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 1992 record →
WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION TO OCCUR. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHEN APPROACHING A LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, DEALER CAN NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. *SLC
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION, THERE IS AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF BRAKING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD AND A VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK, AND WHEN APPLYING FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK JUST KEPT GOING. THE TRUCK REAR ENDED THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK AND PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL JUST GOES TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK *SLC
APLLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, JUST SOMRTIMES. WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN THE TRUCK HAS EXTENDED STOPPONG DISTANCE. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY IN PANIC STOPS. BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PUSHED DOWN WITH FORCE TO STOP VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE IS NOISE IN ABS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
WHEN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE & APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES WOULD HOLD VEHICLE. WHEN NOT ON AN INCLINE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP OR GRAB, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. HAD NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK
WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING AND BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKES, THEY LOCK UP. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AND IN NORMAL STOPPING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES START FUNCTIONING, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK
THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. WHEN TRAVELING DOWNHILL AND BRAKING, ABS BRAKES ARE NOT EFFECTIVE. *AK
RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE PETRUDES OUTWARD ONE QUATER OF AN INCH FROM BACKING PLATE. SECOND INCIDENT: 26-SEP-97 MILEAGE : 87,000 NOTICEABLE RIDGE OF BRAKE SHOES. *AK
ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD LEAKED COOLANT OUTSIDE ENGINE. ALSO, RADIATOR LEAKS DUE TO POOR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION BY GENERAL MOTORS. *AK
IN ACCIDENT WHEN THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WITH PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP. AT 20-30MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK
ENGINE RUNS ROUGHC/PERFORMS SLUGGISHLY.
UPON APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THERE IS VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT DUE TO ROTORS SEPARATING FROM MOUNTING HUB CAUSED BY CORROSION. *AK
THE VEHICLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ANTI- LOCK SENSOR. *AK
AB, BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WHEN ABS KICK IN, WHEEL BY WHEEL KICKS IN, CAUISNG EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . EA 95-026. *AK
#EA95-026, WAS DRIVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. *AK
KELSEY HAYES ABS BRAKE FAILURE; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON DRY PAVEMENT. *AK
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.
HAS ABS BRAKES, BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. ALSO, REPLACED FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS TWICE. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED AT STOP SIGN, CHEVROLET DRIVER HIT BRAKES, VEHICLE KEPT GOING, DID NOT STOP UNTIL REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT, WAS APPROX. FIFTY FEET AWAY WHEN BRAKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, EA95-026 ACTIVE, CONTINUES TO HAVE BRAKE FAILURE, IN FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL TO RIGHT OR LEFT, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION 20MPH, APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, UPON USING THE BRAKES OWNER HAD TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. HE NOTES THAT THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER BRAKES WERE USED AND DID NOT GO OUT. *AK
ABS: WHILE COMING DOWN HILL, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, FEW SECONDS LATER, BRAKES WERE UP AND WORKING AGAIN, NO WARNING, PUMPED BRAKES ABOUT 3 TIMES, NO EFFECT, WET PAVEMENT. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON ICY ROAD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL HAS NO PRESSURE AND ALLOWS TRUCK TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTION. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, SO WHEN STARTED PUMPING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, EA 95 026. *AK
VEHICLE'S ABS BRAKING SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE, IT HAD A SKIDDING EFFECT ON THE ROAD, THEN PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD.THE DRIVER LOST BRAKE CONTROL AND HIT CAR IN FRONT. *AK
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
FAILURE ON THE ABS BRAKES, WHEN MAKING A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK
THE ABS CONTINUES TO GO OUT. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE FIRE.
VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCES, ALSO ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL WENT LOW TO THE FLOOR, REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
FRAME CRACKED. *SD
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DH
AN ALLEGED MALFUNCTION IN THE ALTERNATOR, RESULTING IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE EA94-029A. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE ON WET ROADS. *DSH
ABS WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. *DSH
WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED NUMBER OF FIVE TIMES, AND THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 20000 MILES, THIS IS THE ABS BRAKES. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING A FRONTAL CRASH, DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. TT
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM CAN NOT STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE REAR BRAKES HAVE TO CHANGE FRONT BRAKE OFTEN. TT
BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED HARD IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. *SD
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
#PE95-023 WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE IT DOESN'T STOP IT SLOWS THE TRUCK DOWN . TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *SD
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKE PEA95-023 CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM EA95-023 BRAKES LOCK UP. TT
ABS, APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE RELEASE IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 30MPH. TT
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