The vehicle alarm would sound intermittently throughout the day and night. The dealer had examined the vehicle four times trying to find the problem. *jb the vehicle's headlights also came on by themselves. The consumer is concerned that the vehicle may catch on fire. The dealer installed an alarm module but the problem recurred. The consumer contacted the manufacturer but they were unable to offer any assistance.
2001 Pontiac Montana electrical complaints
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Electrical system is malfunctioning. Rear windows half open and will not close. Front windows will open, but will not close. Lights (internal and external) will flicker if I turn on the radio, windshield wipers, raise or lower windows. Locks will engage and disengage on their own over and over again, even if the vehicle is at rest. Brakes are constantly going bad. I have had to get the brakes fixed 4 times in the past 18 months. A/c is not working. No cold air comes out, only heat.
Gas leaking under the driver seat and under the hood. Also, gas was pouring out from the motor. *la the window failed to open, the consumer is currently waiting on a new motor. The rear brakes were leaking, the tie rods had to be replaced because they were loose, the left rear stuck became stuck, when the gear was taken out of park and placed into drive and the consumer proceeded to accelerate the vehicle jerked, the engine light illuminated, the dealer determined the emission system was dragging, the driver side mirror vibrated, the bumper cover was loose. When the consumer attempted to turn the key in the ignition, the vehicle did not start, the dealer was unable to duplicate the consumer's concern. The fuel pressure regulator was leaking and the fuel filter was replaced. The vehicle would not go over 10 MPH, the vehicle shifted and then returned to normal speed. The plastic on the drivers seat was loose.
I was coming back from pennsylvania to north carolina in july from a trip and when I arrived at my destination. I shut the car off and took the key out of the ignition, and I could not get out the car, did not unlock on its own. When I did get the car door open the radio was still playing, the windows were going up and down, and the on star was still on it was like that for 2 hours. When I finally got home from my friends house the same thing happened... We did hit a huge rain storm the whole way down. I have taking it to the dealership (brian pontiac), and they can not reproduce the problem.
While driving, the front end of the vehicle vibrated. *jb the vehicle would hesitated when accelerated after a complete stop or when slowing. The dealer was unable to remedy the problem. The consumer requested a refund for the vehicle. Other problems are as followed: the vehicle felt as if it was going to stall when idled due to dirty injector(s), there was noise on driver side of the engine, the horn would go off by itself/dealer unable to duplicate, the cover in the rear hatch on the left side did not stay in place and reinstalled the panel door, the transmission had no reverse and grinds when placed in forward gears/removed transmission assembly and disassembled, there was clunking when in gear, the planetary gears were rounded, the transmission acted as if it wanted to take off, found a loose motor mount on the driver side and was tightened, the steering was stiff, and was noisy when turning right.
Horn sounds on its own while driving, with no input from driver. Also, alarm sounds (usually only 4 times) for no reason even when no one is near vehicle if key is used to lock the doors, as if it was susceptible to electrical interference. Dealer can not find cause of problem. Dt
I think there must be some electrical malfunction in my van's wiring. I would like to know if other's have reported such trouble. This first started with my turn signals. They would come on by themselves while I was driving. Either the right or left or sometimes both would just start blinking, or nothing would show on the dash column but you could hear the clicking. That was 02/02. On august 28,2002 I had just started the van and pulled away from my daughter's school when a small stream of smoke begin to leak from the odometer area of the dash. The dealer is just across the highway so I decided to try and make it. I had not even gone a block before white smoke had filled the front cabin area and was filling the van. I pulled over shut off the ignition, got my 2 children out and called the dealer for help. They think when I turned off the switch the fire went out. I waited 30 minutes for them to come across the street to get me but no one showed. The man at the body shop where I stopped took us over to the dealer. They now say the cluster shorted out and has been replaced with a new one. They also say they have sprayed to help the smoke smell. They insist the van is safe but I do not feel like taking a chance with my children in the van. I would like to know if you have had any similar reports because pontiac says this is the first they have heard of such. Please give me your opinion on my van's safety. I am very worried about the van's long term life.
Vehicle was rented from a national car rental agency. Engine stalled while accelerating just after decelerating at red light changing to green. "battery charging system" light was illuminated. Resulted in accelerator and brake failure. Vehicle was brought to a stop using emergency foot brake. No accident or injury. Car restarted and functioned normally several minutes later.
June 16, 2001 while driving in parking lot vehicle shutoff and did not restart. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Dealer wrote on invoice wiring starting relay to PCM/and fuses were bad. On july 3 same defect occurred in parking lot, vehicle shut off. Towed to dealer . *ak
While driving at night headlights and interior lights would occasionaly dim. Dealer has advised consumer that defect was due to generator that dropped power from control module, but did not have a remedy.
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