Car has had rotors resurfaced twice and now need replaced.
1999 Pontiac Grand Am brakes complaints
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Intermittently the when brakes are applied pedal goes to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance. After dealer has inspected vehicle, it was discovered that the rotors were warped.
Front end shakes violently when braking, dealer will not repair under warranty or w/o charge!!
1) rotors very badly warped. Heavy vibration through steering column and brake pedal under normal braking conditions. Difficulty steering vehicle during hard braking. 2) lcd display on cd player functions only intermittently. Normal operation gives garbled characters.
When stepping on brake pedal entire front end, steering wheel and car vibrates. Dealer says brakes are not under warranty. There is a serious defect in the brakes. Your database shows many many complaints of the same nature.
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Front brakes began pulsating when applying brakes dealer saws both front rotors must be replace. Dealer saws there is no warranty or recall on this item.
Brake rotors are warped. When drinving at highway speed vehicle begins to jerk when brakes are applied. Pontiac has been contacted.
Please recall front brakes unsafe. When the brakes are applied at any speed the steering column shakes and braking distance is increased significantly. In extreem conditions such as wet roads or stop and go traffic traction has been lost due to pulsating brakes. Dealer stated that the pads were worn and that I was responsible. I contested their findings and asked for proof (I.e. Pad thicknesses.) the dealer service department gave me the actual pad thicknesses which were well within working range. The dealer service department then stated that the rotors were probably warped probably due to driving in rainy conditions and that I was still responsible for the repairs. I again contested saying that the warped rotors were a result of a material failure, not wearing of the pads or rotors and should therefore be covered under warranty. After more trouble than I care to mention the dealer decided to turn down the front rotors. And the vehical drove fine after that until the rotors warped again. See second failure report.
Whenever brakes are applied steering wheel would be hard to control & would wobble. Front disc rotors were warping. This was the 3rd set of rotors replaced on the vehicle.
Front end of this car has been a problem since it was first purchased. The car pulls dramaticly to the lest when you try and pass another car. Both manufactor and dealer says this is normal "normal torque steer". This action causes the car to either into the far left shoulder of the road or alomost become uncontrolable if there is snow on the road. The brakes started shaking when the car was purchased, dealer replaced rotor assmb. And oiled calibers. Brakes had to be replaced at owners expense. I have continued to try and have the front end fixed. Dealer replaced tires (claims they were out of round), did not fix the problem, dealer replaced wheels (claims they were milled wrong) did not fix the probelm. Manufacture states after call, that there was nothing more they can do. This car has been into the shop for these related repairs 13 times since the car was purchased. I feel that pontiac will not deal with this problem until there is a major law suit against them.
I bought the grand am used which had 280 miles on it. Ever since the date of purchase, I have had nothing but continuous problems. The major problem is the braking system. My car has had approximiatly 8 sets of rotors and 4 sets of brake pads. I have owned the vehicle for 1 year and has only 27900 miles on it. The new design rotors and pads were supposed to correct the brake pulsation, but they have not. I have had about 3 sets of the new design components. Both rear windows have been replaced due to misplaced parts in the window components. I have also had 2 oil leaks on the vehicle, one on the rear seal, the other inside the engine, which required replacing different gaskets under the intake system. The radio was replaced because the play button for the tapes did not work. I have also had molding on the doors of the vehicle replaced due to paint chipping off and warped parts. I am soon going to be getting the 2 front grills replaced due to crome chipping off of them. I would not recommend anyone to purchase a grand am. My vehicle is in the repair shop at leat once a month. The reparis are completed at another pontiac dealer other than where I purchased the car because of their horrible service. I now get serviced at sapaugh gm in herculaneum, mo, who has been wonderful as far as customer service. I owned a ford product before the purchase of my gm product--I don't know if I'll ever purchase another gm product. Mine has been nothing but headaches.
With only approximately 14,000 miles on the pontiac grand am se2 we noticed when pressing on the brakes at 65 MPH, the steering wheel and the brake pedal vibrates excessively. Took in to dealer, found the rotors warped and the brakes already worn with only 15,500 miles, unacceptable. Customer responsible for repair.
When making a right or left turn vehicle will make a noise and a real hard rubbing sound. Steering wheel will jerk by itself. Contact dealer, not able to help.*ak brake pads and rotors failed.
Air conditioner willnot blow any air on level 1 , 2 or 3, necessary in florida, car pulsates when brakes applied, has dealer look at it and replaced brakes, pads and rotors, have had power windows replaced twice due to scratches inside and out, vendor will not tint windows until problem is resolved, glove box opens even when locked, have had console secure clip replaced due to recent recall.
Front end pulls to the left when when passing, front in shakes at times, dealer replaced brakes, ABS system, tires, wheels, did alinements and told us that it is normal for this car to pull to the left when passing. We told them that when this happens, we feel that it could cause the driver to lose control and go into on coming traffic. They said they have done everything possible and we are still having problems with the front end. Currently the brakes started making noise when we turn the car to the left. The dealer says we will have to pay for this problem since our warrenty has expired. We feel that there is a major problem with the design of the front end system including the ABS brake system, the low traction system and front end suspension. We are currently looking for options to deal with this very hazzardly problem. Thank you.
Rotors cut at approx.3000, replaced w/ pads at approx. 5000, failing again. Left front speaker is blown out. In discussion w/ a friend who owns same car she has same problems.
Rotors warp too easily under normal driving conditions. Seems to be a debate over wether there exists a tsb for this problem or not. Wether or not a tsb exists, gm needs to fix this known problem so that the rotors don't need to be replaced very 15,000 miles. Mine lasted untill 35,000 miles because they were replaced at around 15,000 miles before they had a chance to warp.*ak( dot number: tire size: p215/60r15 )
While depressing the brake pedal vehicle would start vibrating and shaking. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information.
Dealership agrees that there are problems with the rotors on grand ams, but gm won't cover repair costs, even if mileage is under 36k. Recall, please! Does it take a genius to see that there's a problem? Will it take someone getting hurt to see that?
Brakes have been vibrating since 16k miles. Antilock system failed causing brakes to lock. Notified local dealer, was told about tsb issued by gm, brakes and rotors for replacement on backorder until 08/2000.
While driving consumer stepped on brake pedal and vehicle started vibrating without a warning. Also, vehicle bounced from side to side.
Consumer has bumper to bumper warranty & the brakes & rotors have been replaced 3 times from 26,000 miles. Consumer spoke to someone at the dealership, they don't seem to be helping.
Brake rotors were completely warped, possibly from being too thin. This has caused extended stopping distance .manufacturer stated that parts were on back order for three months.
Excessive wear of rotors and brake pads. Replacement were made every six months. Vehicle has been in / out of dealer shop on several occasions, and problem was still unresolved. Provide further details.
When the brakes were applied vehicle began to shake from side to side because the rotors had warped. Dealer was notified.
11/15/1999 involved in 25 to 30 MPH frontal collision, airbags did not deploy, resulting in 2 injuries, pontiac contacted several times and each time given different answers as to why the air bags did not deploy. First reason given was it liked a fraction of an inch to deployment, 2nd time pontia contacted they advised that it wasnt at fast enough speed for deployment, 3rd time contacted pontiac advised that I should be glad that the airbags did not deploy ,4th time contacted pontiac advised that car airbags do not deploy when other vehicle is pick-up size or larger the dealership and the body shop where I had vehicle repaired both advised that the air bags should has deployed on impact. Have had the brakes rotors turned once and 2 months. Now have to get new brakes on vehicle.
While driving about 55 MPH could feel brake pedal pulsating. Also,could feel vehicle vibrating.
This is the 2nd time that pads have worn out. First replaced at 14,000 miles. Only 6,000 miles later need to be replaced. Definitely a problem here! Needs action taken.
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