# 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM — SUSPENSION:REAR
> NHTSA complaint `834776` · 2011-01-04 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND AM
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SUSPENSION:REAR
- **Miles at failure:** 150,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM, DRIVING EASTBOUND ON DIRT ROAD.  DRIVER CAME AROUND A CURVE ON DIRT ROAD AND HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.  DRIVER DESCRIBED WHEEL BEING TORN OUT OF HIS HANDS WITH LOSS OF CONTROL.  VEHICLE THEN ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE.  WHILE VEHICLE WAS UP ON ITS SIDE, IT WAS NOTED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SUSPENSION BOLT WAS BROKEN.  *TR
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