2008 Pontiac Montana

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Air Bags	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Suspension › Rear10V110000

Filed Mar 19, 20105,375 vehiclesBraun Corporation

Defect. THE BRAUN CORPORATION HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA ABOUT A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2008 GENERAL MOTORS MOBILITY CONVERSION, HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE LOW FLOOR MINIVANS. DURING CONVERSION, THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE TRAILING ARM MODIFICATION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY WELDED.

Risk. A SQUEAKING OR CLUNKING NOISE MAY DEVELOP. THE TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS MAY PREMATURELY WEAR AND THE TRAILING ARM MAY FRACTURE OR SEPARATE, ALLOWING THE REAR AXLE TO BECOME PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE CHASSIS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND WILL HAVE A SUPPLY OF RETROFIT PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 4, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BRAUN AT 1-800-488-0359.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Air Bags

Filed Nov 23, 201650,000 milesDE

AIR BAG LIGHT ALWAYS COMES ON ALL THE TIME, IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY. CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. GM REFUSES TO FIX IT. ALSO ABS LIGHT ALWAYS COMES ON SINCE IT WAS NEW AND GM REFUSES TO FIX IT.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2008 — this page	1	1	0	0	Routine
2007	0	1	0	0	Routine
2006	37	2	0	0	Routine
2005	81	7	3	1	Fatalities reported
2004	39	5	1	2	Fatalities reported
2003	84	7	1	0	Routine
2002	126	5	1	0	Routine
2001	156	11	3	0	Routine
2000	228	7	4	2	Fatalities reported
1999	235	7	2	1	Fatalities reported
1998	49	3	1	0	Routine
1997	18	1	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 19, 2010. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.