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 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW OPENS BUT WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE GLASS WILL NOT GO UP STRAIGHT. THE AUTOMATIC REAR WINDOWS WILL OPEN SEPARATELY OR NOT AT ALL. ONCE OPEN IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THEM TO CLOSE. *AK
DRIVER\\'S POWER WINDOW WAS INITIALLY SLOW TO CLOSE, AND THEN WOULDN\\'T CLOSE ALL THE WAY. EVENTUALLY, IT BEGAN CLOSING ERRATICALLY, WITH THE GLASS ASKEW. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY POWER WINDOW CONTROL MODULE; THE PART IS APPROXIMATLEY $450 AND THE LABOR IS $250. GM HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PART, DUE TO LACK OF WARRANTY HISTORY ON THE CLAIM. THEY DO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE BULLETING FOR AN ALLIED PROBLEM, OF STICKY WINDOW TRACKS, WHICH PROBABLY LED TO THE INITIAL SLOWNESS OF THE WINDOW CLOSING. THAT PROBABLY LED TO A FAILURE OF THE MODULE IN QUESTION. IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE MONEY, I TRIED HAVING IT REPAIRED AT A LOCAL AUTO GLASS REPAIR FACILITY, HOPING THEY COULD JUST REPOSITION THE WINDOW. THEY CAME BACK WITH THE SAME DIAGNOSIS. CURIOUSLY, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY CONTACTED AT LEAST 20 SOURCES FOR THE WINDOW MODULE, AND THAT THEY WERE TOLD THE PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. AND YET GM DENIES A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART!
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. *LA
AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED FOR THE POWER SLIDING DOOR, THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PER-PONTIAC RECALL, THEY SIMPLY INSTALL A NEW UN-LATCH ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY TO THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. WHICH IS ONLY A ONE TIME PERFORMANCE. NHTSA#01V067000 THE CONSUMERS CONCERNS OTHER CONCERN WERE WITH THE VOLUME BUTTON ON THE RADIO, THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW/, AND THE BRAKES. *SCC
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
CONCERNED ABOUT THE REAR GLASS "EXPLODING." VAN WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN GLASS "EXPLODED." WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN MOVING, IN ADDITION GLASS SHOWERED THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE VAN. VERY ALARMING!*AK
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING A STOP. ALSO WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE, AFTER A MONTH OF USE, DID NOT PROPERLY REMOVE RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE VISUAL DIFFICULTY, AND RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED AT LEAST 8 TIMES, AND DELEAR COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID DOES NOT HIT THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED A DESIGN FLAW. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND STATED THEY WILL FILE THE INFORMATION. VISION IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *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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