1997 Pontiac Trans Sport complaints

OUR 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WAS FINE UNTIL LAST YEAR. NEW TRANSMISSION (70,000 MILES, O.K.) THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN OVERHEATING--NEW THERMOSTAT, WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN NEW RADIATOR, WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN, WHEN THE MECHANIC SAID IT PROBABLY NEEDED A HEAD GASKET ($2000 OR MORE) WE DECIDED TO GET RID OF IT. BUT WE WERE NOT EVEN ABLE TO USE IT AS A TRADE IN, BECAUSE IT OVERHEATED SO BADLY. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD ALWAYS BEEN QUIRKY, BUT LIVABLE (I.E. THE GAS GAUGE HAD NEVER WORKED, THE WINDOWS WERE VERY SLOW AND THE CELL PHONE PLUGS NEVER WORKED) I CALLED THE DEALER (PERUZZI, IN LANGHORNE, PA) BUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT GM WAS USING A NEW COOLANT IN THEIR 97'S WHICH BECAME PROBLEMATIC AS IT AGED--HE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT GM HAS NOT ADMITTED TO ANY ERROR. WE WERE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE CAR PROPERLY, FROM DAY ONE. THE MECHANIC IS A PERSONAL FRIEND, AND HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION. THE CAR WAS SOLD FOR JUNK. IT'S VALUE, ACCORDING TO EDMUNDS.COM, WAS ABOUT $6000/7000 .

MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO; TINNEY CHEVROLET, 11249 W. CARSON CITY RD., GREENVILLE, MI 48838 FOR TWO (2) EA. RECALL NOTICES; 1) POWER SLIDING DOOR 2) STEERING BUSHING RESULTS OF RECALLS: 1) POWER SLIDING DOOR WORKED FINE TILL ONE WEEK AFTER TINNEY SERVIE DEPT. WORKED ON IT. (DOESN'T WORK WITH POWER BUTTONS @ ALL NOW ) 2) UPON PICKING-UP VEHICLE FROM THE STEERING (BUSHING) REPAIR WE NOTICED THAT STEERING WHEEL WAS COCKED TO LEFT, STEERS HARD & PULLS TO RIGHT TINNEY CHEVROLET WAS NOTIFIED OF BOTH PROBLEMS AND SAID THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS FINE PRIOR TO TAKING IT TO THEM FOR THE RECALLS. UPON CONFRONTING THEM THE SECOND TIME, WE WERE INFORMED TO CHECK OUR OWN FUSES ETC.

THIS VEHICLE WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED OILCHANGE EVERY 3K MILES, TRANSMISSION SERVICED EVERY 30,000 MILES. THE RACK&PINION WENT OUT IN OCTOBER 2003. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND NOW THE ENGINE. VAN WAS RUNNING HOT, WE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, OXYGEN SENSOR, MAIN RADIATOR HOSE AND FLUSHED RADIATOR, AND PURCHASED A NEW RADIATOR CAP. IT IS STILL RUNNING HOT. IT HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND A WARPED HEAD, NO TELLING WHAT THIS WILL COST.

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO LEAKING INTAKE MAIFOLD GASKET ON 3.4L ENGINE. ENGINE WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED TO THAT POINT, WITH ALL SERVICE RECEIPTS TO PROVE THAT FACT. NO PERVIOUS COOLANT LEAKAGE WAS NOTED BEFORE THE PROBLEM. ENGINE BEGAN MAKING SEVERE KNOCKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING IN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING. SERVICE TECH AT LARAMIE GM AUTO CENTER SAID THAT THE ENGING WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND CONSUMING (LOSING) COOLANT. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE INTAKE MAINFOLD THROUGH THE FAULTY INTAKE MAINFOLD GASKET. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE, AND NOW 28,000 INTO THE NEW ENGINE, I AM HEARING VARIOUS ENGINE NOISES AGAIN. WILL GO TO NEW LOCAL DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. GM SHOULD REPAY ME FOR THIS--THEY WILL NOT ADMIT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM, ONLY OFFERING A DISCOUNT ON A NEW GM CAR. I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE GONE INTO PAYMENTS WENT TOWARD THE NEW ENGINE AT 67,950 MILES. DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR HAS ALSO FAILED. $650 ESTIMATE TO REPLACE IT. NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR--MANY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED THROUGH RECALLS. THE ENGINE ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS WELL, OR A CLASS ACTION SHOULD BE STARTED.

AT 51000 MILES THE 3.4L ENGINE HAD LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILURE IN WHICH THE DEX-COOL ANTI FREEZE DUMPED INTO THE CRANKCASE MIXING WITH THE OIL. THIS ONLY HAD ONE WARNING A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER AS THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND I ADDED 1/2 GALLON DEX-COOL WITH NO SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS TAKING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND TEMP. LIGHT CAME ON. VAN WAS NOT DRIVEN OVER 2 MILES TO DEALER, AS LIGHT WENT OUT. DEALER SAID EXTREME MIXTURE IN BOTH CRANKCASE AND RADIATOR. RECOMMENDED REPLACE RADIATOR, WATERPUMP, INTAKE GASKETS, FLUSH BOTH SYSTEMS AT A COST OF 1500 NOT TO BE APPLIED TOWARD ENGINE REPLACEMENT IF FAILURE ON START UP. DEALER HAD JUST HAD VAN IN WEEK BEFORE FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND STEERING RECALL AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG !!!! WE TRADED IT IN AT A LOSS AS I CHECKED INTO THE PROBLEM AND LEARNED ABOUT THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEMS WITH TOTAL ENGINE FAILURES AFTER REPAIRS MADE. WE LOST OVER $3000 EQUITY BETWEEN WHAT TRADE VALUE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF NO PROBLEM WITH ENGINE AND LETTING DEALER FIX PROBLEM AFTER TRADE. VAN HAD MANY PROBLEMS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT NEW BUT WE ALWAYS HAD THEM FIXED AND WAS WELL MAINTAINED. LOOKED NEW WHEN WE TRADED WITH ONLY 50,000 MILES. PAINT ON HOOD BLISTERED TWICE, STEERING / BRAKES WOBBLED SINCE NEW AT VARYNG SPEEDS, ALWAYS HAD TICKING SOUND IN ENGINE DEALER SAID WAS "NORMAL", REAR SEATS WOULD JAMB UP IF YOU TRIED TO REMOVE, WIPER ARMS FAILED TWICE, SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BROKE OFF ON ENGINE

OUR CYL HEAD GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND OUR CYL HEADS HAD TO BE MACHINED, WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE OUR FUEL PUMP AT THE SAME TIME

SPARE TIRE IS STORED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND IS RAISED AND LOWERED BY A CRANK. DUE TO ITS LOCATION, IT IS SUBJECT TO THE ELEMENTS, AND OVER TIME, THE WIRE USED TO RAISE AND LOWER THE TIRE CORRODES CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL. IF YOU ARE LUCKY IT HAPPENS WHILE CLOSING THE TAILGATE IN A PARKING LOT. IF YOU ARE UNLUCKY, IT HAPPENS WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD. GM CANADA APPARENTLY HAD AN 'EXTENDED WARRANTY' IN PLACE BUT IT WAS DISCONTINUED IN DEC 2002.

BOTH, NOT JUST ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS CASINGS POPPED OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEM. WHICH I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO WITH ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED. *AK

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY STRAIGHT UP WHEN THEY ARE TURNED OFF. THIS IS OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW WHILE DRIVING. *NLM

NO STEERING CONTROL. STEERING WHEEL SPINS FREELY. INTERNAL POWER STEERING GEAR PROBLEM. *LA

THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

SINCE HAVING THE RACK/PINION STEERING REPLACED TWICE (ONCE BEFORE THE RECALL AND ONCE AFTER), I HAVE AGAIN NOTICED DIFFICULTY PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACES TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT (HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL/LOSS OF POWER STEERING?), ESPECIALLY, IN COLD WEATHER. AS YOU STRAIGHTEN WHEEL AND START DRIVING, PROBLEM SEEMS TO RESOLVE ITSELF. WENT TO DEALER WHO THOUGHT IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE THE RACK SO THEREFORE REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP IN EARLY NOVEMBER. THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. *LA

THE REAR POWER LOCK DOOR DID NOT LOCK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED.*AK

I OWN A '97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT(MONTANA) AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 6 YEARS I AM HAVING WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEMS .. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE WIPERS THEY DON'T CLOSE CORRECTLY .. THEY CLOSE WITH THE BLADES STRAIGHT UP VERTICALLY. *PH

THE STEERING ON OUR 1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT MONTANA IS VERY HARD. I NOTICED THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I WANTED TO TURN IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE A TURN NOW, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR STILL COMES OPEN SOMETIMES AFTER YOU CLOSE IT. IT SEEMS AS IF IT'S GOING TO CLOSE AND THEN IT WOULD JUST OPEN. I KNOW MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAID IT WAS A RECALL ON THESE TWO THINGS AND THEY WERE FIXED, BUT IT STILL SEEMS AS IF THE PROBLEM IS THERE. *PH

IN OCTOBER 2002 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL 01V264000 REPAIRS CONCERNING POWER SLIDING DOOR. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON 7/14/2003. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ACTUATOR MODULE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. *NLM BOTH HOOD LOCKS FAILED. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THE SLIDING DOOR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WITH THE AUTOMATIC SWITCH. DEALER ABOUT YEAR AGO FIXED THE SLIDING DOOR, AND STILL PROBLEM RECURRING. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ANY LONGER ON WARRANTY. *AK

I HAVE OWNED MY PONTIAC TRANSPORT 2 YEARS. IN THAT TIME I HAVE DRIVEN IT 17,000 MILES. IT HAS 78,500 MILES AT PRESENT. FOR MOST OF THAT TIME THE ADD COOLANT LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. MY PONTIAC DEALER TELLS ME THAT I NEED A $900 REPAIR TO REPLACE A INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. IN CONVERSING WITH OTHER GM OWNERS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM POSSIBLY DUE TO THE DEX-COOL ANTIFREEZE WHICH GM SAYS SHOULD LAST 150,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FAILURES. E G ARMENTROUT. *JB

FUEL PUMP STOPPED RUNNING, CAUSING ENGINE TO QUIT. HAPPENED THREE TIMES. FOUND CONNECTOR CONTACTS AT BOTH ENDS OF FUEL SENDER HARNESS SEVERELY CORRODED. CONTACTS IN FUEL TANK END OF HARNESS FELL OUT WHEN UNPLUGGED. DEALER HAS HAD OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. HARNESS IS ON BACKORDER.*AK

COOLANT LIGHT STARTED COMING ON OVER A YEAR AGO. TOOK THE VAN TO BOB NEIL PONTIAC IN WINSTON-SALEM NC. THEY CHECKED IT OUT BUT SAID THEY COULD FIND NO REASON. HAD BEEN CHECKING AND ADDING COOLANT REGULARLY. PROBLEM HAD INCREASED AND HAD IT CHECKED AGAIN IN MARCH 2003 WHILE THE VAN WAS IN FOR A RECALL NOTICE. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $600.00 + TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VAN HAS STARTED HAVING SUDDEN SWINGS IN THERMOSTAT READINGS AND USING OVER A QUART OF COOLANT A WEEK. I HAVE READ OF OTHERS COMPLAINING ON THIS SITE OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND WORSE. I ALSO REVIEWED NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS FROM PONTIAC REGARDING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. WHY WOULD GM NOT OFFER TO HELP CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT?*AK

FUSES BLOW WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING INSTALLED. REAR SIGNAL LIGHT DOES NOT FLASH. PH

FRONT HEAD LIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS HAD MOISTURE. AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR THEY HAVE CONTAINED 1-3 INCHES OF WATER. PONTIAC REFUSED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THE PAST MONTH BOTH LENS COVERS HAVE FALLEN OFF WHILE DRIVING. *JB

THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REAR SEATBELT LATCH DID NOT LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOTHE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM SECOND ROW SEATS SEATBELT DID NOT LATCH PROPERLY.*TS

THE EXHAUST FUMES FROM OTHER VEHICLES CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO GET SICK FROM CARBON DIOXIDE POISON. *NLM

MY 1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT ONLY HAS 54000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS GONE UP ON IT. AFTER LOOKING INTO IT I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM CARS AND TRUCKS WITH A 3.4L ENGINE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN TO THE GASKET. I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS VAN DOING ALL MAINTENANCE ON SCHEDULE. GM WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING. THEY HAVE EVEN ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERS ON HOW TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM QUICKLY (TSB#02-06-01-014). WHEN THE GASKET GOES THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE OR STALLING MAKING IT HARD TO STEER AND BREAK. *JB

THE VEHICLE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO UNLOCK. DOOR WAS REPAIRED, BUT FAILED TWO MONTHS LATER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT LENS BLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. *JB

1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT TRANSMISSION FAILURE UNDER 70,000 MILES $2,500.00 REPAIR FAULTY INTAKE VALVE GASKET UNDER 70,000 $650.00 REPAIR. *NLM

THE POWER STEERING FAILED. *JB

VEHICLE: 1997 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT, VIN [XXX], 96,634 MI. ENGINE DEVELOPED SEVERE KNOCK AND STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT. TOOK VEHICLE TO FRANKLIN PONTIAC GMC IN FRANKLIN, TN AND WAS TOLD THE INTAKE GASKETS HAD FAILED AND CONTAMINATED OIL, AND THAT THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF LIFTERS, PUSHRODS, INTAKE GASKETS, OIL AND COOLANT ON JAN. 17, 2003 FOR COST OF APPX. $1,100. REPLACED WATER PUMP ON OCT. 18, 2002 FOR COST OF APPX. $250. LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WITH FAINT SMELL OF COOLANT, AND I FILLED UP RADIATOR RESERVOIR WITH DEXCOOL THINKING IT WAS A NORMAL EVAPORATION THROUGH RESERVOIR CAP. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF MANY OTHER SIMILAR INTAKE GASKET PROBLEMS ON GM VEHICLES, AND AM WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER GASKET FAILURE AS WELL AS WHAT UNKNOWN DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO MY ENGINE'S BEARINGS. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I TOOK MY 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT INTO THE CHRISTENSEN DEALERSHIP AT 2125 N. UNIVERSITY PARKWAY. P.O BOX 1487 , PROVO UTAH 84604 FOR A RECALL ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPER PARKING ASSEMBLY. THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $40.00 TO LOOK AT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE ANOTHER PERSON HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN BEFORE ME AND HAD ALREADY FIXED THE RECALL. IF A RECALL IS PLACED ON A ITEM AND THE DEALERSHIP FIXES THE ITEM WITH ANOTHER FAULTY ITEM SHOULDN'T THEY BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT? SHOULD THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM OVER AND OVER WITH A FAULTY ITEM THAT COULD ENABLE HIM TO DRIVE HIS VEHICLE IN A SAFE MANNER? I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JAMES BALDWIN. *NLM

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPERIENCED A LEAK. *JB

ENGINE HAS BEEN OVERHEATING FOR A YEAR NOW. TOOK VEHICLE TO PONTIAC. THEY TESTED IT AND REPLACED THE WATER PUMP. STILL OVERHEATING SO THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND RADIATOR CAP. STILL OVERHEATING. PONTIAC STATED IT NEEDED A NEW HEAD GASKET AND WANTED $3500.00 TO REPLACE IT. THEY FURTHER STATED THEY WERE NOT SURE THIS WAS THE PROBLEM EITHER. I HAVE ALREADY PAID $500.00 FOR THE PREVIOUS SERVICE. I HAVE READ THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH GM 3.4 LITER ENGINES. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COOLANT LEAK, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB

MY WIFE AND I ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF A 1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WITH 71,000 MILES. SINCE ABOUT 65,000 MILES, IT SEEMED TO VERY SLOWLY LOSE COOLANT, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS GOING. AT 70,000 MILES, A "WHITE MILKY SLUDGE LIKE JELLY MATERIAL" APPEARED IN THE ENGINE, AND RIGHT AWAY I KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN METICULOUS MAINTAINED, SO IMMEDIATELY I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER AND INFORMED THEM THAT WE HAD COOLANT LEAK. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD FAILED, ALLOWING COOLANT TO MIX IN WITH THE OIL. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE GASKET AND FLUSH OUT THE MOTOR ALL TO THE TUNE OF $731.00. CALLING GM CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE THEY "DENIED" ANY PROBLEMS, AND THEY SAID SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT A LOT OF OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ISSUES WITH GM. I AM HOPING THAT OUR PROBLEMS WAS CAUGHT IN TIME AS IT SEEMS LIKE MANY FOLKS ARE WORSE OFF. I KNOW THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT SINCE THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MANY GM VEHICLES, MODELS, AND ENGINES, I THINK THAT GM SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME/ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GASKET DEFECT/SERVICE ISSUE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT?? *JB

THE HEADLIGHT LENS POPPED OFF WITHOUT WARNING, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE SEAL AROUND THE LENS WAS EXCESSIVELY CORRODED.*JB *TS

THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION. *JB *SCC

NHTSA 02-V-286000 CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE RACK AND PINION, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THE TOOLS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WERE BROKE.*JB

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING RACK AND PINION.*JB

DAY BEFORE I WAS GOING TO HAVE MY 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT REPAIRED FOR A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET I WAS COMING HOME AND THE VAN SHUT DOWN ON ME, LEAVING ME WITH POOR STEERING AND HARDLEY NO BRAKES. AFTER LEAVING IT SIT FOR ABOUT A HOUR IT RESTARTED. I DID SOME CHECKING ON THE INTERNET AND READ ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENIG TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH LEAKING MANIFOLD GASKETS.I CALLED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. THE OLDSMOBILE GARAGE THAT TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THAT THE GASKETS ARE DEFECTIVE. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OR CARS NEAR ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. FOR GM TO SIT AND LIE TO ME THAT THERES NOTHING WRONG AND THEN I SEE PETITIONS WITH AROND 1350 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, SOMETHING HAD BETTER BE DONE.I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE.

CONSUMER STATED, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOTICED A SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. PLASTIC MANIFOLD WAS CAUSING THE BURNING, DAMAGED THE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS INTAKE MANIFOLD RESEALED. *TT

THE VAN WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WHICH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS DAMAGED. THE VAN WAS REPAIRED BY A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP. ANTI-FREEZE IS LEAKING BY THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND MIXING WITH THE OIL, WHICH WASN'T FROM THE ACCIDENT. THE OWNER HAS FOUND SIMILAR REPORTS ON "NHTSAS' WEBSITE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, PROBLEMS IS DUE TO A FAULTY FUELS INJECTORS. INJECTORS CLOG EVERY SIX MONTHS, ALSO HAS PROBLEM WATERING LEAKING UNDER THE DASHBOARD THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, PROBLEM WITH THE SLIDING DOOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURES HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION MR. KERSH. TS

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNAL LIGHTS. A FUSE HAD BLOWN. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR CONSUMER AND THIS VEHICLE. THE SIGNAL LIGHT FUSE BLOWS WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR WARNING. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT TABS, THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT IS MALFUNCTIONING, UNABLE TO SECURE A CHILD SAFETY SEAT,TABS IT WILL BREAK OFF AFTER BEING FASTERN.DEALER CONTACTED. MR

CONSUMER STATE THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER IS LINKING FLUID CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE TRYING TO TURN VEHICLE TO THE LEFT. POWER STEERING SEEMS TO PUSH VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. OCCURS AT ANY SPEED.

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER, THE HEAD LIGHT LEN COVERS FELL OFF DUE TO INFERIOR ADHESIVE CAUSING THE BULBS TO BURN OUT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT