BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.
1995 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 1995 record →
WHEN THE LIGHTS TURNED ON , 4 FUSES 20 AMP AND SHORT CIRCUITED, CAUSING THE HEADLIGT/ INSTRUMENT LIGHTS/ALTERNATOR/AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR/ SPEEDOMETER/4-WHEEL DRIVE/ LAMP INDICATOR, REAR DEFOGGER/ FUEL INDICATOR AND IGNITION TO FAIL. THE DEALER HAES INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS RUNS ERRATICALLY.
ABS BRAKES LOCKE DUP WHEN APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN COMING TO A PANIC STOP NOTHING HAPPENS. JUST HAVE HEARD PEDAL AND SOMETIMES THE WHEELS WILL LOCK UP. THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE TO DETECT A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.
WHILE DRIVING IN WET WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP ALL OF A SUDDEN, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE ALL VISION. TO START THE WIPERS BACK UP, THE DRIVER HAD TO KEEP ON MOVING THE SWITCH FROM LOW TO HIGH BEFORE THE WIPERS WOULD START AGAIN. *AK
GOING UP RAMP ABS BRAKES FAILED TO DISENGAGE, VEHICLE KEPT GOING AND HIT GUARD RAIL. DRIVER WENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD, SUSTAINING HEAD WOUNDS/SHOULDER INJURY AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND ABRASIONS. HE STILL SUFFERS FROM INJURIES, DIZZINESS, AND LOSS OF USE OF SHOULDER AND ARMS. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUISNG POOR VISIBILITY IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. *AK UPON RELEASING BRAKES. COULD BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY DEPRESSING PEDAL. BUT AS SOON AS BRAKE WA SRELEASED, VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WITH INTERMITTENT OPTION, WOULD FAIL TO WORK WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP/FAILED SEVERAL TIMES RESULTING IN THREE ACCIDENTS.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
FRONT END STRUT MAKING A CREEKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS.
FRONT WHEEL COULD BE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE BY HAND. OWNER REPLACED THE IDLER ARM AND TIGHTEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.
FRONT END MAKING A CREEKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. POSSIBLE LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM PROBLEM.
FRONT WHEEL COULD BE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE BY HAND. OWNER REPLACED THE IDLER ARM AND TIGHTEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.
DRIVER COULD SEE THE BED MOVING AROUND WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. DEALER TIGHTEN THE BED RETAINING BOLTS.
BRAKES MAKE NOISE. DRUMS WERE RESURFACED AND DEGLAZED.
BOTH REAR SHOCKS WERE FOUND LEAKING.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL THEN RESUME OPERATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES.
OWNER SAID THAT SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AND THE CAR SKIDDED OUT OF PLACE, AND SHE HIT A CAR FROM BEHIND. *AK.
WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND TURNING ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY COME ON AND THEN THEY JUST STOP WORKING. WHENEVER THEY STOP WORKING HAVE TO MESS WITH THE SWITCH AND THEN THEY WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE WIPERS WHENEVER IT'S RAINING. *AK
LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED, RESULTING IN SUDDEN LOSS OF VISIBILITY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPORADICALLY MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR, AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. ALSO ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A PANIC STOP. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL AT INTERVALS BECOME INOPERABLE, MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. DEALER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIEILD WIPER MOTOR HAS A MALFUNCTION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP, WHILE IN USE, FROM A FEW SECONDS TO TWO MINUTES AND THEN RESTART.
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. THE OWNER HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED . THE ABS BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON , WHEN BRAKES WERE PUMPED, THE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS GET STUCK. HAS TO GET OUT OF CAR TO PULL OR JERK THE WIPERS IN ORDER TO RESTART.THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER HAS EXPRIENCED BRAKES FAILURE MORE THAN ONE TIME. THE FIRST TIME BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO FAULTY PARTS THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES. CONSUMER WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES TO STOP WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN 10MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40MPH. DUE TO CRASH, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 7,000 MILEES. THE BRAKES WOULD LOSE PRESSURE THIRD TIME. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHO BLED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CHECKED THE CALIPER CODE, (NO-CODE), THERE WAS AIR IN THE LINES. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; FIRST THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME. TAKEN TO DEALER AND RESET. THEN ABOUT (2) WEEKS LATER DRIVER HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE, AND HAD NO CONTROL. VEHICLE SPUN, ENTERED DITCH AND STRUCK A VEHICLE ALREADY IN A DITCH WHO HAD SAME TYPE OF SPINOUT. TRUCK BOUNCED OF OTHER VEHICLE, SPUN AGAIN, AND LANDED FRONT END IN DITCH. ON OCTOBER 31ST, 1997, OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT TRUCK HAD NO FRONT BRAKES. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE BRAKES WERE TURNED, AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTS. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
INTERMITTENT ABS BRAKE FAILURE.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN POURING RAIN. DRIVER DECIDED TO PULLOVER. AS HE NEARED A CURB WITH ALMOST NO VISIBILITY, HE REALIZED THAT A DEER WAS SANDING ON EDGE OF ROAD. UNABLE TO STOP, DEER HIT THE SIDE OF TRUCK, CAUSING A DENT ON THE SIDE.
EA97022; WINDSHIELD WIPERS; THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE WORKING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM, AND WOULD NOT COME ON WITH THE SWITCH. DRIVER HAD TO MOVE WIPERS BY HAND IN ORDER FOR WIPERS TO WORK. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF SITUATION. *AK
FRONT WINDSHILED WIPERS WILL NOT OPERATE WHEN TURNED ON. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND INCONSISTENT. *AK
ABS BRAKES: WHEN BRAKING IN WET CONDITIONS, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR ,FEELS LIKE GAINS SPEED THEN STOPPING. MAKES GRINDING NOISE, DOES NOT STOP. REAPPLIED BRAKES, SOMETIMES IT WILL STOP, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. MECHANIC AND DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP WHEN ON WET OR GRAVEL TYPE PAVEMENT. VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS BRAKES. VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHILE BRAKING. HAD ROTORS REPLACED. PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK
. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BACK DO NOT LOCK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.
INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE IN RAINY & HAD WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON. THE WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING, THIS WOULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO HAVE SUDDEN LOSS OF VISIBILITY. EACH AND EVERY TIME IT WOULD EFFECT THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. (EA-97 022). *AK
HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED. A PROBLEM WAS FOUND W/BALL JOINTS WORN OUT ON WHEELS. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED NOTHING CAN BE DONE DUE TO FACT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUOUSLY FAIL DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN WINDSHIELD IS FOGGED UP, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES NORMALLY IN WET WEATHER, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK MASTER CYLINDER HAD BEEN REPLACED DUE TO IT LEAKING. FUSE FOR HORN AND INTERIOR LIGHTS KEPT BLOWING. AIR CONDITIOER WAS NOT BLOWING COLD. BATTERY HAD A BAD CELL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT START. *SLC
EA 97-022; WHENEVER DRIVING IN THE RAIN & USE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY WOULD STOP FOR NO REASON. THIS ACTION CAUSES A SUDDEN LOSS OF VISIBLITY WHILE ON THE ROAD. WOULD PULL TO SIDE & WAIT AWHILE UNTIL WIPERS ARE WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK
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