Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / MONTANA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002275718 Incident Date: Dec, 14 2002
Consumer's City: WICHITA FALLS Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MONTANA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GMDX03E8XD Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 Complaint Type: CAG
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I had a local gm dealer repair the intake manifold gasket on our 1999 pontiac montana in dec. 2002. we had to have the water pump replaced also and have the cooling system flushed at the same time. the cost of those repairs was in the range of $1,000 and was done in a very satisfactory manner by the dealer. the service manager knew exactly what was wrong as soon as i described the symptoms. he seemed to have seen a lot of the same problems from other owners. our car began to lose coolant and then the oil began to look orange and finally the coolant was dripping on the ground. these problems began about 70,000 miles. we are the second owners of this van and bought it from the repairing dealership as a program, used vehicle with 20,000 miles on the odometer. i have saved all our receipts for the aforementioned repairs in hope that gm might have a recall for these problems. in my opinion, the fault lies with texaco and others who made and manufactured the dexcool coolant used by gm. judging from the information on the internet, it seems other manufacturers have run into problems with this coolant (catapillar, cummings diesel.)