9.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$250.00
Average Mileage:
80,865 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (3 reports)
- unplug the abs fuse (1 reports)
brakes problem
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2006Nov 25
(reported on)Sunfire 2.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 90,000 miles
I have had a problem with my brakes slipping and have had the complete brake system replaced twice by 2 different shops. But I have been complaining to mechanics that when I have to brake quickly or when it is rainy, snowy or on gravel that I get hear a loud rattling sound (kind of like a coin in a can) on the left hand side and just today when driving down a steep hill (it was snowing) my braked seized and I heard that sound continuously. I was scared to finish my drive home. Every mechanic that has looked at it can not find anything wrong even when they put it on the computer diagnostic.
2006Jun 08
(reported on)Sunfire LE
- 70,000 miles
THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS. IT'S PARKED IN MY GARAGE, I REFUSE TO LET ANY OF MY FAMILY DRIVE IT. THE BRAKE'S SKIP YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO STOP
2003Dec 02
(reported on)Sunfire
- 98,000 miles
Took car back to dealer soon after I bought it because brakes would not catch. brakes grasp but then slip and car shakes plus loud rattlely noise is heard from left side under dash. Each time I took the car back nothing could be found. It is not a problem all the time and that's the problem you never know whether the car will stop. All brake parts have been replaced more than twice. I think it's a manufacturing defect, but have no idea how to find out. Any other similar complaints out there?
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2008Sep 30
Sunfire SE 2.2L
I bought my '98 Sunfire back in September. It's my first vehicle and I'm constant stressing about everything that constantly is going wrong with it. It overheats, My interior light turns off and on with me braking and the windshield wipers.. etc....
However when my brakes started to slip when the ground was completely dry i began to worry.... my brakes would slip when i braked suddenly and make it impossible to stop. After thinking it over, i decided to unplug the ABS fuse. This has solved the problem, however now driving in a Canadian winter without ABS, i'm beginning to realize that the solution may not be that simple.
samanthaf
Smiths Falls, ON, Canada
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