Pontiac Trans Sport other reported problems

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DT: THE CONTACT STATED WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CORRODED THE CABLE THAT HELD THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. THE CABLE SNAPPED AND RELEASED THE SPARE TIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVEWAY. UPON INSPECTION BY THE CONTACT, THE CABLE SIMPLY CORRODED THEN RELEASED THE SPARE TIRE UNDER PRESSURE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRE. *AK UPDATED 2/13/2006 -

NHTSA complaint #10147646 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHEN I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AT LESSS THEN 25 AND HIT A BUMP THE SPARE TIRE BECAME DISENGAED FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VAN. THE CABLE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE CENTER CAP THAT WAS USED TO SECURE THE TIRE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VAN HAD RUSTED THROUGH. THE TIRE BOUNCED ON THE ROAD AND CAMME TO REST IN THE STREET AND BECAME AN OBSTACALE TO ON COMING TRAFFIC, ONE VEHICLE HAD TO MAKE AN ABRUPT STOP. IF THE SPARE HAD DISENGAGED ON THE EXPRESSWAY IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FATAL CONSEQUENCES. I CONTACTED THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSITANCE CENTER ON TWO OCASSIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMEOONE WOULD GET BACK TO ME BUT HAVE NOT HAD ANY REPONSE. THE DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED TO DATE.

NHTSA complaint #10144800 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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COMPLAINT #1- WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULDN'T WORK IN THE RAIN. DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED. COMPLAINT # 2- TILT STEERING COLUMN CAME OFF. THE WHOLE COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. COMPLAINT #3- BLACK PAINT OVER THE CAB FLAKED OFF.

NHTSA complaint #10143026 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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TRANSMISSION - WHEN YOU START THE VAN, AND PUT INTO GEAR, IT TAKES AT LEAST 10-20 SECONDS BEFORE IT WILL ENGAGE INTO FORWARD AND REVERSE. DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT- WOULD NOT RETRACT, HAD TO REPLACE, IT COST $100.00 REPLACED 2 ALTINATORS, 1 STARTER AND 4 BATTERIES. HAD TO RE-SEAL INTAKE TWICE. LIFTER TICK, DONUT SEAL REPLACED. VACUMM LEAK REPAIRED. COOLANT LEAK, HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET TWICE. COOLANT IS LEAKING AGAIN. DOOR HANDLE, DRIVERS SIDE BROKE TODAY.

NHTSA complaint #10069890 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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DEALER HAD AT PREVIOUS TIMES CHECKED COOLANT SYSTEM AND SAID NO TROUBLE, HAD CLEANED RADIATOR AND CHECKED ENGINE TEMPERATURE. SAID EVERYTHING OK. NOW OUT WARRANTY AND ENGINE BLOWN DUE TO COOLANTLEAKAGE AND BEST DEAL SO FAR FOR REPAIR IS 3400.00 FROM CHEVY DEALER. VEHICLE IS WORTHLESS AS TRADE W/O FIX AND NOT SURE HOW MUCH ITS WORTH EVEN WHEN FIXED WITH THIS HISTORY. 1-800-PMCARES OFFERS NO OFFER OF REPAIR COST EVEN W/ 2600+ COMPLANTS ON GMCNSMR/PETITION SITE

NHTSA complaint #10069631 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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INTAKE MANIFOLD & GASKET FAILURE - OIL & COOLANT MIXING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT - IMMINENT ENGINE FAILURE FRONT WIPER MOTOR/TRANSMISSION INTERMITENT FAILURE WHILE DRIVING - DIFFICULTY DIAGNOSING PROBLEM - MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THE WIPERS SUDDENLY STOP/START WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN & SNOW OR SLOPPY HIGHWAY CONDITIONS COMPRESSOR CLUTCH HUB & PULLEY FAILURE

NHTSA complaint #10071336 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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AT 51000 MILES THE 3.4L ENGINE HAD LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILURE IN WHICH THE DEX-COOL ANTI FREEZE DUMPED INTO THE CRANKCASE MIXING WITH THE OIL. THIS ONLY HAD ONE WARNING A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER AS THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND I ADDED 1/2 GALLON DEX-COOL WITH NO SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS TAKING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND TEMP. LIGHT CAME ON. VAN WAS NOT DRIVEN OVER 2 MILES TO DEALER, AS LIGHT WENT OUT. DEALER SAID EXTREME MIXTURE IN BOTH CRANKCASE AND RADIATOR. RECOMMENDED REPLACE RADIATOR, WATERPUMP, INTAKE GASKETS, FLUSH BOTH SYSTEMS AT A COST OF 1500 NOT TO BE APPLIED TOWARD ENGINE REPLACEMENT IF FAILURE ON START UP. DEALER HAD JUST HAD VAN IN WEEK BEFORE FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND STEERING RECALL AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG !!!! WE TRADED IT IN AT A LOSS AS I CHECKED INTO THE PROBLEM AND LEARNED ABOUT THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEMS WITH TOTAL ENGINE FAILURES AFTER REPAIRS MADE. WE LOST OVER $3000 EQUITY BETWEEN WHAT TRADE VALUE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF NO PROBLEM WITH ENGINE AND LETTING DEALER FIX PROBLEM AFTER TRADE. VAN HAD MANY PROBLEMS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT NEW BUT WE ALWAYS HAD THEM FIXED AND WAS WELL MAINTAINED. LOOKED NEW WHEN WE TRADED WITH ONLY 50,000 MILES. PAINT ON HOOD BLISTERED TWICE, STEERING / BRAKES WOBBLED SINCE NEW AT VARYNG SPEEDS, ALWAYS HAD TICKING SOUND IN ENGINE DEALER SAID WAS "NORMAL", REAR SEATS WOULD JAMB UP IF YOU TRIED TO REMOVE, WIPER ARMS FAILED TWICE, SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BROKE OFF ON ENGINE START UP IN DEC. 2002. COST $375 WITH TOWING, POWER WINDOW SWITCH FAILED IN DOWN POSITION AT REPLACEMENT COST OF ABOUT $175. ENGINE UNDER WARRANTY WHEN IT HAD A SEVERE GAS SMELL THAT NEARLY CAUSED A FIRE IN ABOUT 1999. THEY KEPT IT A WEEK AND NEVER SAID WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY HAD JUST WORKED ON IT FOR TICKING SOUND. (PROBABLY INTAKE GASKETS THEN ALSO). GM WAS NO HELP AFTER WARRANTY WAS UP.

NHTSA complaint #10070686 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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OUR CYL HEAD GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND OUR CYL HEADS HAD TO BE MACHINED, WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE OUR FUEL PUMP AT THE SAME TIME

NHTSA complaint #10071293 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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SPARE TIRE IS STORED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND IS RAISED AND LOWERED BY A CRANK. DUE TO ITS LOCATION, IT IS SUBJECT TO THE ELEMENTS, AND OVER TIME, THE WIRE USED TO RAISE AND LOWER THE TIRE CORRODES CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL. IF YOU ARE LUCKY IT HAPPENS WHILE CLOSING THE TAILGATE IN A PARKING LOT. IF YOU ARE UNLUCKY, IT HAPPENS WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD. GM CANADA APPARENTLY HAD AN 'EXTENDED WARRANTY' IN PLACE BUT IT WAS DISCONTINUED IN DEC 2002.

NHTSA complaint #10071373 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE POWER LOCKS ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL ONLY UNLOCK AND THAT WAS THAT WAY WHEN WE BOUGHT IT IN SEPTEMBR OF 2001. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR USE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK BUT THIS YEAR IT STARTED GIVING US PROBLEMS AND NOW WILL ONLY LOCK. WE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE RATTLEING WHEN IT IS FIRST STARTS UP.

NHTSA complaint #10069571 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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TWO PROBLEMS: 1-SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES NOT TO OPERATE AND STOPE OPERATION AT ANY TIME. 2. HEADLIGHT COVER BLEW OFF. LIGHT BURNED OUT WHILE DRIVING. HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLEY. MANUFACTOR OF HEADLIGHT INDICATED A RECALL GIVEN SO MAY UNTIS BEING SOLD. DEALERSHIP SAID NO. UNIT WAS $200 PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING AND INSTALLTION. 3. WORRIED ABOUT COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE GASTKET BEING REPLACED AND ENGINES BLOWN.

NHTSA complaint #10069635 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT. FAILED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET CAUSED DEXCOOL TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE MY WIFE WAS RETURNING TO ST. LOUIS FROM FLORIDA. VEHICLE STARTED MAKING STRANGE NOISES ON THE TRIP BACK. SHE BARELY MADE IT HOME. ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT THE NEXT DAY. HAD IT REPAIRED. NEXT DAY, THE ENGINE JUST DIED. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A BLOWN HEADGASKET. HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT IT IS ACTUALLY THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THAT FAILED. GM KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM YET REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE GASKET. THEY ARE EVEN PREMPTIVELY HAVING PEOPLE FIX THESE PARTS BEFORE THEY FAIL WITHOUT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT IS REALLY WRONG. GM SHOULD BE FIXING THIS FOR FREE! YOU PEOPLE NEED TO DO YOUR JOB AND MAKE THESE CROOKS OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT EVEN APPROACH THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEX-COOL ANTIFREEZE RUSTING OUT THE COOLING SYSTEM.

NHTSA complaint #10054746 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE EXHAUST FUMES FROM OTHER VEHICLES CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO GET SICK FROM CARBON DIOXIDE POISON. *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10018207 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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AT 71,000 MILES, THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL MODULE ON MY 1998 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WAS FAILED. INITIALLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOVED VERY SLOWLY, AND THEN WOULDN'T CLOSE ALL THE WAY. FINALLY, IT OPERATED WITH THE WINDOW ASKEW, AND NOT CLOSING AT ALL.

NHTSA complaint #10007587 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. NLM

NHTSA complaint #561253 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH SERVICE FROM DEALERS, THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEMS

NHTSA complaint #738130 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.