POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT
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 →
ANTILOCK SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY-HAVING PROBLEMS STOPPING AFTER STANDING ON BRAKES. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK-UP. TT
WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 35MPH, ON THREE OCCASIONS MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW/STOP, BRAKES WOULD GRAB, THEN RELEASE ALLOWING TO CONTINUE ROLLING FORWARD. TT
ABS: APPLIED BRAKES, ABS KICKED IN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; TOTAL BRAKE LOSS, CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT
ABS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. TT
ABS BRAKES DO NOT WORK IN EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SLOWS TRUCK DOWN IT DOESN'T STOP IT . TT
THE ENGINE QUITS RUNNING, LOSING POWER. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS SYSTEM, EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES. TT
POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT PE95-023. TT CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BECAUSE THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE THAT WAS REQUIRED AND POOR BRAKING ACTION, CONSUMER WAS ASSURED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING AS DESIGNED, SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON TWO OCCASIONS THE FIRST TIME THE REAR BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED AND THE SECOND TIME WAS TOLD THEY WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED.*JB
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. TT CONSUMER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, DEALER UNHOOKED ABS, HOWEVER CALLED CONSUMER BACK IN NEXT DAY TO HOOK IT BACK UP, CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS. *SLC
#PE95025 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKE DIDN'T STOP THE CAR IT SLOWED IT DOWN . TT *SLC
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MAILED, PEDAL FADED OUT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT
ABS WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY COMES ON. TT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND REMAINS ON FOR 2-30 SECONDS. *YH
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL DURING HEAVY BRAKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. *DSH
DUE TO THE DESIGN OF ABS SYSTEMS, IT ACTIVATES ON BUMPY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH MODERATE BRAKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. *DSH
ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE ABS BRAKES PE95-023 CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING, SYSTEM DOESN'T RESPOND BUT WILL VIBRATE IN FRONT THEN RESPOND.TT CONSUMER HE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, HE POOT HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE BRAKES MADE A HUMMING NOISE, THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING SO CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES HARDER AND THE BRAKES LOCKED, BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT WAS WET CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED.*JB
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE WHEN APPLIED BRAKES, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ALSO MAKES A GRINDING NOISE INTERMITTENTLY. TT
AFTER ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT ANY SPEED, DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP, WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. TT *SLC
THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED BY NOT ENGAGING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING HAS LONG AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.(EA95-026). TT
POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHILE GOING OVER A BUMP. TT
PE95-023-DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ALOT WHILE DRIVING BRAKES LOCK UP, THIS IS WORSE IN RAIN. TT
THE TRUCK HAS ABS. ON A BUMPY ROAD THERE ARE NO BRAKES PRESENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL, EXTREME BRAKE FADE, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS APPEAR NOT TO BE THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THAT SIZE VEHICLE. TT *JB
ABS, BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY FAILS, ON WET OR DRY SURFACE, WHEN APPLIED HAVE PEDAL FADING. TT
WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE THE BRAKE DON'T STOP THE TRUCK IT SLOWS IT DOWN . TT
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 35 MPH. TT
WHILE ATTEMPTED TO STOP BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE ON ANTILOCK BRAKES. TT
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE GRINDING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TT
ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT CONSUMER HAS HAD AT LEAST THREE VERY CLOSE CALLS, ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS ON WET AND BUMPY ROADS, VERY HARD TO STOP ON RAINY DAYS, CONSUMER STATES THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO PUMP THE BRAKES, CONSUMER STATES IT SEEMS AS IF THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND ENDS UP SKIDDING OUT OF CONTROL, AND IT ALSO MAKES A NOISE WHEN THEY FAIL, CONSUMER STATS SHE KNOWS SHE IS NOT SUPPOSE TO PUMP BRAKES.*JB
ABS: BRAKE SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE FOR WEIGHT OF VEHICLE; AFTER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING. TT
ABS: APPLY BRAKES; NO PUMPING; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; REAR BRAKES LOCK UP; MAKE GRINDING NOISE; LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING; NO WARNING; NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT. TT
BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN ROADS ARE SLIGHTLY SLIPPERY, CAUSING EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE. *DSH
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED THREE TIMES. TT
EA95-026, ACTIVE BRAKE FAILURE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 15 MPH. TT
VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. CONSUMER WAS IN ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLE. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONT CRASH AT APPROX. 35MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER SHOULDER/LAP BELT FAILED TO RETRACT, RESULT DRIVER HIT STEERING COLUMN AND WINDSHIELD. LOSS OF UNBORN CHILD. TT WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRAC. *YH
EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE, UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKE, THEY GRAB THEN RELEASE, RESULT ALLOWED TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER MISCARRIED CHILD. TT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN PLACE DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY FAILS CAUSING LONG AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT
CAR WAS PARKED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT IT WAS DETERMINED BY CHEVROLET THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHORT BEHIND THE DASH AND CONSIDERED VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS, CHEVROLET IS REPLACING THE VEHICLE. *SLC
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES BRAKE PROBLEM (ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT). *AK
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