1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Body and structure Problems

“I own a 1997 Pontiac transport that should have a immediate recall. The power sliding door is opening when ever it wants mostly while making left turns. The door opened twice within the last week. Once almost losing my son. I turned a left turn and it popped open leaving my son hanging out the door in his seat belt. He has seat belt burn marks on his shoulder and neck.”

“My 97 Pontiac transports has a safety issue. The passenger sliding door is inoperable. The door will not open and apperas to not be closed all the way. The door is turned off via the switch and the lock will not release via the unlock switch or the manual lock mechanism on the door. In the even of an accident this door could not be used as an exit. I also have concerns of the door possible coming open while the vehicle is in motion.”

“The steering on our 1997 Pontiac transport montana is very hard. I noticed this earlier this week. While driving, when I wanted to turn it takes a lot of effort to make a turn now, and the passenger side rear sliding door still comes open sometimes after you close it. It seems as if it's going to close and then it would just open. I know my husband took the car in for repair and they said it was a recall on these two things and they were fixed, but it still seems as if the problem is there.”

“Problem #1 - seat belts. Four out of the seven seat belts in the car have failed. Specifically the retraction system. Four out of seven going bad to me, means this is not an isolated failure. I'm concern about the other 3 working if in an accident. Dealers contacted want to charge me $800 - $1000 to fix four seat belts. Need to get it fixed, but nothing to believe I won't be asking that same dealer to fix the other 3 seat belts when they go bad too. Dealers say high cost of repair is directly attributed to the cost of parts. …”

“I had no problem with power sliding door, until recall campaign # 01v067000.. Repoted problem to NHTSA and also Pontiac customer relations. Was instructed to take van to dealer and did so many times for replacement of parts in the door. Finally was informed of a recall on the recall.. Campaign # 01v264000... Dated in october 2001... Local dealer could not get parts, since I live in florida for winter months was told by Pontiac customer relations to take the van to carl's Pontiac, stuart, fl. Did so and they performed the campaign. …”