Rear strut failure causing car rear end to collapse causing loss of control and crash.

- Richmond, VA, USA

File date 5/2/2000 mfr. Involved General Motors Corp. NHTSA campaign # 00V116000 mfr. Campaign # 00041 component affected suspension:rear # vehicles affected 23 defect vehicle description: Passenger vehicles. The bolt that attaches the rear suspension trailing arm to the left rear knuckle may not have been tightened to specifications during assembly. Consequence the bolt could back completely out of the joint affecting vehicle control. Corrective action dealers will tighten this bolt. ------------------------------ I have to replace the rear wheel bearing on the left rear. I was told by the dealer, that this did not apply to my 2000 Pontiac Grand Am SE, . each bearing is $ 300- 400, but I have not had to replace in other bearings except the left rear. Could the above recall affect that wheel bearing, and how much of a coincidence that it just so happens to be the left rear wheel bearing on my car, could there have been more of a widespread problem with the left rear suspension of this vehicle? also when breaking at high speeds the ABS light came on, the new left rear brake shoe cracked in half as a result of the left rear wheel bearing having issues.

- Edmonds, WA, USA

Pontiac Grand Am 2000, loss of control and rollover. The consumer stated while driving, suddenly the rear of the vehicle felt loose and the vehicle swerved which caused him to lose control. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was found that the left rear trailing arms were not attached to the left rear knuckle. Inspection of the bolts that attached the trailing arms to the knuckle showed that the end of the bolt was broken.

- Washington, DC, USA

While driving at 65 mph driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership; mechanic determined that a bolt from the rear sway bar was missing.

- Tabor, SD, USA

Missing bolt in rear suspension causing loss of control of vehicle causing rollover and console opening up during rollover.

- Tabor, SD, USA