84 of the 1,262 complaints filed about the Pontiac Trans Sport are about the transmission — 7% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1994.
84
Complaints
7%
Share of all complaints
5
Crashes
9
Fires
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT RESPOND AND HE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 110,000.
NHTSA complaint #10332541 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE OWNED BOTH A '92 AND A '97 TRANSPORT AND BOTH HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE POWER WINDOW CONTROLS POP LOOSE OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE WINDOWS FAIL TO OPERATE. THE REAR DOOR LOCK FAILS. THE BLINKER AND CRUISE CONTROL LEVER SNAPPED OFF THE STEERING COLUMN SO THE BLINKER DOESN'T WORK. THE WINDOW WIPER CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE TRANSAXLE HOSES SPRUNG A LEAK AT THE METAL CONNECTIONS CAUSING THE TRANSAXLE TO LOOSE FLUID AND THE VEHICLE TO BE STRANDED.
NHTSA complaint #10238776 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC TRANSPORT. WHENEVER THE CONTACT SHIFTS FROM SECOND TO FOURTH GEAR, REGARDLESS IF SHE IS UPSHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO JERK DURING ACCELERATION. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, SHE NOTICED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED, IT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE FAILURE OCCURS VERY INCONSISTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 139,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.
NHTSA complaint #10235545 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
I AM ASE CERTIFIED IN BRAKES STEERING AND SUSPENSION. MY 1992 PONTIAC TRANSPORT HAS DEVELOPED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. ONE ( BRAKES WILL FAIL TO ENGAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH VIBRATION IN THE PEDAL. DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME ONLY FREQUENTLY. AND TWO. IT ALSO WILL VIOLENTLY START SHUTTERING AT SPEEDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH BALL JOINTS, BOTH TIE RODS(INNER AND OUTER), BOTH WHEEL BEARINGS, ALL 4 STRUTS AND MOUNTS, BOTH ROTORS, TRANS VACUUM SHIFT MODULE, TRANS COOLER LINES, ENTIRE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM, ALL LINES (STEEL AND RUBBER) RADIATOR AND BOTH CV SHAFTS. I AM TIRE OF PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS PIT AND IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE 100,000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED AND I HAVE INVESTED OVER $3,000.00 IN REPAIRS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS WHEN THIS VERY SAME REPORT HAS BEEN MADE IN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND PONTIAC WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THAT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL OF WHAT EVER IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10221360 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND I AM ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT AGAIN, IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR SINCE IT WAS REPLACED. BOTH OF MY FRONT WINDOWS ARE POWER WINDOWS AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE LITTLE MOTOR FOR THEM TO GO UP AND DOWN TWICE AND THE PASSENGER IS NOT WORKING AGAIN. MY LEFT FRONT SIGNAL LIGHT NEVER WORKS, IT GETS REPLACED AND A DAY LATER IS NOT WORKING AGAIN. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY STEERING WHEEL, IT IS VERY HARD TO TURN RIGHT, THIS WAS ALREADY FIXED AND I'M HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE OR THERE WHERE ANY RECALLS RELATED TO MY PROBLEMS. I HAVE READ ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.
NHTSA complaint #10156528 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
THE DOORS HAVE AN ANNOYING CLICKING THAT COMES FROM THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS. IT SEEMS THAT THE SYSTEM SENSES THE DOORS TO BE UNLOCKED AND CLICKS TO LOCK EVEN THOUGH THE DOORS ARE ALREADY LOCKED! I AM AFRAID THAT ONE DAY THE DOORS WILL UNLOCK INSTEAD WHILE DRIVING. ALSO MY TRANSMISSION FAILED LAST SUMMER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES WERE INOPERABLE! CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION OIL TO BURN AND IT COST ME $3000.00 TO REPLACE.
NHTSA complaint #10144786 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SEAT BELTS "STICKING", STEERING MAKING LOUD "POP" NOISES WHEN TURNING WHEEL, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING VERY HARD FROM PARK TO REVERSE ON A ANGLE. NOW MY ENGINE LOCKED UP, WAS HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATING.
NHTSA complaint #10144488 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO PARALLEL PARK NEXT TO THE CURB, THEN I HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE. WHEN I WENT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT IT BEGAN VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. AFTER LEAVING THE STORE AND FROM THAT POINT ON EVERY ATTEMPT I MADE TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. AFTER ARRIVING HOME I NOTICED LEAKING COMING FROM UNDER MY VAN. I CALLED THE LOCATION PONTIAC DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE MY STEERING PROBLEM AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE VAN HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FEBRUARY OF 2003 FOR THE RACK AND PINION RECALL SOMETHING RELATED TO THE STEERING. SO I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR THE RECALL AND IT MENTIONED THE SAME EXACTLY PROBLEMS THAT I WAS HAVING NOW. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK AND THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL WAS ALREADY DONE ONCE. I TOLD THEM IT IS DOING THE SAME EXACTLY THING, AND WHEN I WENT TO CHECK THE STEERING ONE MORE TIME I NOTICED A HUGE PUDDLE UNDER MY VAN OF REDDISH BROWN FLUID. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS TRANSMISSION LEAKING AND WHEN I TURN THE ENGINE ON THE FLUID CAME POURING OUT LIKE A FAUCET. I CONTACTED A TRANSMISSION SHOP TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY VAN AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE AXLE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION BY THE STEERING SYSTEM. THE MECHANIC ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAS DONE QUITE A FEW OF THESE SAME EXACTLY KIND OF MINI-VAN WITH THE SAME EXACTLY PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW THE FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE HE DOES IT QUITE OFTEN. THE REPAIR COSTED $1,800.00 DOLLARS AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME NOW I NEED TO TAKE BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPAIR THAT RACK AND PINION AGAIN. NOW THIS HAS ME VERY UPSET, I'M SO MAD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. I SENT THE VAN TO KARCO TRANMISSIONS IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA WHERE I LIVE AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS 661-723-1164. THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, SO THIS IS WHY I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT.
NHTSA complaint #10130353 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY HEAD GASKET. *NM THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED ON FOUR SEPARATED OCCASIONS.
NHTSA complaint #10109730 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE COMING TO A STOP TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10099484 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. FIRSTLY, TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, AND IT WAS REPAIRED. SECONDLY, POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING, AND CONSUMER KEPT REPLACING IT. THIRDLY, THERE WAS A GASOLINE LEAK, WHICH WAS REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #10084041 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW. VEHICLE IS ALSO SLOW TO ENGAGE GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING. ENGINE RPM WILL BE VERY HIGH UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION DOES ENGAGE THE NEXT GEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT FOR THIS VEHICLE, THE FIRST TIME (25,000 MILES) THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BY MANUFACTURE. THE SECOND TIME (63,000 MILES) THE TRANSMISSION IS BEING REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10083007 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
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.
POWER TRAIN
STALLS WHEN GETS WARM. ABS BRAKING LIGHT COMES ON EVERY NOW AND THEN. I WAS ROLLING UP WINDOW IT HAS ELECTRIC AND WINDOW SHATTERED IN SIDE DOOR. I HAVE PUT A NEW MODULE IN AND A NEWROTOR CAP AND THE NEW COIL. THE OLD COIL CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THE VAN STALLED ON ME. NOW IT HAS NO SPARK. I HAD IT IN SADLERS MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME THE MODULE WAS BAD. I PUT IT IN. IT STUDDERS GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT GETS WARM GAS QUIT COMING OUT OF INJECTORS THEN WHEN I PUT MODULE ON INJECTORS WORK NOW I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS RECALLS ON ANY OF THAT STUFF I BAUGHT THE VAN USED. WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER ANY OF THIS. THEY SAID THE WARRANTY WAS IN WITH THE PRICE OF THE VAN BUT TO FIND OUT THEY CHARGED US FOR THE WARRANTY. SOMTIMES WHEN WE HIT A BUMP IT HAS A RATTLING NOISE FROM REAR; IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM FRONT SOMTIMES.
NHTSA complaint #10070293 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
THIS VEHICLE IS HAVING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, GM NEVER LETS ME KNOW OF ANY RECALLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY THEY HAVE RECALLED THEM AGAIN FOR A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING BUT I CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION. VERY UPSET THAT I HAVE TO PAY TO GET THIS THING FIXED! REALLY NEED A NEW CAR NOW. THE GAS GAUGE OR TANK IS EMPTY WHEN THE GAUGE SHOWS 1/2 TANK. SIDE DOOR WE UNPLUGGED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AND THE LIGHT STILL SHOWS ON MY DASH AS OPEN. MANY TIMES IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT OPEN. IN A CRASH WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN ANY DOORS IF THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING BADLY. WE REPLACED IT ONCE ONLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. WE USE A LOT OF FLUID AND OIL. THE ENGINE IS RUNNING VERY POORLY, WOULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS. INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK. VAN LOOKS NEW ON OUTSIDE EXCEPT THE HOOD WHICH HAD NO PRIMER ED AND NOW HAS CHIPS ON IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WE CANNOT AFFORD A NEW CAR NOR FIX THIS ONE.
NHTSA complaint #10069629 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
OUR 97 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WAS FINE UNTIL LAST YEAR. NEW TRANSMISSION (70,000 MILES, O.K.) THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN OVERHEATING--NEW THERMOSTAT, WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN NEW RADIATOR, WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN, WHEN THE MECHANIC SAID IT PROBABLY NEEDED A HEAD GASKET ($2000 OR MORE) WE DECIDED TO GET RID OF IT. BUT WE WERE NOT EVEN ABLE TO USE IT AS A TRADE IN, BECAUSE IT OVERHEATED SO BADLY. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD ALWAYS BEEN QUIRKY, BUT LIVABLE (I.E. THE GAS GAUGE HAD NEVER WORKED, THE WINDOWS WERE VERY SLOW AND THE CELL PHONE PLUGS NEVER WORKED) I CALLED THE DEALER (PERUZZI, IN LANGHORNE, PA) BUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT GM WAS USING A NEW COOLANT IN THEIR 97'S WHICH BECAME PROBLEMATIC AS IT AGED--HE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT GM HAS NOT ADMITTED TO ANY ERROR. WE WERE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE CAR PROPERLY, FROM DAY ONE. THE MECHANIC IS A PERSONAL FRIEND, AND HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION. THE CAR WAS SOLD FOR JUNK. IT'S VALUE, ACCORDING TO EDMUNDS.COM, WAS ABOUT $6000/7000 .
NHTSA complaint #10070158 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
THIS VEHICLE WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED OILCHANGE EVERY 3K MILES, TRANSMISSION SERVICED EVERY 30,000 MILES. THE RACK&PINION WENT OUT IN OCTOBER 2003. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND NOW THE ENGINE. VAN WAS RUNNING HOT, WE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, OXYGEN SENSOR, MAIN RADIATOR HOSE AND FLUSHED RADIATOR, AND PURCHASED A NEW RADIATOR CAP. IT IS STILL RUNNING HOT. IT HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND A WARPED HEAD, NO TELLING WHAT THIS WILL COST.
NHTSA complaint #10070607 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED INTO THE DRIVE GEAR, BUT VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #10061654 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
I OWN A 1995 PONTIAC TRANSPORT BOUGHT USED IN GOOD SHAPE. I HAVE OWNED IT APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS. IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD BOTH HEAD GASKETS SHAVED AND REDONE, THE TRANMSISSION REBUILT 3 TIMES, FOUR WATER PUMPS, A RADIATOR, A FAN, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM TOTALLY REBUILT, THE TANK DROPPED, A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH LOCKS AND ELECTRICAL SHORTS. IT IS A TOTAL LEMON. NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN TOTALLY REBUILT AND STILL WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR TO DRIVE OR OVERDRIVE. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SAYS IT MUST BE A FUSE OR WIRE PROBLEM. THIS CAR BREAKS DOWN CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE DAY I GOT IT, I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT THAN I HAVE PAID FOR IT, AND STILL, IN FACT, OWE ON IT. PONTIAC DECLARED SOME 1997'S LEMONS, MINE IS MORE A LEMON THAN THEY ARE AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF MINE. CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS. HAS BEEN WORKED ON THIS TIME, ON AND OFF FOR A MONTH.
NHTSA complaint #10025932 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1997 PONTIAC TRANSPORT TRANSMISSION FAILURE UNDER 70,000 MILES $2,500.00 REPAIR FAULTY INTAKE VALVE GASKET UNDER 70,000 $650.00 REPAIR. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10014389 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.