS TO THE FUEL PUMP TWICE. THEN HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. ALL OF THE PROBLEM STARTED THE SAME WAY -STALL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. (NOTE: A STALL ON THE ROAD IS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES). AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT, YET ANOTHER FUEL PUMP WENT OUT IN THE SAME MANNER, EXCEPT THIS TIME, I WAS CHARGED OVER 800 DOLLARS PLUS A TOWING BILL. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT THIS WAS AN ON-GOING PROBLEM THAT HAD OCCURRED UNDER WARRANTY AND MANY CALLS TO YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, I WAS TOLD THAT GM WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE FULL AMOUNT AND TOWING WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. I TOLD THE REP AT THAT TIME THAT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH BUT DID NOT WIN THE BATTLE. TODAY I READ THAT GM WAS RECALLING 330,000 2000-2001 SUBURBAN AND YUKONS FOR STALLING AND NOT STARTING, AND IS RECALLING THEM TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WIRES. I CHECKED THE FUEL SYSTEM UP ON THE 2000 MONTANA AND THE 2000 CHEVEROLET SUBURBAN, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME FUEL PUMP SYSTEM. SO TODAY, I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED FOR THE REST OF THE REPAIR AMOUNT AND TOWING EXPENSES,AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL.*AK NOW, IF THE SUBURBAN WITH THE SAME PUMP AND FUEL SYSTEM IS RECALLED WHY NOT THE MONTANA? HOW LONG IS GM GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY ON THIS FUEL PUMP FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM? GM SHOULD HAVE PAID THIS BILL IN FULL TO START WITH, MY FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHEN THE VAN STALLED AS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THIS SITUATION. IS THERE ANY HELP THAT THE NHTSA COULD PROVIDE?*AK

NHTSA ID

10118537

Incident

Sep 27, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THEVEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRERD. *AK *ER

NHTSA ID

10109001

Incident

Dec 2, 2004

MY 2000 MONTANA VAN WOULD NOT START AT 18000 MILES AFTER TOWING TWICE TO THE DEALER FOUND CONNECTOR TO FUEL PUMP BAD. THEN AT 20000 MILES WIRE HARNESS TO FUEL PUMP. THEN AT 25000 MILES FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. NOW AT 55000 MILE THE VAN SUDDENLY STALLED DRIVING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR MAKING STEERING AND BRAKING DIFFICULT. DEALERSHIP FOUND FUEL PUMP OUT. THE LAST TIME THE BILL WAS 870.00 TOTAL. GM HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL PAY 50% OF THE REPAIRS MINUS TOWING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN APPARENT SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THAT THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF THE REPAIR AND TOW. THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE MY WIFE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VAN WHEN THE PUMP WENT OUT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10086429

Incident

Aug 2, 2004

VEHICLES STALLED AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10068636

Incident

Apr 5, 2004

Mileage

40,000 mi

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT GAS GAUGE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES GAS GAUGE REGISTERED EMPTY WHEN GAS TANK WAS FULL, AND FULL WHEN IT WAS EMPTY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS OVER $500.00. *AK

NHTSA ID

10051791

Incident

Dec 18, 2003

CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL LINE IS LEAKING FLUID. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL FILTER ASSEMBLY. IT WAS REMOVED AND REINSTALLED. *JG

NHTSA ID

8014732

Incident

Jun 24, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE RAN OVER A ROCK, AND ROCK CAME UP AND HIT THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING THE TANK TO LEAK, THERE ARE PUDDLES OF FUEL IN CONSUMER'S GARAGE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS GOING TP PICK UP THE VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ROCK HIT THE FILLER NECK GOING INTO THE TANK WHICH IS UNPROTECTED JUST 13 INCHES FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE, THE TANK LEAKED IN THE SEAM WHERE THE NECK IS PRESSED INTO THE PLASTIC TANK.*JB

NHTSA ID

8005173

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

757437

Incident

Jan 10, 2002

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. SECOND OCCURRENCE. FEARFUL OF VEHICLE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. INFORMED ON PREVIOUS FAILURE THAT PROBLEM WAS FUEL PUMP. FELL VEHICLE HAS TOO FEW MILES TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. *AK

NHTSA ID

755713

Incident

Dec 16, 2001

HUSBAND AND CHILDREN IN VEHICLE WHEN MAJOR GAS LEAK WAS DETECTED ON HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM. GARAGE THAT REATTACHED FUEL RETURN LINE AND INSTALLED RETAINING WIRE TIES INDICATE THAT THIS IS AN UNCOMMON LIFE-THREATENING EVENT. REPORTED TO DEALER--DEALER TO CHECK VEHICLE THIS WEEK AND TO NOTIFY MANUFACTURER. *AK

NHTSA ID

720645

Incident

Mar 25, 2000