NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Pontiac Montana Recalls
The 2002 Pontiac Montana has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Pontiac Montana. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 126
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Pontiac Montana, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 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 2001, 2003–2004 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 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Montana, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Montana, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Montana, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Montana, 10 other models
2002 Pontiac Montana complaints by year
NHTSA has received 126 owner complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Montana, the newest on August 22, 2017. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Montana, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (19%), followed by the exterior lighting (10%) and the fuel system, gasoline (10%).
1 of the 2002 Pontiac Montana's 5 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2002 Pontiac Montana owners gave the mileage (86 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Exterior Lighting12
- Fuel System, Gasoline12
- Power Train11
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic11
- Visibility11
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 26 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Montana peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 26. 52% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Pontiac Montana drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Montana year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Montana years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 126 complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Montana are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Montana by model year
Other 2002 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 22, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted