1999 PONTIAC MONTANA

I HAD AN ACCIDENT WHERE A CAR FISH TAILED IN FRONT OF ME SLID DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MINE. I HIT THE OTHER CAR WHILE GOING 40 MPH, IT WAS A T*BONE COLLISION. MY FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AT THE TIME OF COLLISION. AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS LAYING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WITH THE AIR BAG STILL INFLATED. I DO REMEMBER THAT FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE TODAY THE RED AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD CAUSE THE AIR BAGS NOT TO WORK. I DO HAVE PICT

Mileage: 260,375

VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE STUCK IN SNOW DRIFT. FIRE WAS ALL CONSUMING - FIRE TRUCK HAD TO COME OUT IT OUT - JUST SHELL OF VAN WAS LEFT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AS FIRE WAS SLOW TO TAKE OFF. FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE CHIEF SAID WE WOULD NEVER KNOW CAUSE AS NO ENGINE COMPARTMENT REMAINS. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

DEALER SOLD ME A PONTIAC MONTANA MINIVAN AND I ONLY HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS, AND IT WON'T START, IT HAD A CARFAX REPORT THAT SAID IT WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, THIS WAS NOT TOLD OR REVEALED TO ME BY THE DEALER. NOW I AM STRANDED WITHOUT A CAR TO GET AROUND AND NO WARRANTY WAS GIVEN. I ASK FOR A WARRANTY THE SALESMAN SAID IT ONLY COMES WITH FINANCING. *TR

Mileage: 105,455

I OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN. ON THE DECEMBER 19, 2004 AROUND 2300 HOURS MY GRANDSON WAS DRIVING THE VAN ON THE US 31 BYPASS IN SOUTH BEND IN. HE WAS HEADED WESTBOUND AROUND 50 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAD RAINED AND SNOWED SOME THEN IT FROZE. A CAR IN FRONT OF MY GRANDSON SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, AND HE PANICKED AND HIT THE BRAKES, AND SPUN OUT INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN DIVIDING WALL. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VAN. RADIATOR WAS SHOVED INTO THE BLOCK WITH FENDER, H

Mileage: 35,330

DURING A ROUTINE UNLOADING OF GROCERIES FROM MY REAR LIFT DOOR THE LEFT SIDE HANDLE SUPPORT SNAPPED OFF AS I WAS PULLING IT DOWN TO CLOSE IT SHUT.THIS HANDLE IS LOCATED ON THE REAR DOOR OF THE PONTIAC MONTANA. APPARENTLY THE CHEAP PLASTIC BASE COULD NOT SUPPORT MY NORMAL PULLING EFFORT TO SHUT THE REAR LIFT DOOR. MY EFFORT TO PULL DOWNWARD AND THE SUBSEQUENT BREAKAGE OF THE DOOR HANDLE PLASTIC BASE SUPPORT CAUSED A SMALL ABRASIVE CUT ON MY RIGHT HAND KNUCKLE. I DO NOT ABUSE MY VEHICLE. THIS WAS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING SUBFRAME FELL TO GROUND, CAUSING AND ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AND ALL WE CAN SAY IS THAT 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT, THE CAR WAS WORKED ON BY THE DEALER TO FIX A COLANT LEAK BETWEEN THE INTAKE MANIFUL AND THE CYLINDER HEAD. WE DROVE THE CAR UP ON A STEEP HILL, THE CAR WAS PARKED AND 2 OR 3 MINUTES LATER WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR CAR'S ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. ABD THE CAR WSA TOTALLED.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

WITHOUT PRIOR DIFFICULTY OR WARNING, THE STRUTS FAILED, AND THE HATCH DROPPED ON THE CONSUMER'S HEAD, KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED A SEVERE NECK INJURY. THE STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *JB SCC

Mileage: 54,000

WITHOUT PRIOR DIFFICULTY OR WARNING, THE STRUTS FAILED, AND THE HATCH DROPPED ON THE CONSUMER'S HEAD, KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED A SEVERE NECK INJURY. THE STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *JB SCC

Mileage: 54,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PASSENGER FRONT SEATBELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER UPON IMPACT, AND NIETHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. HAD A FRONT END COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SEATBELT FAILED TO LOCK WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PLOWED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FRONT END. NEITHER OF VEHICLE'S FRONTAL OR REAR AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PH...*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM REAR, AND IN TURN COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20/35MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISON AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK THERE WERE 2 INJURIES. *YH

AFTER BEING STRUCK HEAD ON, THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING 35-40MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT OPEN. SEATBELT WAS ON AND MY FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND KNEES HIT THE DASH.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH BRAKE PEDAL UNEXPECTEDLY FELL TO THE FLOOR, AND DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE BRAKE SYSTEM. VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND CAUSED A CRASH. THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURIED; 2 PEOPLE IN PONTIAC, MONTANA RECEIVED RESTRAINT RELATED CHEST INJURIES, AND 1 PERSON IN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATIO

THE SLIDING DOOR MOTOR HAS FAILED ON 5 OCCASIONS, THE DOOR OPENS ON ITS OWN AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY, ON ONE OCCASION THE THE DOOR CLOSED ON THE CONSUMER LEFT WRIST CAUSING A SPRAIN, RECALL ISSUED 01V-067 HOWEVER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND REPAIRED LATER FOR FEE PRIOR TO RECALL, POSSIBLY RELATED TO RECALL. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER , AND VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, FORCING IT INTO A DITCH HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. CONSUMER STATED THAT WERE INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER , AND VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, FORCING IT INTO A DITCH HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. CONSUMER STATED THAT WERE INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH IN THE EXPRESS LANE, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF SEVERAL VEHICLES. CONSUMER' S VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO DECREASE BRAKING DISTANCE IN TIME TO KEEP IT FROM REARENDING THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WASN'T INJURED. VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED & REPAIRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, PASSSENGER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK