Driving in rush hour traffic, on congested freeway, at 55 MPH the brake pedal went to the floor without any warning. The traffic in front of me was slowing down and I almost rear ended the car in front of me. Dropped it in first gear, applied emergency brake and made an evasive lane change to get to the shoulder and let it slow down by itself. Pulled off on the freeway shoulder got out of the car and I noticed the brake line right underneath the driver side leaking at a high rate and brake fluid puddling underneath the vehicle. Only god's grace that I didn't rear end anybody or gotten into a car crash. Disappointed is not a strong enough word to use for what happened. I have never experienced a brake line burst in a vehicle. Doing some online searches on gm brake line failures I found a lot of reported cases of gm vehicles having severely rusted brake lines that had catastrophic failure with the brake pedal going to the floor. Hope that you'll open an investigation into these concerns in order to avoid any future incidents.
Pontiac Trans Sport brake failure problems
20 of the 971 owner complaints about the Pontiac Trans Sport describe brake failure, most of them for the 1992 model year.
- owner complaints
- 20
- worst model year
- 1992
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl* - on january 2, 2007 while driving the brakes failed. The contact found out that therewas recall 98v072000, on this vehicle , and took it to a dealer, and dealer refused to do recall repairs. Then, the contact called pontiac at 1800-762-2737, the number sited in the recall summary, and was told by pontiac that they never heard of the recall.
The day before I took the van in for repairs it stopped on me and I coasted home with hardly no brakes and bad steering.the repairs that I was about to have done was for a leaking intake gasket.I did not know what had happened until I read about the same thing happening with other people.some people call it vapor lock. If there would have been people or other cars in my way this could have turned very bad. All the gm dealers say that this is a common problem. When I call gm they say they never heard about it. Something needs to be done now about this problem. Thank you , scott eggebrecht
Day before I was going to have my 97 pontiac transport repaired for a leaking intake manifold gasket I was coming home and the van shut down on me, leaving me with poor steering and hardley no brakes. After leaving it sit for about a hour it restarted. I did some checking on the internet and read about the same thing happenig to other people with leaking manifold gaskets.I called gm about the problem and they said they never heard of any problems like this. The oldsmobile garage that told me what the problem was said this happens all the time, that the gaskets are defective. My concern is that if there would have been people or cars near me when this happened this could have been deadly. For gm to sit and lie to me that theres nothing wrong and then I see petitions with arond 1350 people who have had the same problem on the internet, something had better be done.I think a recall should be done.
Abs braking lights and airbag light appears on dashboard. Also, brake pedal goes all the way to the floor. Dealership is aware of problem.*ak the ABS light and air bag light stays on while the vehicle is on.
Windshield wiper arm is wearing through brake line, causing a loss of brakes. Dealer installed a retainer to prevent contact between brake line and windshield wiper arm, but defect has reoccurred twice even after retainer was installed.*ak
While driving the van about 25 MPH and applying the brakes the pedal went down to the floor and the vehicle continued to move at the same speed until we hit the car in front of us. I had complete brake failure!!!
The power steering will quit for 10 seconds when driving in rain or splashing through water puddle. Brakes did not work properly. First brake repair, dealer bled air out of system. Second brake repair, dealer replaced rear slave seals.
Brakes failed, master cylinder replaced, however problem continues. (qcaw)
When traveling 35 MPH and upon depressing the brake pedal to make a normal stop, the brake pedal went to the floorboard, causing extended stopping distance, resutling in an accident. Consumer has yet to contact the dealer. Please provide further details.
Related recalls
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- What is wrong
- Improperly manufactured brake pedal arm causes the brake pedal arm to fracture during braking.
- Risk
- This condition can result in a loss of brake operation increasing braking distance and the potential for a vehicle accident.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace all suspect brake pedal assemblies.
Recall number 95V048000 · Recall details
Questions about the Pontiac Trans Sport brake failure
Which Pontiac Trans Sport years have brake failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1992 (7 complaints), 1997 (7 complaints) and 1995 (2 complaints).
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