THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AT A TREMENDOUS RATE OF SPEED WHEN ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE ENGAGED.
1994 Chevrolet Suburban 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 →
DELCO BATTERY FAILED AT 22 MONTHS, DESPITE HAVING A 60 MONTH WARRANTY.
ENGINE DIESEL: RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN 1995 WITH 6000 MILES ON VEHICLE. HAD FUEL INJECTOR PUMP REBUILT. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER 40,000, NEEDS TO HAVE FUEL INJECTOR REBUILT AGAIN. (95I-005). *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER SWITCH OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP OR WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS ON BUMPY SURFACES, THE BRAKE FAILS TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
ABS BRAKES WORK SOMETIMES , WHEN THEY FAIL TO WORK, VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP QUICK ENOUGH. FEELS LIKE NO BRAKES. *AK
WHEN BRAKING ANTI-LOCK BRAKES RELEASED, ALL 4 WHEELS, ROTATED FREELY, SLIPPERY PAVEMENT, PRESSED EXCESSIVELY HARD ON BRAKES, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL WITHOUT ANY APPARENT ATTEMPT TO STOP, DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG ON DRY OR WET SURFACES. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.
BRAKES: INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. WEATHER CONDITIONS DO NOT MATTER MOST OF THE TIME, VEHICLE HAS TO SWERVE TO AVOID A COLLISION. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AND THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *AK
#EA95-026, APPLIED THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND THEY FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, NO ONE WAS INJURED. *AK
#EA95-026, WAS DRIVING IN WET WEATHER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, CAUSING A CRASH, THE SECOND TIME APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. THIS TIME IT HAPPENED IN WET WEATHER . *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILS TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,SHE STATES THAT HER BRAKES ARE NOISY AND THAT BRAKES ARE NOT GOOD, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT VEHICLE IS STILL UMSATISFACTORY. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, SHE STATES THAT HER FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND THAT VEHICLE SURGES DURING BRAKING; ALSO, THERE IS NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES WHEN THEY ARE USED. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP OR WHEN SLOW STOPPING IF A BUMP IS HIT, ABS BRAKES KICK IN AND THERE IS A LOSS OF BRAKING. UPON STOPPING, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE TOO QUICKLY.
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP, AT APPROX. 30MPH, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD, REAR ENDING VEHICLE, NO PRIOR WARNING, NO INJURY. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER LEAKED AND REPLACED TWICE, CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL/ACCIDENT, PROBLEM CONTINUES.
DRIVER'S SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, THE RETRACTOR IS BROKEN, BELT PULLS OUT FREELY. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAD LOCKED UP, OCCURRED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. ONE OF THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND PULLED TOWARDS THE LEFT.(EA95-026). *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS BRAKES LET GO FOR NO REASON AND BRAKES FADE BEFORE STOPPING, DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.
REAR BRAKE SHOES WORN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 5 TIMES.
WHEN ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGE OVER SOME SURFACES LIKE SAND OR GRAVEL ROADS, BUMPY SURFACES, THE BRAKING ACTIVELY DECREASES AND THE VEHICLE TAKES MUCH LONGER TO STOP.
WHEELS LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE THROUGH TRAFFIC.
# EA 95-026, ON ONE OCCASSION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP AND DID NOT RELEASE, SECOND TIME APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP *AK
BRAKES EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT FAILURE, PADS REPLACED HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM.
ABS FAILURE.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
WHEN ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A SUDDEN MANNER, THE ABS SYSTEM WILL KICK-IN, CAUSING BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERABLE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, MOTORIZED SHOULDERBELT DOES NOT GRAB PROPERLY. *AK
UPPER 'A' FRAME BUSHING BOLT MISSING.
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED, RESULTING IN A TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES WERE CHECKED BY STATE TROOPER AND IT WAS DISCOVERD THAT BRAKES HAD MINIMAL RESISTANCE AND WENT TO FLOOR BOARD *JB
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED THE BRAKES ON LOOSE GRAVEL, RELEASED THEN PRESSED ON ABS BRAKES AND CAUSED A LOCKUP, ALSO MADE NOISE , EA95-026
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EXPERIENCED, WHEN THE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND APPLIED A 2ND TIME, NORMAL BRAKING TOOK PLACE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, PEDAL VIBRATES, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; DEALER CHECKED PADS, BRAKES ARE FINE, NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK
TWICE WHEN COMING TO A STOP ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STOPPING.
AT 25,000 MILES BRAKE PADS PREMATURELY WORE OUT, ALSO EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE INBOARD DISC PAD WEAR, RESULTING IN THE DETERIORATION OF BRAKE ROTORS, THERE IS METAL TO METAL NOISE WHEN BRAKING, NOT REPAIRED YET. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS BRAKES DO NOT HOLD UP WHEN THEY ARE USED, HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT HE DID SAY THAT THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHILE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY OCCASIONALLY GIVE OUT AND THE PEDAL STAYS HARD, CONSUMER RAN OVER A CURB TO AVOID HITTING A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE IN VEHICLE. *SLC
ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED THE ABS BRAKE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BUT HE COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, EA 95 026
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES, THERE AREN'T ANY, BUT ONE NEAR MISS EXPERIENCED. *AK
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