10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
8 / 2
Average Mileage:
51,883 miles

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problem #7

Mar 182010

Montana 6-cyl

  • 162,000 miles
Daughter 23yrs old. Began to cross into intersection with traffic. A white truck came turning left hitting the vehicle to her right and clipping the front right side of the Pontiac Montana. The vehicle to her right lost a piece of the bumper which was a Dodge they did not stop.she lost conciousness.found herself stopped.and traffic was passing by her no one stopped.pieces of the cars were left in the intersection. We have pictures.her air bag did not deploy.

- Burton, MI, USA

problem #6

Nov 112010

Montana

  • 164,000 miles
I was stopped at a red light in front of a hospital's pedestrian walkway. A woman in a 1994 Silverado truck rear ended me. She was traveling 35mph. Did not see stopped traffic. My steering wheel airbag did not deploy nor any other airbag. The second impact this year and no airbag deployment insurance, deems vehicle still safe. They came and looked at damage. Knowing daughter suffered a tbi in March for same defect they are not recognizing.

- Burton, MI, USA

problem #5

Apr 072007

Montana

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Was driving, turned wheel slightly to right, vehicle wouldn't respond and continued to go left, total loss of steering. Went across lane, hit at moderate speed a hydro pole severed and moved 4 feet by impact. Air bags did not deploy. I received multiple injuries, as well as my 2 children sustained whiplash.

- Smiths Falls, 00, USA

problem #4

Aug 082005

Montana

  • Automatic transmission
  • 37,182 miles
New March 2000. Van always receives regular maintenance. The following is a history of repairs: 4/00 windshield wipers would not return to closed position - dealer fixed. 12/03 (37,179 mi) tps sensor breaking down causing idle to surge - dealer replaced throttle position sensor, completed reprogram ($255.14) 12/03 (37,182 mi) air bag light coming on - dealer replaced right front seat belt buckle under warranty (labor $134.51). 12/27/03 (37,555 mi) was in collision (other vehicle pulled out in front of me as I was coming down small overpass, he was cited). My van sustained $4,500 in front end damages, his car was totaled. My air bags did not deploy. No one injured. 5/04 (40,983 mi) rear hatch would not stay up - dealer replaced both hatch props ($258.73) 7/04 (43,437 mi) van was "shifting" hard, would not pick up speed correctly. Dealer replaced pressure control solenoid, flushed transmission and replaced front brake pads and machined rotors ($986.48). 12/04 (48,284 mi) van would not start on several occasions. Known independent repair shop replaced battery, checked oil leak. ($114.90). 4/05 (51,646 mi) low coolant light /check engine light coming on. Same independent repair shop replaced intake gaskets, thermostat, spark plugs and filter, and oil pump shaft 0-ring. Corrected air bag light ($791.03) 6/05 purchased new tires and were told needed all new tie rods. We went on vacation July 9, 2005 (Ohio to Virginia and back). Concerned that the van shook terribly when applying the brakes on long downgrades through wv and va. We were towing nothing. The very next day, after returning home, the van would not start consistently. 7/05 (56,533 mi) told that the computer crashed. Same independent repair shop replaced ECM, crank sensor, ign module and machined front rotors which if you remember were just done in July of 2004 ($982.02). After researching the track record of Pontiac Montana, have found that many consumers having the same problems.

- Orrville, OH, USA

problem #3

Aug 112001

Montana

  • miles
Was traveling 40-45mph when another vehicle was trying to make a turn around, U-turn, and cut off Pontiac. Vehicle was hit on driver's rear side. Upon impact with other vehicle, air bags failed to deploy. No injuries.

- Rochester Hills, MI, USA

problem #2

Jul 052001

Montana

  • miles
We were involved in an auto accident on July 5, 2001 in a head-on collision which killed my husband immediately and my son died two days later due to head injuries. I was injured with rib fractures/ low back spinal fractures and my left leg required surgery. I am unable to bear weight on my left leg for approximately six months. A car was going East on I-40 and I was going West. It crossed the median trying to miss a ladder that had fallen out of another vechicle and it hit us head-on. Airbags did not inflate upon impact. Front passenger did inflate after we were removed, and van caught on fire. My son might have been saved if the airbags had inflated since the car went down the side of my van. We all had our seatbelts on. My son was only seven years old.

- Grimsley, TN, USA

problem #1

Dec 212000

Montana

  • miles
Driving on the freeway going about 65 mph, a car lost control and ran into center divider and I collided with that car. The passenger side belt did not hold my wife back into her seat. Air bags did go off. Her face was badly hurt twice, once buy the dash from stopping very sharply and the seatbelt not holding her back and the other by the air bag smacking her face when we collided.

- Downey, CA, USA