Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 Pontiac Pontiac Truck

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear › springs › air suspension system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Rear › Springs › Air Suspension System1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 24, 2002WA

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT ALL THEY DO IS PUSH A BUTTON TO MAKE THE LIGHT GO OFF AND THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE OF ANY CONCERN, THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW, ONE ONE OCCASION THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE DEALER ATTEMPED REPAIR BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED (CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE IS A 1998 PONTIAC TRANSPORT MONTANA). NLM

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Air Suspension System
Filed Jun 23, 2000MO

COMPLETE COMPRESSOR AND REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILURE. *ET

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
1998 — this page2000Routine
19971000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.