2002 Pontiac Montana complaints

WHEN THE GAS TANK IS 1/2 TO ALMOST FULL, THE FUEL WILL THUMP AGAINST THE ENDS OF THE TANK WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR MOVES FORWARD. THERE IS AN OPEN TAC SINCE MAY 2002 AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE MORE MONTANAS AS WELL AS OTHER MODELS INVOLVED. NO SOLUTION AS OF YET, AND I AM GETTING TIRED OR WAITING FOR A SOLUTION OR FOR THE TANK TO FAIL.

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE WINDOWS FOGGING UP. *MR THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHERE SHE FELT A DRAFT ON HER LEGS AND SET THE RECIRCULATION MODE TO INSIDE AIR AND SET THE BLOWER ON #TWO. ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF THE WINDOWS FOGGED UP. THE BLOWER WAS TURNED ON HIGH, THE DEFROSTER WERE TURNED ON WHICH CLEARED THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECIRCULATION MODE SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THE TEMPERATURE WAS EXTREMELY WARM AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON FRESH AIR MODE. (THIS WAS NOT STATED CLEARLY IN THE OWNERS MANUAL) *SCC *JB

MY AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR ON MY 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA DOES NOT SHUT PROPERLY. WHEN YOU GO TO SHUT THE DOOR IT CLOSES ALMOST SHUTTING AND OPENING BACK UP AUTOMATICALLY RESULTING IN HAVING TO RESHUT THE DOOR HAVE HAD THE DOOR REPAIRED 3 TIMES AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK.*AK

ASSISTANCE (TIS REQUEST TIS03-007115 DGD CLOSED).*MR VEHICLE HAD URINE ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENT IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPT. STATED THE COOLANT WENT BAD AND LEAKED INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. THEY REMOVED THE A/C, HEAT UNIT, VENT AND DUCTS BUT THE SMELL RETURNED. CONSUMER RETURNED THE VEHICLE FOUR DAYS LATER. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IS A NATIONWIDE DEFECT WITH THAT VEHICLE. *PH *JB

URINE ODOR COMING IN THROUGH VENTILATION INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VAN. DEALER SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT AND PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME. WAS TOLD IT THE COOLANT IS GOING BAD AND IS LEAKING INTO THE VENTS. *JB

COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM CAUSING A "URINE" SMELL TO ENTER THE PASSENGER CABIN. PASSENGERS ARE COUGHING AND HAVE CONSTANT HEADACHES. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. *AK

LEAKING GAS TANK FOR 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA. TANK LINER IS MADE OF PLASTIC. INFORMED THAT THERE IS A 'NATIONAL BACK ORDER" FOR THESE TANKS. OTHER CONSUEMRS MAY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. LEAK APPEARED AT 9900 MILES. VEHICLE UNDER MFR. WARRANTY.

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60,00 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED WATER LEAKING THROUGH OVERHEAD CONSOLE FROM THE ROOF RAIL SEAMS. THE DEALER APPLIED SEAM SEALER TO THE CORNERS AND ALONG THE SEAM. *AK *NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL JUST DIE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE BACK LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. GENERAL XP2000GT, SIZE# P21570R/15, DOT#ACM3KN12801. *AK PH *JB

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR RELEASED AND CLOSED A SMALL CHILD'S HAND IN IT. AS A RESULT, CHILDS HAND WAS STUCK IN DOOR, AND DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. CONSUMER HAD TO OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT AND THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATED THAT AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN THE SNOW. *NLM WHEN THE ABS IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BRAKE SAFELY, AND THE FOUR/ALL WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT HAVE THE TRACTION TO GO UP A HILL. ( ABS AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE WOULD FAIL AT ANY TIME) SCC

INTERMITTENTLY THE ABS LIGHT BECAME INOPERATIVE AND DISABLED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. *JB *TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WITH NO WARNING THE REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL STICK AND IT WILL BE HARD TO OPEN FOR THE CONSUMER TO ENTER OR EXIT THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

DRIVER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR ALARM GOES OFF WHILE BEING CLOSED. THE DOOR WILL NOT ALWAYS OPEN. THE DOOR DOES NOT SHUT AND THE VEHICLE ALLOWS YOU TO DRIVE WITH IT IN THE OPEN POSITION. ALL 4 TIRES HAD BUBBLES ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED. DT

CONSUMER CAN SHIFT VEHICLE FROM PARK WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING REAR SLIDING PASSENGER'S DOOR WILL OPEN, AND CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO PULL OVER TO CLOSE THE DOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CAR DID NOT COME WITH AN ASHTRAY AND NONE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER IS AVAILABLE IN THAT MODEL THIS YEAR. WHAT THE DEALER OFFERED WAS A PLACE IN ASHTRAY TO GO IN THE CUPHOLDER. THIS I TOOK AS A REPLACEMENT TO THE UN-OFFERED AND NOT AVAILABLE ASHTRAY. HOWEVER SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER GETTING THIS NEW CAR I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND WENT TO PUT OUT MY CIGARETTE. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LIGHT AND THE DASHBOARD HAS NO LIGHTS IN THAT AREA MY CIGARETTE HEAD HIT THE FRONT OF THE CUPHOLDER DROPPING THE LIT HEAD ON THE FLOOR. IMMEDIATE PANIC ENSUED RESULTING IN ME REMOVING MY EYES FRON THE ROAD TO RECOVER THE LIT HEAD OF THE CIGARETTE. I ASKED THE DEALER IF PONTIAC OFFERED A LIGHT FOR THAT AREA AND THE ANSWER WAS NO,. I VERIFIED THAT WITH PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOT EVEN A SMOKERS PACKAGE AVAILABLE. I WOULD HAVE NOT UPGRADED FROM MY 1998 MONTANA WHICH HAD AN ASHTRAY IF I KNEW IT DIDN'T BEFORE TAKING DELIVERY. THIS IS NOT ONE OF YOUR MAJOR CASES BUT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS A POSSIBLE FIRE OR SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FOR AT LEAST 10 SECONDS. CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY PRESS BRAKE PEDAL TO GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. *AK CONSUMER ADDS DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *TT

VEHICLE WAS GOING 15-20 MPH WHILE CROSSING A BRIDGE. FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE CONTROL ARM BROKE IN HALF WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO STEEL SUPER STRUCTURE OF BRIDGE. VEHICLE DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING PRIOR TO THE CRASH, AND VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE STEERING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. REAR DRIVE ASSEMBLIES ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THREE TIMES. *TT

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH FROM BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVING 60 MPH, AND WITHOUT BRAKING CONSUMER WAS PUSHED 20 FEET INTO A UTILITY TRUCK. *AK DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG CAME OUT, BUT DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *SLC

WHEN FOLDING MIDDLE ROW SEATS THERE WERE NO ANCHORS TO FLOOR AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES IN A CRASH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING, WIPER BEARLY TAKES THE SNOW AND PUSHED IT BETWEEN HOOD AND WINDSHIELD, FORMING A BUILDUP OF ICE THAT SLOWS THE WIPER FROM WORKING. WAS TOLD IT WAS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL THEN JUMP INTO GEAR, DEALER WAS CONTACTED, REPLACED TRANSMISSIOM, CONSUMER STATED THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. NLM

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK