general problems of the 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

About October 10th, 2017 I was coming up on a traffic light and when I applied the brakes, the pedal would not go down. I was going about 45 mph by the grace of god I was able to blast through an intersection and miss everyone, everything!. Rattled I guess I shut the car off when I regained my composer I started the car and everything was fine. I did not want to believe this happened! I thought I did something wrong maybe had my foot under the brake pedal or something. Have been driving the car since 2 weeks ago was stranded in a parking lot, would not start. Had the car towed home, tried to start it and started right up. Now service track light is on and anti lock brakes is on and service engine light is on sometime and the cruise light is on. Yesterday wife was driving the car and same thing no brakes, you could not push the pedal down it is as if there is something under the pedal it's that solid. My concern for my own safety as well as other Monte Carlo owners is most important. If either time we would have been on a expressway where we could not turn to a shoulder this would be catastrophic . Called the service manager where the car was purchased, also harbor chevy in michigan city, in and gates chevy in south bend, indiana, all said they have never heard of this before. Got on the internet and found similar posts in car complaints without any problem, seems odd gm does not know anything about this. For every ones own safety this should be a redundant system in older cars you would not lose all brakes. Could understand if you lost anti lock part but still could stop. This has to be a overlooked flaw in design and gm should be made to correct this before someone gets killed. If someones been killed by this how could they tell you that he lost his brakes? thank you mike.

I was driving (with my children in car) and the car just shut off. I had no power brakes or power steering. Luckily, one child was in drivers ed & knew to put car in neutral & we coasted to a stop. Once I calmed down, I drove my monte ss to the dealer and described what happened. The kept car for a week and insisted there was nothing wrong! I drive 1-3 hrs for work daily and I didn't trust the vehicle on interstate. I purchased another vehicle 6 days later but gave this car to my child for in town driving. I was never the wiser until I heard about the recall yesterday & it's description. The monte should be involved in recall too. I was preparing to purchase a new impala but now I believe gm is still not being honest about all the makes & models involved with ignition problems.

2001-2002 gm models, abs system malfunctioning, randomly turning on. Heard many problems about this, needs to be fixed.

The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. While braking from 40 mph, the vehicle made a loud clicking noise. The vehicle was difficult to brake and the pedal extended to the floorboard when depressed. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic for inspection and the tires were rotated and the brakes were inspected, however, the failure continued. The dealer stated that her VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign id number 04v287000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage was 64,000 and failure mileage was 62,000.

I was told today that the rotors have to be turned and the brakes replaced. . This is now the second time this has been done. . . One time it was done on a "in shop repair order, not sent to gm" when I questioned why it was not being sent to gm I was told if they send it to gm then I have to pay for the brake job. There have been several other in house repairs corrections made. When I inquired to the general manager he said that's the way it is done so they get their money.

When the brakes were applied, the front end of the vehicle vibrated extremely hard.

When the brakes were applied, the front of the vehicle vibrated extremely hard.