2001 Pontiac Montana electrical system problems

20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2001 Pontiac Montana — 13% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

13%

share of all complaints

62,621 mi

median reported incident mileage

1 / 3

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“I backed up to the laundry to wash clothes and proceeded to put the car in park and get out to get clothes out of the back. I pushed the brake and thought I had put the car in park because the key came out. When I started to step out of the van to get my clothes out of the back and my foot came off…”
filed Apr 19, 2014
“Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac montana. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing failures within the elextrical system, which was causing the cruise control, anti lock braking system, and speed sensor to fail. As a result, the transaction and air bag lights would illuminate on the…”
filed Sep 29, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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