FAILURE ON THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM EA95-026, CONSUMER CAME OFF AN INTERSATE, APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK MECHANIC STATES THE CAUSE WAS THAT VACCUM HOSE WAS NOT ALL THE WAY IN BOOSTER, ALSO ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON A FEW TIMES, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HARD TO START SOMETIMES.*JB
1994 Chevrolet S10 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →
VEHICLE'S ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUCTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN WET OR GRAVE LIKE ROAD CONDITIONS, THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS MUSHY, GOES TO FLOOR AND THAN A LOUD STRANGE NOISE IS HEARD. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW/STOP, BRAKE ACTION SEEMED INEFFECTIVE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR THEN CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. *AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND THE BAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
COMING DOWN A HILL APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, LET GO OF THE BRAKES AND THEN REAPPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKES TO WORK. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, AT 30 MPH THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP SITUATION. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, WHEN APPLIED BRAKES, WHILE ON GRAVEL ROAD AT APPROX. 8-10MPH, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, HIT BLDG STEPS. *AK
EXPERIENCED REAR LEAF SPRING SUPPORT FAILURE WHEN NOTICED VEHICLE'S REAR AXLE HAD TILTED TO THE EXTREME LEFT. **AK
EXPERIENCED REAR LEAF SPRING SUPPORT FAILURE WHEN NOTICED VEHICLE'S REAR AXEL HAD TILTED TO THE EXTREME LEFT. *AK
THE ABS FAILED . WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND IT HIT ANOTHER CAR. *AK
REAR LEAF SPRING LEAF ASSEMBY FAILURE, LEAF SPRING BROKE, CAUSED VEHICLE FRAME TO FALL DOWN. *AK
ABS BRAKING EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES ON DAMP AND BUMPY ROADS. WHILE THIS OCCURS A LOUD MOANING AND GRINDING NOISE IS PRESENT.*AK
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXPERIENCED. *AK
POOR ABS PERFORMANCE, A METAL TO METAL SOUND IS EXPERIENCED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APLLIED, ALSO A PULLS TO THE LEFT. SHOES/ROTORS/DRUMS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK
THIS IS THE (4TH) OR (5TH) TIME VEHICLE HAS HAD THE FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED . WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED TWICE RESULTING IN REAR END COLLISIONS.
RECALL--BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE WERE ROTTING AWAY. 2 CLUTCH REPAIRS. AIR CONDITIONER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SPARK PLUG BLEW. ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. OWNER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HER RIGHTS ARE REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT SHE CAN RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALER AS A "LEMON."
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, DRIVING A SPEED 20MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR , COMPLETE LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS , EA94-038 ACTIVE. *AK
REAR BRAKE SHOES/DRUMS REPLACED.
WINDSHIELD FOGS UP EVERY TIME ENGINE IS STARTED.
DURING OPERATION WHEN THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, A DELAY IS EXPERIENCED IN SUDDEN PANIC STOPS. FRONT DISC BRAKES REPLACED TWICE. *AK *SLC
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT ON WET ROAD WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL/SLID, ENDED UP ALMOST 180 DEGREE FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTION. *AK *SLC
WHEN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS IT RENDERS HYDRAULIC BRAKES INOPERATIVE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
PREMATURE FAILURE OR WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS/SLIDES.
FAILURE ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL, THE THROTTLE STICKS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE.*AK
LOCATION OF BRAKE PEDAL AND STEM TOO CLOSE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. COULD RESULT IN BRAKE MISAPPLICATON. *SLC
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED 2TIMES WITH SOFT PEDAL, EA94-038. *AK
ALTERNATOR FAILED. BRAKES FAIL WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS, CONSUMER STATES OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, BRAKES ARE VERY DIFFICULT. REAR MAIN SEAL DEVELOPED SLOW LEAK. *SLC
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS,HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE.POWER ASSIST, AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED ONCE EACH.*AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS DO NOT LOCK .MFR INSTRUCTIONS STATE IN ABRUPT STOPPING THEY LOCK.THE SEATS DO NOT LOCK IN ABRUPT STOPPING.*AK
VEHICLES DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BACK DO NOT LOCK UP IN ANY STOPPING CONDITIONS.MFR STATES IN ABRUPT STOPPING THEY LOCK.THIS VEHICLES DO NOT LOCK-UP.
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE, ABS INTERMITTENTLY FAILS, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, EA94-038. *AK
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
# EA94-038 DURING WET WEATHER ON TWO OCASSIONS APPLIED THE BRAKES AND TRUCK SLID AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, HAD ABS. DEALER FOUND DRUMS OUT OF ROUND. *SLC *JB
BRAKES FAIL TO STOP TRAILER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNLOAD TRAILER. *AW
THE ABS SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING POWER, VEHICLE REAERENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE . *AK
THE CRUISE CONTROL CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, BRAKES AND SWITCH DON'T SHUT THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. *AK CONSUMER STATES AS HE WAS LEAVING FOR HOME AND ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH PUSHED THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON ON THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUEDTO ACCELERATE, CONSUMER TRIED TO USE THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT NO RESPONSE SPEED WAS OVER 80 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO TURN IT OFF PER ON-OFF SWITCH ON TURN SIGNAL LEVER BUT NO RESPONSE, CONSUMER TURNED OFF ENGINE AND COASTED UP A RAMP THROUGH A RED LIGHT, PUTTING PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL CONTINOUSLY PEDAL WAS VERY HARD, TURNED A HARD RIGHT INTO A SERVICE STATION, VEHICLE STOPPED, CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE FOR A FEW MINUTES GOT BACK IN A BRAKE PEDAL WAS STILL HARD, CONSUMER PUT GEAR IN NEUTRAL TURNED IGNITION KEY RPM NEEDLE WAS ALL THE WAY TOO THE RIGHT, CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED. ALSO FRONT ROTORS AND FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT PADS FLAKED APART WHEN THEY WERE REOMVED.*JB
WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE GETS TO 25 MPH OR UNDER, IT LURCHES FOREWARD.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT OR BUMPY SURFACE, EXPERIENCED ABS BRAKE MALFUNCTION, WHEN ABS KICKS IN AND PULSATES. *AK
REMOTE OIL FILTER HOSES FILED. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL STICKS.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES SOMTIMES TRUCK DOESN'T STOP, HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 35MPH, GOING AROUND A BEND, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITY, STEERING LOCKED, UP, VEHICLE HIT POST, BLEW OUT TIRES/ROLLED OVER. *AK
BRAKES LOST ITS BRAKING EFFICIENCY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FRONT WHEEL, ABS BRAKES GIVE OUT AS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, PUT ON BRAKES AND AUTO DID NOT STOP. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WITH PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR AND HAD ACCIDENT PRIOR TO, WHILE DRIVING CAR WOULD NOT STOP.EA94-038; ALSO TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. *AK
BRAKES LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHEN WEATHER IS WET, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE/ACCIDENT. *DH
LOWER BALL JOINTS WEARING EXCESSIVELY, TO THE POINT OF BREAKING.
ABS: WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH/WET SURFACE, BRAKES DO NOT STOP VEHICLE, KEEPS ROLLING; ALSO, BRAKES LOCKS UP WHEN DRIVING ON WET SURFACE. *AK *JB
WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT THE ABS BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. *AK
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