2007 Pontiac Torrent Brakes Problems

“While driving my stabitrak light came on causing all tires to lock up. I was unable to steer vehicle safely, steering wheel was nearly impossible to turn. All 4 brakes locked up and loud grinding noise could be heard. Vehicle top speed dropped abruptly to 11 MPH while traveling on busy interstate. Vehicle started jumping forward and wheels/tires would not turn. I was able to pull vehicle off interstate, to a safe location, within a couple minutes, by using emergency brake, and found brakes and rotors were on fire with flames visable and tires were smoking heavily. …”

“My vehicle's brakes began to lock as I was driving down the interstate at 70 MPH. This happened when I tapped the brakes to turn off the cruise control. It happened again on the interstate 2 days later in stop-and-go traffic - brakes lock while the vehicle is moving. Let off the gas and it stops itself with very bad shaking. This is a very serious problem. It has happened every day since under stop-and-start conditions and it gets worse and worse until the brakes are completely locked. Vehicle will not move once brakes lock unless it is turned off for approximately 30 minutes. …”

“About three weeks ago, I am driving my kids to school when suddenly there is a warning indicator on my dash saying major braking system failure. Upon calling onstar for a diagnosis, they said to check the brake fluid, sure enough, it was empty. I filled it up and continued driving the car after noticing no fluid where the car is mainly parked. In a week's time, the brakes have started getting harder and harder to press and the vehicle not wanting to stop normally. Taking it to the dealership, I am told that the fluid leaked out into a reservoir at the bottom of the master cylinder. …”

“Turning corner (right hand turn) in 3-4 inches of loose snow and the ABS light, traction control light and stabilitrac sensor all came on. Warning message of service stabilitrac soon displayed on control panel. After parking the car overnight, all warnings except ABS were off and ABS warning light went off after approximately 2 minutes. This has happened at least once a year for all three years I have owned the vehicle. It was repaired at the dealership where I purchased it twice and I was told there was nothing wrong once since the lights went off before I was able to get it to the dealer. …”

“The date is the first incident, had several after that. I owned the vehicle 8 days when the stabilization, traction control, anti-lock brake lights came on, so I took it to the dealer, they said it was a speed sensor, they would order part. I took it back to get it fixed, 30 minutes later same problem again, lights came on, so I went back, they assured me they fixed it and it was a quote lights only issue. A month later took it back again and low and behold the same code came up again, so either they fixed a bad part with a bad part or else they didn't really fix it. …”