Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Chevrolet C/K Pickups submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
BRAKES FAILED, INSPECTION REVEALED COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES, FRAME, SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, STEERING COMPONENTS, AND CROSSMEMBERS. VEHICLE IS NOT REPAIRABLE AND IS NO LONGER USABLE. *TR
THE REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND BEGAN A MAJOR LEAK CAUSING MY PREGNANT WIFE TO NEARLY REAR END A CAR. *TR
ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AT SLOW SPEEDS (LESS THAN 5 MPH) ON DRY PAVEMENT. VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED CAUSING LOW SPEED COLLISION. NO INJURIES BUT MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CO-WORKER HAS A 98 WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE BRAKES FAILED. THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING DURING NORMAL BRAKING ON NORMAL ROADS. THE DEALERSHIP TURNED THE ROTORS, PACKED THE WHEEL BEARINGS, REPLACED THE CYLINDERS, SEALED IN REAR AXLES, REPLACED THE BRAKES AND PADS HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 6/19/2006 - *NM
THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ON 1997 CHEVROLET W/T 4WD PICKUP KEPT ACTIVATING ON DRY PAVEMENT. I UNDERSTAND GM HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER TRUCKS BUT WON'T RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT AND I JUST EMAILED GM AGAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE AND GM WOULD CONTACT THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY (GM) WOULD PAY TO REPAIR IT. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I MIGHT GET STUCK WITH THE WHOLE BILL. I HAD THE TRUCK TO A DEALER ONCE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE SPEED SENSORS AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO FIX IT. AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT I DISCONNECTED THE ABS SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE THE WAY IT WAS. IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS MATTER BUT IT HAS BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME. I PAID FOR ABS BRAKES, THEY DON'T WORK LIKE THEY SHOULD, THEY ARE UNSAFE, AND GM WON'T STAND BEHIND IT. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. IF THOUSANDS OF OTHER YEAR TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, WHY WON'T THEY TAKE CARE OF MINE. MY SON HAD A 1997 S-10 CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY HE HIT A PARKED VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AND DEMOLISHED THIS TRUCK. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT HIS INSURER BLAMED HIM AND RAISED HIS PREMIUM. IT WAS GENERAL MOTORS FAULT! I TOLD THEM I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WITH THE ABS SYSTEM DEACTIVATED BUT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I GUESS IT'S ONLY A SAFETY ISSUE IF THEY SAY IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATES OF THE OCCURRENCES ANYMORE SO I JUST ESTIMATED. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I HAVE ANY RECOURSE? *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS
I HAVE A 1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RANDOM FAILURE IN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, THEY ENGAGE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS NO REASON TO. RECENTLY I VIEWED A REPORT THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS INVESTIGATING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 1999 - 2002 MODELS, BUT THE PROBLEM IN THAT INVESTIGATION EXACTLY DESCRIBES MY PROBLEM. SINCE THE PROBLEM IS RANDOM, YOU CANNOT BE PREPARED WHEN YOU DON'T QUITE STOP AS FAST AS EXPECTED. MY TRUCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND I CANNOT EXPECT MY SON TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION AS HE IS AN IN-EXPERIENCED DRIVER. I WAS GOING TO SCHEDULE SOON TO HAVE IT FIXED WHEN I VIEWED THE ARTICLE ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECALL. I AM AWAITING TO HEAR YOUR DECISION AND HOPING YOU INCLUDE EARLIER MODELS (1997) SUCH AS MINE IF THERE IS A RECALL.
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING BRAKING PROBLEMS, DURING A HARD STOP, THE BRAKES EXTEND THE STOPPING LENGTH AND MAKE NOISES, BRAKES ARE VERY SENSITIVE WHEN STOPPING ON SMOOTH ROADS AND DURING NORMAL STOPPING, THE CONSUMER HAS HAD NEW BRAKES, ROTORS, DURMS AND A MASTER CYLINDER, BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *SLC
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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