Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Pontiac Trans Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. WAS ABLE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND STOP VEHICLE, UPON INSPECTION OWNER NOTICED THE FRONT RIGHT OF STRUCTURE HANGING DOWN UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT IS APPARENT THE BOLT PULLED OUT OF FRAME STRUCTURE CAUSING STEERING LOSS AND MOTOR TO HANG DOWN. *TR
THE RECALL TO FIX THE CRADLE BOLTS WHICH HAVE RUSTED AND BROKEN ON MY 1991 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED VEHICLES REGISTERED IN MINNESOTA, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SALT USED ON OUR ROADS THAN SOME OF THE STATES INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK
WE OWN A 1991 PONTIAC TRANSPORT AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ANNOYING PROBLEMS. OUR MOST RECENT PROBLEM IS THE "STRIKER" FOR THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S DOORS. THE STRIKER FOR THE PASSENGER DOOR BECAME LOOSE AND WE WERE ABLE TO "STABLIZE" THE STRIKER WITH A HARDENING CLAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO USE THE DOOR PERIODICALLY; AND THE STRIKER FOR THE DRIVER'S DOOR FELL INSIDE THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND THAT BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THAT AREA OF THE VEHICLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE PANEL, THE ENTIRE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, IN ORDER TO WELD THE STRIKER BACK ON, IT WILL COST ROUGHLY $4,000 TO REPAIR BECAUSE IT IS BOTH DOORS. WE ARE USING TEMPORARY MEANS TO HOLD THE DRIVER'S DOOR SHUT UNTIL WE CAN PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. THE MONEY WE HAVE SPENT ON NUISANCE REPAIRS IS UNBELIEVABLE. *AK
THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE CRADLE HAD CRACKED. THE PROBLEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHAKE AND NOT BE SUPPORTED WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
CARRIAGE RETAINER CLIPS RUSTED AND BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE CARRIAGE TO FALL FROM THE VEHICLE.*AK
THE REAR SUBFRAME ATTACHING BOLT AND WASHER KIT RUSTED IN HALF. THIS CAUSED THE REAR OF THE SUBFRAME TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY , PULLING THE STEERING SHAFT OFF OF THE RACK AND PINION . THIS CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING, AND VEHICLE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON!
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH SUBFRAME DROPPED ABOUT A FOOT PULLING STEERING SHAFT OFF STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER LOST ALL STEERING POWER. ALSO, VEHICLE SWERVED TO LEFT IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SUBFRAMES BOLTS AND BUSHINGS AT REAR OF SUBFRAME.*AK *SLC
THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS HAVE PULLED OUT THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE FRAME DUE TO CORROSION. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER,THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE FRAME UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE RUSTED THROUGH AND WAS READY TO LET GO. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE HAVING THE BRAKES CHECKED AND THEY SEEN THAT THE FRAME LOOKED BAD AT THE BRAKE SHOP. WE HAD THE VEHICLE HAULED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AS THE BRAKE GUY SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT DRIVE IT. WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY LOOKED AT IT AND ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS BAD. BOTH THE GUYS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE BRAKE SHOP SAID THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND THAT IT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO GM. I CALLED AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO CALLED AND REPORTED IT AND WANTED SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THAT IF WE WERE TO BE DRIVING IT 70MPH WHEN THE FRAME DECIDES TO LET LOOSE THE VAN WOULD NEVER QUIT ROLLING. I DID SEND IN A REPORT OF THIS TO YOU AT THE TIME AND WHEN I TALKED TO YOU, YOU SAID THAT I WOULD HEAR FROM SOMEONE AFTER THEY RECEIVED THE PAPERWORK AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A BUNCH OF BAD FRAMES MANUFACTURED THEN THERE ARE OTHER FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT COULD BE IN DANGER. I ALSO FEEL THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF.
WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON A BUSY SECONDARY ROAD, STEERING FAILED, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. BUT DRIVE RWAS ABLE TO BRAKE BEFORE HITTING A TRAFFIC SIGN. IN ADDITION, FRONT CROSSMEMBER FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE ROOF DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE, LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *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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