1997 Pontiac Montana Body and structure Problems

“I recently saw that toyota voluntarily recalled some of their vehicles due to failures of the cable that holds their spare tires in place. I had this exact same failure occur to me on a 1997 Pontiac Montana van. The actual failure occurred on 1/21/08. I was parked in a parking lot when the spare tire suddenly separated from the vehicle and fell onto the ground. The metal cable on the spare tire winch had failed due to corrosion and allowed the tire to fall. …”

“A/c heat - air conditioning / heat unit in rear of van failed in 2001. Have not attempted to have it repaired to date. A/c and heat is ok front. Body - passenger automatic sliding door. Rattled almost from the day we bought the car. It also at times would not closed (in park). It would close automatically until it touched the car body then would re-open. They replaced the power sliding door unlatch actuator under a recall. Engine - starting at 48,000 miles the check engine light would start to blink when driving, immediately the van would start to run very roughly and have poor acceleration. …”