DRIVING VEHICLE AS NORMAL ON RTE 1 NORTH. ATTEMPTED TO SLOW VEHICLE TO STOP AT AMBER COLORED LIGHT BEFORE INTERSECTION WITH E. GRAND AVE,VEHICLE TRAVELING OVER 5 MPH BUT UNDER 10 MPH AT THIS TIME, APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. PUMPED BRAKES AND PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE TO NO AVAIL, VEHICLE STILL MOVING , MAINTAINING SPEED,AND ABOUT TO TRAVEL THROUGH RED LIGHT AT INTERSECTION, ALSO APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH RED LIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON E.GRAND AVENUE, AFTER COLLISION TURNED OFF VEHICLE, VEHICLE RESTARTED, TESTED BRAKES ON SIDE OF ROAD, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT DID NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY HESITATED AND YOU COULD STILL PUSH PEDAL TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE. TURNED OFF CAR AGAIN AND RESTARTED FOR LATER TESTING BY POLICE OFFICER. LATER TESTING SHOWED BRAKES "APPEARED" TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. CAR WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER FOR FURTHER TESTING, OBSERVING BRAKES JERKING AND HESITATING. CAR HAD NOT DEMONSTRATED THIS BEHAVIOR PRIOR TO INCIDENT. MECHANIC CALLED IN SPECIALIST, AS PER MANUFACTURER, TO MAKE ASSESSMENT OF BRAKES. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED FOR DEFECTIVE THROTTLE, PRODUCING SAME EFFECT AS DEMONSTRATED AT INCIDENT. INFORMED MECHANIC OF RECALL NOTICE UPON RECEIPT,RECALL REPAIRED AS PER DEALER MECHANIC. CAR HAS NOT PRODUCED SAME EFFECT SINCE. *NM