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1998 Pontiac Firebird brakes problems

33 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 1998 Pontiac Firebird, which is 36% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
33 36% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Vehicle would fail to stop when applying ABS brakes suddenly to avoid an accident at 45MPH. Had hit another vehicle at 90 degree angle. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Driver was injured, but not treated at emergency room, went to private doctor.

September 2001 CrashInjury

Brakes problems in other years

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Brakes problems across all Pontiac models