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2001 Pontiac Montana transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 18 complaints for the 2001 Pontiac Montana, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
18 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
47,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2001 Pontiac Montana Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 47,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 47,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 70% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 46,000 miles, and 70% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

June 16, 2001 while driving in parking lot vehicle shutoff and did not restart. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Dealer wrote on invoice wiring starting relay to pcm/and fuses were bad. On july 3 same defect occurred in parking lot, vehicle shut off. Towed to dealer . *slc

July 2001

2001 pontiac montana. This van is now a paper weight in my drive. After 53,000 miles the transmission is shot! Of course the warranty is null and void so I will have to cough up $2000.00 - $3000.00. Not a happy pontiac owner!!!!!!

Reported at 53,000 miles, November 2003

Other problems reported for the 2001 Pontiac Montana

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