NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Pontiac Montana Recalls
The 2004 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 2004 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
- 39
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 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 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 2000–2003, 2005 Montana, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V177000
- Reported
- April 8, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,301
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 213, child restraint systems
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Montana, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Montana, 10 other models
2004 Pontiac Montana complaints by year
NHTSA has received 39 owner complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Montana, the newest on April 16, 2018. Of these, 8 describe a crash (21%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Montana, the component group named most often is the electrical system (13%), followed by the latches/locks/linkages (13%) and the air bags (10%).
1 of the 2004 Pontiac Montana's 5 recalls also concerns the latches/locks/linkages.
Where 2004 Pontiac Montana owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 42,221 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Latches/Locks/Linkages5
- Air Bags4
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
- Fuel System, Gasoline3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Montana peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 7. 59% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Pontiac Montana drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Pontiac Montana year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Montana years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 39 complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Montana are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Montana by model year
Other 2004 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: April 16, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted