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8.0

pretty bad

Typical Repair Cost:

$300.00

Average Mileage:

85,000 miles

Total Complaints:

1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. extensive diagnosis and driveshaft pulley replacement (1 reports)
Pontiac Montana engine problems

engine problem

Helpful Websites About 1999 Pontiac Montana driveshaft pulley wear caused belt to come off

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

problem #1

2006Oct 30

(reported on)

Montana

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles

Losing a belt means: no power steering, no water pump(no coolant), no traction control, no battery charge, and a rough ride to repair station. The belt came off due to a design flaw in the drive shaft pulley. At the very bottom of the engine the harmonic balancer(pulley) is connected to the driveshaft with a rubber insulator in between. When that rubber wears it apparently drives the pulley off alignment shredding a belt and ultimately the belt comes off. There was a design change that when you get a replacement part it eliminates this rubber insulator. It took extensive investigating to find this one, an apparent known issue.

Ed B.

Troy, MI, USA

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