NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Pontiac Montana Recalls
The 2001 Pontiac Montana has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Pontiac Montana. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 156
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Pontiac Montana, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2001 Pontiac Montana
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 07V349000
- Reported
- August 8, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Montana, 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 04V597000
- Reported
- December 22, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 717,302
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Montana, 1 other model
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Montana, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V329000
- Reported
- December 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 01V383000
- Reported
- December 13, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 75,816
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 01V264000
- Reported
- August 21, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248,737
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000 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 2000 Montana, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V026000
- Reported
- February 1, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
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 2000 Montana, 12 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Montana, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Montana, 10 other models
2001 Pontiac Montana complaints by year
NHTSA has received 156 owner complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Montana, the newest on December 10, 2015. Of these, 10 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Montana, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (23%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the power train (13%).
None of the 2001 Pontiac Montana's 11 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Pontiac Montana owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 62,229 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling36
- Electrical System20
- Power Train20
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
- Fuel System, Gasoline13
- Structure13
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 29 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Montana peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 29. 43% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Pontiac Montana drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Montana year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 156 complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Montana are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Montana by model year
Other 2001 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: December 10, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted