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 1994 Chevrolet C1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE-BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND SHE COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE AND ACCIDENT OCCURRED- INSPECTION OF VEHICLE AFTER FACT REVEALED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED. *TR
I OWN A 1994 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT CAB, 1/2 TON. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A PERSISTANT PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. WHEN APPLIED THEY PULL VERY HARD TO THE LEFT (INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC). THE BRAKE LINES ON THE FRONT HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT 5 TIME IF NOT MORE WITH THE PROBLEM PERSISTING. SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH NO RESOLVE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT BY SEVERAL MECHANICS AND HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COLLASPED. THIS IS A PERSISTANT PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
THE TAIL PIPE RATTLES WHEN ON GRADE. NLM
BRAKES ARE MALFUNCTIONED, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD & WILL NOT APPLY BRAKES IN A PANIC SITUATION. *YC.ET.
WHILE TRYING TO RECEIVE RECALL REPAIR, DEALERSHIP TOOK TOO LONG FOR APPOINTMENT THAN IT WAS STATED IN RECALL NOTICE (C98065-S). MJS
RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE BRAKE SWITCH C-98065-S. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP, AND SOMETHING BROKE IN REAR END. *AK
FRONT DISC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT.ALSO, BRAKE HOSE ON THE RIGHT, AND PISTON ON LEFT HAND SIDE FAILED. *AK
RECALL REPAIR NOT COMPLETED DUE TO DEALERSHIP SCHEDULING PROBLEMS. (99V-025). MJS
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DUE TO A BEND IN THE BRAKE FLUID TUBING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
OWNER CHANGED BRAKES AFTER 93000 ORIGINAL MILES. FRONT PADS WERE WORN DOWN TO WERE THEY NEEDED REPLACEMENT, BUT WHEN THE REAR DRUMS WERE PULLED, THE SHOES SHOWED NO GLAZING OR WEAR OTHER THAN WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT RELEASED. THE SHOES APPEAR TO BE BRAND NEW AND CAN GET ANOTHER 80,000 PLUS MILES. IT APPEARS THE WHEEL CYLINDERS ARE NOT WORKING OR THE BRAKES WERE NOT ADJUSTED CORRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY
BRAKE CALLIPERS AND ROTORS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE POWER BOOSTER GETS REALLY HARD AND THE ENGINE ACCELERATES, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, IT ONLY HAPPENS SOME OF THE TIMES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL CONTINUOUSLY REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER CONDITIONS STILL EXIST.
BRAKES ARE SOFT WHEN APPLIED, CONSUMER HAS TO STAND ON THEM TO STOP VEHICLE.
SPONGY APPLICATION WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED (BRAKE PEDAL). THEREFORE, CREATING A VARIANCE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON FIRST OCCASION, BRAKES WORKED FINE AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR, FRONT BRAKES KEPT CONSUMER FROM CAUSING ACCIDENT, DEALER STATED PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING, DEALER INSTALLED NEW MASTER CYLINDER, CONSUMER STATES NOW THE PEDAL FEELS VERY SOFT, THE REAR WHEEL CYLINDER HAS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. O RING BLEW OUT. *SLC
APPLIED THE BRAKES ON TOP OF A HILL TO OBEY THE STOP SIGN. THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THEN APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IMMEDIATLY AFTERWARDS. *AK
BRAKE LINES COLLAPSED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT INTO TRAFFIC WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.
IN WET AND DRY WEATHER WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, THERE ARE NO BRAKES. VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. ALSO, THE BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EVERY10,000 15,000 MILES. *AK
FRONT BRAKE HOSES ARE COMMING APART INSIDE.
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED AND VEHICLE HAD AN ACCIDENT. DURNG INCIDENT, CAR LEANED TOWARDS RIGHT SIDE AND SKIDDED. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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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