NHTSA vehicle safety data

2003 Pontiac Trans Sport Recalls & Complaints

We couldn't confirm the NHTSA recall list for the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport right now, so this page doesn't state a recall count — check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls for current campaigns. 3 owner complaints are on file.

NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport.

2003 Pontiac Trans Sport owner complaints

Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA about the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport, describing incidents dated April 15, 2003 to August 22, 2005.

Most-cited components

Structure 1 complaint
Tires 1 complaint
Unknown or Other 1 complaint
Visibility/Wiper 1 complaint

Newest complaints

ODI #10133934 · Filed August 23, 2005
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE UNIROYAL TIGER PAW TIRES THAT CAME WITH MY 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA THUNDER. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME TIRE 4 TIMES AT A COST TO ME. EACH TIME THE TIRE WAS EASILY PUNCTURED OR SHREDDED ON ME. WE HAD NOTICED THE TIRE SEEMED TO BE LOSING AIR SO WE PUMPED IT UP…
ODI #10069635 · Filed January 15, 2004
TWO PROBLEMS: 1-SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES NOT TO OPERATE AND STOPE OPERATION AT ANY TIME. 2. HEADLIGHT COVER BLEW OFF. LIGHT BURNED OUT WHILE DRIVING. HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLEY. MANUFACTOR OF HEADLIGHT INDICATED A RECALL GIVEN SO MAY UNTIS BEING SOLD. DEALERSHIP SAID NO. UNIT WAS $200 PLUS…
ODI #10043443 · Filed October 23, 2003
WE WERE DRIVING HOME WITH OUR KIDS IN OUR 1995 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WHEN WE HIT A POT HOLE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE ALIGNMENT WENT BAD BUT WHEN WE GOT HOME I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS BENT. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND BOTH MECHANICS SAID THAT THE WELDING THAT HOLDS THE STRUT…

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NHTSA defect investigations

NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport in 1 investigation. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

Preliminary Evaluation PE04-064: POWER-SLIDING DOOR
Closed December 22, 2004
- Recall 04V-597

Open and recently closed NHTSA defect investigations

We couldn't confirm the NHTSA recall list for the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport right now — this is not a confirmed "no recalls". Check the VIN at NHTSA.gov/recalls for the official status.

try.vin has no NCAP crash-test rating on file for the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport. NHTSA rates some vehicles by body style — pickups by cab, vans by roof height — so check nhtsa.gov/ratings.

3 owner complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2003 Pontiac Trans Sport.

Tires

ODI #10133934

Incident: August 22, 2005 · Filed: August 23, 2005

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE UNIROYAL TIGER PAW TIRES THAT CAME WITH MY 2003 PONTIAC MONTANA THUNDER. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME TIRE 4 TIMES AT A COST TO ME. EACH TIME THE TIRE WAS EASILY PUNCTURED OR SHREDDED ON ME. WE HAD NOTICED THE TIRE SEEMED TO BE LOSING AIR SO WE PUMPED IT UP AND THEN PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR FIX A FLAT. THIS DID NOT WORK HOWEVER... WE WERE DRIVING FROM CT TO NY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD THUMP THUMP, WE PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT THE TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. WHEN WE REMOVED THE TIRE WE FOUND THAT ALMOST ALL THE TREAD WAS WORN ON THE INSIDE AND THAT A HUGE INDENTATION WAS DEVELOPING IN THE WALL OF THE TIRE. I HAVE HAD IT WITH THE UNIROYAL BRAND...OBVISIOUSLY THEY MAKE INCOMPETENT TIRES BECAUSE ALL HAVE READ ARE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T APPRECIAT HAVING TO FORK OVER HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE TIRES EVERY FEW MONTHS.

Visibility; Unknown or Other

ODI #10069635

Incident: April 15, 2003 · Filed: January 15, 2004

TWO PROBLEMS: 1-SLIDING DOOR CONTINUES NOT TO OPERATE AND STOPE OPERATION AT ANY TIME. 2. HEADLIGHT COVER BLEW OFF. LIGHT BURNED OUT WHILE DRIVING. HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLEY. MANUFACTOR OF HEADLIGHT INDICATED A RECALL GIVEN SO MAY UNTIS BEING SOLD. DEALERSHIP SAID NO. UNIT WAS $200 PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING AND INSTALLTION. 3. WORRIED ABOUT COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE GASTKET BEING REPLACED AND ENGINES BLOWN.

Structure

ODI #10043443

Incident: September 12, 2003 · Filed: October 23, 2003

WE WERE DRIVING HOME WITH OUR KIDS IN OUR 1995 PONTIAC TRANSPORT WHEN WE HIT A POT HOLE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE ALIGNMENT WENT BAD BUT WHEN WE GOT HOME I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS BENT. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND BOTH MECHANICS SAID THAT THE WELDING THAT HOLDS THE STRUT TO THE FRAME/BODY CAME UNWELDED. THEY SAID THAT THEY NEVER SAY A WELDING THAT WAS DONE AT THE FACTORY COME UNWELDED LIKE THAT AND THAT IT COULDN'T BE FIXED. WHEN I CONTACTED GM THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THAT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I CAN'T DRIVE THE PONTIAC. CAN YOU ASSIST US IN ANYWAY? *LA

Other Pontiac Trans Sport model years

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