Broken coil spring failure - rear of vehicle - found during yearly vehicle safety inspection.

- Cranberry Township, PA, USA

I have a 1999 Grand Am, purchased new. Less than 35000 miles. In March as I was backing out of my drive the entire front right of my car literally "fell" with a deafening bang. Upon service we found that the spring had broken and punctured my tire. It was embeded in the tire and was difficult to remove. If I had been driving my car down the road in traffic I probably would have been killed. The impact of just backing out of my drive was jolting and terrifying. Then to make matters worse as I was making a left hand turn onto a subdivision street from a major road June 7, 2005, I heard and felt a loud bang once again. I immediatley stopped the car as people ran to see what happened and if I was ok. Laying in the street was a piece of coil. This time it was the back right spring which broke. Fortunately it did not pierce the tire and I was able to get the car off the road. At this time I refuse to drive this hazardous car. It is costing plenty to have the rest of the springs on the car replaced. This should never have happened especially with such low milage and routine maintainance. I do not feel that it takes a death to investigate this further. This is apparently a documentated long standing problem according to the records I have researched. I did make sure that the new springs purchased were a different batch and isn't it sad that dealers are stocking these springs because they were apparently fractured internally when installed when the car was built.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

1999 Pontiac Grand Am brakes creek all the time had fixed three times, just lost the spring in left rear tire, could have resulted in a accident.

- Monticello, ME, USA