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Pontiac Grand Am Service Brakes, Hydraulic Foundation Components Master Cylinder Safety Report | Jan 18, 1999
Reported on Jan 18, 1999
| BRAKES FAILED WHEN CAR SAT ALL DAY OR OVERNIGHT AND I WOULD JUST START TO MOVE AT NO MORE THAN 10 MPH. THE FIRST THREE TIMES IT HAPPENED I COULD PUMP UP THE BRAKES UNTIL THEY WOULD BEGIN TO HOLD. THE LAST TIME THE BRAKES WOULD NOT PUMP UP, AND I HAD TO LET THE CAR ROLL SLOW ENOUGH TO BUMP INTO A CURB AND THROW IT INTO PARK. THE LAST TIME CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE. DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND BRAKES FAILED. AFTER HEARING THE CLANGING' NOICE I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SINCE JANUARY, HE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE ABS MALFUNCTION. THIS WAS CONFIRMED AT THE SERVICE CENTER AND THE ABS MOTOR PAK WAS REPLACED AT A COST TO OWNER OF $160. GM AND DEALER PICKED UP BALANCE OF REPAIR COSTS. DEALER CONFIRMED THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM IN JANUARY 1999 WAS THE ABS AND NOT MASTER CYLINDER--NEVER WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE WARNING LIGHTS NEVER CAME ON AND THE SENSORS NEVER REVEALED THE PROBLEM ON THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. *AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | EDMONDS WA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE15M6SM |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 10 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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| Dealer name and location: | |
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