2000 Pontiac Montana problems

“2000 PONTIAC MONTANA INTAKE GASKET FAILED...I'VE READ ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND JUST WANTED TO ADD MINE. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE WAS NO RECALL EITHER. I HAVE NEVER USED ANYTHING BUT DEXCOOL IN THIS VAN, NOW IT IS GOING TO COST ME TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS....NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY PONTIAC IS BEING DROPPED BY GM THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY ALL THE REPAIR BILLS IF THE OWNED UP TO THEIR MISTAKE...GOODBYE PONTIAC!!!!!!!! *TR”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE DOOR HANDLES ON HER VEHICLE. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE LOCKS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V597000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS) WAS SIMILAR TO THE FAILURES THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DEFECT UNDER THIS RECALL BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 116000. UPDATED 02-18-09 THE SLIDING DOOR DIDNOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. UPDATED 02/18/09. *JB”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.”

“THE CAR WOULD START MISSING, LIKE THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF THE AND I WOULD HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR 1 TO 2 HRS AND THEN IT WOULD START AND RUN FOR A WHILE AND SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE LAST 2 TIMES THIS HAPPEN I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO MY HOME WHERE IT HAS SAT EVER SEANCE 2008. *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”

“SHIFTING OUT OF PARK WHILE ENGINE NOT RUNNING WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING ON/STEPPED ON, WHICH RESULTED IN THE VAN ROLLING IN REVERSE, THANKFULLY IT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPEN, WAS ABLE TO PUT IT BACK INTO PARK (THANK GOD).”