2000 Pontiac Montana complaints

ON JUNE 17, 2003 WHILE DRIVING NEAR MY HOME MY BRAKES FAILED, TOTALLY, I HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I FROM GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON NOTHING. I HAD JUST A FEW INCIDENTS OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMING LIKE IT WAS GOING DOWN MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES THE DAY BEFORE. BRAKES NEVER MADE ANY NOISES TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM STARTING. MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED

THE TRANSMISSION SUN GEAR WENT OUT. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INEFFECTUAL DUE TO EVIDENCE OF CHIPPED PAINT AT THE SITE WHERE DORS COLLIDE. COULD THIS HAVE PRECIPITATED THE DOOR FALLING OFF? SUPPOSEDLY THEIR WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE, COULD THIS ADJUSTMENT BEEN MADE INCORRECTLY TO DAMAGE THE DOOR? I FEEL IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS DOOR HAS FALLEN OFF MY CAR AT 45000 MILES.

OUR MONTANA PONTIAC VAN HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE START. WE PURCHASED IT AS A USED VEHICLE FROM A GM DEALER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WE HAD THE STARTED REPLACED THREE TIMES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS, REPLACE THE BRAKES TWICE, WE HAVE A NOISE IN THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE-NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN AND WE HAVE IT WORKED ON FIVE TIMES NOW, THEN YESTERDAY THE SIDE PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR OPENED IN A TURN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - WE DO NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS. THE CONTROL PANEL DID NOT SHOW THAT THE DOOR WAS AJAR. HOWEVER BECAUSE WE REQUIRE EVERYONE TO WEAR SEATBELTS THE CHILD DID NOT FALL OUT BUT IT COULD HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE RESULTS HAD WE NOT MAKE IT A RULE IN OUR VEHICLE. I LOVE THE ROOM THE VAN PROVIDES HOWEVER, THESE PROBLEMS THAT KEEP POPPING UP ARE GETTING TIRESOME.

ENGINE - VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET INTO ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED. PONTIAC ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO HELP AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6 AND GM IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. EMISSION - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT 33025 MILES AND WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS PUMP FAILED AGAIN AT 44000 MILES, JUST 8 MONTHS LATER AND COST 160.00 FOR LABOR. EMISSION PUMPS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 8 MONTHS. POWER WINDOW - DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED 9/2002 AT 38500 MILES. FAULTY WIRING CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 12528 (N/C).

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT AROUND 44000 MILES. DEALER SAID THE "LIP SEAL" FAILED INSIDE TRANSMISSION, AFTER TAKING IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSIS. WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR COST. ENDED UP HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AAMCO. A/C IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE LOW SETTING (#1). NOT YET REPAIRED. JUST REPAIRED THE COOLING SYSTEM. DEALER SAID IT WAS AN INTERNAL LEAK. VAN KEPT GETTING LOW ON COOLANT, HAD TO KEEP FILLING IT UP, HOWEVER NEVER SAW A LEAK. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WITH THE MANIFOLD, AND COOLANT WAS LEAKING THRU AND BEING EVAPORTATED, THEREFORE NO TELLTALE LEAK. COST $600 TO REPAIR (AT 53,000) MILES. I HATE THIS VAN. THIS IS THE WORST ONE I'VE HAD. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY.

LOOSING COOLANT, COOLANT IN OIL. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AFTER REPAIR ON 04-01-03, 24,535 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE 26,000. EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED $301.21 OF THE REPAIR. ROWAN PONTIAC/GMC DID NOT WANT TO HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE RENTAL CAR, ZERO DEDUCTIBLE, OR THE REPAIR ITSELF.

MY MONTANA HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED AT A CERTIFIED GM USED CAR LOT AT LINDSEY CHEVEROLET. IT HAS BEEN BURING THROUGH AT LEAST 2 QUARTS OF OIL OR MORE WITH-IN LESS THEN 700 MILES. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED FOR LEAKS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY. THERE IS NO SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE OR TAIL PIPE. THERE IS NO LEAKS ON THE ENGINE ANYWHERE OR AT THE OIL PAN. THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE BROWSED THE WEB AND HAVE FOUND OTHER OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. I DO NOT HAVE THE KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON OIL LIKE IT IS GOING OUT OF STYLE. IS THERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OR CAN ANYONE ELSE HELP ME.

MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE IN THE FRONT END BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. WITH 66K MILES AND DRIVEN MAINLY INTERSTATE, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. FOUND BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WORN OUT WITH EXTREME PLAY. ONLY THE TIE RODS WERE WORN, NOTHING ELSE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. PONTIAC AND MY DEALER SEEM TO THINK THAT TIE ROD WEAR AT 66K IS NORMAL WEAR! ITS HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES. I AM JUST GLAD THAT THE TIE RODS DID NOT SEPARATE SINCE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTEROUS. OTHER GM MINI VAN OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE OBVIOUS PREMATURE TIE ROD WEAR. ITS TIME TO START SHOPPING FOR MY THIRD SET OF TIRES. AT 68K I AM ALSO USING COOLANT, SO I BETTER TAKE A NUMBER AND HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED. THANKS GM, I WISH YOUR QUALITY AND CUSTOMER NO SERVICE MIRRORED HONDA OR TOYOTA!

MONTANA VAN WAS TAKEN IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND ASKED TO TOP UP COOLANT SINCE WE WERE GETTING THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT. OIL WAS CHANGED AND COOLANT TOPPED UP....NO MENTION OF A LEAK. A WEEK LATER, THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN SO WE TOOK IT IN. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WAS APPROX. $1000, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WE WOULD, HOWEVER, HAVE TO PAY APPROX. $200 FOR AN ENGINE WASH AND FLUSH - GM SAID THEY DON'T PAY FOR THIS. THEY HAVE KEPT THE VAN AND WILL PROVIDE A RENTAL REPLACEMENT. HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE ON HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR THE VAN.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE TO GO AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OVER. THE PAINT, I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE ABS BRAKES WENT JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY, THEY WON'T HELP ME THERE. THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NO PRICE FOR REPAIR YET.

MY PARENTS BOUGHT A 2000 MONTANA VAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2002. IT SEEMS TO BE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. THE LOCAL GM DEALER WHERE THEY PURCHASED IT, SAYS IT IS THE INTAKE MANIFIOLD GASKETS. FOR $2,500 THEY COULD REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE MATTER UP WITH THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP, AND SHOWED HIM A COPY OF A GM SERVICE BULLETIN WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE GASKET MATERIAL AND ASKED HIM WHAT THEY WOULD DO ABOUT IT. HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT BUT COULD NOT PROMISE ANYTHING. AN UPDATE IS THAT HE SAID THAT GM WOULD POSSIBLY COVER 99.9% OF THE BILL. THE REASON HE GAVE WAS THAT THE ORIGIONAL OWNER OF THE VAN PURCHASED IT AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT REGULARILY SERVICED THERE AND THEY HAVE ALL THE SERVICE RECORDS. THE VAN HAD 97,000 KM WHEN MY PARENTS PURCHASED IT, SINCE THEN THEY HAVE ONLY ADDED 1000KM, MY PARENTS ALSO FIGURED IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED. I AM NOT SURE IF THE DEALER DID AN INSPECTION, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD AND A LEAK WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND.THE VAN IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE MOMENT, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT COMES OF THIS.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 72,000KMS (45,000) MILES AND SHORTLY AFTERWARD NOTICED THAT COOLANT NEEDED TO BE TOPPED UP OCCASIONALLY OVER THE SUBSEQUENT SIX MONTH PERIOD. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE CRANKCASE, BUT THERE WAS A POOL OF COOLANT COLLECTING EXTERNALLY UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. AFTER SOME ON-LINE INVESTIGATING, I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER, INQUIRING AS TO WHETHER THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS LIKELY THE INTAKE GASKETS AND SOMETIMES THE GASKETS "GET OLD AND DRY UP" BUT THAT IT WAS NOT OVERLY COMMON. THEY QUOTED ME APX $800 TO REPAIR. ($350 FOR THE INTAKE GASKETS AND "NUMEROUS" OTHER GASKETS THAT WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT PLUS LABOUR). I POLITELY COMMENTED THAT I WAS BAFFLED HOW A 3 YEAR OLD PLASTIC GASKET COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS "OLD AND DRIED UP". I SUBSEQUENTLY HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACE THE GASKETS USING THE NEWLY ISSUED VERSION OF THE GASKETS FOR A TOTAL OF APX $450. (HE HAD COINCIDENTALLY RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRIOR ON ANOTHER GM V-6 PRODUCT, BUT APPARENTLY THE COOLANT LEAKAGE WAS INTERNAL AND TOO LATE TO SALVAGE THE ENGINE). MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF REPAIR ON MY VEHICLE WAS APX 86,000 KMS (54,000 MILES). HE CONFIRMED THAT UPON REMOVAL THE ONLY EVIDENCE WAS EXTERNAL LEAKAGE. I HAVE ANOTHER 10,000KMS ON THE VEHICLE SINCE REPAIR AND NO LEAKAGE IS APPARENT AT THIS POINT.

1/3/04 VAN FAILED TO START-REASON UNKNOWN. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO CHECK OUT AND DISCOVERED OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE AT 50,000 THIS IS CRAZY, THIS TYPE OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT 50,000 MILES THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IN THE ENGINEERING OR PART THAT ARE BEING USED.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. A VARIETY OF GASKETS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, ENGINE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *AK

LOWER INTAKE MANAFOLD LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGIN OIL.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT GAS GAUGE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES GAS GAUGE REGISTERED EMPTY WHEN GAS TANK WAS FULL, AND FULL WHEN IT WAS EMPTY. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS OVER $500.00. *AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE ON A RURAL ROAD IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN WHEN OUR VAN STOPPED RUNNING WITH NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. WE ENDED UP WALKING ALMOST SEVEN MILES IN BITTER COLD TO GET BACK HOME. LATER ON WE LEARNED THAT THE DEX TYPE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE CAM TO FAIL.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE CUTTING OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED WATER WAS GETTING INTO THE OIL. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE CRANKCASE. THIS CAUSED HYDRAULIC LIFTER DAMAGE - LIFTERS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND GASKET REPLACED. ADDITIONAL ENGINE DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

THE SEAT BELT CLIP MALFUNCTIONED. THE PART WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD A LOW COOLANT LEVEL. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FAILED 4T65E TRANSMISSION. REQUIRED A REBUILD. *LA

LOWER MANIFOLD AND WATER PUMP ARE BOTH LEAKING ON VEHICLE.*MR THE WATER PUMP AND THE MANIFOLD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FIRST MAJOR FAILURE OCCURRED THE DAY AFTER THE CONSUMER TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE VEHICLE BEING SHIPPED WITHOUT TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *LA

MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE IN THE FRONT END BETWEEN 50-65 MPH. WITH 66K MILES AND DRIVEN MAINLY INTERSTATE, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. FOUND BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WORN OUT WITH EXTREME PLAY. ONLY THE TIE RODS WERE WORN NOTHING ELSE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. PONTIAC AND MY DEALER SEEM TO THINK THAT TIE ROD WEAR AT 66K IS NORMAL WEAR! ITS HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES. I AM JUST GLAD THAT THE TIE RODS DID NOT SEPARATE SINCE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. OTHER GM MINI VAN OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS OBVIOUS PREMATURE TIE ROD WEAR. *JB

OWNER'S CHILD WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR. WHEN THE CHILD PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR, CHILD'S FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR SENSOR. SLIDING DOOR DID NOT STOP FROM CLOSING, CAUSING THE CHILD'S LEFT RING FINGER TO BE CUT OFF.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD FRAME RUSTED AND THE SEAL BECAME UNGLUED. THIS RESULTED IN WINDSHIELD DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE TOP PASSENGER SIDE CORNER. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE CRACKS, BUT THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE RUST. THE CAUSE OF THE RUST WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED DUE TO A GROUND SCREW FAILURE. *AK THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE TYPE OF PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH IT BECAME HARDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WORE OUT.*AK

DEALER REPLACED LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND RELATED SEALER. ALSO, REPLACED THE WATER PUMP, AND FLUSHED THE COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT WENT INTO THE ENGINE. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND MOLDING STRIPS ON SLIDING DOORS.*MR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 49360 MILES THE SOLENOID WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION COSTING $914.04 IN REPAIRS. ON EACH SLIDING DOOR, THERE WAS A LONG BLACK RUBBER MOLDING STRIP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR FRAME THAT KEPT FALLING DOWN IN TO THE DOOR TRACK. THE CONSUMER HOPED THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD RESULT IN A TRAGEDY. *CB *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLES PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB *NLM

THE LEFT FRONT PRETENSIONER WAS OPEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE FAULTY SEAT BELT TENSIONER. *TS. ALSO THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DID NOT RETURN WHEN IT WAS OPENED

WHILE DRIVING SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHICH IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE LATCH LOCKING MECHANISM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

THE MIDDLE ROW CENTER SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISMS BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS TIGHTENING CSS, WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING USED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH HAPPENED MORE THAN TWICE AND SEEMED AS IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WORK AT ALL AND HAD TO PUMP THE PEDAL TO BRING THE PEDAL BACK ENOUGH TO ALLOW STOPPING. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER HAD TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER HAD COME ON. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE TRIM ON THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD HAD COME APART, THE HANDLE ON THE BACK LATCH HAD COME OFF, AND BOTH TURN SIGNAL BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB

I BOUGHT A 200 PONTIAC MONTANA LAST YEAR. AS PART OF THE PURCHASE THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT "DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT" ASSEMBLY DUE TO WATER BEING IN THE LIGHT. I NOW HAVE WATER IN THE SAME LIGHT ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS THE LEFT FRONT HEAD LIGHT WHICH HAS BLOWN DUE TO THE WATER IN THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. AFTER SEEING THIS SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES USING THE SAME LIGHT ASSEMBLIES I SPOKE WITH TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE MANAGERS AT DIFFERENT GM DEALERS. BOTH SUGGESTED DRILLING HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES SO THE WATER CAN DRAIN OUT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX TO A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I ALSO EMAILED PONTIAC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS FAILED AT 50K, WERE REPLACED IN JANUARY OF 2002. NOW IN APRIL 2003 WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING AND HAVE ANTIFREEZE LEAK IN THE WATER PUMP AS WELL.

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *JB

ENGINE SPUDDERING AND DIED. WILL NOT START. GARAGE FOUND COOLANT IN OIL. HAD INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE. ENGINE BEING REPLACED. SUSPECT PREMATURE FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET OR DEX-COOL COOLANT CAUSING PROBLEM. NEED TO INVESTIGATE. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE DEALER STATED THE SECOND CLUTCH DRUM WAS CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION.*JB

2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WITH FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT 42K

THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE CALIPER OVER HEATS INTERFERING WITH POSSE TRACTION AND ABS BRAKES. PH

00 MONTANA HAS BEEN AT DEALER 3 TIMES IN 8 DAYS.THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON & WOULD NOT GO OFF.TOOK VEH TO DEALER ON A TUES WAS INFORMED WOULD HAVE BACK IN 2-3.AFTER REVIEW THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD BUT LEAK WAS NOT EXTERNAL SINCE NO FLUIDS WERE ON GROUND.SUPPOSED PARTS WERE REPLACED ALONG W/GASKETS.ADVISED DEALER COOLANT HAD TO BE GOING "SOMEWHERE" IF NOT EXTERNAL; SO REQUESTED FOR AN OIL CHANGE TO BE DONE SINCE BAD COOLANT MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO OIL. DEALER REFUSED BUT SERVICE MGR APPROVED.VEH WAS RET'D TO ME ON FRI.UPON LEAVING DEALER ENGINE HAD A CHIRPING NOISE NOT THERE PREVIOUS.SPOKE WITH SALESMAN AND HE CONFIRMED THERE WAS A NOISE & TO BRING VEH BACK IN NEXT DAY FOR SERVICE TO LOOK AT.ON WAY HOME, LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN;PROBLEM NOT FIXED.UPON TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOLLOWING DAY THEY CLAIMED THEIR WAS COOLANT OR SOME FORM OF LIQUID ON BELT AND WOULD CLEAN OFF.SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT DID NOT COME ON.ASSURED US VEHCILE SAFE TO DRIVE.THE REST OF WEEKEND LOW COOLANT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AT SPORADIC INTERVALS. CONTACTED DEALER MONDAY MORNING;WAS ADVISED TO BRING IN ON WEDNESDAY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.DROPPED VEHICLE OFF & DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE FOR ADDITIONAL DAY & ADVISED THE SENSOR WAS BAD AND WAS REPLACED.DEALERSHIP STATES CHIRPING NOISE WAS GONE AS THEY TOOK APART BELTS AND FULLY CLEANED AGAIN. ENGINE AT TIME OF DROP OFF WAS RUNNING ROUGH.DEALER STATES AFTER COMPUTER AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ENGINE IS FINE.RE

LOW COOLANT LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A LEAK IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. PH

TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AFTER 55,000 MILES

PONTIAC MONTANA 2000: MY CAR ONLY HAS 49,000 MILES YET HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I JUST GOT A REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHICH IS LEAKING DEXCOOL OUT AND INTO MY ENGINE. REPAIR, WHICH AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, APPEARS COMMON YET HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BY GM. *JB