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1999 Pontiac Grand Prix brakes problems

19 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

When traveling on snow pavement surface and upon depressing brake pedal, rear brakes locked up, causing vehicle to go into a skid, resulting in vehicle rolling down into a ditch and hitting a tree. Upon impact, neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bag deployed also there was an excessive amount of front end damage to the vehicle. Consumer has contacted manufacturer. Please provide any further details.

Crash

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 pontiac grand prix. While backing out of the driveway at approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle failed to stop when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle slowed down; however, the contact had to apply the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic, who stated that the brake line was rusted. The current and failure mileages were 51,000. Updated 11/12/08. Updated 11/14/08.

Reported at 51,000 miles, October 2008

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