2000 Pontiac Montana

WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THIS MORNING AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY UNDER THE PASSENGER DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I INSPECTED FURTHER WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND MIRROR, AND COULD SEE THAT THE FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM A BUNDLE OF BRAKE LINES ATTACHED TO THE CHASSIS, OF WHICH ONE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED.. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONTACT DID THE REPAIR WORK AND FOUND THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAD DISINTEGRATED AND THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE FRONT BRAKE PAD FELL OFF OF THE STEEL BACKING PLATE. THE PAD ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. THESE WERE ORIGINAL GM PARTS. ALSO, THE ABS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CONTACT DETERMINED THE CONNECTORS WERE DIRTY. UPDATED 2/21/2006 - *NM

OUR MONTANA PONTIAC VAN HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE START. WE PURCHASED IT AS A USED VEHICLE FROM A GM DEALER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WE HAD THE STARTED REPLACED THREE TIMES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS, REPLACE THE BRAKES TWICE, WE HAVE A NOISE IN THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE-NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN AND WE HAVE IT WORKED ON FIVE TIMES NOW, THEN YESTERDAY THE SIDE PASSENGER SLIDE DOOR OPENED IN A TURN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - WE DO NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS. THE CONTROL PANEL DID NOT SHOW THAT THE DOOR WAS AJAR. HOWEVER BECAUSE WE REQUIRE EVERYONE TO WEAR SEATBELTS THE CHILD DID NOT FALL OUT BUT IT COULD HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE RESULTS HAD WE NOT MAKE IT A RULE IN OUR VEHICLE. I LOVE THE ROOM THE VAN PROVIDES HOWEVER, THESE PROBLEMS THAT KEEP POPPING UP ARE GETTING TIRESOME.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS, MOST NOTABLE RECENTLY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF AT 45000 MILES. GM WON'T PAY, IT'S NOT "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS DOOR HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH HITTING THE FRONT DOOR UPON CLOSING. REPAIR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BUT OBVIOUSLY INEFFECTUAL DUE TO EVIDENCE OF CHIPPED PAINT AT THE SITE WHERE DORS COLLIDE. COULD THIS HAVE PRECIPITATED THE DOOR FALLING OFF? SUPPOSEDLY THEIR WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE, COULD THIS ADJUSTMENT BEEN MADE INCORRECTLY TO DAMAGE THE DOOR? I FEEL IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS DOOR HAS FALLEN OFF MY CAR AT 45000 MILES.

ON JUNE 17, 2003 WHILE DRIVING NEAR MY HOME MY BRAKES FAILED, TOTALLY, I HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I FROM GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON NOTHING. I HAD JUST A FEW INCIDENTS OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMING LIKE IT WAS GOING DOWN MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES THE DAY BEFORE. BRAKES NEVER MADE ANY NOISES TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM STARTING. MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED

PROBLEMS WITH PAINT, GASKETS, BRAKES AND COOLING SYSTEM. *MR THERE WAS A HISSING NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE TIRE AREA DUE TO MISALIGNMENT, LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE GASKETS ,OIL PUMP AND DRIVE O-RING WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHICH HAPPENED MORE THAN TWICE AND SEEMED AS IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WORK AT ALL AND HAD TO PUMP THE PEDAL TO BRING THE PEDAL BACK ENOUGH TO ALLOW STOPPING. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER HAD TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER HAD COME ON. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE TRIM ON THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD HAD COME APART, THE HANDLE ON THE BACK LATCH HAD COME OFF, AND BOTH TURN SIGNAL BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB

AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON MY LEASED 2000PONTIAC MONTANA THE FRONT BRAKES BEGAN TO EXHIBIT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A WAPARAGE CONDITION. MINIMAL USE, AND NO HIGH SPEED STOPS INDICATED A PROBLEM TO ME BEYOND NORMAL. BRAKE INSPECTION (ON SATURDAY - NOT AT DEALER LOCATION) INDICATED EXTREME PITTING AND WARPING OF FRONT ROTORS - WITH SUBSEQUENT DESTRUCTION OF THE BRAKE PADS. REPLACEMENT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ($294.30). DEALER ON FIRST BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING REPAIR DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY RULES - AND SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HIS SHOP COULD HAVE TURNED AND RE-CONDITIONED THE ROTORS SO THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR DEFECTS. SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM INDICATED THAT G.M. KNOWS WELL OF THIS PROBLEM, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT DISCLOSING IT TO THE PUBLIC. FURTHER, THE ROTORS WERE INSPECTED BY TWO INDEPENDENT SHOPS WITH EXCELLENT REPUTATIONS, AND FOUND TO BE UN-REPAIRABLE BY THEIR STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE DISCARD STANDARD GIVEN TO ME BY REFUSING DEALER. ISSUE: IS IT ILLEGAL FOR DEALER SHOPS TO MAKE SUCH JUDGEMENTS, AND SEND PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS WITH DANGERIOUS BRAKES? MY PRESSURE HAS GOTTEN RE-IMBURSEMENT FOR MY COSTS ON THIS ISSUE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY G.M. AND/OR THE DEALER OF THEIR MIS-GIVINGS. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).