NHTSA Complaint #10088881 — 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A POSSIBLE MANUFACTURE DEFECT OF MY 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THERE WAS ELECTRICAL DAMAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO THE FACTORY (WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED) MISS ROUTING OF THE HARNESS FROM THE POSITIVE CABLE OF THE BATTERY. THE HARNESS WAS FOUND, BY THE MECHANIC, TO BE ROUTED OVER THE AIR CONDITIONER, WHICH IN-TIME BURNED THROUGH TO THE BARE WIRES, WHICH IN-TURN SHORTED OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PCM AND BATTERY PLUS BURNED OUT MOST OF THE WIRING CONNECTED TO THE POSITIVE CABLE OF THE BATTERY. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WHO PREFORMED THE REPAIRS, THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND CONSIDERING THE YEAR AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN. THE PCM, BATTERY AND WIRING HAD TO BE REPLACED, WITH NEW HARNESS; IN ADDITION THE MECHANIC HAD TO RE-ROUTE THE HARNESS UNDER THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT FROM BURNING UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER. TOTAL REPAIR BILL $823.00 NOT INCLUDING TOWING.*AK