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10063392 UPON EXITING THE VAN CONSUMER SMELLED ANTI FREEZE. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VAN, AND NOTICED ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE FROM A CRACK IN THE INTAKE GASKET
10066327 DIAGNOSED WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE ON 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT WITH 3.4 V6 ENGINE. OIL AND ANTIFREEZE MIXED AND FIXED BY DEALER AT COST OF $890
10073054 COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE THROUGH INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET
Headlamp lens separating from headlight assemblyEXTERIOR LIGHTING20 complaints2000-07 → 2006-01trans-sport-1998-headlamp-lens-detaching
10050877 HEADLIGHT LENS HAS FALLEN OFF DUE TO POOR SEAL AND NO SCREWS. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND HEADLIGHT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ON THIS VAN
10062054 RH HEADLAMP LENSE FELL OFF. VEHICLE NEVER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. THE LENSE JUST FELL OFF
10008277 HEADLAMP COVERS FLY OFF BECAUSE OF POOR GLUING, WATER HITS BULB AND IT BLOWS OUT
Power sliding door opening, latching and unlocking faultsLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES15 complaints1999-09 → 2008-06trans-sport-1998-power-sliding-door
10160200 POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING. 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT NEXT TO THE DOOR
886517 AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING
8004772 SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY
Engine overheating and engine failureENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING10 complaints2001-10 → 2006-12trans-sport-1998-engine-failure-overheat
10116914 VAN STOPPED SUDDENLY ON EXPRESSWAY. DEALER TOWED IT AWAY AND DIAGNOSED PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT CAM SHAFT WAS SEIZED OR BROKE
10023846 OVERHEATING ON HIGHWAY, CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN TO 3 CYLINDERS. CAUSED A MAJOR POWER LOSS
10121138 CAM SHAFT SNAPPED IN HALF IN APRIL 2005 RESULTING IN TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT - COST OF $3400
Steering wheel locking up or losing assistSTEERING19 complaints1999-08 → 2006-06trans-sport-1998-steering-lock-up
10088392 STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT...... STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHEN TURN LEFT
10097684 THE STEERING LOCKED WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED
10037809 WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A LOW SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT BE TURNED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT USING EXCESSIVE EFFORT
Air bag warning light staying onAIR BAGS9 complaints2001-05 → 2012-01trans-sport-1998-air-bag-warning-light
10080736 I HAVE A 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME
10106391 WE PURCHASED A USED 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT AND DISCOVERED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON ALL THE TIME
891227 WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT NOTICE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD STAY ON THROUGHOUT TRAVELING, INTERMITTENTLY
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS7 complaints1999-08 → 2004-01trans-sport-1998-air-bags-no-deploy
10055878 THE VEHICLE CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 50 MPH AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED
890315 AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. BOTH DRIVER & PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND TAKEN TO ER
886599 CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND HIT ANOTHER CAR, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/pontiac/trans-sport
@misc{wrenchpro_1998_pontiac_trans_sport_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/pontiac/trans-sport}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
