NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Pontiac Montana Recalls
The 2000 Pontiac Montana has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Pontiac Montana. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 228
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Pontiac Montana, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Pontiac Montana
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 04V597000
- Reported
- December 22, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 717,302
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Montana, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 01V264000
- Reported
- August 21, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248,737
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Montana, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 01V067000
- Reported
- March 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 477,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Montana, 1 other model
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228003
- Reported
- August 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Montana, 12 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 99V268000
- Reported
- September 29, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 235
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Montana, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Montana, 10 other models
2000 Pontiac Montana complaints by year
NHTSA has received 228 owner complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Montana, the newest on December 23, 2015. Of these, 14 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Montana, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (30%), followed by the structure (14%) and the air bags (10%).
None of the 2000 Pontiac Montana's 7 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Pontiac Montana owners gave the mileage (108 complaints), the median was 66,580 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling69
- Structure31
- Air Bags22
- Electrical System22
- Visibility18
- Power Train16
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 | |
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 35 | |
| 2004 | 41 | |
| 2005 | 18 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Montana peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 41. 50% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Pontiac Montana drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Pontiac Montana year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 228 complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Montana are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Montana by model year
Other 2000 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: December 23, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted