Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / BONNEVILLE / 1993

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001070796 Incident Date: Mar, 22 2001
Consumer's City: CARMEL Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BONNEVILLE Model Year: 1993
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2HX53L6P1 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 10 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1993
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Stopping at junction brakes locked up without warning causing violent stop and would not release. abs warning light illuminated. vehicle could not be moved under own power and had to be towed . brake shop had to disconnect abs system and bleed brakes before vehicle could be moved on own power.had this happened on expressway 10 minutes earlier a serious accident would almost certainly have resulted. this was a potentially dangerous failure and clearly represents an unacceptable failure mode. history - (1) random intermittent abs warning light with no other symptoms - no problem could be identified by brake shop. (2) leaking master cylinder had been recently replaced. reported incident to gm customer hot line immediately after incident as a safety issue. have had no contact from them since.*ak