73 of the 185 complaints about the 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix are about the braking system — 39% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 132,500 miles.
73
Complaints
7
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LOST USE OF BRAKES AND DROVE INTO PARKING LOT THEN STRUCK A POLE. *NJ (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0531-91)*JB LETTER UPDATED 03/17/10
NHTSA complaint #10240461 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FOUND OUT THAT MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING AND SUSPENSION IS THAT THE CRADLE THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE IS CRACKED AND RUSTED OUT READY TO BREAK I REPLACED THE CRADLE IN JUNE 2003 BUT I HAD IT WELDED IN JAN OF 2002 THESE IS SAME DEFECT AS IN GM GEOGRAPHIC RECALL FOR 1991 MODEL
NHTSA complaint #10069213 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
SEVERAL PROBLEMS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.OLT FELL OUT OF REAR OF ENGINE CRADLE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. WENT INTO THE DITCH AND COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. SEVERE OIL LEAK IN ENGINE, ORIGIN UNKNOWN.ILTING MECHANISM IN STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE WHICH CAUSED BRACKET TO BREAK AND ALLOWS STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. WHILE STEERING WHEEL IS DOWN AND BEING TURNED, THE CAR DIES. SEAT TILT MECHANISM ON FRONT PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT HOLD SEAT BACK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF STEERING COLUMN AFTER THE CAR IS STARTED. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS RUST CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND SCORE THE ROTOR.
NHTSA complaint #10053179 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
WHILE DRIVING REAR BRAKES WENT OUT CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND IT WILL BE HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.
NHTSA complaint #8016317 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A STOP.
NHTSA complaint #785932 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I AM SHOCKED AT THE PROBLEMS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED WITH MY GRAND PRIX, BRAKE FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #760046 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BOUGHT IN 1999, REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND REPLACED IN FALL 1999, SLIDE PINS WERE FOUND TO BE FROZEN UP AND CAUSING THE CALIPERS TO NOT RELEASE THE BRAKE PADS THERE FOR WARPING AND DESTROYING THE ROATERS, ALL PARTS WERE REPLACED IN FEB 2001 AND NOW IN AUG 2001 THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS (POSSIBLY THE CALIPERS AND SLIDE PINS ALSO) WILL BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE SLIDE PINS ARE NOT RELEASING THE CALIPERS AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF THEY WERE TO LOCK UP MY BRAKES WHILE ON THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ON AN INTERSTATE ROAD! ALL PARTS WERE REPLACED 3 TIMES AND NO HELP FROM GM. THANK YOU.
NHTSA complaint #750965 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED REAR CALIPERS WOULD FREEZE UP AND PADS WOULD GRIND INTO ROTORS. MECHANIC REPLACED OLD CALIPERS WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT T MANUFACTURER HAD OFFERED. *AK
NHTSA complaint #889107 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED REAR CALIPERS WOULD FREEZE UP AND PADS WOULD GRIND INTO ROTORS. MECHANIC REPLACED OLD CALIPERS WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT T MANUFACTURER HAD OFFERED. *AK
NHTSA complaint #889107 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED REAR CALIPERS WOULD FREEZE UP AND PADS WOULD GRIND INTO ROTORS. MECHANIC REPLACED OLD CALIPERS WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT T MANUFACTURER HAD OFFERED. *AK
NHTSA complaint #889107 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
REAR BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS REPLACED AND BUSHINGS FROZEN. NLM
NHTSA complaint #560205 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
REAR BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS REPLACED AND BUSHINGS FROZEN. NLM
NHTSA complaint #560205 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #740879 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH, DRIVER AND PASSENGER BOTH INJURIED.
NHTSA complaint #558892 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES DEFECTIVE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #558348 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES DEFECTIVE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #558348 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PONTIAC OR SONEONE A YEAR AGO ABOUT SOME BRAKE PROBLEMS ANT THAT PONTIAC WOULD PAY FOR ANY REPAIR. MY AUTO MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR CALIPERS WERE FROZE AND IT WOULD COST $400-500 TO REPAIR THE CAR. HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE BRAKE PROBLEN WAS THE ONE PONTIAC WAS PAYING FOR. COULD YOU GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THANKS-TIM ISBELL.
NHTSA complaint #738698 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ALL REAR BRAKES PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE(CALIPERS-4TIMES AND PADS-5 OR MORE IN LAST YEAR) AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT HEATING UP AND EVEN CATCHING FIRE IF NOT NOTICED IMMEDIATELY, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME DRIVEN BUT MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE.
NHTSA complaint #732521 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO HAVE VIBRATION PROBLEMS DUE TO POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW.
NHTSA complaint #784583 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED VEHICLE KNOWING IT HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM AND HAGGLED ON THE PRICE IN ORDER TO REPAIR AFTERWARD. AFTER REPLACING FRONT BRAKE PADS, THE PROBLEM PRESISTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WITH NO PROBEM FOUND. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEIR MECHANICS FOUND NO PROBLEM. I INVESTED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS HOURS TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM. ME AND MY WIFE MUST USE A LOT CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #725397 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED VEHICLE KNOWING IT HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM AND HAGGLED ON THE PRICE IN ORDER TO REPAIR AFTERWARD. AFTER REPLACING FRONT BRAKE PADS, THE PROBLEM PRESISTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WITH NO PROBEM FOUND. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEIR MECHANICS FOUND NO PROBLEM. I INVESTED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS HOURS TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM. ME AND MY WIFE MUST USE A LOT CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #725397 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES BY THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE AND BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. *AK FRONT REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, CALIPER, SHOES AND DRUM REPLACED. RIGHT REAR LUG NUT AND STUD REPLACED TOO.
NHTSA complaint #866497 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #866165 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE THUMPED BADLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BUSTED CALIPER PIN AND WARPED BRAKE ROTOR. *AK
NHTSA complaint #863406 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS KEEP FAILING , THEY GET TOO HOT AND MELT THE HUB CAP. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED 3 TIMES, BUT DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK BRAKES FAILURECAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #862023 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS KEEP FAILING , THEY GET TOO HOT AND MELT THE HUB CAP. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED 3 TIMES, BUT DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK BRAKES FAILURECAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #862023 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAYRESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.
NHTSA complaint #848767 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC SITUATION THERE IS VERY LITTLE STOPPING ACTION. THIS HAPPENS ON A DRY ROAD SURFACE. ON MARCH 27, 1997 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH BECAUSE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #845319 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES OVERHEAT CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. NLM
NHTSA complaint #546079 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE VACUUM SUPPLY HOSE COLLAPSED , REPLACEMENT FAILED ALSO.
NHTSA complaint #532965 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.