Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Pontiac Grand Am submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. VEHICLE HIT THE GUARD RAIL. AND AS A RESULT, DRIVER'S FACE HIT THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT DID NOT OPERATE AND LOCK. DEALER WAS INFORMED BY CONSUMER.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HIT THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. *TC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED STALLING CONDITIONS, REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS (SENSORS, IGNITION CONTROL, HEAD GASKET), HOWEVER ENGINE STILL STALLS. *MJS
BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES WERE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED, THEY WERE TWISTED.
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE SEVERELY TWISTED AND HITTING STRUT BRAKE HOSE MOUNT.
VEHICLE FIRE.
BRAKE LINE LOCATION CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR ON ROUGH ROADS. *DSH
BRAKES; FAILURE ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM, THE CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT. *AK
THE REAR BRAKE LOCKS BEFORE THE FRONT BRAKE . TT
APPLIED BRAKES WHEN ROAD WAS WET AND THE CAR SWERVED AND DID AN 360 DEGREE SPIN AROUD AND CAR ENDED UP IN OPPOSITE LANE. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM BY DELCO REMY IS DEFECTIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND ABS FAILS WITH NO WARNING. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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