2000 PONTIAC MONTANA

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS WITH EXTENDED WHEELBASE. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE INOPERATIVE FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVES AND FUEL LEAKAGE WOULD EXCEED THE PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT IN A ROLLOVER TEST. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY."

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

ON CERTAIN MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH SECOND-ROW BUCKET SEATS OR CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS AND A POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, A PASSENGER USING THE INTERIOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR COULD BE INJURED.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 1997-2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE, PONTIAC MONTANA/TRANSPORT, AND OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS THAT WERE SERVICED IN CAMPAIGN 01013 (01V-067) FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 2001. ALSO 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE, PONTIAC MONTANA, AND OLDSMOBILE SI

STEERING

DORMAN IS RECALLING 979 STEERING KNUCKLES, DORMAN P/NOS. 697-902 AND 697-903, SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS<SUP>TM</SUP>" BRAND NAME, AND NAPA P/NOS. 7-8502 AND 7-8503 WHICH WERE SOLD FOR REPLACEMENT USE ON THE VARIOUS VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. A POTENTIAL MATERIAL OR DESIGN DEFECT COULD RESULT IN

FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES

CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS. THE DOOR CLOSES BUT MAY NOT BE LATCHED. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CAN OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE VEHICLE ASCENDS A HILL, MAKES A TURN, OR TRAVELS OVER A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE

SEAT BELTS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES, LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO NOT PASS THE LOAD BEARING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND CRASHED INTO A TREE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES ON THE BODY FROM THE TIGHTENING OF THE SEAT BELT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER

Mileage: 131,042

ADDITION TO FILED AIRBAG ACCIDENTS NHTSA-FARM BUREAU-STILL INSURING THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. AS I DRIVE WITH A HEAD INJURY. OTHER INJURYS AND EXPECTED TO CARE FOR ADULT CHILD WITH TBI. FARM BUREAU STOPPED PAYING HER PIP BENEFITS. NHTSA ID-=MY ACCIDENT 11-11-2010 DAUGHTERS 3-18-2010 SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK DOWN. 2 TBI ACCIDENTS SAME YEAR. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. NO ONE ASKED IF SEAT BELTS LOCKED.DID NOT KNOW TO REPORT. *TR

Mileage: 163,000

ADDITION TO FILED AIRBAG ACCIDENTS NHTSA-FARM BUREAU-STILL INSURING THE UNSAFE VEHICLE. AS I DRIVE WITH A HEAD INJURY. OTHER INJURYS AND EXPECTED TO CARE FOR ADULT CHILD WITH TBI. FARM BUREAU STOPPED PAYING HER PIP BENEFITS. NHTSA ID-=MY ACCIDENT 11-11-2010 DAUGHTERS 3-18-2010 SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK DOWN. 2 TBI ACCIDENTS SAME YEAR. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. NO ONE ASKED IF SEAT BELTS LOCKED.DID NOT KNOW TO REPORT. *TR

Mileage: 163,000

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. HIT ANDRUN.ON 3-18-2010. INSURED BY FARM BUREAU. WHO STILL INSURES THE FAULTY VEHICLE. THE IMPACT WAS FROM A LARGE WHITE TRUCK. TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED RATE TURNING THROUGH A RED LIGHT AS I CROSSED AN INTERSECTION. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED.REGISTERED ON11-28-2010.REALIZED THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT ACTIVATE EITHER. NO ONE ASKED.YES IT WAS CONNECTED.MOTHERS ACCIDENT ON 11-11-2010 REAREND COLLISION. STOPPED HIT BY A TRUCK TRAVELING 35MPG NO AIR BAGS. NO SEAT BELT LOCK DOWN. EMT SA

Mileage: 160,000

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 MONTANA VAN AND REAR-ENDED A PICKUP TRUCK. CAUSED $3700 DAMAGE, BENT IN BUMPER, RADIATOR, A/C CONDENSER, HOOD AND BROKE HEADLIGHT. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THIS INSTANCE. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

.A WHITE TRUCK TURNED LEFT INTO TRAFFIC. DROVE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES HITTING THEM BOTH ABOUT 35 MPH..1 WAS A DODGE THE BUMPER AND PIECES WERE LEFT IN THE INTERSECTION.THE RIGHT FRONT END OF MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA WAS HIT AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TURNING AND HEADED NORTH ON BALLENGER HWY.NO AIR BAG DEPLOYEMENT.DAUGHTER HAS A TBI. DAUGHTER WAS DRIVER. COMING HOME FROM COLLEGE.NO HELP.INSURANCE DENIES AN EVALUATION .DAUGHTER IS FAILING. WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT WORKED FULL TIME. TOLD THE IMPACT WAS NOT

Mileage: 162,000

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL'S PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. A WOMAN IN A 1994 SILVERADO TRUCK REAR ENDED ME. SHE WAS TRAVELING 35MPH. DID NOT SEE STOPPED TRAFFIC. MY STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY NOR ANY OTHER AIRBAG. THE SECOND IMPACT THIS YEAR AND NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT INSURANCE,DEEMS VEHICLE STILL SAFE. THEY CAME AND LOOKED AT DAMAGE. KNOWING DAUGHTER SUFFERED A TBI IN MARCH FOR SAME DEFECT THEY ARE NOT RECOGNIZING. *TR

Mileage: 164,000

DAUGHTER 23YRS OLD. BEGAN TO CROSS INTO INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC. A WHITE TRUCK CAME TURNING LEFT HITTING THE VEHICLE TO HER RIGHT AND CLIPPING THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE PONTIAC MONTANA. THE VEHICLE TO HER RIGHT LOST A PIECE OF THE BUMPER WHICH WAS A DODGE THEY DID NOT STOP.SHE LOST CONCIOUSNESS.FOUND HERSELF STOPPED.AND TRAFFIC WAS PASSING BY HER NO ONE STOPPED.PIECES OF THE CARS WERE LEFT IN THE INTERSECTION. WE HAVE PICTURES.HER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

Mileage: 162,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING AND PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR 10 MINUTES SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. SHE TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH WATER BUT WHEN SHE DID FLAMES STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE VENTS. WIRES WERE MELTED AND THE HEATING SYSTEM AND THE CD PLAYER WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE POLICE WERE NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAIN

Mileage: 158,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER DAUGHTER'S LEG BECAME TRAPPED ON THE REAR SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR. THE DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO RETRACT WHEN AN OBJECT IS BLOCKING THE SENSOR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCKS ON ITS OWN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE A FREE DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR COSTS BECAUSE SHE IS MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000 A

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. AS THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS CLOSING, A CHILD REACHED INTO THE VEHICLE TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR. HOWEVER, THE SLIDING DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE AND SMASHED THE CHILD'S RIGHT HAND. THE CHILD'S HAND SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND PRESS THE BUTTON TO RELEASE THE DOOR. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,751.

Mileage: 98,751

WAS DRIVING, TURNED WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT, VEHICLE WOULDN'T RESPOND AND CONTINUED TO GO LEFT, TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. WENT ACROSS LANE, HIT AT MODERATE SPEED A HYDRO POLE SEVERED AND MOVED 4 FEET BY IMPACT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, AS WELL AS MY 2 CHILDREN SUSTAINED WHIPLASH.*AK

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY BRUISING THE PASSENGER. THE DOOR WAS UNABLE TO OPEN IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE OWNER PRESSED THE BUTTON. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT CLOSED ON HIS WIFES LEG. THE CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT THE DOORS INCLUDE A SAFETY DEVICE THAT STOPS WHEN CONTACT IS MADE. *TC

Mileage: 48,000

I READ OF YOUR INVESTIGATION IN AUTOMOTIVE NEWS. MY 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER'S WRIST WAS BROKEN LAST SUMMER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF OUR 2000 MONTANA. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE FROM INSIDE AND AS THE DOOR MOVED OPEN IT BENT HER WRIST BACKWARD. IT DIDN'T STOP, DESPITE THE RESISTANCE. IT WAS BROKEN IN THE GROWTH PLATE AND DID NOT REQUIRE A CAST BUT WAS SPLINTED FOR 2 WEEKS. *JB PE04064.PCO

MY SON HAD HIS EAR HURT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC VAN DOOR TRIED TO CLOSE ON IT. I DID CALL THE MANUFACTURE AND COMPLAINED. *CB

Mileage: 15,000

DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *LA

OWNER'S CHILD WAS CLIMBING INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR. WHEN THE CHILD PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR, CHILD'S FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR SENSOR. SLIDING DOOR DID NOT STOP FROM CLOSING, CAUSING THE CHILD'S LEFT RING FINGER TO BE CUT OFF.*AK

WE WERE IN A COLLISION (NOT AT FAULT) IN WHICH WE HIT HEAD ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS INFLATED. THE VEHICLE HAD MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND WE ARE WAITING IF IT IS REPAIRABLE OR WILL BE TOTALED. SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD THE AIRBAGS CHECKED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE MAJOR INJURIES, BUT DO FEEL THE INJURIES WE DID RECEIVE WOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED IF THE AIRBAGS HAD WORKED PROPERLY. MANY OF THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT THE SCE

A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

THE SEAT THAT HOUSES THE INFANT SAFETY SEAT CAN BE LIFTED TO ALLOW PASSENGERS IN THE FAR BACK OF THE MINIVAN. I HAD LET MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT AND THOUGHT I HAD LOCKED THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE. I THEN BUCKLED MY 15 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER INTO THE 5 POINT RESTRAINT, BUILT-IN CAR SEAT. WHILE DRIVING, WE CAME TO A QUICK STOP AND THE ENTIRE SEAT FLEW FORWARD, HITTING MY DAUGHTER'S HEAD ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER. SHE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO HER FOREHEAD AND VOMITTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE IMPAC