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 1993 Chevrolet C15 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
WHEN BRAKING, THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE. IT FELT AS IF THERE WERE NO, IF ANY BRAKES. AFTER PRESSING PERSISTENTLY, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. IF THE DISTANCE TO BRAKE HAD NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT, IT IS EASILY CONCEIVABLE THAT AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE FIRST OCCURENCE. AGAIN SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FOR THE BRAKES TO GRAB AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT.
DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE ABS BRAKE FAILED AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED. APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKES AND DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES, RAN INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE . *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE, SLOWED FOR LIGHT, HIT BRAKES (ABS REAR), ONE GRABBED TIGHTLY, PULLED TO THE RIGHT, VEHICLE HIT POLE ON DRIVER SIDE. *AK
THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK SO THE FRONT BRAKES DO ALL OF THE BRAKING AND THE FRONT WEAR OUT QUICKLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHEN BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED, VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND, PEDAL FADES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE KEEPS ON GOING, RESULTING IN TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS. TT *JB
HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKE DRUM AND PADS HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT
CAR WENT INTO A SKID AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILED. TT
ABS, BRAKE LOCKUP ON WET SURFACE ENTERING DRIVEWAY SET ON BRAKE ABS LOCKUP CAUSING LOSS CONTROL VEHICLE WENT INTO ENBANKMENT. TT
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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