Note: Body Type: Notchback/Notchback Special (GM codes: 27, 37, 47, 57)
Other Engine Info: Name Plate: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile
Plant City: Lansing - North Plant
Plant Company Name: NA-GM Corp
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: SE2
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I HAVE A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE OTHER DAY I HAD FRONT BRAKES PUT ON THE CAR. WHEN I DROVE TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY ,I TRIED TO PASS A VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING TO SLOW. THE NUT I TRIED TO PASS DID NOT WANT ME TO PASS ,SO HE KICKED HIS MOTOR IN AND I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW I WAS DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. I WENT TO BRAKE SO THAT I COULD FALL BACK IN BEHIND THE NUT, WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES THE CAR WENT SIDE WAYS. I GOT LUCKY AND STRAIGHTENED THE CAR BACK. THANK GOD,OR I WOULD BE DEAD. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO HAVE THE BRAKES LOOKED AT AND THE QUALIFIED SERVICEMAN SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CALIBERS WERE WARPED AND THAT ONLY 20% OF THE BRAKE PAD WAS TOUCHING THE CALIBERS. PROBLEM IS THE CALIBERS ARE MADE OF ALUMINUM AND THEY WARP WITH HEAT. THERE IS NO WAY OF PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AS THERE IS NO WAY TO CHANGE METALS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOT A FIRST ,OR EVEN THE FIRST THOUSAND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE AND IF YOU HAVE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THIS. WILL THERE BE A RECALL? PLEASE CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [XXX] THANKS AGAIN. *TR
2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WILL LOCK INTEMITTENTLY (BEING USED WITH A CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT). IF THE SEAT OR THE BELT IS MOVED, IT WILL UNLOCK ITSELF. THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK. YOU CAN KEEP PULLING ON THE BELT AND IT WILL NOT LOCK DOWN. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS BODY STYLE DOES NOT DO THAT. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT IT DOES AND THAT IT MUST IN ORDER TO PUT IN A CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT. I KNOW THAT IT USED TO DO LOCK BECAUSE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE SEPT 1999 AND HAVE HAD TRAINING CLASSES ON HOW TO INSTALL CHILD RESTRAINING SEATS IN CORRECTLY. NOW, WITH THIS PROBLEM, I DO NOT FEEL THAT OUR SON IS SAFE IN MY CAR. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HIS SEAT BELT WILL BECOME LOSE - IF WE WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT - WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.*AK