BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY.
1990 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1990 record →
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,HE STATES THAT BRAKE FLUID LEAKS OUT AND THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON ICE THE ABS DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.OWNER FURTHER NOTES THAT THE BRAKE PISTON USED IN THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES IS TOO LONG WHICH CAUSES EXCESS BACK PRESSURE, RESULTING BRAKE LEAKAGE AND LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK
FUEL INJECTORS FAILED.
WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, FRAME BROKE AND BATTERY FELL OUT. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE; WHEN DRIVING DASHBOARD RED LIGHT CAME ON FIRST AND THEN YELLOW LIGHT, BRAKES BEGAN TO GRAB, IN FOR REAPAIRS, REPLACED ABS SYSTEM. *AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE, THE PISTON IS FROZEN, AND WILL NOT GO IN & OUT OF THE CALIPER. *AK *JB
COMING TO A STOP SIGN, TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES (ANTI-SKID) AND THEY FAILED, THE RESULT WAS AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCIRBE. *AK
COMING TO A STOP THE CAR STALLED , REPAIRED TWO ALTERNATOR S, FIVE WATER PUMPS, ONE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A TURBO-CHARGER WAS PLACED . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
DRIVER LAP/SHOULDER BELT BROKE SHOULDER BELT BROKE, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 45 MPH, *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING, STEERING WHEEL SMOKE COMES FROM AREA OF IGNITION SWITCH, CAN SMELL BURNING ODOR, COLUMN AREA GETS REAL HOT; CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRYING THE USED THE JACKS AND JACK FELL APART, PURCHASE CAR NEW WITH JACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC INTERMITTENTLY. COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS REPAIRED 2 TIMES DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR. *SD
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSE REDUCTION IN BRAKE ABILITY PE94-063. TT
REAR BRAKES FREEZE UP DUE TO CALIPERS AND PISTONS CORRODING. BRAKES FAIL TO FUNCTION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK WELL, AND FRONT BRAKE WEARS EXCESSIVELY. TT
DISCOLORATION OF REAR BRAKE ROTORS. CAUSING FRONT DISC BRAKES TO WEAR. TT
REAR BRAKES AREN'T RESPONDING APPEARING FROZEN ONLY LEAVING FRONT BRAKES TO ABSORB ALL STOPPING ABILITY. PLEASE DESCRIB DETAILS. TT
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT *JB
REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING CAUSING FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. TT
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START CAR THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WOBBLE.CAR WAS TOWED AND STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
ABS BRAKES: REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTING. HAD TO REPLACE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, REAR ROTORS THREE TIMES. TT THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE AT LEFT REAR. HOT SMELL COMES WHEN SHIFTING THE OVER DRIVE. *YH
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTION, THEY DO NOT COME ON ANY LONGER, NEEDS A REPLACEMENT ELECTRONIC MODULE WHICH CONTROLS THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS. TT
REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 5 YEARS DUE TO BUILD UP OF RUST/CORROSION; RESULTED IN BRAKES FREEZING UP. TT
THE REAR DISC BRAKES CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE IS STOPPING ONLY ON THE FRONT BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT *SLC
JACK 'CORK-SCREWED' WHILE TIRE WAS BEING CHANGED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO WHEEL/JACK.
THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON PURCHASED CAR NEW . TT
LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT SEPARATED, CAUSING WHEEL TO COLLAPSE/DAMAGING DRIVE AXLE, RENDERING STEERING/BRAKES INOPERABLE. *DSH
REAR CALIPER SLIDES/LOCKS UP CAUSING INCREASE BRAKING POWER; REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 4 1/2 YEARS; ALSO, CAUSES EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. TT
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, REAR CALIPERS CORRODED, EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES. TT
BOTH REAR ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED ALSO FRONT BRAKES. WITHIN 50,000 SAME COMPONENTS REPLACED AGAIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
BRAKES FAILED 2 YEARS AGO, REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; INCREASED STOPPING. TT
THERE WAS NO OIL IN CAR, INDICATOR CONSOLE NEVER GAVE INDICATION. TT
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 10,000 MILES. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR 3 TIMES.THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY.SOFT PEDAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS. TT
ENGINE FAILED. *SD
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAIL, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. *DH
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSED REDUCTION IN BRAKING ABILITY. *AK
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE RETRACTOR . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
BRAKES FAILED. *DSH
REPLACED HEAD GASKE DUE TO A LEAK. *AK
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STICK, CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO PREMATURELY WEAR/PINS GRIND INTO THE ROTORS. *SD
WHEELS CRACKED PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING ACCIDENT/LOSS OF CONTROL. (94V-041) *AW
THE REAR DISC BRAKE LOCK UP. TT
HEAR THUMPING SOUND WHILE APPLYING BRAKES; SOUND OF METAL TO METAL RUBBING; CORROSION CAUSED CALIPERS TO FREEZE. TT
FRONT BRAKES ARE OVERWORKED DUE THE FAILURE OF THE BACK BRAKES (CORRODED BACK BRAKES) EA 94-041. TT
REAR CALIPERS SEIZED, DESTROYING ROTORS/CALIPERS. *AK
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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