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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
47,000 miles

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1999 Pontiac Grand Am brakes problems

brakes problem

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1999 Pontiac Grand Am Owner Comments

problem #3

Oct 232014

Grand Am 4-cyl

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Our braking system on this car failed us, and is probably crushed by now at no fault of my own. My safety was at-?"risk when the brakes lost pressure and if it wasn-??t for our seatbelts, I could-??ve been thrown through the windshield. I hereby declare that [XXX] deliberately caused our accident and lied about being blinded. [XXX] lost her son-?"[XXX]-?"and was jealous of my opportunity to do what he couldn-??t. Her other son-?"[XXX]-?"choose not to attend college and contraband drugs among other things. [XXX] and his mother [XXX] were also jealous of me for having an opportunity that [XXX] chose not to take. They blame me for Chastity [XXX] & [XXX] turning their parental rights over to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. How their oldest daughter being raped by her paternal grandmother-??s husband has to do me is absurd and childish in my opinion. Murray Police Department was called on October 23, 2014 at 7:23 am in reference to 2 vehicle collisions to inspected and verified by law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [XXX] and his sister [XXX] their colleagues at Seacrest Rehabilitation-?"Healthcare Center and [XXX] or [XXX] Consolidated Schools with the latter allegations. Ma and I later went to Dr. [XXX] chiropractic center for evaluation, he can verify her back or knee problems as they related to this incident. [XXX] can verify us suffering from medicalised homelessness, despite state law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declaring residential leases cannot exceed three years. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Pittsburgh , PA, USA

problem #2

Oct 182014

Grand Am

  • 141,000 miles
TL-the contact owns a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 15 mph attempting to avoid a crash, the power brakes failed causing the contact to crash into a vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact was not aare of any injuries sustained or if a police report was filed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 141,000.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #1

Jul 012000

Grand Am

  • miles
In approximately 2000 to 2002, our 1999 Pontiac Grand Am stalled with engine shutdown, loss of braking power, and loss of steering on the NJ garden state parkway at high speed, when my knee hit a few keys and my key ring along with the Pontiac key in the ignition, I.e. shutting off the car. This was a very dangerous situation. Fortunately, with almost no steering, braking, or engine power, I was able to steer the vehicle into the break down lane and stop the car. I am reporting this now because it never dawned on me then that it could be a car defect, and I am concerned that others might be injured or killed by these older GM vehicles if faulty ignition switch is an issue for them, given that GM is recalling millions of vehicles for faulty ignition switches. I believe NHTSA should investigate other models and ages of GM vehicles, including 1999 and later year Pontiac Grand Am, as the danger we experienced from that vehicle seems like it might be the same as what is now being reported. We no longer own the Pontiac. You can see this incident made a big impact on me, because I remember it 12+ years later.

- Red Bank, NJ, USA

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