2006 Pontiac Grand Prix brakes problems
24 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 24 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 7 injuries.
What owners wrote
got cutoff on a busy highway going 70mph and they slammed their brakes. i had 6 car lengths between us and immediately started braking but we were just skidding. I had the choice of hitting the vehicle or swerving left towards the median. I chose the latter. The steering locked up, the abs did NOT kick in and the airbags did NOT deploy. we hit a median at 70mph and no airbags?! I was point of impact. It hit the front drivers side, destroying the light and entire front.
I was driving west bound on I-10 towards tucson arizona. I was in the right lane and there was a pickup truck in the left lane. The pickup truck cut me off and moved into my lane without checking his blind spot. I quickly swerved to the right into the lane for the upcoming exit to avoid being hit, and when I tried to correct to left in order to not hit exit sign the brakes felt as if they did not work right and I couldn't get control of the vehicle. The car went into a roll and landed on the passenger side.
Other problems reported for the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix
- Electrical system 66 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 48 complaints
- Lighting 48 complaints
- Steering 44 complaints
- Engine 36 complaints
- Air bags 19 complaints