1993 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

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Oct 17, 2007 Crash

DURING ALL KINDS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, TWICE CAUSING A REAR END ACCIDENT. DURING A HARD BRAKING SITUATION WHEN ON DRY PAVEMENT, OR ANY BRAKING CONDITION ON WET PAVEMENT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN APPLIED AND THEY GRAB AND THEN RELEASE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT COMPLETELY STOPPING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MANY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS AND INDEPENDENT SHOPS FOR REPAIR AND BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED WITH COMPLETE BRAKE REBUILDS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO IMPROVEMENT IN STOPPING ABILITIES. THIS MODEL VEHICLE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN RECALLED SHORTLY AFTER MANUFACTURE. THERE IS SO MUCH DOCUMENTATION THAT THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT THIS AGENCY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF NOT FORCING A RECALL FOR REPAIRS OR COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THE BRAKING SYSTEMS. THE MINOR RECALL AND"FIX" OF THE BRAKE-BOOSTER OUTPUT ROD WERE A JOKE AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED AS A FIX. THE EXCUSE CHEVROLET USES THAT IT IS A "BRAKE PEDAL FEEL" THAT IS THE PROBLEM IS INEXCUSABLE AND IRRESPONSIBLE. I HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER (CLASS "A" CDL WITH ALL ENDORSEMENTS) AND MECHANIC AND HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL OTHER MAKES OF LARGE HEAVY PASSENGER TRUCKS AND SUV'S WITH ABS BRAKING AND NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

Jun 4, 2004

WHEN MAKING A TURN AT HIGH SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL/BRAKES LOCKED UP TEMPORARILY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

Mileage: 152,825

Jan 15, 2004

MY SUBURBAN HAS DEVELOPED A PECULIAR PROBLEM THAT HAS LEFT EVEN THE DEALERSHIPS COMPLETELY CLUELESS!!! THE ENGINE HEATS UP TO ABOUT 180 F (STILL LESS THAN THE MID POINT ON THE GUAGE) AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF DRIVING -- THIS IS QUITE NORMAL. IF WE STOP AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START! WE HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF HOURS WHILE THE ENGINE COOLS OFF TO ABOUT 160 F, AND IT STARTS UP JUST FINE. WE ONLY NOTICED THIS SINCE WE WERE ON A LONG CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE. THE PROBLEM IS ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE, AND WE HAD TO PLAN ON TWO HOUR STOPS DURING OUR TRIP. WE EVEN DROVE STRAIGHT TO A DEALERSHIP IN RALEIGH AFTER STRAIGHT 6 HOUR DRIVES SO THAT THEY COULD SEE AND DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM -- BUT THEY WERE COMPLETELY STUMPED. I WOULD LIKE CHEVROLET TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE ABS MODULE FAILED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. ONE MOMENT THE BREAKS WERE FINE, THE NEXT WE WERE FLOORING THE BREAK PEDAL AND THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON. THE MECHANICS HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT REPLACING THE UNIT ($1200 FOR THE UNIT ITSELF). THIS PROBLEM SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE ISSUE INVESTIGATED IN 1992-1995 SUBURBANS. I AM SURPRISED THAT THE RECALL WAS LIMITED TO THE LIGHTER SUVS ONLY -- A DECISION BASED ON COST (MOST PROBABLY). IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE MORE CRITICAL IN HEAVIER VEHICLES.

Mileage: 120,000

Jun 9, 2003

ABS FAILS ON UNEVEN SURFACES, SUCH AS WASHBOARD ROADS AND WHEN HITTING BUMPS DURING BRAKING. ABS PERFORM POORLY IN MOST CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DRY PAVEMENT. THEY DO PROVIDE SOME BENEFIT ON SNOW/ICE. HOWEVER, MY ABS HAS NOW FAILED AND OVERALL BRAKING PERFORMANCE IS BETTER. THIS SYSTEM, AND THE LOGIC IN THE CONTROLLER, NEED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. *JB

Nov 27, 2002 Crash

WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, THE ABS ACTIVATED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FOWARD AND HIT THE REAR END OF ANOTHER MOTORIST.TS *JB

Mileage: 14,400

Feb 10, 2002

THE SAME PROBLE THAT IS ON YOUR RECAL LIST PROLONG BRACKING DISTANCE. *AK

Jan 17, 2002

PRIOR TO RECALL BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, RECALL #01I006000. THE CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS. *YD

Jan 17, 2002

PRIOR TO RECALL BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, RECALL #01I006000. THE CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS. *YD

Oct 26, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 01I006000 NOTIFICATION CONCERNING BRAKE PEDAL FEED. DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE COMPONENT AVAILABLE TO CORRECT DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

Sep 27, 2001 Crash

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Sep 27, 2001 Crash

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Sep 21, 2001

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL FEELS SOFT AND SPONGY. BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM, FOUND NO PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. SECOND TIME, MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. SIX MONTHS AFTER LAST REPAIRW WERE DONE, BRAKES WERE FINE, THEN BRAKE FAILED AGAIN.*AK

Sep 21, 2001

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL FEELS SOFT AND SPONGY. BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM, FOUND NO PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. SECOND TIME, MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. SIX MONTHS AFTER LAST REPAIRW WERE DONE, BRAKES WERE FINE, THEN BRAKE FAILED AGAIN.*AK

Jul 23, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV E VEHICLE. *AK

Jun 27, 2001 Crash

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP PEDAL WENT TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

May 14, 2001

ABS SYSTEM CAN BE TRIGGERED BY ANY SMALL BUMP IN ROAD. *AK *SLC

Mar 26, 2001 Crash

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, FIRST THEY GRABBED, THEN RELEASED. NO BRAKING ACTION, AND CONSUMER HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT, DAMAGE WAS $7000.*AK

Feb 13, 2001

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKES ABS SYSTEM DID NOT KICK IN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OFF ROAD.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SIX OTHER OCCASSIONS SINCE 1994. *JB

Feb 9, 2001

ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. OPEN IVESTIGATION EA95026. *AK

Feb 2, 2001

CONSUMER HAD A NEW ABS SYSTEM INSTALLED. THEN, BEFORE GETTING ON HIGHWAY STATE TROOPER STOPPED CONSUMER, AND INFORMED THEM THAT THEY NEED TO PUT CHAINS ON TIRES DUE TO SNOW. SOON AFTER, WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL ABS WENT OUT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, THEY NOTED THAT ABS WON'T WORK WITH CHAINS ON TIRES. *AK

Jan 30, 2001 Crash

ONE THREE OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES MASTER CYLINDER WAS CHECKED BY TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, ON THE ADVICE OF CONUMER'S MECHANIC, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *JB

Jan 10, 2001

ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN WITHOUT WARNING OR NEED.*AK

Dec 13, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING 40-45 MPH HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY AND BRAKES MADE AN ELECTRICAL VIBRATING HIGH PITCHED NOISE. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES HAPPENED DURING WET OR SNOWY WEATHER. DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE BRAKES WORKED FINE MOST OF THE TIME. *AK

Dec 5, 2000

EA 95 026/POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE: WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS OVER A BUMP/POTHOLE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, IT CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, HAS TO APPLY BRAKES EXTRA HARD TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

Oct 11, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONSTANTLY SHUT OFF WHEN IT STARTS RAINING, THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM TO WORK IS TO STOP THE CAR AND GET OUT AND MANUALLY FORCE THEM TO WORK AGAIN. THEY WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN DO IT AGAIN. THE GRILL : THE CROME IS PEALING OFF OF THE GRILL. THE BRAKES; THERE IS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. ONE IS THE DISC KEEP WARPING AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. THEY SOMETIME FAIL TO STPO THE CAR AS THEY SHOULD. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO STOP.*AK

Oct 11, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONSTANTLY SHUT OFF WHEN IT STARTS RAINING, THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM TO WORK IS TO STOP THE CAR AND GET OUT AND MANUALLY FORCE THEM TO WORK AGAIN. THEY WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN DO IT AGAIN. THE GRILL : THE CROME IS PEALING OFF OF THE GRILL. THE BRAKES; THERE IS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. ONE IS THE DISC KEEP WARPING AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. THEY SOMETIME FAIL TO STPO THE CAR AS THEY SHOULD. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO STOP.*AK

Oct 3, 2000 Crash

THIS IS MY SECOND SUBMISSION OF A COMPLAINT. THE FIRST ONE WAS ODI ID 522933. I RESUBMIT BECAUSE I AM INTENSLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE APPARENT LACK OF ACTION ON THE PART OF GM REGARDING MY YEAR VEHICLE. ON 7/21/99, A LARGE GMC RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED PERTAINING TO ABS PROBLEMS. MY YEAR SUBURBAN WAS EXCLUDED PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. GM STATED THEY WERE WORKING TO ADDRESS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ISSUES WITH MY YEAR VEHICLE. THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING WITH ME ALONG THESE LINES. MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE MANY OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN YOUR CURRENT COMPLAINT SUBMISSIONS FOR 1993 SUBURBANS. WHAT IS BEING DONE?? THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. IS GM JUST WAITING UNTIL THE 92 THRU 94S JUST ROT AWAY AND ARE NO LONGER A PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE FOR 187,000 AND I INTENDED TO DRIVE IT FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS BUT THE ANXIETY IS GETTING THE BEST OF ME. WHO ELSE CAN I WRITE OR CALL? THIS IS SERIOUS. PLEASE CONTACT ME ON MY DAY NUMBER - 512 868 0374. *AK

Oct 3, 2000 Crash

THESE BRAKES WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE ABS CAUSED MY WIFE TO SLIDE INTO ANOTHERE VEHICLE IN THE RAIN IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC.*AK

Sep 15, 2000

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SHE WAS APPROACHING A INTERSECTION, WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AND BRAKES DIDN'T RESPOND. VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP AT ALL. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DIDN'T KICK IN FOR THREE MINUTES, AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM DIDN'T RESPOND WITH A LOW SPEED. *AK

Sep 13, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUGH ROADS AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Sep 5, 2000

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED MANY TIMES, ONE INCIDENT RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. NLM

Aug 24, 2000

VERY POOR, UNSAFE, BRAKE PERFORMANCE, DANGEROUSLY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE

Aug 22, 2000

WHNE BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPINGDISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

Aug 21, 2000 Crash

CONSUMER'S SON WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH. WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT APPLIED BRAKES, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT PROBLEM COULDN'T BE DUPLICATED. ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WASN'T OPERABLE. *AK

Aug 9, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT A APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND BRAKES ARE HIT, VEHICLE STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHIFT TO THE LEFT. BRAKES/CALIPERS, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE VALVES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, ROTORS WERE TURNED BY DEALERSHIP AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS A SHOP BULLETIN ISSUE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REMEDY OF PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALLE ISSUED. THIS DEFECT DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO STOP APPROPRIATELY, AND CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK BRAKE HOSES FAILED. BRAKE FLUID WAS OUT AGAIN AFTER REPLACING IT. *YH

Aug 9, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT A APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND BRAKES ARE HIT, VEHICLE STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHIFT TO THE LEFT. BRAKES/CALIPERS, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE VALVES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, ROTORS WERE TURNED BY DEALERSHIP AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS A SHOP BULLETIN ISSUE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REMEDY OF PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALLE ISSUED. THIS DEFECT DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO STOP APPROPRIATELY, AND CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK BRAKE HOSES FAILED. BRAKE FLUID WAS OUT AGAIN AFTER REPLACING IT. *YH

Aug 9, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT A APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND BRAKES ARE HIT, VEHICLE STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHIFT TO THE LEFT. BRAKES/CALIPERS, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE VALVES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, ROTORS WERE TURNED BY DEALERSHIP AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS A SHOP BULLETIN ISSUE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REMEDY OF PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALLE ISSUED. THIS DEFECT DOES NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO STOP APPROPRIATELY, AND CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK BRAKE HOSES FAILED. BRAKE FLUID WAS OUT AGAIN AFTER REPLACING IT. *YH

Jul 31, 2000

WHENEVER BRAKING ON DRY PAVEMENT ABS WOULD KICK IN WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME AFTER IT WAS BLOWN TWICE IN ONE MONTH. HAD EVERYTHING IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED, FLUIDS REPLACED, ROTORS TURNED, ETC. DEALER IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Jul 31, 2000

WHENEVER BRAKING ON DRY PAVEMENT ABS WOULD KICK IN WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME AFTER IT WAS BLOWN TWICE IN ONE MONTH. HAD EVERYTHING IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED, FLUIDS REPLACED, ROTORS TURNED, ETC. DEALER IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Jul 13, 2000

HAVE SEVERE LEFT OR RIGHT BRAKE PULL AND ERRATIC OPERATION. *AK

Jun 27, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Jun 23, 2000

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES DO NOT GRAB AT ALL, AND VEHICLE KEEPS ROLLING. *AK

May 30, 2000

EA95026; ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

May 11, 2000

WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES WHEELS LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REPAIRS PERFORMED, BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. ALSO HAD TO REPLACED BRAKE SHOES ON THE REAR AXLE BECAUSE THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE SHOE WAS BURNT FROM OVER HEATING. *AK *ML

May 2, 2000

EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED ON WET ROADS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Apr 6, 2000 Crash

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP BY APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SLID, AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. NO SERIOUS ACCIDENT YET. *AK

Mar 23, 2000

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

Mar 22, 2000 Crash

BRAKES FAILED, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN REAR END COLLISION, THE SEAT BELTS BROKE DURING COLLISION. YH

Mar 2, 2000

OVER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE NOT OPERATED RELIABLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR OR WET STREET (EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, BELOW 30MPH), AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING EFFECT VANISHES MOMENTARILY. THIS DEFINATELY INVOLVES THE ABS SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATION OF THE PEDAL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ABS ACTIVATION DURING THESE EPISODES IS INAPPROPRIATE, INEFFECTIVE, AND DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mar 2, 2000

OVER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE NOT OPERATED RELIABLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR OR WET STREET (EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, BELOW 30MPH), AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING EFFECT VANISHES MOMENTARILY. THIS DEFINITELY INVOLVES THE ABS SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATION OF THE PEDAL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ABS ACTIVATION DURING THESE EPISODES IS INAPPROPRIATE, INEFFECTIVE, AND DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mar 2, 2000

OVER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE NOT OPERATED RELIABLY. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR OR WET STREET (EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, BELOW 30MPH), AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING EFFECT VANISHES MOMENTARILY. THIS DEFINITELY INVOLVES THE ABS SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATION OF THE PEDAL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ABS ACTIVATION DURING THESE EPISODES IS INAPPROPRIATE, INEFFECTIVE, AND DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Feb 11, 2000 Crash

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED HARD THE PEDAL WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. *AK

Feb 10, 2000

WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPING DISTANCE. *AK

Jan 21, 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT UP AHEAD. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE JUST KEPT ON GOING. REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

Nov 26, 1999

REPORTING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SYSTEM; WHEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO TO THE FLOOR AND A MAKE A DULL SOUND, AND CAUSE A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Nov 17, 1999

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BACK WHEEL HITS A SMALL BUMP, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Nov 15, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, SOMETIMES THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND PULL RIGHTOR LEFT. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

Nov 8, 1999

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Nov 1, 1999

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. WHEN ON WET SURFACE VEHICLE MAKES NOISES AND SLIDES WHEN TRYING TO STOP. *AK

Oct 26, 1999

WHILE MAKING A NORMAL STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN MUCH FURTHER THAN NORMAL AND THE TRUCK BARELY STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH/DRY ROAD SURFACE. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROLBEM WAS CORRECTED BY A REPAIR SHOP AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Oct 5, 1999

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH LOW GROWLING SOUND AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

Sep 24, 1999 Crash

REPEATED FAILURES, PARTICULARLY WITH BUMPS OR EMERGENCY BRAKING: PEDAL TO FLOOR, BRAKES "GROAN" EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WITH ONE ACCIDENT.

Sep 22, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES WILL APPLY, RELEASE AND REAPPLY. VEHICLE WILL ROLL FORWARDS, AND THE BRAKES RELEASE AGAIN. *AK WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN ROUGH ROAD CAUSING, SUSPENSION TO BOUNCE AND ANTI LOCK TO LOSS BRAKING ACTION. *YH

Sep 22, 1999

WHENEVER APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES HARD VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. THIS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC HAD TEST DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR BRAKES. THE CAUSE OF BRAKE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. *AK

Sep 21, 1999 Crash

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

Sep 20, 1999

ABS BRAKE FAILURE JUST BEFORE FINAL BRAKING. REAR END OF CAR IN FRONT. BRAKES JUST QUIT. BRAKE WERE JUST SERVICED ON THE WEEK BEFORE. SAME APARENT PROBLEM AS RECALL NO 99041 FOR 93 BLAZERS.

Sep 20, 1999

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END A STALLED VEHICLE. NLM

Sep 20, 1999

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END A STALLED VEHICLE. NLM

Sep 20, 1999

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END A STALLED VEHICLE. NLM

Sep 15, 1999

WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH OVER A SPEED BUMP, BRAKES FAILED, BRAKES CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING FAILURE. . *YC

Sep 13, 1999

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. WOULD PUMP PEDAL & ABS BRAKES WOULD REENGAGE TO STOP VEHICLE. WOULD EXPERIENCE A GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN USUAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAD BEEN TO MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED ABS BRAKES NEEDED NEW MONITOR. *AK

Sep 8, 1999

THE FRONT WHEELS OF ANTI LOCK SYSTEM LOCK-UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE ON SNOW / ICE. *YC

Sep 2, 1999

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Sep 1, 1999

WHEN ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT & SWERVE. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES & PROMISED PROBLEM WOULD BE REPAIRED. BUT IT REAPPEARED. *AK

Aug 24, 1999

THIS FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO MY PREVIOUS POSTING OF 2 FAILURES. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH WHEN I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY. THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD GROANING SOUND AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP IN A SKID. ONCE AGAIN, THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. AFTERWARDS, THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE VERY SOFT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

Aug 20, 1999

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP , THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF MASTER CYLINDER. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK *ML

Aug 20, 1999

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP , THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF MASTER CYLINDER. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK *ML

Aug 20, 1999

ON FIRST FAILURE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED AT SPEED OF 25 MPH. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AS IT SHOULD HAVE AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. ON SECOND FAILURE, APPLICATION OF BRAKES AT 30 MPH RESULTED IN TIRE LOCK AND SKID. ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THE FAILURE MODE WAS UNSUCCESSFULL. FAILURES APPEAR TO BE RANDOM.

Aug 19, 1999

ANTI-LOCK BREAKS PROVIDE NO/INADEQUATE STOPPING CAPABILITY ON SLIGHTLY SLIPPERY SURFACES. ON SUCH SURFACES, THE ABS PUMP CAN BE HEARD WHEN HOLDING THE BREAK PEDAL FIRMLY BUT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO STOPPING CABABILITY. I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD OR MISS TURNS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS DUE TO INADEQUATE BREAKING. I WAS DISTURBED TO FIND THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE RECENT RECALL OF 3.5 MILLION OTHER GM LIGHT TRUCKS AS THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ARE EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON MY '93 2WD SUBURBAN. PLEASE HELP AS I FEEL IN JEOPARDY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IN WET AND SNOWY CONDITIONS.

Aug 18, 1999

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN COLLISION. *YC

Aug 10, 1999 Crash

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GETS HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

Aug 10, 1999 Crash

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED WHEN TIRES ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN PAVEMENT.

Aug 9, 1999

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TWICE. *YC

Aug 5, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS WILL FAIL. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH TWICE. *AK

Aug 2, 1999 Crash

ABS BRAKES ENGAGE WHEN BRAKING ON UNEVEN DRY PAVED ROADS UNDER CONDITIONS WHEN ABS IS NOT NEEDED TO STOP TRUCK. THIS CAUSES EXTREMELY LONG STOPPING DISTANCES WHICH HAS CAUSED ONE THREE CAR COLLISION AND ONE VERY CLOSE MISS. DEALER SAID ABS SYSTEM WORKS FINE EVEN AFTER ACCIDENT.

Jul 30, 1999

APPLIED BRAKES AT 10MPH ON WET SURFACE AND BRAKES MADE LOUD NOISE, NO BRAKE PRESSURE.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

Jul 27, 1999

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES AND THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jul 26, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, AND THE ABS BRAKES ARE WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

Jul 25, 1999 Crash

TRAVELLING AT 25 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM CAME ON. THEY DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP. BRAKES MADE A LOUD MOTOR RUNNING TYPE NOISE AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

Jul 22, 1999

ABS IS NOT WORKING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CLAIMS NEEDS EHCU UNIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Jul 22, 1999

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHCLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jul 22, 1999 Crash

WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A REAREND ACCIDENT. *AK

Jul 22, 1999

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED THREE TIMES AND CURRENTLY HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK

Jul 22, 1999

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED THREE TIMES AND CURRENTLY HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK

Jul 22, 1999

ABS SYSTEM CAUSED NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE - BOTH OCCURED AT LOW SPEEDS APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS ON DRY HIGHWAY SURFACES (MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED SMALL AMOUNT OF SAND/GRAVEL ON ONE WHEEL) ABS ACTIVATED CAUSING VEHICLE TO ENTER THE INTERSECTION, NARROWLY AVOIDING COLLISION. *AK

Jul 22, 1999

I AM SENDING THIS IN REGARDS TO RECALL THAT WAS JUST PUBLICIZED ON GM'S, BUT NOT SUBURBAN. MY TRUCK IS EXCEEDINGLY HARD TO STOP IT PULLS LEFT AND RIGHT AND TAKES LONGER TO SLOW DOWN. REPAIR COST $1200.00. WINDSHIELD WIPERS & WASHERS WON'T WORK. COST $350.00. *AK

Jul 21, 1999 Crash

HIT BRAKES IN TRAFFIC GOING 25 MPH AND THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT LUNGED FORWARD BEFORE THE ANTILOCK FEATURE ENABLED NOT IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I FEEL THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FEATURE DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY! *AK

Jul 21, 1999

THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. IT APPEARS AS IF THE ABS IS FAILING ON ROUGH GRADES. IT HAS HAPPENED MOSTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT INTERSECTIONS. THE DEALERS (3) HAVE ALL NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. YOU HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL 2 OR 3 TIMES TO RESTORE THE BRAKES. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE STOPS. I FEEL SURE THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN A RECALL NOW THAT YOUR AGENCY IS INVOLVED. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY.*AK

May 11, 1999 Crash

#EA95026 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 52 MPH , CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP, AND WITHIN 90 FEET SPAN VEHICLE ONLY DEACCELERATED TO 45 MPH EVEN WITH THE BRAKES FULLY APPLIED, CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. COSNUMER HEARD THE ABS KICK IN, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. *AK

Apr 14, 1999

IF SURFACE IS ROUGH WHEN BRAKING WE OFTEN GET A SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE ANTI-LOCKS KICK IN. SUCH AS WHEN THE TIRES BOUNCE SLIGHTLY WHILE BRAKING. THIS HAS CAUSED US TO GO INTO AN INTERSECTION WHILE TRYING TO STOP AND IT EXTENDS THE STOPPING DISTANCE. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE TIME OF PURCHASE BUT ARE TOLD BY CHEVY THAT THERE IS NO RECALL THUS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION AVAILABLE. *MJS

Apr 2, 1999

THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BRAKES IS ONGOING, THERE IS NO FIX. WHEN GOING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE ON THE ROAD, AND IF THE ROAD HAS SOME SLITE RIBBING OR WASH BOARD EFFECT, THE BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY IF USED IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION, EVEN IF ONE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL AS INSTRUCTED WITH ABS. ALSO MEDIUM IE 50 MPH PANIC STOPS ALSO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A LONG HESATATION BEFORE THE ABS STARTS ITS CYCLE OF BRAKING, AND ANY ROAD IRREGULARITIES OR ROAD SAND INCREASES THIS HESITATION BEFORE THE ABS STARTS ITS BRAKING CYCLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS CHANGED EARLY IN 1993 TO NO AVAIL. IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE A SOFTWARE PROBLEM IN THE ABS LOGIC CONTROLLER. *AK

Apr 2, 1999

THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BRAKES IS ONGOING, THERE IS NO FIX. WHEN GOING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE ON THE ROAD, AND IF THE ROAD HAS SOME SLITE RIBBING OR WASH BOARD EFFECT, THE BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY IF USED IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION, EVEN IF ONE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL AS INSTRUCTED WITH ABS. ALSO MEDIUM IE 50 MPH PANIC STOPS ALSO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A LONG HESATATION BEFORE THE ABS STARTS ITS CYCLE OF BRAKING, AND ANY ROAD IRREGULARITIES OR ROAD SAND INCREASES THIS HESITATION BEFORE THE ABS STARTS ITS BRAKING CYCLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS CHANGED EARLY IN 1993 TO NO AVAIL. IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE A SOFTWARE PROBLEM IN THE ABS LOGIC CONTROLLER. *AK

Mar 16, 1999 Crash

IN EMERGENCY STOP BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL, AND THE VEHICLE JUST COASTED ALONG, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK

Jan 25, 1999

BRAKES LOCK UP ON ROUGH OR SLIPPERY SURFACES/GRINDING NOISE AFTER ABS KICKS IN/LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN BRAKING QUICK/DEALER SERVICE CENTER SAYS NO PROBLEM EVERYTHING IS O.K. *AK

Dec 3, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES CONTINUALLY FAILING, REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT WHEEL BRAKES DID NOT RECTIFY ABS FAILURES.

Dec 3, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES CONTINUALLY FAILING, REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT WHEEL BRAKES DID NOT RECTIFY ABS FAILURES.

Nov 18, 1998 Crash

WAS DRIVING 40MPH & STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, TRAVELED 40 FT & HIT 4 VEHICLES DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. HEARD ABS COMPUTER COME ON. BRAKE PEDAL GOT MUSHY. *AK

Nov 5, 1998

HAD APPLIED BRAKES AT 30MPH VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY. BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT & WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. ENTIRE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED & NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Sep 2, 1998

ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

Sep 1, 1998

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS KICK IN AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER COULDNT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

Aug 13, 1998

MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACE AND BRAKE PROBLEMS PERSISTS. PLEASE FORWARD ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THESE BRAKE PROBLEMS.

Aug 12, 1998 Crash

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jul 29, 1998

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Jul 24, 1998 Crash

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Jul 24, 1998 Crash

EA95-02O; CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OCCASSIONALLY, UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP. THE ABS BRAKES KICK IN, CAUSING NO RESPONSE TO THE WHEEL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT A ACCIDENT ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER.*AK ALSO BRAKES PADS WERE WORN OUT AND MAKING NOISES, CASSETTE PLAYER WAS INOPERABLE.*JB

Jul 16, 1998 Crash

EA95-026; WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SUDDEN OR GRADUAL STOP, THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK CONSUMER CALLED TO UPDATE ACCIDENT REPORT 04-01-99 APPLIED ABS BRAKES AT 35 MPH AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE TO OCCUR WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION, ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *MJS

Jul 10, 1998 Crash

CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP, AND THE BRAKES DID NOT CATCH. DRIVER HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OTHER AUTOMOBILE. *AK CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHO STATES THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES, HOWEVER THE SERVICE STAFF HAS WARNED THE CONSUMER TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAIL PERIODICALLY, CONSUMER USUALLY EXPERIENCES FAILURE BETWEEN 20-25 MPH, WHEN RE-APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE USUALLY STOPS WITH WHEELS LOCKING AND SKIDDING. *SLC

Jun 18, 1998

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND USING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP ,THE BRAKS WOULD FAIL TO OPERATE. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP. DEALER ALWAYS INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

Jun 11, 1998

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A STOP. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO PRESS THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK

Jun 9, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.

Jun 8, 1998

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN THE BRAKES DO NOT CATCH. CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT IS AFRAID OF BRAKE PERFORMANCE. *AK

Jun 3, 1998

WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A PANIC STOP AND MASHING THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD AND THEN T STOPS. IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WILL START TO ACTIVATE AND VEHICLE STARTS TO ROLL. *AK

Jun 1, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FADE CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.

May 22, 1998

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP THE MASTER CYLINDER BLEW OUT, RESUFIED. *AK

May 22, 1998

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP THE MASTER CYLINDER BLEW OUT, RESUFIED. *AK

May 19, 1998

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL TRVAEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

May 12, 1998

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE ABS WOULD LOCK UP. HAPPENS DURING RAINY WEATHER. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A MUCH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Apr 28, 1998

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ABS BRAKES KICK IN , BUT THERE ARE NO REAR BRAKES ON THE TRUCK. OWNER NOTICED THAT THE ABS LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON. *AK

Apr 14, 1998

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND IN PANIC STOPS, THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. *AK

Apr 14, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED/LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN TWO VEHICLE COLLISIONS.

Apr 9, 1998

WHEN BRAKING MODERATE TO SEVERE PRESSURE, ABS WILL BEGIN TO PULSATE AND RESULT IN A LOSS OF BRAKES FOR ABOUT 15-20 FEET. CANNOT CONTROL VEHICLE, DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND ROAD TESTED VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Apr 8, 1998

ABS BRAKES FAILS INTERMITTENTLY.

Apr 6, 1998

THERE IS A DELAYED ACTION IN THE ABS SYSTEM. THE PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE GOES IN A FREE WHEEL BEFORE ABS BRAKES ENGAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENE DEVEN ON DRY GROUND IF THE VEHICLE HITS ANY DEFECT IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SKIP AND ACTIVATING THE ABS SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO ABS FAILURE.

Apr 2, 1998

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. DEALER UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

Apr 2, 1998

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Mar 20, 1998

ABS GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR

Mar 12, 1998

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE PULL'S TO THE LEFT. DEALERS HAS SERVICE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Mar 5, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP IN THE FRONT AND DO NOT HOLD IN THE REAR, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE CONTROL.

Mar 3, 1998

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES DOWN FURTHER THAN USUAL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Feb 24, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION, REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO INCIDENT HOWEVER NO IMPROVEMENT.

Feb 23, 1998

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, IT WOULD BE ERY HARD TO BRAKE, ESPECIALLY OVER 30MPH. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE.

Feb 18, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY, EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

Feb 18, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT STOP EFFICIENTLY IN SNOW OR ICE.

Feb 11, 1998 Crash

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, A SPRING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE RELEASED AND CONTINUED GOING, CAUSING EXTENDED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Feb 11, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED TO STOP EFFECTIVELY RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

Feb 9, 1998

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Feb 4, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE.

Jan 28, 1998

WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT IDENITFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Jan 27, 1998

BRAKES FAILED.

Jan 27, 1998

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.

Jan 21, 1998

BRAKES FAILED.

Jan 21, 1998

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A COLLISION. *AK

Jan 21, 1998

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

Jan 21, 1998

EA94-038; INTERMITTENTLY THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO FADE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Jan 19, 1998

MULTIPLE ABS FAILURES.

Jan 19, 1998

ABS FAILURE. TOTALLY FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT, AND BRAKE PAD WORE OUT IN ONE MONTH AND DESTROYED THE ROTOR.

Jan 16, 1998

THE BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND PROPERLY UNDER HARD BRAKING SITUATIONS. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES PULSE LOUDLY BUT DO NOT ALLOW BRAKES TO ENGAGE.

Jan 16, 1998

HARD BRAKE APPLICATION RESULTS IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

Jan 15, 1998

EA95-026; CONSUMER EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. ALSO, UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, CONSUMER NOTICED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/ BRAKE FADE AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Jan 15, 1998

EA95-026; CONSUMER EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. ALSO, UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, CONSUMER NOTICED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/ BRAKE FADE AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Jan 14, 1998

ON TWO INSTANCES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BRAKING ABILITY WAS LOST FOR FIVE TO TEN SECONDS. OTHER INSTANCES THE BRAKES SEIZED UP, RENDERING THEM USELESS.

Jan 13, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT.

Jan 13, 1998

ABS BRAKES; ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN WET WEATHER, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID. *AK

Jan 13, 1998 Crash

WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP ON SLICK ROAD SURFACES THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO ANOTHER. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jan 12, 1998

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL CONTINUOUSLY.

Jan 6, 1998

BRAKES LOCKED UP.

Dec 15, 1997

DEPRESSED PEDAL NO SENSORIZATON, TRAVELED COMPLETELY TO FLOOR, RETURNED TO RESUME POSTION AFTER PEDAL REAPPLICATION. *AK

Dec 15, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE TAKES TOO LONG TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT AND SIZE OF VEHICLE. *AK

Dec 8, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP UNDER SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.

Dec 5, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Dec 3, 1997

CANNOT STOP VEHICLE IN PANIC SITUATION; VEHICLE GLIDES TO A STOP. ALSO, WHEN BRAKING ON ROUGH PAVEMENT, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND ABS KICKS IN IN PREVENTING QUICK STOP. *AK

Nov 26, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP/FAILED TWICE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK

Nov 25, 1997

DURING EMERGENCY STOPS THE BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE. THE ABS SYSTEM HAS TO BE PUMPED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THER IS A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Nov 25, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIEDNT.

Nov 24, 1997

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Nov 24, 1997

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE PEDAL AGAIN, THE VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK

Nov 21, 1997

ABS DO NOT STOP IN SUFFICIENT TIME. SOMETIMES IN SUDDEN STOP THEY WILL NOT BRAKE, ABOUT 2 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER SAID CONSUMER WAS NOT USED TO HAVING A BIG VEHICLE. *AK

Nov 20, 1997

ABS; IN AN EMERGENCY STOP HEARS NOISES, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR , NO BRAKES.TAKES ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER REPLACED ALL BRAKE SYSTEM. CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 19, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Nov 18, 1997 Crash

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 4/20/98 WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES CAUSING A COLLOSION INJURING THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTOFIED.

Nov 17, 1997

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 17, 1997

BRAKE PROBLEMS.

Nov 17, 1997

ABS BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

Nov 14, 1997 Crash

EA95-026, THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHEN THERE IS A SUDDEN STOP, HAVING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE,CAUSING REAREND ACCIDENTS ON DRY PAYMENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 13, 1997 Crash

WHENEVER BRAKES (ABS) ARE APPLIED, THE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO FLOOR; HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD BE EXTENDED. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, VEHICLE ENDED UP INA DITCH & WAS TOTALED. *AK

Nov 12, 1997

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS ON A WET SURFACE OR ON A ROUGH PAVEMENT, THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Nov 12, 1997

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Nov 12, 1997

BRAKES FAILED.

Nov 12, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Nov 12, 1997

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS TO STOP THE VEHICLE PROPERLY, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.

Nov 10, 1997

CONSUMER STATES THAT IN AN EMERGENCY STOP, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THEY REPLACED THE ECM ON THE VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

Nov 10, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES MAKE A NOISE AND VIBRATE. THERE IS ALSO LESS BRAKING ABILITY. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS. *AK

Nov 10, 1997

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR; IT'S INTERMITTENT FAILURE THAT CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ON OCCASIONS, BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING SOUND WHILE TRYING TO MAKE TURNS OR APPLYING BRAKES (ABS). *AK

Nov 10, 1997

BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, DRIVER ALMOST REAR ENDED VEHICLE.

Nov 10, 1997

BRAKE FAILURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

Nov 7, 1997 Crash

DURING PANIC STOPS THE BRAKES GRAB AND LET GO, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Nov 7, 1997

BRAKES FAILED.

Nov 7, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Nov 6, 1997

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

Nov 6, 1997

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

Nov 6, 1997

EA95026, THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO TOUCH THE FLOOR, NOISES AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER 2 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 6, 1997

EA95026, THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO TOUCH THE FLOOR, NOISES AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER 2 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 5, 1997

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK AND APPLYING FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY, IT TAKES LONGER TO STOP. *AK

Nov 5, 1997

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED.

Nov 5, 1997

BRAKES LOCK UP IN RAIN/SNOW, ALSO ON GRAVEL ROADS.

Nov 5, 1997

BRAKE PADS FAILED THREE TIMES.

Nov 5, 1997

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED TWICE.

Nov 5, 1997

BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED.

Nov 5, 1997

ABS WORKS POORLY, FAILED TO STOP IN REVERSE, CAUSING SMALL TRAILER TO JACKKNIFE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TRUCK.

Nov 4, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN WANTING TO MAKE QUICK STOP, ABS DO NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY,NO PATTERN. SOMETIMES ABS LIGHT COMES ON, USUALLY WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

Nov 4, 1997

WHILE DRIVING, TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE ABOUT THE BRAKES. HER HUSBAND HAD CHECKED THE VEHICLE IN HIS SHOP. *AK *SLC

Nov 4, 1997

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND DID ACT LIKE A FREE ROAD, ACCORDING TO CONSUMER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID:"IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES." THE CONSUMER ASKED DEALER IF THEY COULD DICONNECT THE ABS BECAUSE HE DID NOT FEEL SECURE. *AK

Nov 4, 1997

BRAKES STILL PULL, REPLACE HOSES,LUBE BRAKES.

Nov 4, 1997

VEHICLE PULLS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, BRAKE PADS/FLUID/CALIPERS AND ROTORS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUED, BRAKE HOSES REPLACED.

Nov 4, 1997

BRAKE SHOES REPLACED AND DRUMS DE GLAZED.

Nov 3, 1997

THE DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND SLIDE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Nov 3, 1997 Crash

EA95-026; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID HITTING A DOG, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS, AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. *SLC

Oct 31, 1997

WHEN BRAKING ON DOWNHILL SLOPE AND/OR HITTING BUMP, DRIVER WILL TEMPORARY LOSE BRAKING POWER; PEDAL SOMETIMES SOFT/GOES TO FLOOR; MOSTLY LOW SPEED; WET/DRY SURFACE. BRAKE SYSTEM NOT CHECKED BY DEALER/MECHANIC. *AK

Oct 31, 1997

UPON MAKING A GRADUALOR A SUDDEN STOP CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD SOUND, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. PULSTATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Oct 31, 1997

BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE DURING PANIC BRAKING, DRIVER SLAMMED ON BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN, NO WARNING, RELEASED BRAKES, APPLIED AGAIN, BRAKES WORKED OKAY, DRY WEATHER, BRAKES NOT CHECKED BY DEALER/JMECHANIC. *AK THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED AGAIN. *YD

Oct 30, 1997

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY; WHILE DRIVING ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL ALMOST REACHES THE FLOORBROAD AND SYSTEM WILL KICK IN AND STOP. THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD BEFORE IT STOPS. THE FRONT BRAKES PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED (4) TIMES IN 70,000 MILES. BOTH CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING A BRAKING PROBLEM. *AK

Oct 30, 1997

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY; WHILE DRIVING ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL ALMOST REACHES THE FLOORBROAD AND SYSTEM WILL KICK IN AND STOP. THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD BEFORE IT STOPS. THE FRONT BRAKES PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED (4) TIMES IN 70,000 MILES. BOTH CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING A BRAKING PROBLEM. *AK

Oct 30, 1997

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN HITTING A BUMP AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME LOSE BRAKES. THE PEDAL GOES DOWN A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, AND HAVE NO BRAKES WHAT SO EVER. HAS TO TAKE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND REAPPLY. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Oct 30, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE KEEPS GOING AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.*AK THE DRIVER HAS TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. *NLM

Oct 29, 1997 Crash

ABS: APPLIED BRAKES, COULD HEAR ABS KICK IN, BRAKES RELEASED, DID NOT GRAB, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION, REARENDED ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE, PROBLEM HAS CAUSED THREE CRASHES, DRY WEATHER WITH WATER PUDDLES; ACCORDING TO DEALER, BRAKES ARE WORKING FINE. OWNER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ABS. *AK

Oct 29, 1997 Crash

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN THE ABS FAILED TO WORK. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Oct 28, 1997

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY, ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE GOES TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. THE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. AT HIGH SPEED, WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL THERE IS NO BRAKE, AND VEHICLE CANNOT COME TO A STOP. *AK

Oct 28, 1997

WHILE DRIVNG VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT THE ABS BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND THEN RELEASE. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

Oct 28, 1997 Crash

AFTER ENGAGEMENT OF ABS SENSOR MODE FUNCTIONED MOMENTARILY AND SUDDENLY RELEASED. RESULT: VEHICLE CRASHED 2 TIMES. *AK

Oct 28, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE *AK

Oct 27, 1997

DURING BRAKE APPLICATION ABS STUTTERS/CATCHES AND STOPS. SPORADIC GRAB RELEASE MOTIONS. PROBABLE CAUSE: COLLISION. *AK

Oct 27, 1997

GOING 30MPH WHEN BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE HYDRAULIC BOOSTER DID NOT WORK; HAD TO PRESS ON BRAKES HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD COMPUTER REPLACED. *AK LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES. *SLC

Oct 27, 1997

GOING 30MPH WHEN BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE HYDRAULIC BOOSTER DID NOT WORK; HAD TO PRESS ON BRAKES HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD COMPUTER REPLACED. *AK LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES. *SLC

Oct 27, 1997

INTERMITTENT ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

Oct 26, 1997

THE ABS BRAKES FAIL QUITE OFTEN. DEALER AND LOCAL MECHANIC CLAIM THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

Oct 24, 1997

APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE DRIVER HAD TO SWITCH LANES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WENT OUT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. *AK *SLC

Oct 23, 1997

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON UNUSUAL ROD CONDITIONS AND ROADS WITH RIPPLES, THEY RESIST. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK

Oct 23, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY VARIUOS SPEED, GOES TO APPLY BRAKE VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT. HAS TO PULL TO RIGHT IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL. FRONT END OF VEHICLE VIBRATES, MECHANIC REPLACED FRONT CAPLIERS/,ROTATED TIRES/CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES. THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK

Oct 23, 1997

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH WENT TO STOP AT AN INTERECTION, APPLIED BRAKES ,WENT TO FLOOR, DID NOT REGAIN BRAKES, CHANGED GEAR TO NUETRAL THEN TO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP.DEALERSHIP CHANGED BRAKES AND REAR AXLE LEAK IN BRAKES,THIS DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED, THIS DEFECT IS A POTENIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Oct 22, 1997

WHEN APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE TRAVELING ON PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING THE VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

Oct 21, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

Oct 21, 1997 Crash

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 15MPH VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. DEALER SAW NOTHING WRONG. *AK

Oct 21, 1997

CONSUMER CAN BE DRIVING WHEN NEEDS TO MAKE A PANIC STOP BRAKES WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY, TAKES ABOUT 20 SEC TO MAKE STOP. NEEDS TO LEAVE PRESSURE ON BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALERSHIP CHANGED VACUUM CHAMBER,BUT DEFECT STILL IS OCCURRING. *AK

Oct 21, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITION THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER ON TWO OCCASIONS WHICH DID REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Oct 20, 1997

CONSUMER AT APPROX 55 MPH WENT TO APPLY ABS BRAKES, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO PUMP BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN, STARTED TO JUMP. THIS WOULD OCCUR WHEN EVER HARD BRAKING WAS NECESSARY. *AK

Oct 20, 1997

WHEN APPLING THE BRAKES THEY FEEL MUSHY, CAN FEEL THE BRAKES LETTING GO AND PICK UP AGAIN WHEN APPLYING THEM. WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOP THE BRAKES MAKE CHATTER NOISES. *AK

Oct 16, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES ONE INCIDENT CAUSED VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Oct 15, 1997

EA95-026, THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY TWICE IN 2 YEARS WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Oct 7, 1997 Crash

ABS BRAKES FAILED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AT LESS THAN 10 MPH, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK

Sep 12, 1997 Crash

THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES; THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO STOP AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Sep 12, 1997

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HEARD THE ABS KICK IN, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE KEPT ON GOING ABOUT 10-15 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO THE ABS. *AK *JB

Aug 15, 1997

INTERMITTENT ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

Aug 15, 1997

EA95-026, THE VEHICLE'S ABS SYSTEM FAILS, RESULTING IN THE PEDAL TOUCHING THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE NOT STOPPING WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Aug 1, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

May 30, 1997

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP/FAIL.

May 12, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP 11 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.

May 9, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 6 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Apr 30, 1997

EA95-026, ABS BRAKE COMPUTER FAILURE, CAUSED THE PEDAL TO GO THE FLOOR, COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES, REPLACED COMPLETE BRAKING SYSTEM. ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND REGULAR BRAKES COME ON RED. *AK

Apr 1, 1997

UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP AND APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS IN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

Mar 19, 1997

ANTILOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

Mar 18, 1997 Crash

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN THE SNOW OR WET WHEATHER THE BRAKES WILL LOCKED UP, ONCE CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO RUN A TRAFFIC LIGHT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Mar 6, 1997

EA95-026 BRAKE FAILURE, ON WET SURFACE AND LOW SPEED APPLIED BRAKES AND THE REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, IN FOR REPAIRS 3 TIMES. *AK

Feb 24, 1997 Crash

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. IT REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Feb 14, 1997

ON (5) SEPERATE OCCASIONS, ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS DESIGNED BY KELSEY HAYES. DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS NORMAL PERFORMANCE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Feb 14, 1997

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HARD, HEARD LOUD GRINDING NOISE, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO DEALER, BRAKES ARE WORKING NORMAL, NO CRASHES, HAPPENS ANY SPEED. *AK

Feb 5, 1997

POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO STOP ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE PULLING TRAILER.

Feb 5, 1997

BRAKE FRONT DISC PADS WERE WORN/REAR BRAKES NEED ADJUSTMENT.

Feb 5, 1997

BRAKE FRONT DISC PADS WERE WORN/REAR BRAKES NEED ADJUSTMENT.

Jan 31, 1997

HAS NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE WHEN ABS BRAKES KICK IN. *AK

Jan 24, 1997 Crash

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS IN SNOW OR ANY WET WEATHER THE ABS LOCKED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.

Jan 16, 1997

EA95-026 ACTIVE, ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED,THEY PULSATE, AND VEHICLE PULLS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT; THERE IS ALSO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ON DRY PAVEMENT. *AK

Jan 10, 1997 Crash

RIVING VEHICLE, HAD STOPPED, PULLED ONTO ROAD, NOTICE BEND & STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, HEARD MEALING NOISE (ABS WORKING), PUSHED BRAKES, VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED, KEPT VEHICLE STRAIGHT, WENT OVER EMBANKMENT, HAD NO BRAKES, FINALLY HIT TREE. NOTIFIED DEALER. *AK

Jan 6, 1997

WHEN APPLIED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGES, STOPS/ NORMAL BRAKING MOMENTARILY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO DEALR, BRAKES ARE OPERATING NORMALLY. *AK

Jan 3, 1997 Crash

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN EMERGENCY STOPPING ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, MECHANIC STATES THAT THE CALIPER IS BAD. PLEASE ATTACH REPAIR INFORMATION. *AK

Dec 30, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. UNDER INVESTIGATION EA 95026. *AK

Dec 20, 1996

BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR UPON HITTING BUMPS IN ROADWAY.

Dec 18, 1996

EA94-038 ACTIVE, ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS ON HIGHWAY, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Dec 11, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP SITUATION, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. *AK

Dec 11, 1996

ABS BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON LOW TRACTION UNDER NORMAL WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK

Dec 11, 1996

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Dec 9, 1996

WHEN ABS ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO STOP, THEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKES RELEASE AS IF VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR. EA95026. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE BEGINS TO STOP THEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKES RELEASE AS IF YOU WERE BEING HIT FROM THE REAR.*JB

Dec 6, 1996

WHEN VEHICLE IS CRANCKED AND M0VED THE ABS BRAKES MAKE A FUNNY NOISE WHEN 8 MPH IS REACHED. *AK

Dec 6, 1996 Crash

DRIVING ALONG AND GETTING READY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, PERSON IN FRONT MADE A SUDDEN STOP, HIT BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, THE BRAKES JUST FAILED AND VEHICLE RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR . *AK

Dec 4, 1996

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ROTORS CRACKED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS NO REACTION WITH THE STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE, EA 95 026. *AK

Nov 27, 1996

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.

Nov 27, 1996

BRAKE PADS REPLACED.

Nov 27, 1996

BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED.

Nov 20, 1996 Crash

WHEN BRAKING NORMALLY ON DRY PAVEMENT THE BRAKES CHATTER AS IF THEY WERE ON ICE AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Nov 20, 1996 Crash

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, IN A SUDDEN STOP SITUATION, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Nov 19, 1996

WHILE DRIVING, WHEN PRESSING ON THE ABS BRAKES, ACTION SEEMS INADEQUATE, PEDAL BECOMES SPONGY AND WHEN BRAKES ACTIVATE, VEHICLE SPEEDS UP. *AK

Nov 18, 1996

WHILE DRIVING NORMAL BRAKING EXPERIENCED, ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED WHEN PEDAL PULSATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. *AK

Nov 15, 1996

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN STREET AND APPLIED HER ABS BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED- CONSUMER ENDED UP GOING THROUGH A RED LIGHT, LUCKY NO TRAFFIC .*AK

Nov 12, 1996

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WITH HARD PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR, THEN AFTER ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER CAR THE BRAKES FINALLY WORKED. EA95-026. *AK *JB

Nov 12, 1996

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, EA94-038 ACTIVE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, ALSO WHEN APPLIED PULLS VERY HARD TO RIGHT OR LEFT, IN FOR REPAIRS, CHANGED THE COMPUTER FOR ABS SYSTEM. *AK

Nov 12, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Nov 12, 1996 Crash

AT A SUDDEN STOP THE ABS BRAKES GRAB FOR A SECOND; HAVE TO GEAR OFF IN ORDER TO STOP . PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK

Nov 1, 1996

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. UNDER INVESTIGATION (EA 95 026). *AK

Sep 26, 1996

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Sep 11, 1996 Crash

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Sep 10, 1996

REAR SEALS FAILED, ALLOWING FLUID TO COLLECT ON REAR BRAKES; ALSO CABS/AXLE SEALS LEAKED ON REAR BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS. *AK

Sep 10, 1996

REAR SEALS FAILED, ALLOWING FLUID TO COLLECT ON REAR BRAKES; ALSO CABS/AXLE SEALS LEAKED ON REAR BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS. *AK

Aug 28, 1996 Crash

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES.

Aug 20, 1996

EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON WET ROADS.

Jul 31, 1996

VEHICLE IS LOOSING BRAKE FLUID. AT 31 THOUSAND MILES THE VEHICLE HAS NO WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES.*AK

Jul 31, 1996

VEHICLE IS LOOSING BRAKE FLUID. AT 31 THOUSAND MILES THE VEHICLE HAS NO WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKES.*AK

Jul 25, 1996

BRAKE PADS/CALIPERS/MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *SD

Jul 25, 1996

BRAKE PADS/CALIPERS/MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *SD

Jul 25, 1996

BRAKE PADS/CALIPERS/MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *SD

Jul 25, 1996

VEHICLE VEERS TO THE SIDE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *SD

Jul 25, 1996

ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *SD

May 26, 1996

ABS BRAKES DO NOT SLOW VEHICLE. IN BOTH FAILURES, VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN STEEP DRIVEWAYS, ABS BUZZED THEN ACCELERATED/ ALSO SENSITIVE TO ANY DIRT/RIPPLES *AK

May 6, 1996 Crash

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *DSH

Apr 19, 1996 Crash

EA-95-026 ACTIVE, ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, IMPACT 12:00, SPEED 20 MPH, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Apr 17, 1996

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL TO STOP BRAKES FROM LOCKING UP IN EMERGENCY STOPS.

Apr 11, 1996

SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THERE IS NO BRAKE, HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

Apr 2, 1996

ABS; FAILURE ON THE ABS BRAKES, CANNOT STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT EA95-026. *AK

Mar 29, 1996 Crash

ABS BRAKES; ON BUMPY ROAD SURFACES, BRAKES RELEASE, DO NOT STOPPING PROPERLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Mar 14, 1996 Crash

ABS: ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS FAILING TO STOP VEHICLE WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE WHEN PERFORMING A HARD/PANIC STOP; HEAR GRINDING NOISE, NO WARNING. *AK

Mar 5, 1996 Crash

ABS-BRAKES - WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH COMING AROUND THE CURB THE OWNER TRIED TO APPILY BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

Mar 5, 1996 Crash

ABS-BRAKES - WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH COMING AROUND THE CURB THE OWNER TRIED TO APPILY BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

Feb 28, 1996

EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

Feb 28, 1996

EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

Feb 26, 1996

EA95-026, BRAKE FAILURE,DRIVING AT SPEED OF 55MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, *AK

Feb 26, 1996

EA95-026, BRAKE FAILURE,DRIVING AT SPEED OF 55MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, *AK

Feb 23, 1996 Crash

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES

Feb 23, 1996 Crash

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES

Feb 21, 1996

FRONT BRAKES FAILED-BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE-(CONSUMER HAS ABS BRAKES) NO INJURIES WAS SUSTAINED. *AK

Feb 21, 1996

FRONT BRAKES FAILED-BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE-(CONSUMER HAS ABS BRAKES) NO INJURIES WAS SUSTAINED. *AK

Feb 2, 1996

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES FAIL UPON LONG BRAKING OR UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Jan 4, 1996 Crash

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENTS. *AK

Jan 3, 1996

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING, EQUIPPED WITH ABS BRAKES. TT

Jan 3, 1996 Crash

ABS BRAKE DOES NOT RESPOND DURING SUDDEN STOP ON WET PAVEMENT, RESULTED IN TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS. TT

Dec 19, 1995

#PE95-023 WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE IT DOESN'T STOP IT SLOWS THE TRUCK DOWN . TT

Dec 18, 1995

#PE95-023 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKE IT SLOWS THE TRUCK DOWN IT DOESN'T STOP HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT

Dec 18, 1995

#PE95-023 WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE GOES TO THE FLOOR AND LOCKING UP HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK . TT

Dec 7, 1995 Crash

EA95-026, ACTIVE, BRAKE FAILURE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 35MPH. TT

Dec 6, 1995

EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT

Nov 30, 1995

ANTILOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.

Nov 29, 1995

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Nov 29, 1995 Crash

ABS BRAKES RELEASE COMPLETELY, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT

Nov 27, 1995 Crash

THE BRAKES DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THE CAR. TT

Nov 22, 1995

POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ABS. IT TAKES A LONG/DISTANCE TO STOP . TT

Nov 21, 1995

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT CONSUMER STATES HE WAS BRAKING AND HE WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKES, WHICH FIRST GRABBEND AND THEN RELEASED ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *SLC

Nov 17, 1995

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONED WITH SOFT PEDAL AND LONG EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT CONSUMER STATES ONE ONE OCCASION THERE WERE NO BRAKES.*JB

Nov 13, 1995 Crash

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IN A SUDDEN STOP CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND CAUSED A 5 CAR ACCIDENT.(EA95-026). TT

Nov 13, 1995 Crash

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. TT VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THEY FAILED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TRANSFER CASE FAILED. *SLC

Nov 13, 1995

POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM. TT

Nov 8, 1995 Crash

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED SKIDED AND HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, IMPACT 12:00, SPPED 25 MPH. TT

Nov 7, 1995

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKE FAILED HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT

Nov 7, 1995

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES VERY SLOW IN RESPONDING W/SCREECHING NOISE. EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IS QUESTIONED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Nov 6, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, DIFFICULTY STOPPING THE VEHICLE, EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL. TT *SLC

Nov 6, 1995

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM PEDAL FEELS MUSHY AND UNORDINARY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE.(EA95-026). TT

Nov 2, 1995

THE TRUCK HAS ABS. THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED AND MAKES ALOT OF NOISE WHEN APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Nov 2, 1995

ABS, BRAKES WHEN APPLIED EXPERIENCE BRAKE LOCKUP, OR UNEVEN SURFACE. TT

Nov 2, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, THE REAR WHEELS DO NOT STOP VEHICLE, ONLY THE FRONT WHEELS ARE WORKING. TT

Nov 1, 1995

ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. TT CLUNK IN REAR BRAKES, CONSUMER STATES THEY DO NOT FEEL RIGHT, DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT HOWEVER FAILED, NOISE STILL EXISTS. *SLC

Oct 31, 1995 Crash

ABS BRAKING PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Oct 30, 1995

ABS BRAKES; ON (4) OCCASIONS, BRAKES SYSTEM HAS FAILED COMPLETELY ON DRY PAVEMENT.TT ON FOUR OCCASIONS HAVE STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.*JB

Oct 27, 1995

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES COMPLETELY MALFUNCTIONS ON GRAVEL ICY AND SNOW ROADS AND POOR EFFECTIVENESS. OWNER IDENTIFIES SEVERAL NEAR MISSES. TT WHEN APPLYING BRAKE ON ICY OR SNOW OR GRAVEL ROAD, THE BRAKE MAKE BUZZING SOUND AND FAILED COMPLETELY AND THE VEHICLE GOES OUT OF COTROL. *YH

Oct 27, 1995

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS ON BUMPY ROADS AND HAS LONG EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.NOW WHEN BRAKING TRUCK PULLS TO LEFT. TT

Oct 27, 1995

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCE BRAKE FAILURE WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT

Oct 26, 1995

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP ON WET PAVEMENT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

Oct 24, 1995

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 15-20MPH, SUDDENLY MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE OCCURED WHEN PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. TT MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BY DEALER.*JB

Oct 17, 1995 Crash

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT. TT VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER PRIOR TO ACCIDENT REGARDING BRAKE PROBLEMS, DEALER HAD RESURFACED REAR DRUMS, SANDED LINGINGS, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS. ENGINE REVS TO 1500 RPMS AFTER SITTING 20 TO 25 MINUTES, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. SEAT BELTS DO NOT ALWAYS RETRACT. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON MEDIUM OR HIGH, VEHICLE'S ENGINE REVS TO 2500 RPMS ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. *SLC

Oct 11, 1995

#PE95-023 POOR PERFORMANCE OF ANTI LOCK BRAKES. TT DEALER STATED TO CONSUMER THAT ABS FEELS DIFFERENT WHEN MAKING PANIC STOPS . *SLC

Oct 10, 1995

ON BUMPY ROADS, ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSES BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *DSH

Oct 3, 1995 Crash

ABS:WHEN ANTI LOCK SYSTEM COMES INTO PLAY, BRAKES DO NOT STOP VEHICLE; PEDAL TENDS TO GO TO FLOOR; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT

Oct 2, 1995

ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP WHEN BRAKING. TT

Sep 29, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAIL AT VARIOUS TIMES. TT

Sep 27, 1995 Crash

ONLY GOING 20MPH VEHICLE STOPPED SHORT IN FRONT OF OWNER APPLIED ABS BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. TT

Sep 27, 1995

HAVING PROBLEM WITH POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. TT

Sep 26, 1995

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL OFTEN ON HILLS, GRAVEL, OR WET ROADS, ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *DSH

Sep 21, 1995 Crash

PE95-023 ACTIVE, BRAKE FAILURE APPLIED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, IMPACT 12:00 SPEED, 30 MPH. TT

Sep 18, 1995

REAR BRAKE SEAL BROKE AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID OVER REAR BRAKES. TT

Sep 18, 1995

WHEN BRAKING, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. HAD IN TWICE, STILL IS NOT FIXED. TT

Sep 18, 1995

BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Sep 12, 1995

EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN FRONT WHEELS LOCKUP UNDER NORMAL APPLICATION OF BRAKE, WET OR DRY CONDITIONS. TT

Sep 11, 1995

BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISES WITH NORMAL USE. TT

Sep 7, 1995

ABS: ERRATIC BRAKING; BRAKE LOCK UP; BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THERE'S NO OBVIOUS BRAKE PROBLEM PRESENT. TT

Sep 7, 1995

PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

Sep 6, 1995

PE95-023 ACTIVE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AT LOW SPEED, AND REAR LOCKED UP. TT

Sep 6, 1995 Crash

ABS, BRAKES FAILURE, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 25 MPH, LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS, PE95-023 ACTIVE. TT

Sep 6, 1995

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE AT LEAST TWO CAR LENGTHS. (ABS). TT

Sep 5, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING IN THE REAR BRAKES. TT

Sep 5, 1995

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS ON BUMPY ROADS LOCKS-UP.AND ALSO TAKES LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. TT

Aug 30, 1995 Crash

PE95-023 ACTIVE, LOSS OF BRAKE, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 15MPH, (ABS). TT

Aug 29, 1995

EXPERIENCING DELAYED BRAKING REACTION. FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. TT

Aug 29, 1995

EXPERIENCING DELAYED BRAKING REACTION. FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. TT

Aug 28, 1995

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES FAIL W/SOFT PEDAL AND POOR RESPONSE. ALSO WHEN PAVEMENT UNEVEN. TT

Aug 28, 1995

EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT

Aug 23, 1995

ABS,PE95-023 ACTIVE, BRAKES FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY MAKES A LOUD NOISE, HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT

Aug 22, 1995

IF YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE TRUCK FEELS LIKE THE BRAKE WILL NOT STOP IT HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT

Aug 17, 1995

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED. *AK

Aug 1, 1995

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAME TO A STOP THERE WAS NO BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A NOISE HAS ABS ANTI LOCK BRAKE . TT

Aug 1, 1995

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAME TO A STOP, THERE WAS NO BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR,THERE WAS A NOISE, HAS ABS ANTI LOCK BRAKE . TT

Jul 24, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAILED. *SD

Jun 21, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. TT

Jun 15, 1995 Crash

BRAKES MAKE GRINDING SOUND FEELS LIKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. NO RESPONSE FROM ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. TT

Jun 12, 1995

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEPRESSED PEDAL BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. TT

Jun 7, 1995

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE DESIGN, CAUSES BRAKING PROBLEMS. *SKD

Jun 5, 1995 Crash

ABS SYSTEM, APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKES DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING, BRAKES GRAB AND THAN A LOUD NOISE, THEN PEDAL FADE OUT, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. TT

May 17, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AT LOW SPEEDS. TT

May 8, 1995

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE IN WET ROAD CONDITION INTERMITTENTLY ON DRY ROAD CONDITION. TT

Apr 10, 1995 Crash

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE , EXPERIENCE LOCKUP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, IMPACT 12:00 SPEED 5 MPH. TT

Mar 13, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING OR INOPERATIVE. REPAIRED 4 TIMES. TT

Mar 1, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAILS TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING, LOUD POPPING NOISES AND INOPERATIVE. TT

Feb 22, 1995 Crash

IN TIMES OF EXTREME EMERGENCIES THE ANTI LOCK AND BRAKING SYSTEM ARE INOPERATIVE. TT

Feb 6, 1995

ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DURING NORMAL STOPPING,VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LONG STOPPING DISTANCE PERIODICALLY, DEALER SAID NOTHING IS WRONG. TT

Jan 27, 1995

HEARD HUMMING NOISE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, ALSO PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TT

Jan 26, 1995

BRAKES DO NOT ALWAYS STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Jan 9, 1995

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS, CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. *SKD

Jan 5, 1995

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, DEALER SAID ABS OPERATION IS NORMAL. TT