1995 CHEVROLET G20 Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET G20. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SHOULDER AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 62,173. THE PLUNGER IN THE MASTER CYCLINDER WAS INCAPABLE OF PROPELLING THE BRAKE FLUID THROUGH THE LINES AND THE BRAKE CYCLINDERS COULD NOT EXPAND. VEHICLE HAS STOP BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION. FAILURE DURING DOWN GRADE. VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS USED TO STOP ITS FORWARD PROGRESS. UPDATED 11/09/2011 *LN *TR

Mileage: 62,173

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ONE MONTH AGO HE NOTICED A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AT ANY SPEED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. JUST AS HE WAS PRESSING THE PEDAL THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER HE WAS OFF OF THE PEDAL THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED. HE THE CONTACT CITED RECALL 99I006000. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 79,000

FRONT END- WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ENTIRE FRONT END SHIMMIES AND VIBRATES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VAN. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS VAN FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.

Mileage: 30

BRAKES SPONGIE, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BREAK FLUID OK. POWER ASSIST BOOSTER WEAK. *AK

BRAKES SPONGIE, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BREAK FLUID OK. POWER ASSIST BOOSTER WEAK. *AK

WHEN DRIVING DIFFERENTIAL WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISE. NOISE WAS LIKE IT WAS STRAINING WHEN ACCLELRATING AND/OR BRAKING. *AK CONSUMER HAD A LOSS OF POWER HAD TO REPLACE SWAY BUSHINGS, VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT IN WHICH THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF NOISES FROM REAR END BUT WAS ADVISED COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF A TICKING NOISE BUT WAS ADVISED THAT WAS NORMAL, ALSO SPEAKER ON LEFT SIDE HAS STATIC UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED, NOISE IN BRAKES WHEN BACKING UP,FRONT DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY MAKES A BANG NOISE,DRIVE BELT SQUEAKING, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WAS FITTING POOLY REPLACED WINDSHIELD, VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED,STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT 40 MPH, CIGARRETTE LIGHTER WHEN IN USE SMOKES DUE TO ASHES ON LIGHTER ELEMENT ALSO IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE RELACED DUE TO CORROSION HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS REPLACED .*JB

WHEN DRIVING DIFFERENTIAL WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISE. NOISE WAS LIKE IT WAS STRAINING WHEN ACCLELRATING AND/OR BRAKING. *AK CONSUMER HAD A LOSS OF POWER HAD TO REPLACE SWAY BUSHINGS, VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT IN WHICH THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF NOISES FROM REAR END BUT WAS ADVISED COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF A TICKING NOISE BUT WAS ADVISED THAT WAS NORMAL, ALSO SPEAKER ON LEFT SIDE HAS STATIC UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED, NOISE IN BRAKES WHEN BACKING UP,FRONT DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY MAKES A BANG NOISE,DRIVE BELT SQUEAKING, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WAS FITTING POOLY REPLACED WINDSHIELD, VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED,STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT 40 MPH, CIGARRETTE LIGHTER WHEN IN USE SMOKES DUE TO ASHES ON LIGHTER ELEMENT ALSO IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE RELACED DUE TO CORROSION HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS REPLACED .*JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED IN AUGUST 1999. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99I006000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99046/ ABS BRAKES. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF DEALER MADE THE RECALL REPAIRS. VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *AK THE DRIVER IS EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEM AFTER IT WAS FIXED FOR RECALL. *YH

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED TWO TIMES IN PANIC STOPS, BRAKES WILL RELEASE ON ROUGH ROADS, BRAKES HAVE FAILED IN REVERSE, DEALER HAS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER BUT THREE FAILURES HAVE OCCURED SINCE. BRAKES ARE GETTING WORSE WITH PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR IN PANIC STOPS AND RELEASING. HAD FAILURE IN MOUNTAINS THIS SUMMER IN REVERSE (PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AND BRAKES RELEASING). THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THESE BRAKES! *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO THE ABS CABLE BEING CHAFED, LEAVING ABS INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

RAKES FAILED TO WORK IN EMERGENCY STUATION. ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE RAN OVER A BUMP PEDAL WOULD RISE UP AND WOULD BE HARD TO APPLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. CAN NHTSA HELP INTHOIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES CONSUMER CAN HEAR THE SYSTEM ENGAGING, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED WHICH HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES VIBRATING, REPLACEMENT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER DID NOT RECTIFY PROBLEMS (ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED). MJS

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN OR GRADUAL STOP ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES KICK IN, CAUSING BRAKE FADE AWAY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS RESURFACED BRAKES ROTORS TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN OR GRADUAL STOP ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES KICK IN, CAUSING BRAKE FADE AWAY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS RESURFACED BRAKES ROTORS TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH, ABS VALVE WENT OUT AND NEEDED REPLACED. *AK

CONCERNING AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM: THE A/C WAS INNOPERATIVE WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE SERVICED BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED TO MY OWNERSHIP. FOR EACH AUTMN SEASON SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, THE A/C HAS FAILED AFTER THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR OUR AREA. IT HAS BEEN MY SUSPICION THAT AN O-RING OR SEAL HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE. THIS PAST MAY WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR A/C SERVICE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT COOL, I HAD TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR THE SERVICE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF WARRANTY. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT GM/CHEVROLET APPEARS TO PROVIDE DEFECTIVE SEALS/O-RINGS/VALVES FOR AFTERMARKET REPAIRS. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT "CHEVROLET AIRCONDITIONERS ALWAYS LEAK AND COOLANT REFILL IS EXPECTED". HA! MY SECOND COMPALAINT ABOUT THIS VEHICLE IS ITS BRAKING SYSTEM/SERVICE. THE DEALERSHIP TURNED THE ROTORS ON THIS VEHICLE AT 21000 MILES. I FIND THAT ODD BECAUSE I DON'T DRIVE IN STOP/GO CONDITIONS FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY TRAVELS (I LIVE IN VERY RURAL AREA). SINCE THAT SERVICING MY BRAKES HAVE PULSED UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDIDTIONS, YET THE DEALER ASSURES MY THAT IT IS JUST THE ABS. ??? NOT LIKELY. IF SO, IT IS ABNORMAL IN MY OPINION.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STOP OR REDUCING SPEED DUE TO ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKING IN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, A COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING A VEHICLE COLLISION.

ABS EQUIPPED: UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN OR A GRADUAL STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT, CONSUMER NOTICED PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL SHOOK, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED BRAKES NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

WHEN COMING TO COMPLETE STOP, THEN WANTS TO APPLY GAS, BRAKES WILL NOT RELEASE. HEARS LOUD POPPING NOISE, AFTER FEW SECONDS, THEN BRAKES WILL RELASE. WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE BEGINS TO SWAY/DRIFT/PULL IN RIGHT DIRECTION, THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE HIT THE CURB AND THEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES. BRAKES WERE CHANGED TWICE IN LESS THAN A YEAR. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED TWICE.

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, THE RIGHT WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BEAR LEFT/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE NOTES THAT HIS BRAKES DO NOT HAVE PROPER STOPPING POWER WHEN BRAKES ARE USED, HE FEARS BRAKES MAY ONE DAY FAIL HIM. *AK

(4) TIMES THE ANIT-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED. WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKES THERE IS A NOISE AND THE VAN DOES NOT STOP AND MOVES RIGHT INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS WAS ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. TAKEN TO DEALER (3) TIMES, AT DEALER AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP UNDER BRAKING; HE ALSO NOTES THAT HIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COULD BE THE CAUSE OT THE PROBLEM, HE TOOK VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DEALERS AND WAS THAT THEIR WAS FAULY WIRING AND A SPEED SENSOR. *AK

TURNED OFF STREET VEHICLE SURGED SPONTANEOUSLY. THOUGHT CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, PRESSED ON PEDAL CAR FLEW LIKE A BULLET, STOOD ON BRAKE AND EMGERGENCY BRAKE COASTED 7/10THS OF A MILE, DLR UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WIHLE DRIVING ON THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WIHLE DRIVING ON THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM . TT

ROTOR HAS TO BE RESURFACED AFTER 1500 MILES. TT