1990 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR. *JB

VEHICLE'S REAR BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. RUST ACCUMULATED ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT THE ROTORS AND PADS DID NOT COME IN CONTACT. *NLM

Mileage: 900,000

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES MAKE A LOUD NOISE. CONTACTED DEALER. CALIPERS HAD FROZEN UP.*AK *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REAR CALIPER HAS LOCKED UP. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT REGARDING THIS DEFECT. HOWEVER, CUTOFF DATE FOR CLASS ACTION WAS LAST YEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WANT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS IF MY CAR WAS IN A CAR CRASH-BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THINGS WRONG WITH IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

REPORTING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

REAR DISC BRAKES DRAG CAUSING OVERHEATING OF BRAKE CALIPER, WHEEL AND HYDRAULIC FLUID RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF BREAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME THE REAR CALIPER WAS SERVICED OR REPLACED AND AGAIN THE CONDITION REPEATED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF DRIVEING. THE LAST REPAIR WAS DONE AT TOM RICE PONTIAC IN HUNTINGTON, NY WHERE A COMPLETE REAR BRAKE OVERHAUL, INCLUDING BRAND NEW BRAKE CALIPERS, WAS DONE. THE PROBLEM HAS AGAIN RECURED.

CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKES. COULD FEEL CAR GRABBING AND LURCHING. SHORTLY AFTER ,REAR BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING, THEY BEGAN TO GRIND. CURRENTLY, CONSUMER HAS NO REAR BRAKES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BRAKE FAILURES SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING ONE COMPLETE WHEN ON ROAD. THE FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN STOPPED, THEN HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES LATER. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT BRAKES AND IGNITION/STEERING FIRES IN THIS VEHICLE. THERE ARE "SISTER" MODELS OF BUICK AND OLDS WHICH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. PLEASE RESPOND. *AK

WHEN RELEASING PARKING BRAKE CALIPER RELEASES SHOES FROM HOLDING DRUMS. BUT A MALFUNCTIONING CALIPER WILL NOT RELEASE ROTORS AND DAMAGE BRAKES. THIS IS THE SIXTH TIME THAT DEALER HAD TO REPLACE CALIPERS. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS COMMON WITH THESE CARS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE COMPONENTS (PADS,ROTORS AND CALIPERS), POSSIBLE DEFECT IN PARTS. *MJS

IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT THIS SYSTEM FAILURE IS QUITE EXPENSIVE, HOWEVER THE REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU READ AND HEAR TELLS YOU THAT WITH THIS SYSTEM FAILURE YOU SHOULD HAVE "NORMAL" BRAKES. HOWEVER, WHAT I FOUND OUT IS THAT WITH THE FAILURE OF ANTILOCK BRAKES... YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THEY FAILED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED AND NO TRAFFIC AROUND. THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF THIS SYSTEM! LIVES MAY DEPEND UPON IT. MY SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND YET WITHOUT WARNING WAS PUT INTO A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE THOUGHT THAT MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURRED, SHE IS NOT AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND COULD HAVE PANICKED AND HAD TERRIFYING CONSEQUENCES. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A "SAFETY" FEATURE! SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS MORE OF A MONEY MAKER AND SENSE OF FALSE SECURITY!

UNACCETTABLE PRICES ON REPLACEMENT PART AND NO REBUILD PART AVAILABLE. MASTER AND ABS PUMP COMIBINATION IN EXCESS OF $3500 TO REPLACE. NO AVAILALBE PARTS TO REBUILD FROM ANY SOURCES. ONLY NEW PARTS TO REPLACE BAD, MOST HAVE SAME FAILURE, LEAK DUE TO CRACK IN ALUMINUM HOUSING.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. IT TAKES 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO BUILD THE BRAKES BACK UP. DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER 2 TIMES, AS WELL AS THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. IT TAKES 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO BUILD THE BRAKES BACK UP. DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER 2 TIMES, AS WELL AS THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BROKE 1994; BALL JOINTS BROKE ONCEON STREET; BRAKES WENT OUT COMPLETELY ONCE ON STREET;; REAR MAIN SEAL OUT; COMPLETE REBUILT FRONT END, 1999; SMOKING IN STEERING IS INTERMITTENT. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE STRUTS WHICH BROKE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS TO GO ON AND OFF, AFFECTING VISIBILITY AND MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND UPON PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT COMPLETLY TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT MUCH HELP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

EVERYTIME CONSUMER DRIVES VEHICLE AND USES BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL STAYS DOWN ON THE FLOOR, AND DOES NOT RELEASE BY ITSELF UNLESS CONSUMER USES HIS TOE TO PULL THE BRAKE BACK UP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO BE INOPERATIVE. BUT THE BRAKES DO WORK. HAD ABS PARTS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS CONSUMER FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CALIPERS.

BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES. (MJS)

ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR ON ITS OWN. OWNER APPLIED THE BRAKES , THE PEDAL RESISTED AND BECAME HARD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE ABS SHORTS OUT , THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BUT WILL NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO COLLIDE . THE DEALER HAS REPLACED AND REPAIRED THE ABS SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *AK

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED.

BRAKE PADS WORN.

BRAKE ROTOR RUSTED.

BOTH REAR ROTORS SEPARATED; ALSO, CALIPERS SEIZED PREMATURELY/ SHORD BRAKE PAD LIFR DUE TO PAD SIZE, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE MECHANISM SLIPPED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/CRASH. *AK

BOTH REAR ROTORS SEPARATED; ALSO, CALIPERS SEIZED PREMATURELY/ SHORD BRAKE PAD LIFR DUE TO PAD SIZE, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE MECHANISM SLIPPED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/CRASH. *AK

BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,HE STATES THAT BRAKE FLUID LEAKS OUT AND THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON ICE THE ABS DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.OWNER FURTHER NOTES THAT THE BRAKE PISTON USED IN THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES IS TOO LONG WHICH CAUSES EXCESS BACK PRESSURE, RESULTING BRAKE LEAKAGE AND LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,HE STATES THAT BRAKE FLUID LEAKS OUT AND THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON ICE THE ABS DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.OWNER FURTHER NOTES THAT THE BRAKE PISTON USED IN THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES IS TOO LONG WHICH CAUSES EXCESS BACK PRESSURE, RESULTING BRAKE LEAKAGE AND LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE; WHEN DRIVING DASHBOARD RED LIGHT CAME ON FIRST AND THEN YELLOW LIGHT, BRAKES BEGAN TO GRAB, IN FOR REAPAIRS, REPLACED ABS SYSTEM. *AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE, THE PISTON IS FROZEN, AND WILL NOT GO IN & OUT OF THE CALIPER. *AK *JB

COMING TO A STOP SIGN, TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES (ANTI-SKID) AND THEY FAILED, THE RESULT WAS AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCIRBE. *AK

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

BRAKE ROTORS REPAIRED 2 TIMES DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR. *SD

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSE REDUCTION IN BRAKE ABILITY PE94-063. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSE REDUCTION IN BRAKE ABILITY PE94-063. TT

REAR BRAKES FREEZE UP DUE TO CALIPERS AND PISTONS CORRODING. BRAKES FAIL TO FUNCTION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK WELL, AND FRONT BRAKE WEARS EXCESSIVELY. TT

REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK WELL, AND FRONT BRAKE WEARS EXCESSIVELY. TT

DISCOLORATION OF REAR BRAKE ROTORS. CAUSING FRONT DISC BRAKES TO WEAR. TT

REAR BRAKES AREN'T RESPONDING APPEARING FROZEN ONLY LEAVING FRONT BRAKES TO ABSORB ALL STOPPING ABILITY. PLEASE DESCRIB DETAILS. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT *JB

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT *JB

REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING CAUSING FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. TT

REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING CAUSING FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. TT

ABS BRAKES: REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTING. HAD TO REPLACE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, REAR ROTORS THREE TIMES. TT THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE AT LEFT REAR. HOT SMELL COMES WHEN SHIFTING THE OVER DRIVE. *YH

ABS BRAKES: REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTING. HAD TO REPLACE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, REAR ROTORS THREE TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

ABS BRAKES: REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTING. HAD TO REPLACE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, REAR ROTORS THREE TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

ABS BRAKES: REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTING. HAD TO REPLACE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, REAR ROTORS THREE TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 5 YEARS DUE TO BUILD UP OF RUST/CORROSION; RESULTED IN BRAKES FREEZING UP. TT

REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 5 YEARS DUE TO BUILD UP OF RUST/CORROSION; RESULTED IN BRAKES FREEZING UP. TT

THE REAR DISC BRAKES CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE IS STOPPING ONLY ON THE FRONT BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT *SLC

THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON PURCHASED CAR NEW . TT

REAR CALIPER SLIDES/LOCKS UP CAUSING INCREASE BRAKING POWER; REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 4 1/2 YEARS; ALSO, CAUSES EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, REAR CALIPERS CORRODED, EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT

BOTH REAR ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED ALSO FRONT BRAKES. WITHIN 50,000 SAME COMPONENTS REPLACED AGAIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

BOTH REAR ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED ALSO FRONT BRAKES. WITHIN 50,000 SAME COMPONENTS REPLACED AGAIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

BRAKES FAILED 2 YEARS AGO, REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; INCREASED STOPPING. TT

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 10,000 MILES. TT

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR 3 TIMES.THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY.SOFT PEDAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS. TT

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

REAR BRAKES FROZE. *SD

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAIL, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. *DH

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSED REDUCTION IN BRAKING ABILITY. *AK

BRAKES FAILED. *DSH

VACUUM BOOSTER HOSE THAT EXTENDS TO AN INTAKE PIPE ON ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD LOOSENED FROM ENGINE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STICK, CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO PREMATURELY WEAR/PINS GRIND INTO THE ROTORS. *SD

THE REAR DISC BRAKE LOCK UP. TT

HEAR THUMPING SOUND WHILE APPLYING BRAKES; SOUND OF METAL TO METAL RUBBING; CORROSION CAUSED CALIPERS TO FREEZE. TT

FRONT BRAKES ARE OVERWORKED DUE THE FAILURE OF THE BACK BRAKES (CORRODED BACK BRAKES) EA 94-041. TT

REAR CALIPERS SEIZED, DESTROYING ROTORS/CALIPERS. *AK

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE.

REAR BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE.

REAR BRAKE PAD REPLACED TWICE.

STE MODEL REAR CALIPERS ARE FAILING CAUSING REAR ROTORS TO CORRODE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. FRONT BRAKES ABSORBS ALL BRAKING PRESSURE. TT

BRAKE PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS FAILED. *TW

REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHICH CAUSES FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. TT

CALIPERS DESIGNED WITH 1 INSTEAD OF 1/2 INCH SLIDERS ALONG WITH TYPE OF GREASE, CAUSE CALIPERS TO FREEZE AND EXCESSIVE WEAR ON PADS AND RUST OUT ROTORS. *SKD

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED, HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT

ERRATIC OPERATION OF REAR BRAKES DUE TO PINS CRACKING, CAUSING WEAR OF FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS IS THE TENTH INCIDENT. TT

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED, CAUSING REAR ROTOR FAILURE/BURNING SMELL, ALSO PREMATURE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE PADS. *SKD

REAR BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. *SKD

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. TT

REAR BRAKE CALIPER CORRODED OPEN AND WILL NOT CLOSE DOWN ON THE ROTOR, RESULTING IN NO REAR BRAKES. TT

REAR BRAKES WORE OUT. TT

REPLACED FRONT/REAR ROTORS/PADS/CALIPERS. *AK

DUE TO POOR BRAKE CONTROL OF REAR CALIPERS, FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT FASTER. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES/EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, REPLACED CALIPERS ON REAR. TT

CORROSION OF THE REAR DISC ROTORS AND REPLACED CALIPERS, EA94-041 ACTIVE. TT

REAR DISC BRAKES ARE CORRODED. TT

PE 94-063 ACTIVE, CORROSION OF REAR DISC PAD/ROTORS AND SLIDE, ALSO REPLACD FRONT PADS. TT

REAR DISC BRAKE CORROSION. PLEASE EXPLAIN . TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING LACK OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS WHEN APPLIED AT ANY SPEED. TT

REAR BRAKES DRUMS RUSTED. *SKD

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. TT

ABS BRAKES/CALIPERS CAUSES THE WHEEL TO TURN TOO SLOWLY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL. TT

BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, TWICE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY/PREMATURE WEAR ON ROTORS. *SKD

BRAKE FAILURE, ROTORS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. TT