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 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
PAINT ON HOOD OF VAN IS PEELING AND COMING OFF RIGHT DOWN TO THE METAL. I'VE SEEN THE VERY SAME ISSUE ON MANY OTHER VANS LIKE MINE THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS A FACTORY PAINT PROBLEM AND PONTIAC SHOULD FIX THIS. *TR
I HAVE A 98 PONTIAC TRANSPORT. THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDE DOOR OPENS ON ITS OWN, AND IT WILL ONLY OPEN MANUALLY. THE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED OPENING WITH THE CONTROL ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. *TR
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT WORK. THE DRIVER HAS TO TURN THE POWER OFF THAT GOES TO THE DOOR IN ORDER TO KEEP IT SHUT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHUT THE DOOR IT WILL ONLY CLOSE A LITTLE, THEN RE-OPEN. THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. *AK *SCC
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE DEALER IS INSPECTING. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. THE DOOR STARTED ACTING UP AFTER NHTSA RECALL 01V067000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01013 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. *AK
FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, SIZE P195/70R14, DOT NUMBER VDRW A/B 028, CLAIM 23-1271-814. *SLC
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENS ON IT'S OWN AND AT TIMES IT WON'T CLOSE, THE DOOR ALSO RATTLES AND THE MOLDING IS LOOSE. NLM
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WHEN DOORS WERE LOCKED SLIDING DOORS WILL COME OPEN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE PROBLEM.*AK *JB
WIRING HARNESS SHORTED AND CUT POWER TO FUEL PUMP - VEHICLE IMMOBILIZED. *AK
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS OVERHEAD CONSOLE FIXED IN TWO YEARS.
THERES AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, DOOR LOCKS AUTOMATICALLY. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THERE MAY BE A SHORT WITHIN THE SIDE DOOR THAT CAN START AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK
DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE/ LOCK OR HINGE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE AUTOMATIC SIDE SLIDE DOOR KEEPS OPENING AND CLOSING. MANUFACTURER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN DRIVING REAR LEFT SIDE DOOR IS AJAR. DOOR ISN'T INDICATED AS AJAR ON THE DASH. CONSUMER STATES THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
DESIGN OF VEHICLE RESULTED IN THERE BEING NO SPLASH GUARD TO PROTECT THE STEERING BELT FROM ROAD SPRAY RESULTING IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN BELT SLIPS OFF.
POWER PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE INTERMITTENTLY.
A/C FAILED.
POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOES NOT CLOSE AND DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER CONTACTED, AND BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS EIGHT TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, OFFERED TO BUY BACK THE VECHICLE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY THE DOOR WILL REOPEN ON ITS OWN AFTER IT SHUTS.
BRAKES FAILED, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES. (QCAW)
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SHUTTING THE POWER SLIDING DOOR WITH THE POWER SWITCH, THE DOOR POPS OPEN 2 OR 3 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL SHUT. SOMETIMES HAS TO SHUT THE DOOR BY HAND IN ORDER FOR IT TO CLOSE. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, AND ALLOWS CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE VEHICLE, IDLING OR DRIVING WHEN ALL WINDOWS ARE UP. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND HAS ADJUSTED THE DOOR PER A BULLETIN FROM PONTIAC. THIS PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN CONSUMER GETTING ILL. *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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