1991 Cadillac Allante

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED WHILE IN PARKING LOT 3 TIMES. WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE WITHOUT SHIFTING INTO NETRUAL. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN SYSTEM FAILED. AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE BRAKES WORKED FINE. CALLED DEALER, THEY WANTED CAR WHEN BRAKES DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY DEALERSHIP SINCE NEW. I AM THE SECOND OWNER. TOOK DEALER THREE WEEKS AND THREE DIFFERENT PARTS TO GET VEHICLE TO WORK. FIRST PART, ABS PUMP, THEN BRAKE SWITCH, THEN MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 20,000 MILES AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE BRAKE PADS.

CONVERTIBLE TOP WILL NOT SECURE AND WILL FLY OPEN ,CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFTEY HAZARD TO ME OR, PASSENGER, OR OTHER DRIVERS. IT SEEMS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SECURED, IT HAS A TENDENCY TO POP OPEN, CAUSING ME TO ATTEMPT TO GRAB THE TOP IN ORDE R TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE AND PREVENT A SAFETY HAZRD. FROM MY PERSONAL INVESTIGATION, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ALLANTE, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT IT. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE A DEADLY ACCIDENT OCCURS TO DRIVER/PASSENGER OR INNOCENT BY-STANDERS. *AK

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY UPON FAILURE OF UNIT. DIAGNOSTIC CODE 63 ON VEHICLE COMPUTER-BAYVIEW CADILLAC DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY ABS HYRDRAULIC UNIT. CADILLAC CONTACTED BY DEALER FOR REPAIR ASSISTANCE-NON OFFERED. SUSPECT SECOND FAILURE OF UNIT DUE TO LABEL ON FAILED UNITS STATING REMANUFACTURED FOR GM, HOWEVER BAYVIEW CADILLAC WOULD NOT DISCLOSE PRIOR SERVICE RECORD ON VEHICLE PRIOR TO PURCHASE. OWNER ORDERED REPLACEMENT, CONDUCTED INSTALLATION, AND SENT FAILED UNIT CORE BACK TO LAMBERT BUICK-PONTIAC-GMC UNDER INVOICE #44508. TOTAL REPAIR COST PARTS: P/N 3636719 1889.75, BRAKE FLUID $15.00, AND 3.5 HOURS LABOR.

THE PROBLEM STARTED OUT SLOW, WITH THE COMPUTER CHECKING AND DIS-ENGAGING ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AND THEN RE-ENGAGING RIGHT AFTER STARTING CAR. THIS SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT SHOULD NOT TAKE AS LONG., NO OTHER WARNING UNTILL I STARTED BRAKING ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER, WAS BRAKING AT BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH, AND THE WARING LIGHT AND COMPUTER CAME ON AND DIS-ENGAGE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, FORTUATLY I WAS IN A DRIVING SITUATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO STOP. AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE COMPUTER CAME BACK ON AND TOLD ME THE BRAKES WERE OK.. THIS KEPT HAPPENING AND THE BRAKES FELT SQUESHY, AND I TOOK THE CAR IN NOV 12 AND IT TOOK THEM 2 DAYS AND WITH THE HELP OF GM ENGENEERS, TO FIGURE OUT THE POBLEM, AND COST $925.00 TO REPLACE ACCUMULATOR.