2004 Pontiac Montana: raw data

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vehicle2004 / pontiac / montana
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-02)
complaints39 on file (2004-02-07 → 2018-04-16)
recalls0
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Power sliding door closing forceLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES5 complaints2004-10 → 2007-05montana-2004-power-sliding-door
  • 10163583 AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR WILL CLOSE ON ANYTHING IN IT'S PATH. IT TAKES WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO FORCE THE DOOR BACK WHEN IT IS CLOSING ON SOMETHING
  • 10105886 POWER DOOR OF A PONTIAC MONTANA SUV (ALAMO RENTAL CAR) TRAVELED BACKWARDS, PINNED MY WRIST AGAINST THE FRAME AND SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. AND MY WRIST WAS BROKEN
  • 10134463 DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS TOOK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRENGTH TO KEEP THEM OPEN
Fuel leak from tank or fuel neckFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE5 complaints2009-12 → 2016-12montana-2004-fuel-leak
  • 10374762 THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ADDING GASOLINE TO THE FUEL TANK HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE
  • 10295081 WERE TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT FUEL NECK HAD A FRACTURE AND THAT WAS CAUSING FUEL LEAK
  • 10937735 PUTTING GAS IN TANK AND IT JUST STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE VAN
Erratic instrument cluster gaugesELECTRICAL SYSTEM2 complaints2010-07 → 2011-01montana-2004-gauge-cluster-erratic
  • 10375320 THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALL BECAME ERRATIC
  • 10344856 THE DEALER AND GM REPRESENTATIVES HAVE CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM AND THEY WANT APPROXIMATELY $400 TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionAIR BAGS4 complaints2005-03 → 2006-11montana-2004-airbag-non-deployment
  • 10171681 I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND A TRUCK CAME FLYING AROUND THE CORNER AND HIT ME HEAD ON . MY AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPEN AND THE VAN WAS DEMOLISHED
  • 10171368 THE BODY SHOP MAN SAID THE SENSORS WERE SHEARED RIGHT OFF, THE PONTIAC 2004 VAN IS NOW TOTALED AND I STILL HURT
  • 10174299 2004 MONTANA AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY
Unintended accelerationVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2 complaints2006-03 → 2010-04montana-2004-unintended-acceleration
  • 10324495 THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED
  • 10152069 THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO REVERSE AND BACKED INTO A TREE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
392004-02-072018-04-1681ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:5; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:5; AIR BAGS:4; FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM:3; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:3

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). 2004 Pontiac Montana vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2004/pontiac/montana
@misc{wrenchpro_2004_pontiac_montana_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2004 Pontiac Montana},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2004/pontiac/montana}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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