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1998 Pontiac Trans Sport structure problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the structure on the 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport9% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Structure complaints
9%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Paint on hood of van is peeling and coming off right down to the metal. I've seen the very same issue on many other vans like mine the same year, make and model. This is a factory paint problem and pontiac should fix this. *tr

    filed Nov 6, 2008

  • I have a 98 pontiac transport. The passenger side slide door opens on its own, and it will only open manually. The sliding door stopped opening with the control about three months ago. *tr

    filed Jun 3, 2008

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

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.