Pontiac Solstice brake failure problems

Filed Sep 11, 2015 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac solstice. While driving at approximately 20 MPH and attempting to stop, the brakes failed and caused the vehicle to crash into the rear of a second vehicle. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to an independent brake specialist who was unable to locate the failure. On another occasion, the brakes failed and the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The failure only occurred when driving at low speeds and when depressing the brake pedal multiple times, causing the brake vacuum pump to malfunction. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000...updated 11/05/15 *bf

Filed Apr 28, 2015 · Brakes · 8,333 miles · MO

Brake failure car is garaged and not driven in the winter. The vehicle had been parked for 4 weeks at the time and when first driven the brakes were much weaker than normal and pulled the car severely to the right. Car was driven for one mile with no change. I inspected the brake rotors and found left front and right rear brakes were not working(cold rotors), right front and left rear rotors were hot. Two days later when backing out of garage to check again, there were no brakes. Peddle went to the floor and car was stopped using emergency brake. Brake fluid was checked and the level was normal and the fluid was clean. I pulled into street to test further and after traveling 30-50 feet the brakes began to work, the brake peddle was hard and brakes were functioning normally. Same day I visited the dealer, poage chevrolet in wentzville, mo. Service manager and his associate had no ideas on the cause other than to say "sounds like something was stuck and now it's not stuck anymore". Only suggestion was to replace the brake fluid. Dealer said they couldn't do any diagnostics if the problem wasn't present. I asked and the dealer checked and said no technical service bulletins existed on this kind of issue. I did see a tsb on saturn sky(sister car to the solstice) for brake issue for model year 2008. Now I don't know if I can trust the brakes to work when needed. The car has been driven twice since with no brake problems.

Filed Dec 13, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 57,500 miles · TX

I have a 2007 pontiac solstice. On 12/12/14, while driving my vehicle I observed issues with my brakes. While driving about 35 MPH and applying the brakes the car jerked as if the brakes went out. I had issues with this last month and a mechanic informed me that my transmission was not shifting correctly. I cannot afford to replace all these parts. I believe it has to do with the multiple recalls on my vehicle. I have read other individuals dealing with the same issue. It is very dangerous and needs to be brought to owners attention this can result on many more deaths. I cannot drive my car because of the brakes jerking so hard. I am going to have my car towed to a local gm dealership. Please research this for the safety of owners and other individuals on the road !!!!

Filed Jan 29, 2013 · Brakes · 6,000 miles · CA · crash

On two separate occasions (the second date was about 2 months ago), I have had to make very hard stops at freeway speeds. Both times, the car came to a stop with the anti-lock brakes functioning properly (brake pedal vibrations indicating correct modulation). Once the car comes to a complete stop however, the brakes suddenly failed completely. The brake pedal goes to the floor with absolutely no back pressure. The car begins to roll again, indicating the brake caliper/pads have released the disk. The only way I was able to stop again was to pump the brake pedal, activating the stability control module to boost hydraulic pressure to the braking system. This seems related to the previous issue of brakes not functioning on start-up due to low vacuum. Following a hard stop, the vacuum boost to the brakes apparently becomes depleted, causing braking system failure. I have reported this to my dealer and they have been unable to re-create the problem. Due to the potential dangers this presents, I felt it important to report this since the dealership seemed unwilling to pursue the issue.

Filed May 26, 2009 · Brakes · 550 miles · NC

2008 pontiac solstice has no brakes when you first start up early morning pontiac say`s this is normal for this type vehicle. When is no brakes normal for a new car.

Filed May 26, 2009 · Brakes · 550 miles · NC

2008 pontiac solstice has no brakes when you first start up early morning pontiac say`s this is normal for this type vehicle. When is no brakes normal for a new car to have no brakes when you first apply.

Filed Aug 27, 2008 · Brakes · 38,000 miles · NE · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 pontiac solstice. When the contact attempted to apply the brakes at 5 MPH, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The contact had to apply the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. He released the emergency brake and the contact had to apply a large amount of pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. There were no injuries. The contact did not notice any differences beforehand. The vehicle is currently being diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 38,000.

Filed Jun 11, 2008 · Brakes · 500 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 pontiac solstice. When the contact first starts the vehicle, there is a loss of brake functionality. He took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that they were aware of the failure, but could not make a repair until gm formulates a remedy. The vacuum boost switches to turbo on the engine and needs to build up. Once it finally builds up, the brakes work normally. The failure mileage was 500. Updated 07/07/08.*lj updated

Filed Mar 26, 2008 · Brakes · 270 miles · GA

Pontiac solstice - 2008 gxp after my car has sat for a period of time when it is started up again the car over revs and the brakes to not work. The first time I noticed it I was putting down the top and by the time I was done it has stopped revving. The second time a day later I was pulling out of my parking spot and headed toward a gate. The brakes would not work almost causing me to hit the fence. After I let it sit for a while it started working ok. Third time my wife was pulling out of our garage while backing down the driveway. The brakes did not work causing her to roll into the street. Good news is she did not get hit. Took the car to the dealership. Took 4 days to figure out the problem. I was told they had to reprogram the car but it should be fine now. After I picked it up from the dealership and drove home. The engine fan ran for 5 minutes after it was turned off.

Filed Mar 13, 2008 · Brakes · TX

I have a brake failure problem on my 2008 pontiac solstice gxp with 2.0 turbo engine. After starting car I proceeded to back out of garage, after backing up 5 to 10 feet I stepped on the brake to stop car and car would not stop. Had to push on brake pedal several times very hard and to pull on the emergency brake to finally get it to stop. If there had been anyone on sidewalk behind my at the time it could had resulted in a bad accident. Then I took my car to dealership and they told me they had never heard of this happening. After leaving car at dealership a day or 2 I went back and they had found a service bulletin ( document id# 1982132 ) dated 6/04/2007 about this problem which stated that this was normal on the pontiac solstice gxp and the saturn sky and there was nothing they could do. After that I spoke with the general motors rep. And the service manager and he told me the same thing but he would check in to the problem and get back with the service manager with the findings. After a week I received a call from the service manager and was told that general motors was writing a new software program and that it would not be ready for 2 or 3 months. That was on november 3, 2007. After waiting for 3 and did not hear anything from dealership I called they and was told that the software was ready and I could bring my car back and they would install the new software to solve the problem. The new software was install on 3/3/2008. I returned to dealership to pick-up my car only to find that the "new" software did not solve the problem and was told by the dealership that they could not do anything and that they were at the mercy of general motors to solve the problem. This braking problem was not a one time occurrence and it happens every time you start the car when it is cold, even after driving car and the letting it set 4 or 5 hours it does the same thing. So I consider this a safety issue and would like to have it resolved before someone gets hurt or killed.