Havnt been here for awhile..

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

So, i ended up passing all my college classes with the final test resuling in a 95 for nursing... graduated & now going to work at a bigger hospital.

Although, i recently got another window tint ticket which is worth 175 & 2points..... mind you i have yet to pay the 114 dollar ticket i got the first time around. Parents want the tint gone, but im not sure thats gna happen... im also having issues with the abs system in the car...so not rly sure whats going on with my GA. should be fixed soon, then new hood will deffently be comming.

[Ghost]

heyy....your back.

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

yes i am!

lol, i never left.. i was just busy doing clinicals, prom stuff & school.

[Jedi3]

Hey welcome back!

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

Thanks

[markpetersonii]

Herro again!

[Ghost]

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Ohai lady.

ABS issues? No bueno. Is it just the ABS light? Or is the SVS and no trac light on, too?

[Ringo64]

ello!

[Rodimus_Prime]

you can get points for tint? its not even a moving violation

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

Chaos-yes it is the SVS & Trac Off as well.

something up with it.

& i know i didnt rly think you could get points, but... i managed it.

[Erat]

Pssh, ABS is for --

eh

I'd rather stay a member.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Chaos-yes it is the SVS & Trac Off as well.

something up with it.

& i know i didnt rly think you could get points, but... i managed it.

Early sign your hub bearing is going, I betcha. What's the mileage on the GA?

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

173.

but i was told it was something to do with a bearing or a sensor.

explain a bit please?

[notallthere]

On the Grand Am's the sensor is built into the bearing assembly. If the bearing goes bad then usually the sensor will register an error. I have changed about a dozen of these with friends cars and I am getting fast at changing them.

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

So basically a bearing is going out.

Like if i back up & put it into drive, it says low trac or whatever & wont grip very good at alll... and then as soon as that happens the ABS, SVS, & Trac Off light come on.

but my breaks are also squeaking all the time..

[notallthere]

Yeah the bearing seal is usually the first to go. It will let water into the sensor and the bearing. Alot of the ones that I have changed have rust inside the sensor. I am not to sure about traction control, or stability control since I have zero experience with them. If they use the same sensor on the bearing assembly then it may correct that issue. As for brakes and squeaking it is probably due to pads wearing out. Have them checked for wear and tear.

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

Ill bring that up to my grandpa, who wants to figure out whats wrong with it.

But, those breaks are brand new. & they sound awful!

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Probably cheap dinky pads were used. Most cheap semi-metallics squeak when they're hot.

And yeah, you have a bad hub assembly for sure. It's common for them to go in old age with N-bodies.

Show us pics of the brakes, something might have gotten caught in there.

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

Im starting to think the breaks that were put on & the rotors are shitty all together.

& that sounds right to me... i dont think anything is caught in there because i had them all taken off last weekend & cleaned out and everything b/c we thought something was in there as well & the problem is still happening.

[notallthere]

These sound stupid but I have done some of these myself:

Is the wear bar in the right location?

Any of the backing plate bent into the rotors?

Is there any dirt or debris between the backing plate and the caliper?

Are the pads put on the correct side? (inside pad on inside, outside pad on outside)

Cheap semi metallic pads in my experience have squeak. Find a Dodge Neon and just listen they all squeak.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

After working at Autozone for +2 years, I can vouch for how crappy the base grade semi-metallics and organic pads are for the N-body's calipers. They squeak a lot, and throw immense brake dust.

It's a bit more money, but order your brakes online. Hawk and EBC are the best pads you'll ever buy, ever.

As far as rotors go, Baer Decelas, Powerslot, R1 Concepts, and Brembo make awesome OEM size rotors.

They're money well spent.

[Guest GA_Girl2002]

Well, there have been times ive drove the car straight down the road & it has squeaked.

My old breaks didnt even sound this bad. I barley drive my car atm, i drive a G6 around more now than my own car... lol.

[notallthere]

I can vouch for Powerslot rotors and Satisfied Ceramic Pads worked great even after 40,000 km on them today they logged 1000 km with a 1200lb trailer behind the Vibe without a hitch.

[1BADG6GT]

This reminds me I need to do my brakes SOOON!