NHTSA Complaint #10510484 — 2007 PONTIAC TORRENT

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. THE DASH LIGHT WERE BLINKING "SERVICE STABITRAK" AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF." THIS INCIDENT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND IS USED SOLEY ON PAVED ROADS. THERE A SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER ONLINE COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE, WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR