NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Montana Recalls
The 2003 Pontiac Montana has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 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
- 84
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 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 2001–2002, 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, 2004–2005 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 2001 Montana, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Montana, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Montana, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Montana, 10 other models
2003 Pontiac Montana complaints by year
NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Montana, the newest on May 20, 2022. Of these, 8 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Montana, the component group named most often is the electrical system (18%), followed by the exterior lighting (17%) and the fuel system, gasoline (15%).
1 of the 2003 Pontiac Montana's 7 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2003 Pontiac Montana owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System15
- Exterior Lighting14
- Fuel System, Gasoline13
- Air Bags12
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
- Structure6
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Montana peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 13. 49% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Pontiac Montana drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Pontiac Montana year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Montana years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 84 complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Montana are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Montana by model year
Other 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: May 20, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted