When I apply the brakes to slow down or stop and the car gets to about 20mph the car suddenly brakes hard and jolts. If it were not for the seat belt one could go into the windshield. This happens with each braking. This is extremely dangerous. I see through research online that people have been reporting this issue with this car for years...why isn't there a recall" what is the problem" this is a small car if a semi or just any moving vehicle was close behind me when this happens I and my passenger would probably be crushed. The two engine indicator lights go on and the low engine power light also goes on and stays on. The repair facility seems to be stumped. Someone must know what causes this because it is not an isolated problem that we are experiencing.

- Buffalo, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Pontiac Solstice. While driving approximately 15 mph and applying the brake pedal, the vehicle stopped hard and jerked. When the failure first occurred, the catalytic converter warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to cavender Buick GMC (located at 17811 san pedro ave, san antonio, tx 78233), but the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that the catalytic converter was replaced, but the braking failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Brake failure car is garaged and not driven in the winter. The vehicle had been parked for 4 weeks at the time and when first driven the brakes were much weaker than normal and pulled the car severely to the right. Car was driven for one mile with no change. I inspected the brake rotors and found left front and right rear brakes were not working(cold rotors), right front and left rear rotors were hot. Two days later when backing out of garage to check again, there were no brakes. Peddle went to the floor and car was stopped using emergency brake. Brake fluid was checked and the level was normal and the fluid was clean. I pulled into street to test further and after traveling 30-50 feet the brakes began to work, the brake peddle was hard and brakes were functioning normally. Same day I visited the dealer, poage Chevrolet in wentzville, mo. Service manager and his associate had no ideas on the cause other than to say "sounds like something was stuck and now it's not stuck anymore". only suggestion was to replace the brake fluid. Dealer said they couldn't do any diagnostics if the problem wasn't present. I asked and the dealer checked and said no technical service bulletins existed on this kind of issue. I did see a tsb on Saturn sky(sister car to the Solstice) for brake issue for model year 2008. Now I don't know if I can trust the brakes to work when needed. The car has been driven twice since with no brake problems.

- Wentzville, MO, USA

I made a turn and as I was proceeding I had to slow down due to approaching a traffic signal. When I applied the brakes the car came to an aprupt, jolting stop and a big truck behind slammed on his brakes and narrowly stopped before hitting me in the rear. I will never drive this dangerous car until it is fixed.

- Apopka, FL, USA