1990 Pontiac Trans Sport problems
Owners have filed 64 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Pontiac Trans Sport. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come engine (14%) and seat belts (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 64 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Pontiac Trans Sport with enough data (17 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
The van was parked all day in front of the house and for no reason the van was on fire. The fire was coming from the dash board. Tt
The front seat belts do not retract and they are just limp. The drivers seatbelt was replaced july of 1994.please describe.
While driving vehicle went pop, resulting steering control lost, due to subframe screw falling out and engine fell down. Tt
Dt: the contact was slowing down to make a turn when the engine cradle malfunctioned due to rust. The engine and transmission nearly fell out of the vehicle. When this happened the steering linkage disconnected and the steering wheel kept turning around. The vehicle has not been repaired. He contacted GM, and they offered no free remedy to the problem. There was a recall on this problem previously. However, this vehicle was not included due to VIN.