2003 Pontiac Montana Fuel system Problems

CHECK THE AIRBAGS SOMETHING WITH BRAKE LIGHT AN ELECTRICAL.

NHTSA ID

10891511

Incident

Jul 20, 2016

TAKATA RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 07349000 GM RECALL #06230 MY VAN IS LEAKING GAS AT THE INLET VALVE AND I SEE IS RECALLED AND CAUSE A FIRE. I NEED TO KNOW HOW I GET THIS RECAL FIXED ASAP. HAVE CHILDREN AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VAN OR LETTING THE CHILDREN RIDE IN MY VAN. SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE THROUGHOT VEHICLE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CRACK AT THE INLET VALVE.

NHTSA ID

10860112

Incident

Apr 1, 2016

Mileage

149,000 mi

FUEL TANK LEAKS SEVERE WHERE FILLER TUBE ENTERS THE FUEL TANK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10454609

Incident

Apr 3, 2012

Mileage

205,220 mi

GAS LEAK ON MY 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE TANK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345246

Incident

May 14, 2010

Mileage

185,000 mi

WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE OCT 2005, PURCHASED USED FROM A SATURN DEALERSHIP. CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A GAS TANK RECALL, HOWEVER WE WERE NOTIFIED NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER WE HAD A RUPTURE THAT DROPPED AN ENTIRE TANK OF FUEL ON THE DRIVEWAY AND WERE TOLD WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE HAVING DRIVEN UNKNOWINGLY WITH THIS LEAK. TANK WAS REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED AUTO WARRANTY. MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS: TAIL LIGHT GOES OUT AND IS REPLACED, THEN DRIVER HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. WATER LEAKS INSIDE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WHEN IT RAINS. THE TAIL PLUG IN FOR TAIL LIGHT BULB HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT HAD MELTED THE PLUG IN BOTH TAIL LIGHTS. RANDOM ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS OCCURRING. DASH PANEL BURNED OUT, RADIO DISPLAY BLED OUT AND RADIO THEN FAILED - WOULD NOT TURN OFF AFTER BUTTON WAS PUSHED AND HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE DASHBOARD IN ORDER TO AVOID DRAINING BATTERY COMPLETELY. TRACTION TIRE FAILURE WHEN ENGAGED OCCURRED IN COMBINATION WITH POWER STEERING FAILURE, CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE, AND ON ONE OCCASION COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. NO WARNING, NO SQUEALING, NO GRINDING, NO PULLING TO THE SIDE: JUST COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT THAT INJURED 3 PEOPLE. NON DEALERSHIP MECHANIC CHECKED THE BRAKES AND DETERMINED BRAKE FLUID LEAK/MASTER CYLINDER CAUSED THE FAILURE, STATED REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR BRAKE SYSTEM MOST LIKELY RESULTED IN LEAK. MECHANIC ALSO DISCOVERED DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BRAKE HAD SEIZED AND SCOURED THE ROUTER AND PAD ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACED TWO YEARS PRIOR AND CAR HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN BUT FOR ONCE A MONTH SHORT TRIPS TO THE DOCTOR FOR ONE OF THOSE YEARS, THE SECOND YEAR IT WAS DRIVEN ONLY 3 OR 4 TIMES AND WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. AUTO ACCIDENT IN MAY 2010 DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE DID NOT HAVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IN REAR END COLLISION. CAR WAS BROADSIDED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE IN 2007 AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED AND AIR BAGS ALSO DID NOT DEPLOY. INJURIES IN BOTH ACCIDENTS. CAR IS A DEATH TRAP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10339878

Incident

Mar 18, 2010

Mileage

68,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, HE NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN PLACING GASOLINE IN THE TANK. HE CONCLUDED THAT THE FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE (ICV) FRACTURED, WHICH ALLOWED FUEL VAPORS TO PASS THROUGH AND DROPLETS OF FUEL TO ACCUMULATE ON THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. A FIRE COULD OCCUR IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V349000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE). A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE HAS A LONG WHEEL BASE INSTEAD OF THE REGULAR WHEEL BASE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $900 FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,000. UPDATED 07/01/09 *BF UPDATED 07/06/09.*JB

NHTSA ID

10273566

Incident

Jun 1, 2009

Mileage

99,000 mi

I FILLED MY TANK WITH GAS AND NOTICED THE GAS ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS THE SMELL INCREASED AND I NOTICED IT WHILE WALKING AROUND THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE. I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY CHECKED AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE GAS TANK. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY PRECEDING THIS LEAK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10255878

Incident

Jan 19, 2009

Mileage

88,400 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL THROUGHOUT HER HOME. SHE DISCOVERED A POOL OF GASOLINE UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF HER VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK WAS INVESTIGATED BY A RELATIVE AND THEY FOUND A FRACTURE IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V349000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000. UPDATED 12/30/08 *CN UPDATED 01/02/09. *JB

NHTSA ID

10250488

Incident

Nov 9, 2008

Mileage

100,000 mi

WIFE DETECTED A GAS SMELL FROM THE REAR OF HER VAN. SHE LET IT GO DUE TO THE RECENT FILL UP. I NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER MY WIFE'S VAN AND INVESTIGATED THE SOURCE OF THE PUDDLE. I DETERMINED THAT THE LIQUID WAS GAS AND IT WAS STREAMING FROM AROUND THE INLET FUEL VALVE AND THE FUEL TANK. I LOOKED UP THE REPAIR PROCEDURE ON LINE AND CAME ACROSS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON MY PARTICULAR VAN. (RECALL ID# 07V349000) COME TO FIND OUT THIS RECALL WAS SEGREGATED TO THREE MOS. IN 2002.(JUNE-AUGUST) MY PARTICULAR DATE OF ASSEMBLY IS OCT. 2002, IN TURN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. HOWEVER REFLECTS THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10204709

Incident

Sep 4, 2007

Mileage

4,700 mi

FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10200731

Incident

Aug 15, 2007

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED MORE FREQUENTLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUE, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS FUEL A LEAK WHERE THE FILLER NECK MET THE TANK. THE TANK AND FILLER NECK WERE REPLACED, WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10172829

Incident

Oct 28, 2006

Mileage

32,700 mi

I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AFTER FILLING THE TANK. THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE GAS TANK NEAR THE FILLER NECK. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK AT THE SEAM ABOVE THE POINT WHERE THE FILLER NECK CONNECTS ON THE SIDE OF THE TANK. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE WHICH HAS AN OPEN FLAME SPACE HEATER. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE 52,000 MILES. I AM TRYING TO FIND A USED TANK TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ONE. THE GM DEALER SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS FAILURE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10154600

Incident

Mar 31, 2006

Mileage

51,900 mi

FUEL TANK HAS LEAK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10135764

Incident

Aug 20, 2005

Mileage

16,850 mi

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10074010

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO SMELL GAS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10073768

Incident

Mar 18, 2004

Mileage

20,000 mi

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING IN NEW VAN FILLED IT UP WITH GAS, AND WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND GAS WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED, CAUSING GAS TO LEAK. CONSUMER STATED HE AND HIS WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF SOMEONE THREW A CIGARETTE OR A MATCH OUT OF THE WINDOW NEAR VEHICLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10044051

Incident

Oct 15, 2003