1993 Chevrolet Blazer Brakes Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN A NORMAL BRAKING SITUATION. THE ABS DID NOT ENGAGE, THEREFORE THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL #99V193000, PERTAINING TO THE HYDRAULIC ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

NHTSA ID

10163377

Incident

Jul 21, 2006

Mileage

84,500 mi

I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASES AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TAKE EFFECT. I READ IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TODAY THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR 1999 TO 2003 GM SUV'S. MY QUESTION IS, WAS THERE EVER A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR 1993 CHEVROLET K5 BLAZERS AND IF NOT IS THERE A CHANCE OF GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED BY GM AT THEIR EXPENSE CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE.*JB

NHTSA ID

10134787

Incident

Dec 13, 1993

Mileage

8,000 mi

TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER ON A RECALL FOR ABS BRAKE FAILURE. PRIOR TO TAKING THE VEHICLE IN THE BRAKES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE. THEY LOCKED UP AND THEN FAILED ALTOGETHER. *AK

NHTSA ID

10090153

Incident

May 27, 2004

Mileage

174,662 mi

ABS BRAKE FAILURE - AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP OR RAILROAD TRACK WHEN COMING TO A STOP THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR. PUMPING OF THE PEDAL WILL NOT GET THE PEDAL HEIGHT BACK. THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE FLOOR FOR AS MANY TIMES AS I APPLY THE BRAKES. AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR HALF A DAY OR LONGER, THE PEDAL WILL RETURN TO A HIGH PEDAL AND EVERYTHING SEEMS OKAY. THIS CONDITION HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10082920

Incident

Jul 13, 2004

Mileage

128,785 mi

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10053985

Mileage

38,000 mi

WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEED CONSUMER NOTICED ABS INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, BUT DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10053573

WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES WITH FORCE LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE, RESULTING INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP REPLACE ABS SENSOR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10053572

THE BRAKE PEDAL GRABBED WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE THE SECOND TIME THE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR BOARD. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10015512

ON FEBRUARY 22,03 VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED DUE TO RECALL ON ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, WHEN WE PICKED UP VEHICLE FRONT AXLE WAS ENGAGED FULL TIME, FEB.22-03 RETURN FOR REPAIR WHEN RETURNED RANDOM BRAKE FAILURE RETURNED AND TOLD BEARING PROBLEM , ??? MARCH 4-03 TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER. TOLD COMPUTER PROBLEM. DISCONNECTED ABS FOR SAFETY REASONS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD OF OTHER INCIDENTS ON SAME MAKE AND MODELS. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10008371

Incident

Feb 22, 2003

Mileage

153,000 mi

DURING NORMAL BRAKING, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SOFTEN AND THERE WOULD BE AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

NHTSA ID

8015977

Incident

Nov 15, 2001

BRAKES OPERATE POORLY, THER IS EXTENED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO FUMES COMING FROM VENTILATION SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

8014464

Incident

Jun 28, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, VIBRATION WILL COME THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT ON WET UNEVEN PAVEMENTS, EXCESSIVE EFFORT IS USED TO CONTROL STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THERE IS A RECALL, 99V193, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. *TT

NHTSA ID

8011539

Incident

Jan 1, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

762932

Incident

Apr 5, 1995

VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE, PEDAL FEELS NORMAL. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009130

Incident

Apr 1, 1999

CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V193000. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE PART AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE DEFEC, AND CANNOT TELL CONSUMER WHEN PART WILL BE SHIPPED FROM MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003593

Incident

Feb 5, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH WOULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN SPEED OR TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT OPERATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003440

Incident

Jan 30, 2002

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE, REPAIRED FRONT AND REAR FOUR, STILL NOT CORRECTED.

NHTSA ID

9004663

Incident

Aug 23, 1999

WHILE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. A WEEK BEFORE, VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A BRAKE MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

896240

Incident

Aug 1, 2000

AFTER IMMEDIATELY PURCHASING VEHICLE, CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE POOR BRAKING SYSTEM, THE DEALER CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND STATED EVERYTHING WAS OK, A YEAR LATER CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES, AFTER HAVING SOME NEAR COLLSIONS AND ALSO HAVING A COLLISION WITH A DEER THAT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH FORCE CONSUMER APPLIED TO THE PEDAL, AFTER THE INITIAL APPLICATION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE ITS RATE OF SPEED, HOWEVER CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION (C99046) ON THE ABS, AND THE BRAKE MODULE WAS THEN REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES SEEM TO HAVE NORMAL BRAKING, BUT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE TIRES LEAVE THE ROAD SURFACE,LIKE HITTING A POT HOLE, THE PEDAL DROPS DOWN ABOUT TWO INCHES AND THE BRAKING EFFECT IS REDUCED BY WHAT SEEMS ABOUT ONE HALF THE FORCE ON THE PEDAL.*JB

NHTSA ID

562900

WHILE DRIVING BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED ABOUT 3 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR. HAD LITTLE BRAKING POWER, AND NO RESERVE PEDAL. IF ENGINE STALLS THERE WILL BE NO BRAKES.*AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKE WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME.*JB

NHTSA ID

894132

Incident

Aug 6, 2001

ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

891446

THE BRAKE ROTOR SHEARED APART BETWEEN THE FLANGE SECTION WHICH BOLTS TO THE AXLE AND THE OUTER SECTION WHICH THE PADS CLAMP ON TOO. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE CASTING IS DEFECTIVE AND THE SECTION WHICH FAILED SHOULD RETAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY LONG AFTER THE ROTORS HAVE WORN OUT DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. IT APPEARS THAT THE ROTORS WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD ANOTHER 30,000 MILES TO GO BEFORE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED HAD THE FAILURE NOT OCCURRED. HAD THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.*AK

NHTSA ID

746854

Incident

Jun 10, 2001

ABS LIGHT IS ON. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT'S PUSHING BACK, IN ALL ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHILE PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THEY SEIZE UP AND SEEM TO LOCK, VEHICLE SWERVES TO THE LEFT AND BRAKE PRESSURE LETS GO AND VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD, WET PAVEMENT CONDITIONS ARE WORSE, ROTORS, CALIPERS, BALL JOINTS, HOSES, AND BELTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEMS STILL EXIST, A DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH WHICH DID NOT CHANGE ANY PROBLEMS, THERE IS A RECALL, 99I006, REGARDING THIS HOWEVER, VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED AND CONSUMER FEELS IT COULD CORRECT BRAKING PROBLEMS. *SLC

NHTSA ID

889691

Incident

Mar 16, 2001

RECALL 99V193000 WAS FIXED BY DEALER TO CORRECT ABS BRAKES. HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 1, 2000 AFTER RECALL WAS FIXED, ABS BRAKES FAILED AGAIN, CAUSING CONSUMER INTO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. DRIVER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

889426

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES, BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT BRAKES WERE FINE. *JB

NHTSA ID

561076