Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. 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. 19 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
IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT WHEN IT RAINS THE WIPERS DO NOT WORK OR IF THEY DO, THE STOP AND START ON THEIR OWN. NOW THEY JUST WON'T WORK IF IT EVEN SPRINKLES. *TR
WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND CREATED A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. IT WAS CAUSED BY THE RUSTED ROOF CORNERS PUSHING BOTH TOP CORNERS OF WINDSHIELD GLASS FORWARD. WATER WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN WINDSHIELD GLASS AND ROOF METAL DUE TO THE DEFECT DESIGN. *TR
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH TWICE AND IT IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT EITHER THE WINDOW DOWN IT DOES NOT GO UP. I HAVE TO SHUT THE MOTOR OFF TO GET THEM UP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY UP WHEN YOU SWITCH THEM OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE HOME IS. BECAUSE OF THIS I DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MUCH. THE BACK POWER WINDOWS ARE MESSED UP. IF YOU OPEN THEM THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THEY WILL CLOSE. THE MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. THIS VAN WAS BOUGHT NEW IT IS NOW 7 YRS OLD HAS LESS THEN 55,000 MILES BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PARKED OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST 2YRS. BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST IT. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER ONE. *JB
NEW MARCH 2000. VAN ALWAYS RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF REPAIRS: 4/00 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO CLOSED POSITION - DEALER FIXED. 12/03 (37,179 MI) TPS SENSOR BREAKING DOWN CAUSING IDLE TO SURGE - DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, COMPLETED REPROGRAM ($255.14) 12/03 (37,182 MI) AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON - DEALER REPLACED RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNDER WARRANTY (LABOR $134.51). 12/27/03 (37,555 MI) WAS IN COLLISION (OTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AS I WAS COMING DOWN SMALL OVERPASS, HE WAS CITED). MY VAN SUSTAINED $4,500 IN FRONT END DAMAGES, HIS CAR WAS TOTALED. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO ONE INJURED. 5/04 (40,983 MI) REAR HATCH WOULD NOT STAY UP - DEALER REPLACED BOTH HATCH PROPS ($258.73) 7/04 (43,437 MI) VAN WAS "SHIFTING" HARD, WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED CORRECTLY. DEALER REPLACED PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID, FLUSHED TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND MACHINED ROTORS ($986.48). 12/04 (48,284 MI) VAN WOULD NOT START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. KNOWN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED BATTERY, CHECKED OIL LEAK. ($114.90). 4/05 (51,646 MI) LOW COOLANT LIGHT /CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. SAME INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED INTAKE GASKETS, THERMOSTAT, SPARK PLUGS AND FILTER, AND OIL PUMP SHAFT 0-RING. CORRECTED AIR BAG LIGHT ($791.03) 6/05 PURCHASED NEW TIRES AND WERE TOLD NEEDED ALL NEW TIE RODS. WE WENT ON VACATION JULY 9, 2005 (OHIO TO VIRGINIA AND BACK). CONCERNED THAT THE VAN SHOOK TERRIBLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON LONG DOWNGRADES THROUGH WV AND VA. WE WERE TOWING NOTHING. THE VERY NEXT DAY, AFTER RETURNING HOME, THE VAN WOULD NOT START CONSISTENTLY. 7/05 (56,533 MI) TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER CRASHED. SAME INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED ECM, CRANK SENSOR, IGN MODULE AND MACHINED FRONT ROTORS WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER WERE JUST DONE IN JULY OF 2004 ($982.02). AFTER RESEARCHING THE TRACK RECORD OF PONTIAC MONTANA, HAVE FOUND THAT MANY CONSUMERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *NM
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).
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.
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
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 2000 MONTANA AND OTHER VANS WIPERS WITH DELAY INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN WHEN SHUT OFF THEY POP UP AND STAY UP.!! *AK
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE TO GO AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OVER. THE PAINT, I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE ABS BRAKES WENT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY, THEY WON'T HELP ME THERE. THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NO PRICE FOR REPAIR YET.
ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT 33025 MILES AND WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS PUMP FAILED AGAIN AT 44000 MILES, JUST 8 MONTHS LATER AND COST 160.00 FOR LABOR. EMISSION PUMPS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 8 MONTHS. POWER WINDOW - DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED 9/2002 AT 38500 MILES. FAULTY WIRING CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 12528 (N/C).
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INEFFECTUAL DUE TO EVIDENCE OF CHIPPED PAINT AT THE SITE WHERE DORS COLLIDE. COULD THIS HAVE PRECIPITATED THE DOOR FALLING OFF? SUPPOSEDLY THEIR WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE, COULD THIS ADJUSTMENT BEEN MADE INCORRECTLY TO DAMAGE THE DOOR? I FEEL IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS DOOR HAS FALLEN OFF MY CAR AT 45000 MILES.
THE WINDSHIELD FRAME RUSTED AND THE SEAL BECAME UNGLUED. THIS RESULTED IN WINDSHIELD DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE TOP PASSENGER SIDE CORNER. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE CRACKS, BUT THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE RUST. THE CAUSE OF THE RUST WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLES PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB *NLM
THE CRANK ARM ON THE WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING THE WIPER ARM TO NOT RETURN TO THEIR HOME POSITION WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AFTER USE. NLM
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INTERLOCKED AND MANGLED. DEALER SAID THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK THE PROBLEM REOCCURED AFTER THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE WIPER BLADES. *YH
WHILE DRIVING 65 ON FREEWAY THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED INTO THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER WAS SEATED THERE AND RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON HER LEFT HAND AND ARM. THE GLASS SHOWERED THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH GLASS. THE NOISE AS THE WINDOW
THE BRACKET AND FRAYED CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND WHILE DRIVING. NLM
WHEN TEMP IS 30 OR BELOW THE WINDSHIELD STARTS TO BUILD ICE ABOUT 4 INCHES AROUND THE WHOLE GLASS AREA, WIPERS START TO FREEZE UP AND BALL OF ICE AROUND THE BLADES
REAR WINDOW BROKE TO PIECES WHILE THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BEING SHUT. YH
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