Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Pontiac Montana submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
2000 PONTIAC MONTANA, DRIVING WESTBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE CAME UP AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR. UNIT 1 CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0831-90) *JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LOCK. THE DEALER STATED THAT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR FIVE DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE DOOR FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT WAS PLACED BACK ON, THE FAILURE STOPPED FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,546 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,600. UPDATED 09/01/09. *LJ THE POWER DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK. UPDATED 09/04/09.*JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE DOOR HANDLES ON HER VEHICLE. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE LOCKS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V597000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS) WAS SIMILAR TO THE FAILURES THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DEFECT UNDER THIS RECALL BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 116000. UPDATED 02-18-09 THE SLIDING DOOR DIDNOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. UPDATED 02/18/09. *JB
POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH - OPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. STARTED OFF ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE OCCASIONAL IN HOT WEATHER - NOW CANNOT GET THE SLIDING DOOR TO LATCH AT ALL. *TR
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).
THE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED FROM THE PONTIAC MONTANA MINI VANS W/O POWER SLIDER ALSO. SUBSEQUENTLY MY VAN DOOR PASSANGER SIDE CAME OPEN SLAMMING OFF HALF ON THE ROAD AND THEN REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE TOP BUT THE TRACK WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, MAKING IT INPOSSIBLE TO PUT ON WITH OUT TOOLS AND THE MUSCLES TO EVEN LIFT IT. *AK
OWNER'S CHILD WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR. WHEN THE CHILD PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR, CHILD'S FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR SENSOR. SLIDING DOOR DID NOT STOP FROM CLOSING, CAUSING THE CHILD'S LEFT RING FINGER TO BE CUT OFF.*AK
WHILE DRIVING SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHICH IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE LATCH LOCKING MECHANISM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH HAPPENED MORE THAN TWICE AND SEEMED AS IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WORK AT ALL AND HAD TO PUMP THE PEDAL TO BRING THE PEDAL BACK ENOUGH TO ALLOW STOPPING. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER HAD TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER HAD COME ON. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE TRIM ON THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD HAD COME APART, THE HANDLE ON THE BACK LATCH HAD COME OFF, AND BOTH TURN SIGNAL BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
WHEN REAR DOOR OPENS YOU CAN'T STOP IT, IT BROKE MY WRIST WHEN MY BRACLET CAUGHT ON HANDLE. *AK
ALL DOOR LATCHES WILL LOCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AS A CONSUMER HE HIS CONCERNED. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS AGAINST DESIGN OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. A CHILD WOULD NOT BE CAPABLE OF STOPPING DOOR FROM CLOSING BECAUSE CHILD COULD NOT USE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO STOP DOOR. *CONSUMER DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FOR A RECALL, STATING THAT DOOR CAN AUTOMATICALLY OPEN WHILE IN OPERATION. CONSUMER IS TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS. HOWEVER ,THIS IS A SEPARATE ISSUE.*AK THE SLIDING DOOR CLOSES VERY FORCEFULLY AND THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABLOUT THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF THE DOOR. *YH
MIDDLE BUCKET SEATS RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK - THIS WOULD ALLOW A PASSENGER TO SLIDE UNDER THE SEAT BELT. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING, DEALER REPAIRED THE HARNESS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THERE WAS A SPACE THAT WAS TOO LARGE FOR THE CONNECTOR THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO ARK AND STALL THE VEHICLE. *SLC
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY START. ALSO, SLIDING DOORS LOCK UP. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & MOVED THE SPARK PLUG OVER THINKING IT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION. *AK
FRONT ATTACHMENTS OF THE REAR SEATS HAD ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME LOOSE W/O WARNING. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND REAR SEATS WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. ONE PASSENGER WAS OCCUPYING THE SEATS AT THAT MOMENT, BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID INJURY. THE EFFECT OF THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES TO CONSUMER'S CHILDERN THAT SIT IN SAFETY SEATS OR TO ANY OTHER PASSENGER. *AK
WE PURCHASED THE PONTIAC MONTANA AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. WE HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER BABY DUE IN MAY. WE DISCOVERED, AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VAN, THAT THE REAR BUCKET SEATS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT SAFELY RESTRAIN A CHILD SEAT. WE CONSULTED THE PA STATE POLICE (TROOPER DANIEL WHITE) ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT THE SEAT BELT SHAFT IS TOO FAR FORWARD TO SAFELY HARNESS THE SEAT IN PLACE. HE SAID THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW OF CHILD SEAT THAT WOULD SAFELY WORK IN THIS VAN. HE SAID THAT OUR DAUGHTER COULD DIE IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE WAY THE CHILD SEAT FITS IN THE VAN. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SAID WE COULD PURCHASE NEW SEATS WITH BUILT IN CHILD RESTRAINTS. WE DO NOT WISH TO DO THIS BECAUSE OUR NEW BABY STILL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE IN THOSE CHILD RESTRAINTS UNTIL HE/SHE IS AT LEAST A YEAR OLD. PLUS, WE DO NOT AGREE THAT WE SOULD PAY FOR NEW SEATS SINCE IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS OUR INTENTION THAT THIS WOULD BE A FAMILY VEHICLE AND WE WILL HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD ORDER US A SEAT BELT EXTENSION BUT, TROOPER WHITE DOES NOT THINK THAT WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEM. THAT SAID, OUR REAL PURPOSE FOR WRITING THIS TO YOU IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS SOME WAY TO LET OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WE DROVE AROUND FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE WE REALIZED THERE WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE FEEL IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE PARENTS OUT THERE WITH THIS VAN, WITH CHILD SAFETY SEATS IN THEM, AND THEY DO NOT REALIZE THEY ARE NOT SAFELY INSTALLED. WE DO NOT WANT ANY CHILDREN TO BE INJURED OR WORSE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE FEEL THAT THE PONTIAC PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT PEOPLE BUY VANS AS FAMILY VEHICLES AND MOST OFTEN INSTALL CHILD RESTRAINTS IN THEM. WE THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO RESTRUCTURE THE REAR SEAT BELT SYSTEM SO THAT CHILD SAFTY SEATS CAN BE USED. IT IS OUR SINCERE HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED.*
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