2002 PONTIAC MONTANA

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

ON CERTAIN MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH SECOND-ROW BUCKET SEATS OR CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS AND A POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, A PASSENGER USING THE INTERIOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR COULD BE INJURED.

STEERING

DORMAN IS RECALLING 979 STEERING KNUCKLES, DORMAN P/NOS. 697-902 AND 697-903, SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS<SUP>TM</SUP>" BRAND NAME, AND NAPA P/NOS. 7-8502 AND 7-8503 WHICH WERE SOLD FOR REPLACEMENT USE ON THE VARIOUS VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. A POTENTIAL MATERIAL OR DESIGN DEFECT COULD RESULT IN

FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES

CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CERTAIN PASSENGER, MINI VANS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE AN AIR BAG INFLATOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAT COULD FRACTURE AT A WELD DURING A DEPLOYMENT.

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE

ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, VARIATIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OR EXPOSURE TO HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO FRACTURE OF THE FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE (ICV).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE SEAT WARMERS IN THE FRONT PASSENGERS SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 141,000.

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA. WHILE CLOSING THE SLIDING DOOR THE CONTACT'S SON REACHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND IT CLOSED ON HIS HANDS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR ONCE IT CLOSED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE FAILURE CAUSED BRUISING AND SWELLING ON BOTH OF HIS HANDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERENO SENSORS ON THE SLIDING DOOR TO DETECT MOTION. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.*AK

Mileage: 50,000

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO BREAK HER WRIST. WHEN SHE PUT HER HAND ON THE HANDLE AND PULLED IT BACK THE DOOR BEGAN TO SLIDE BACK. WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGERS HAND WAS BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND DOOR CAUSING THE WRIST TO SNAP. THERE IS NO AUTO REVERSE, ONCE IT MAKES CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT. *AK *SC

Mileage: 55,900

WHILE DRIVING WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. . THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. HOWEVER, CONSUMERS HEAD HIT THE HEAD REST AND HURT HER NECK. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE HEAD REST HAD MORE CUSHION THAN IT HAS. *AK

THE VAN WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A WARNING SENSOR TO INDICATE WHEN THE SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING. THIS RESULTED IN TODDLER'S FOOT BEING TRAPPED IN THE SLIDING DOOR WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. THE TODDLER ONLY SUSTAINED A SCRATCH BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING WINTER BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 35,000

THE VAN WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A WARNING SENSOR TO INDICATE WHEN THE SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING. THIS RESULTED IN TODDLER'S FOOT BEING TRAPPED IN THE SLIDING DOOR WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. THE TODDLER ONLY SUSTAINED A SCRATCH BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING WINTER BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 35,000

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

Mileage: 17,000

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