1994 CHEVROLET LUMINA Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

I NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, INSIDE MY CAR, QUITE OFTEN- AT LEAST 2 TIMES A WEEK. MY BRAKES WEAR OUT FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE DRIVERSIDE HUB ASSEMBLY KIT EVERY 3-6 MONTHS BECAUSE IT STARTS CLICKING THEN WEARS OUT THE BRAKES IF I DON'T GET IT DONE- AT THE CHEAPEST 100 EVERY TIME. CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A WRECK AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT DOES THIS. *TR

Mileage: 159,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE SURGED. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ARE GRINDING AND GOING TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

NOISE IN DASH (LIKE SOMETHING TRYING TO ADJUST) CAUSING PARTIAL LOST TO BRAKING POWER, ANTI-LOCK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, AT FREQUENT INTERMITTENT TIMES, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR LOSING ALL BRAKING CAPABILITIES. *AK

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR FRONT BRAKES ON 11-25-00. I WAS TOLD THE BACK BRAKE PADS WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AND THAT I WOULD NOT HEAR ANY "WEAR NOISE" BEFORE THE PAD WORE THROUGH AND WRECKED THE ROTORS. THE MECHANIC SAID THE "SLEEVE" GM INSTALLED TO MOVE THE BRAKE PADS WAS "SEIZED". HE SAID THE "KIT" HE WOULD USE WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS EXTRA COST FOR 2 REAR CALIPERS WAS INCURRED BY ME BECAUSE GM'S FACTORY INSTALLED CALIPERS WERE INFERIOR. I ALSO LEARNED THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT TO HELP CUSTOMERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE THESE BAD BRAKE PARTS. I CALLED GM, BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE IT TO A GM DEALER TO GET THE BRAKES DONE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER THAT SAME DAY AND LEARNED THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ALSO. IS THERE ANY "SECRET WARRANTIES" ON THIS??? WHO CAN I CONTACT FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXTRA $404.98 I INCURRED FOR THIS DEFECT???*AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED/REPLACED THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES, AT TIMES, THE BRAKES ARE NOISEY. *AK *SLC

SLIDER ON THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE ON ONE SIDE AND OVERHEAT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVER UNDER RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

AFTER BEING REPAIRED, A FEW MONTH LATER, ROTORS STARTED MAKING NOISE AND VIBRATED. ALSO, EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD OPERATED POORLY. BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACES FIVE TIMES. *AK

FRONT AND REAR ROTORS FAILED. YH

REAR AND FRONT DISC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. YH

CALIPERS FAILED TWICE. YH

BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS AND ROTORS FAILED CONTINUALLY WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR. *ET

BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS AND ROTORS FAILED CONTINUALLY WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR. *ET

BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS AND ROTORS FAILED CONTINUALLY WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR. *ET

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE TIMES. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE MAKES NOISE, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. DEALER NOTIFIED ABOUT 14 TIMES OR MORE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/ROTORS WOULD R PREMATURELY. REPLACED BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

FRONT BRAKES WOULD WEAR PREMATURELY ON DRIVER'S SIDE/PROFESSIONALLY REPLACED BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS/POSSIBLE STUCK CALIPER.

THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN MY CAR HAS BEEN THE MAJOR PROBLEM SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE. TWO WEEKS 94 AFTER PURCHASE, APR 94, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND CAUGHT FIRE. TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT THEY FAILED AND I WENT THRU AN INTERSECTION AND COLLIDED WITH A CAR. CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY SENT A REP AND THE STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD FOUR BRAKE SYSTEMS ON MY CAR WITH A COMPLETE OVERHAUL DUE TO FAILURE AT A COST OF $800. I DRIVE HIGHWAY MILES AND NOT CITY DRIVING. THE LAST CAR, A CHEVY BERETTA HAD $50,000 BEFORE I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND UNDER THE SAME DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THE VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE. "FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS ON ICE," AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SINCE PURCHASE. THE ROTORS HAD TO BE CUT AND THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES.

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND CAR DOES NOT STOP. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND CAR DOES NOT STOP. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGES WITHOUT CAUSE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

CALIPER MISALIGNED RUBBING AGAINST INSIDE OF THE STEEL WHEEL DURING BRAKING, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS.

BRAKE PADS FAILED.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING CALIPER TO LOCK UP.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, IN FOR REPAIRS , WHEN DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY MAKE A LOUD NOISE REPLACED REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS/PADS. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, IN FOR REPAIRS , WHEN DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY MAKE A LOUD NOISE REPLACED REAR CALIPERS/ROTORS/PADS. *AK

BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY. (1ST VEHICLE ON 602873)

BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED.

BRAKE CALIPERS LOCK UP.

FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.

BRAKE PADS REPLACED.

BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED.

BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED.

BRAKE NOISE.

BRAKES SQUEALED INTERMITTENTLY.

FRONT BRAKE CALIPER'S FROZE.

THE CALIPERS FROZE UP IN THE BACK, VEHICLE WAS NOT MAKING ANY NOISE SO DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. HAVE TO APPLY PARKING OR EMERGENCY BRAKE ONCE A WEEK TO KEEP THE REAR BRAKES FROM FREEZING UP. *AK

REAR BRAKES FAILED.

BRAKE CALIPERS/ROTORS REPLACED.

BRAKE CALIPERS/ROTORS REPLACED.

CONSUMER HAS HAD A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PADS WEARING OUT, ALSO THE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE BRAKES ALSO MAKE LOUD NOISE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON ONE OCCASTION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AROUND CURVES, THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. ALTERNATOR FAILED. AIR CONDITIONER WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. TIMING BELT FAILED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, NORMAL BRAKING EXPERIENCED BRAKE PEDAL PULSATION, ALSO ON WET PAVEMENT BRAKE ACTION SEEMS INEFFECTIVE, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND INTERMITTENT ABS WARNING LIGHT APPEARS.*AK

AT 7,000 MILES THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED , AT 14,000 TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM AND AT 21,000 BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, TURNED ROTOR AT 29,000 MILES, REPLACED ALL FOUR ROTORS. *AK DEFROSTER FAILED. WASHER INOPERATIVE. RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *SLC

AT 7,000 MILES THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED , AT 14,000 TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM AND AT 21,000 BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, TURNED ROTOR AT 29,000 MILES, REPLACED ALL FOUR ROTORS. *AK DEFROSTER FAILED. WASHER INOPERATIVE. RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *SLC

AT 7,000 MILES THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED , AT 14,000 TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM AND AT 21,000 BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, TURNED ROTOR AT 29,000 MILES, REPLACED ALL FOUR ROTORS. *AK DEFROSTER FAILED. WASHER INOPERATIVE. RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *SLC

REAR CALIPER SLIDES BIND, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO FAIL/EXCESSIVE WEAR TO FRONT BRAKES.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING ON WET SURFACE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, SPEED 30MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION. *AK

WILL SUBMIT NEW FORM. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKE TO STOP. *AK

WHEN IT IS WET OR DAMP OUTSIDE THE ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKE, PRIOR CONTACT WITH THE PEDAL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. AK

DURING MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT, WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO AVOID SECOND COLLISION BRAKE SEEMED INEFECTIVE, BRAKE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD.

BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPAIRED. TT *JB

BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPAIRED. TT *JB

BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPAIRED. TT *JB

BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPAIRED. TT

REAR DISC BECOME CORRODED, REAR DISC BRAKES WERE REPLACED TWICE LAST YEAR. TT

VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM REAR LEFT WHEEL CALIPER PIN KEEPS FREEZING.CAUSING EXCESSIVE PAD WEAR. TT

BRAKES CONTINUE TO SQUEAK AFTER REPEATED REPAIR ATTEMPTS. *SKD

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, APLLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR, LOSS OF PRESSURE, IMPACT 12:00, SPEED 45. TT

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH WATER HOLE CAR LOST POWER, RESULTING IN POWER BRAKE AND STEERING LOST. TT

THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK AND HAS HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE BRAKES JOB ONLY AFTER TWO MONTHS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

FRONT/REAR ROTORS TURNED DUE TO BURNING SMELL. *SKD

FRONT BRAKE PADS WORN, CAUSING BRAKES TO SQUEAL.

DISC ROTOR FAILURE. TT

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. TT

VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY FAILED WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR. TT