Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Van for sale - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By mona - November 5 - 10:00 am

  My family and I enjoyed this van for four years. When purchased it had 15,000 miles on it. We traveled several places. Our children are now young adults and we no longer need to have van that is an extended version. We had a bike rack installed that holds up to three bikes. I would like to know what the value of our vehicle is so we can determine whether or not we would like to buy something smaller. We even had a cd player installed.

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  Gets into yer pocket a bit at a time - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By Drive-It-Til-It-Dies - October 7 - 2:00 am

  Imagine a vehicle you like which nickles and dimes you to death... I drive a lot on Chicagos tollway system...lotsa miles. The car runs good, but some failures have cost me some money. The radio display went Klingon on me, was fixed, and is going Klingon again. The power door has failed... is now a manual door. Coolant leak into engine darn near killed it and cost me over a grand to fix. But I like sitting high, and it is a great road vehicle. With the miles I put on it I wont get squat in trade, so Ill drive it until it blows up.

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  transsport report - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By candlou - May 27 - 2:00 am

  Bought it new , has been a good car, 65000 miles replaced brakes,tires,

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  Problems...problems...problems - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By Bbechtel - March 20 - 2:00 am

  Want a "nickel and dime you to death" vehicle? Buy one of these. Both headlight covers have fallen off, $180 per light, intake manifold gasket blown after 32,000 miles (part was on national backorder for months), $800.00 to fix. Driver side window disfunctional. Clock light in radio not working, had to replace entire radio, $350.00 to fix. No satisfaction from GM, should be a recall on the headlight covers, everone is having problems with them. Should be a recall on the intake gasket, none as of yet. Id never buy another one of these.

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  98 Montana unreliable - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By waterman - October 27 - 10:00 am

  Like to drive it. Nice features. Good on fuel. Handling and comfort are very good. Reliability is poor. Numerous problems...power doors, power windows, fuel injectors, intake manifold gaskets, rear wiper motor, now seized engine at 71,000 miles due to coolant leaking into crankcase. Pontiac is paying for 1/2 of over $5,000 worth of repairs to engine. Very discouraging.

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  Family necessity - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By mikeametz - September 14 - 10:00 am

  We have taken this vehicle everywhere. It is a great family car and car pools well for school.

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  Vehicle Good, Service Stinks - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By Wonder Woman - August 3 - 10:00 am

  Purchased with 58,000 km (Canada). We also purchased warranty to cover electronic gizmos. Biggest problem, power sliding door. Took to be serviced, dealership claimed the motor was dead - replacement cost $1,800Cdn or cut the power cables. What about the extended warranty, oops, not covered. Surprise. We cut the cables. A few weeks later someone pushes the door open button and surprise, the motor is running. Probably not a motor problem but a problem getting power to the motor. Too late now, the cables are cut. Other than this weve done some normal maintenance, but nothing major. Did replace one of the headlight covers. Now has 107,000 km.

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  Not a bad van for its time - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By Dash9 - January 9 - 10:00 am

  We also had to have our head gasket replaced at about 70,000 miles. This was very disappointing! Luckily I caught it about 3 weeks before my extended warranty expired. Other than this major problem, the only other issues weve had are trim pieces breaking and dealing with squeaks and general fit-n-finish problems. The display of our radio just went out about a month ago. In all this vehicle was good in 1998; however, there are MUCH better choices available now. An updated model is due soon, but its basically the same van with only a few minor tweaks. Its not a new design. Check out the competition 1st. Rebates arent everything.

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  98 - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By dkammeraad - July 8 - 10:00 am

  Good Van the only thing is wen something does wear out it cost a arm and a leg ( intake gasket, wheel bearings, brakes)

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  Montana Van - 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport
  By TDAWG - March 17 - 6:13 am

  Overall the Montana is a very nice van. We bought it used, 2 years, with 34000 miles in great condition. I really like the van. The size, the easiness of loading/unloading, the pep in the 6 cylinder engine is more than enough, very quick and handles wonderfully, especially for a long/extnded mini-van. We love all the electronic gadgets but have had numerous little problems with several of them.