Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / MONTANA / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295708 Incident Date: Aug, 21 2004
Consumer's City: OCEANSIDE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MONTANA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GMDU03E5YD Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 16 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I would like to report a possible manufacture defect of my 2000 pontiac montana. there was electrical damage within the engine compartment due to the factory (where the vehicle was assembled) miss routing of the harness from the positive cable of the battery. the harness was found, by the mechanic, to be routed over the air conditioner, which in-time burned through to the bare wires, which in-turn shorted out causing damage to the pcm and battery plus burned out most of the wiring connected to the positive cable of the battery. according to the mechanic who preformed the repairs, this problem appears to be a manufacture defect and considering the year and mileage of the vehicle this should not have happen. the pcm, battery and wiring had to be replaced, with new harness; in addition the mechanic had to re-route the harness under the engine in order to prevent it from burning up again in the future. the vehicle would not start and had to be towed to a local pontiac dealer. total repair bill $823.00 not including towing.*ak