2000 Pontiac Montana Extended from North America - Comments

Leaking rear door seal (water intrusion during rain and melting snow).

Flickering instrument panel lights. The dealer replaced the on-off switch, but the problem was not corrected.

Intermittent outside-temperature display and direction display. Sometimes the temperature is wildly incorrect and the direction LEDS don't always display the whole letter, or example, E often displays as (.

Leaking coolant traced to a blown head gasket at 75,000km.

High fuel consumption, well over the manufacturers claims.

This is the first GM built car I have purchased. I am extremely disappointed.

The sales staff at the dealership were excellent.

Service was entirely different. After more than a year they still didn't know my name. Nor did they seem to care about maintaining accurate service records. No one signed the service book at each service visit, in fact they only stamped the book upon my insistence.

There was huge pressure to purchase extended warranty, which I declined believing that as the first owner of a well built vehicle it wouldn't be necessary provided I followed maintenance schedule religiously.

My experience with all previously owned (foreign build) cars lead me to believe that one could drive a car for 300,000 km (minimum) if routine

preventative maintenance were practiced.

This van has been very expensive to own and operate. Furthermore, a 60,000 km warranty is very short compared to some other manufacturers. I should have seen this as a warning.

I fell the same way. Will never buy GM again. nothing, but PROBLEMS.

Flicker in lights probably due to loose or corroded ground on engine or battery.

I have 126,000 on current 2002 Montana and drove my 1990 Transport 350,000 on same motor and tranny. Secret is synthetis lubricants. Gives better gas mileage also.

I also will never buy another GM product. I purchased my 03 Montana from a dealership, and as soon as the warranty expired (2000 km) I started having problems. My front windshield leaks, and has caused problems with my automatic door locks, sometimes the van won't start unless you wiggles the fuses, my heater cuts out sometimes, and that is just the start. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Synthetic lubricants and religious maintenence has not solved my problems. I've been told the it is my body control module and will costs $1000 to fix. ($500 just for the part). I feel that for a vehicle that has been very well taken care of, it is unreal to spend that kind of money at 62000 km.

I'm surprised the service department doesn't know your name. Mine has been in the shop so many times, we are on a first name basis. I like the ride of the vehicle, but the number of repairs is way above normal. This was my first GM product and I will never buy another one. If GM wants to know why they are losing market share, all they have to do is look at their service departments.