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2001 Pontiac Montana: raw data

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vehicle2001 / pontiac / montana
known issues8 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints169 on file (2001-01-24 → 2015-12-10)
recalls0
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Intake manifold gasket coolant leakENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING18 complaints2004-01 → 2007-10montana-2001-intake-manifold-gasket-leak
  • 10156849 DEXCOOL COOLANT LEAKAGE SIGNS OUT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD, SERVICE PROFESSIONAL REPORTED IT AS A PROBLEM WITH GM 3.4 ENGINES AND WOULD LEAD TO COSTLY ENGINE REPAIR IF NOT FIXED
  • 10140178 UPON EXAMINATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COOLANT LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET
  • 10122182 INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING CAUSING DEXCOOL TO LEAK INTO ENGINE
Sliding door latch failure and unintended openingLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES10 complaints2002-03 → 2015-07montana-2001-sliding-door-unintended-operation
  • 10734029 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO OPEN WHEN DRIVING
  • 8005098 WHILE DRIVING, SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN
  • 10020057 THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING
Power sliding door handle arm entrapmentSTRUCTURE7 complaints2001-07 → 2006-06montana-2001-sliding-door-handle-entrapment
  • 10028486 SINCE THE DOOR DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY REVERSE, IT CONTINUED TO OPEN AND EVENTUALLY BROKE ONE OF THE BONES IN JONIT'S FOREARM
  • 896090 POWER DOOR HAS NO SAFETY LATCH FEATURES TO PREVENT DOOR FROM OPENING WHEN GRABBED OR HELD
  • 892468 WHEN OPENING DOOR CONSUMER'S RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN SLIDING DOOR HANDLE
Automatic transmission internal failurePOWER TRAIN11 complaints2001-10 → 2005-06montana-2001-automatic-transmission-failure
  • 10075393 THE PLANETARY GEARS ARE SHOT, 4TH CLUTCH GONE, METAL DEBRIS THROUGH OUT THE TRANSMISSION!!!!
  • 10031021 THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 41,500 MILES
  • 10051419 I WAS TOLD IT HAS DAMAGED GEARS IN IT WHICH CAUSED METAL FRAGMENTS TO DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED
Fuel tank and filler neck leakageFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE10 complaints2001-01 → 2014-08montana-2001-fuel-tank-filler-neck-leak
  • 882614 FUEL TANK FILLER NECK SEPARATED FROM TANK, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE
  • 10436358 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THERE WAS A LEAK AT THE FILLER NECK
  • 10629560 THE TANK LEAKS FUEL AT THE INLET ON THE TANK
Air conditioning condenser and compressor failureEQUIPMENT8 complaints2004-01 → 2007-08montana-2001-air-conditioning-failure
  • 10063766 A/C CONDENSER HAS CRACKED CAUSING FAILURE OF THE A/C SYSTEM DUE TO LOSS OF FREON AT CRACK
  • 10136357 TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE A/C CONDENSER HAD TO BE REPLACED
  • 10198361 THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE COMPRESSOR, WHICH WASN'T CAUSED BY WEAR & TEAR
ABS and brake module failureSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC7 complaints2001-04 → 2009-06montana-2001-abs-brake-module-failure
  • 10274162 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS, OR ECU, CONSTANTLY FAILED
  • 10057393 WHILE BRAKING THE ABS FAILED. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE
  • 10219203 THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE A BRAKE MODULE AND A VALVE KIT
Tail lamp circuit board and connector burnoutEXTERIOR LIGHTING5 complaints2005-04 → 2011-04montana-2001-tail-lamp-circuit-burnout
  • 10122505 THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I FOUND THAT BOTH REAR TAIL LAMP HOUSING ASSEMBLIES CONNECTORS WERE BADLY BURNED, NO WATER WAS ENTERING THE HOUSING BY THE WIRING HARNESS
  • 10115514 FOUND THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD MALFUNCTIONED AND BURNED OUT
  • 10395811 WHEN YOU BUILT THE VEHICLE YOU USED PLASTIC WIRE MOUNTINGS AND THEY CAN'T WITHSTAND THE HEAT, THIS ALSO SHORTS OUT MY TRACTION CONTROL IN WHICH IT THEN SHUTS OFF

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
1692001-01-242015-12-10103ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:39; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:23; POWER TRAIN:22; FUEL SYSTEM:17; SERVICE BRAKES:16

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2001 Pontiac Montana vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/pontiac/montana
@misc{wrenchpro_2001_pontiac_montana_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2001 Pontiac Montana},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/pontiac/montana}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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