1999 Pontiac Montana review from North America

The first thing to go wrong was with my "self sealing tires" I had the van less than a week when I ran over a bolt. The van came equipped with General self sealing tires. Needless to say they did not seal. I took the van into the dealership and was told tires were not covered under the GM warranty, but the tire warranty and it would take 2 weeks to get them. I complained all the way up through the dealership and then through Pontiac in Michigan to no avail. They refused to do anything to help me. Two weeks later I finally got the tire replaced. Should have been a warning of things to come.

Next at about 38K the transmission went out. Of course this is out of warranty and the cost for a new transmission would be almost $3,000. I complained to Pontiac again in Michigan and after all kinds of threats and emails they agreed to pay for 25% of the cost. 25%!!! For a car that was 2000 miles out of warranty!!?? This story had a happy ending however, as the dealership, a Chevy dealer not a Pontiac one (the Pontiac one continued to be non-responsive to any of my concerns) agreed to cover the cost for the new one.

I also have the warning lights coming on and off, the airbag lights coming on and off, the radio volume gets louder when I turn it down and visa versa and the LED on the radio no longer works.

Needless to say I will never own another Pontiac even thought my last van before the 1999 Montana, is a 1994 Transport that I have over 200k miles with very few problems. Pontiac refuses to stand behind the quality of their vehicles!

Van looks and handles nice, but it is a nightmare as far as repair and problems.

Pontiac does not stand behind their vehicle quality!! I will never again own one!!