Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 12 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY DESIRED GEAR. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AT THE FAILURE LOCATION. THE GEAR CABLE WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ
HIGH PITCHED WHINE, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
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
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM GEAR TO GEAR. *JB
FAILED 4T65E TRANSMISSION. REQUIRED A REBUILD. *LA
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND MOLDING STRIPS ON SLIDING DOORS.*MR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 49360 MILES THE SOLENOID WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION COSTING $914.04 IN REPAIRS. ON EACH SLIDING DOOR, THERE WAS A LONG BLACK RUBBER MOLDING STRIP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR FRAME THAT KEPT FALLING DOWN IN TO THE DOOR TRACK. THE CONSUMER HOPED THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD RESULT IN A TRAGEDY. *CB *JB
THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE DEALER STATED THE SECOND CLUTCH DRUM WAS CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION.*JB
TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AFTER 55,000 MILES
WE HAVE REPEATEDLY REPORTED TO BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MFR. THAT WHEN OUR TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE, OUR VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD EVEN IF ONLY ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. IT ALSO ROLLS FORWARD WHEN IN REVERSE. WHEN THE INCLINE IS STEEP, YOU ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP GOING IN THE DIRECTION THE TRANSMISSION IS IN GEAR. IT IS AS IF WE HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH A CLUTCH. IT IS DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE IS IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO BACK UP OR VICE VERSA. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE LIKE THIS. I HAVE TEST DRIVEN OTHER MANUFACTURER'S VANS AND IT NEVER HAPPENS. I KEEP BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND IT IS HOW THE VEHICLE IS ENGINEERED TO CONSERVE FUEL. IT IS A HAZARD THAT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET FIXED.*AK
I STOPPED AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AND GOT OUT TO GET THE MAIL AND NEWSPAPER. MY 2 YEAR OLD TODDLER GOT OUT OF HER CARSEAT AND JUMPED INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE. THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING ACROSS THE STREET. I COULD ONLY RUN ALONGSIDE IN HORROR AS THE CAR DROVE INTO A DITCH ACROSS THE STREET. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMNG AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. THAT IS WHE I LEARNED THAT OUR MINIVAN COULD HAVE THE GEAR SHIFTED ON OUR AUTOMATIC WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR A MINIVAN THAT CARRIES CHILDREN ALL THE TIME.*AK
ORIGNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AT 5700 MILES DEALER INSTALLED A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION, SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 8600 MILES. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A SECOND REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *AK
VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEALER HAD REPLACED CABLES AND REINSTALLED TRANSMISSION, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS RECOGNIZED THE DEFECT, BUT HAS NOT FOUND AN ACTUAL REMEDY. WITH DEFECT CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT INTO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.*AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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