NHTSA — Service Brakes, Air: Disc: Pads Problems

1.4

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
121,000 miles

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1997 Pontiac Grand Am brakes problems

brakes problem

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1997 Pontiac Grand Am Owner Comments

problem #1

Jul 272004

Grand Am 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 121,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The key gets stuck in the ignition and auxillary lights remain on. The locksmith attempts to fix it and I have to keep having him come out; looks like a replacement core is needed, thee is not a cheap way outof this. The bake pads wear down very quickly. It seems that a bolt on the caliper is not even with the opposite bolt, it's very slight but it's the same on both calipers and seems to cause pads to wear unevenly and often. It is probably cheaper for GM to have cosumers replace pads and rotors often than to retool the machinery to fix all those bolts.

- Northville, MI, USA

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