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Designed to fail catastrophically - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By Saaphiel - June 25 - 4:03 amFor the longest time, the van seemed to be doing all right. Certainly it was comfy to drive, mileage was great, but then things started breaking. A/C, door seals, ABS light, headlights full of water after rain causing me to buy new halogen bulbs every month, various electrical gremlins. The final nail in the coffin was the gaskets failing. Plenty of oil and plenty of coolant, suddenly mixed together then cooling and coagulating in the engine to a peanut butter like consistency. Its being hauled to the auto wreckers this week. Rather than throw the equivalent of a down payment on a new car at this miserable van to fix it, I bought a Toyota 4 Runner instead.
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Feed up with GM lack of quality - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By Feed up with GM - June 17 - 4:10 pmGM builds crap and wonders why they have problems. Our van has been in the shop way too much for big items. The van has 87,000 miles on it and we have to replace the whole gasket system and front wheel hub at 65,000 miles ($1,600 fix). The battery has gone bad twice. The DVD player barely works and the heated seats have been replaced twice and continue to short out. Now the Fuel pump has gone bad at 87,000 miles another $1,000 fix. This makes the little items like rubber stripping on the sliding doors falling off way to annoying. Do not buy GM you will regret it.
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shopping for a truck - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By ste-marie gaston - December 6 - 12:03 pmThis family van has been a pleasure to drive. Since I do a lot of driving in a year it is important for me to feel secure all year round by driving a very reliable car. A change of employment is requiring that I drive a truck.
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Can not keep it out of the shop - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By ryant - November 11 - 8:46 pmI like this car very comfortable and convenient. It fits all the kids and dogs without a problem. I have found out however lots of mechanical problems with the Engine after lots of $$$$ and many days in the shop just after the warranty expiration I have decided to dump it and go back to gas guzzling SUVs.
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Rust, Rust, Rust!!!! - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By PC - September 6 - 1:40 amThis vehicle has turned into a rust bucket. It started with the rocker panels on both sided from wheel to wheel where rust was eating away. I spent $1,000 to have them replaced at a nearby body shop. Next, the windshield cracked. The folks replacing my windshield said it cracked due to the frame rusting and bubbling, creating pressure on the windshield and cracking it. When I steam cleaned the carpet, rust comes up through the floor of the van. Im all for buying American made products, but after spending over $33,000 on this vehicle, I just can not afford to go out and buy another Pontiac. Ill look elsewhere.
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A "Gotta Have" Vehicle - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By Ron Meier - February 28 - 11:03 pmThis has been an outstanding vehicle since day 1. Everything from the styling to the performance has been A-1. I highly recommend this vehicle.
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Fairly happy. - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By 2 time montana_owner - February 25 - 2:00 amOwned a 99 Montana that I traded because I had the infamous head gasket leak at 82k miles that cost $1200 to fix. Pontiac ended up reimbursing me for the repair. I bought the 02 with an extended warranty, though.
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A pleasure to drive..... - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By helsey - December 31 - 10:00 amI got this vehicle with the intention of driving across Canada and using the van to sleep in to save on accommodation costs. I love this van. I have driven 24,000 km in 5 months and have found this van very reliable and very economical. If doing highway driving and on cruise control have managed to get 1000 km to a full tank. I found it very spacious and have a double mattress in her. I have enjoyed driving her and found the captains chairs very comfortable even when driving 800 km in a day. I wouldnt hesitate in recommending these vans.
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It just wont die - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By L Kampf - March 18 - 7:46 pmMy Montana has 430000 K on it and and its still driving with out any problems, and its not like we took very good care of it. The mechanic bet us that if we dident take it for an oil change every 10000k it would die before 100000k, suffice to say he owes use 4 dinners now. All the interior instrumints are broken/ falling appart. The screne for the radio/ clock wont work. knobs on the rear fan speed fell off at 120000k but in the end people who buy vans really are not looking for anything that can get them and their cargo/ passengers from point A to point B, and this van is fantastic on it.
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This stopped me from ever trusting GM - 2002 Pontiac Montana
By Mitch - March 6 - 3:36 amIve owned it for 3 months and the intake gasket was done when I bought it but now its my problem. Head gasket just went and I pretty sure its going for scrap, as Im not rich! I had better luck with my rusty 91 Astro. All it needed was a y pipe. I would have been better to go with a Ford Taurus wagon for the family, oh well live and learn. I always wanted a Pontiac ever since I was little cause I new they were built better and stronger than GM but now theyre garbage and I will never buy Chevy or Pontiac again!
