1995 Pontiac Trans Sport

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION AS STATED IN A PREVIOUS RECALL, HOWEVER THE YEAR OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB PLEASE REFER TO RECALL #02V286000. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE. THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT AS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSUMER TO STEER. *SCC

PLASTIC PLENUM WARPS ON MY 3800 V6 IN 1995 PONTIAC TRANSPORT EVERY 35,000 MILES. COOLANT LEAKAGE AND POSSIBLE COOLANT IN OIL CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, 1ST AT 35,000 2ND AT 73,000 MILES. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER WILL NOT COVER PARTS OR LABOR ON ANY COMPLAINTS OVER 36,000 MILES. THIS IS HAPPENING ON MULTYPLE VEHICLES WITH SOME NEWER MODELS AT 7,000 TO 20,000 MILES. IF DRIVEN TO EXTREME AND ENGINE FREEZES, COULD CAUSE HANDLING PROBLEMS. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE DENIED ANY COVERAGE FOR ME WITH ONLY 73,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THIS HAPPENING TWICE TO ME. RESULTS ARE $650 UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE IN RESULT OF THE COOLANT LEAKAGE.

3RD FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH SINCE PURCHASE, CAUSES INSTRUMENT PANAL TO BE INOPERATIVE, ENGINE WON'T START, AND INVOLVES MALFUNCTION OF ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. EACH TIME TECHS CLAIM CONTACTS TO BE BURNT. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET INFO ON WEB IN REFERANCE TO RECALL ON 1995 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT, NOR INFO FROM NHTSA IN REFERANCE TO RECALL. DT

THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY SHUDDERED AND OCCASIONALLY ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS RUN AT THE CRONIC PONTIAC SERVICE DEPT(PRESSURE TEST), I WAS ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT(EST $2800). I PURCHASED A USED REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FROM A LOCAL USED PARTS BUSINESS AND HAD IT INSTALLED BY MY MECHANIC(BULLDOG TIRE). ONCE ROAD-TESTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS EXISTED WITH THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AS THE ORIGINAL. MY MECHANIC THEN FOUND THE PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE WAS RUPTURED INSIDE THE RADIATOR ALLOWING WATER TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER THE RADIATOR. THE COOLANT LINES WERE REPLACED(SEE NHTSA RECALL ID NUMBER 96V015000) AND THE RADIATOR WAS REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO FLUSHED. I THEN CONTACTED THE CRONIC PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVISE THEM OF THEIR MIS-DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS THE COSTS I HAD INCURRED. I ALSO ADVISED THEM OF THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. HE STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND HE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE DIAGNOSIS OF A BAD TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH BOTH TRANSMISSIONS HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS FINE AFTER THE COOLANT LINE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS WEBSITES ON-LINE DESCRIBING THIS RECALL AND ONE OF THEM SUGGESTS IT MAY BE A REGIONAL RECALL FOR VEHICLES PURCHASED IN NORTHERN STATES. I HAVE CALLED PONTIAC TWICE SO FAR AND THEY CAN NEITHER FIND A VEHICLE SPECIFIC RECALL NOR A MAKE/MODEL RECALL WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK