Pontiac Trans Sport
Registered from 1996 to 1998.
About this model
The Pontiac Trans Sport is a minivan that was marketed by Pontiac from the 1990 to 1999 model years. The first minivan marketed by the division, the Trans Sport marked the beginning of a wider transition of moving away from sedans and station wagons as family-oriented vehicles. Marketed between the Chevrolet Lumina APV and the Oldsmobile Silhouette took its name from a similar 1986 concept vehicle.
From the Wikipedia article Pontiac Trans Sport, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1760 kg · 3050 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 1997 | 1554 kg · 3050 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 1996 | 1538 kg · 2790 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway · Wagon, 3-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Power-sliding door
Preliminary evaluation, opened September 2004, closed December 2004.
Rear axle trailing arm failure
Engineering analysis, opened April 2003, closed January 2004.
Rear axle trailing arm failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2002, closed April 2003.
Safety belt assembly failure
Engineering analysis, opened November 2002, closed November 2003.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Engineering analysis, opened April 2002, closed December 2002.
Shoulder harness clip
Preliminary evaluation, opened February 2002, closed August 2002.
Steering rack and pinion
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2001, closed April 2002.
Air bag tear during deployment
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2000, closed January 2001.
Unexpected opening of sliding door
Investigation SQ, opened July 2000, closed October 2001.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Pontiac filed 70 bulletins about the 1998 Trans Sport.
- Equipment: 15
- Engine and engine cooling: 11
- Visibility: 11
- Structure: 10
- Electrical system: 5
- Power train: 4
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 4
- Fuel system, gasoline: 3
- Wheels: 2
- Child seat: 1
- Other: 4
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- This warranty administration bulletin provides information regarding the field action courtesy transportation policy. · October 2019
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to unlock radios that are Delco TheftLock. Technician will use the radio to get the scrambled code. Technician… · October 2019
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · April 2019
62 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.