Pontiac Montana
Owners filed 1,054 complaints across 12 model years of the Pontiac Montana. The 1999 drew the most (235); the 2008 the fewest (1).
Model years12
Complaints1,054
Recalls57
Fires17
Deaths6
Every Pontiac Montana model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2006 | 37 | 2 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 81 | 7 | 3 | 7 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 8 | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 8 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2002 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 156 | 11 | 3 | 10 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2000 | 228 | 7 | 4 | 14 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 235 | 7 | 2 | 16 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 1997 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine |
Which Pontiac Montana years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1999 is the weakest year on record, with 235 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 7 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.