2002 Pontiac Montana problems
The 2002 Pontiac Montana has 161 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (14%) concerns fuel system. Next are engine (13%) and lighting (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 161 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 109 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 18 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 25 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 109 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 97,000 miles (18 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Pontiac Montana with enough data (115 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving 30-35 MPH from behind another vehicle was driving 60 MPH, and without braking consumer was pushed 20 feet into a utility truck. Drivers side air bag came out, but did not deploy, consumer suffered injuries. *slc
While driving was involved in a collision. . There were no serious injuries. However, consumers head hit the head rest and hurt her neck. Consumer would like to see that the head rest had more cushion than it has.
Automatic sliding door released and closed a small child's hand in it. As a result, childs hand was stuck in door, and door would not open. Consumer had to open door from the inside.
The automatic sliding door caused the passenger to break her wrist. When she put her hand on the handle and pulled it back the door began to slide back. While getting out of the vehicle, the passengers hand was between the handle and door causing the wrist to snap. There is no auto reverse, once it makes contact with an object.
I own a 2002 pontiac montana and this morning when I started the vehicle the airbag in the front passenger side explode. There is any other owner with the same problem on this 2002 model.