2002 Pontiac Montana

BOUGHT MY CAR USED IN 2006,AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON A FEW YEARS LATER,DEALER WON'T FIX IT BECAUSE I DON'T QUALIFY FOR RECALL,TELLS ME CAR CAME FROM CANADA. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU CHECK MY VIN IS ALSO REGISTERED IN THE US. MY CAR IS NOW LEAKING COOLANT,ONE REPAIR SHOP IS SURE IT'S THE INTAKE GASKET,BUT I CAN'T GET THIS FIXED EITHER BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNDER RECALL YET I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND FOUND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I SURE WISH I COULD QUALIFY FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I'M HAVING. *TR

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AT ONLY 104,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. PROBABLY DUE TO DEXCOOL BUT UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT BECAUSE FAILURE HAPPENED AFTER CLASS ACTION DEADLINE. THIS IS STILL HAPPENING WITH THESE GM VEHICLES BUT NO RECALL IS BEING ISSUED. IN OUR CASE, HAD CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, STRANDING US IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION. *TR

I ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE LOWER INTAKE VALVE GASKET BUT INSTEAD OF ONE TIME OF PAYING 5-700.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT DONE TWICE AND MY VAN ONLY HAS 84,000 MILES ON IT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS PROBLEMS BUT I THINK THAT IF THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET AND THE INTAKE GASKET HAD CORRODED FROM A COOLING LEAK. SHE ALSO EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AND THE ONLY COOLANT THAT THE DEALER IS TELLING HER TO USE IS DEX COOL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF COOLANT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE FAILURES AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME OTHER TYPE OF COOLANT TO USE. SHE STATED THAT THE POWER DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS SIGNS OF CORROSION, THE FUEL GAUGE IS ERRATIC AND PREVENTS HER FROM KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE HUB IS LOOSE, THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE FOR THE TEMPERATURE AND COMPASS HAS FAILED, AND THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS A HOLE IN THE HOSE. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER, SINCE THE CONTACT CHANGED HER OWN OIL, THAT IS THE REASON SHE IS EXPERIENCING SO MANY FAILURES. THEREFORE, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT LIABLE. THE VIN IS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED SHE TOOK THE 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA TO A MECHANIC AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS DAMAGED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING ONTO THE EXTERIOR OF THE ENGINE AND THE OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE COOLANT RESERVOIR. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS DUE TO A FLAW WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED AND THE COOLANT SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED. THE CONTACT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SINCE THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 65000 MILES. *AK

INTAKE VALVE FAILURE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. COULD HAVE LED TO A FIRE. MECHANICS SAY THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT GM HAS REDESIGNED THE INTAKE VALVES THAT ARE REUSED IN THE REPAIR. SEVERAL OTHERS IN THIS AREA HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE, WHICH WAS USED IN THE GRAND AM CARS AS WELL. SEARCHES ON THE WEB ALSO SHOW THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. *JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS FAILING AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD, PONTIAC MONTANA 2002, WITH A COST OF 700.00 PLUS. INFORMATION WAS SENT TO ALL G.M DEALERS OF THIS DEFECT,WITH NO RECALL TO REPAIR. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS STARTED IN CANADA FOR THIS DEFECT WITH MANY FAILURES OF THIS GASKET OR MANIFOLD ITSELF. WHAT CAN I DO? THIS HAS NOT FAILED YET BUT WILL, AS IT IS LEAKING NOW. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE ? *JB