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 1995 Chevrolet K1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET K1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES CONNECTED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 11/16/10*BF UPDATED 11/24/10*JB
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED ON DRY PAVEMENT, AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL THROUGH INTERSECTION. THANK GOD CROSS TRAFFIC WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND AVOIDED COLLISION. *JB
ABS SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. *PH THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ABS SENSOR WAS DROPPING TO ZERO AND CORROSION ALSO CAUSED THE EXCESSIVE RESISTANCE. *JB
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR SEPARATED DURING A LOW SPEED STOP. THIS WAS A COMPOSITE STYLE BRAKE ROTOR THAT FAILED FOR NO VISIBLE REASON. IF THIS FAILURE HAD HAPPENED DURING A HIGH SPEED STOP LOSS OF CONTROL WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE HAPPENED. *LA
TOOK TRUCK IN TO HAVE ABS CHECKED, I WAS TOLD THE PUMP AND MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1300.00. THEN HAD HE BRAKE SYSTEM CHECKED AND ANOTHER LOCATION AND FOUND THAT PUMP PRESSURE TO ALL 4 WHEELS WAS EQUAL, BUT ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN STARTED, BUT WILL RESET W/ DISCONNECTION OF THE BATTERY AND/OR FUSE. *JB
FRONT LEFT BRAKE ROTOR BROKE LOOSE FROM HUB, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE POWER ON LEFT, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SWERVE TO RIGHT. GMC HAS ISSUED A TSB ON PROBLEM. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK THE FRICTION SURFACE RING BROKE LOOSE FROM THE HUB, AN ANNULAR FRACTURE OF THE ROTOR, CHEVROLET DECLINED ANY CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. *SLC
DRIVER'S SEATBACK MOVES BACK UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN APPLYING LITTLE PRESSURE.ALSO UPON APPLYING BRAKES THERE MAY BE LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ABS BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED & STAYS ON. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE DURING RAINY OR SNOWY WEATHER. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE ABS BRAKES & WINDSHIELD WIPERS CHECKED OUT BY MECHANIC. *AK
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR GOING DOWN AN HILL, AND THE VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. APPLIED BRAKES, WHICH WERE HARD, AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING DOWN THE HILL AT A FULL RATE OF SPEED AND RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS HAD ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, THEY FAILE D TWICE. UPON IMPACR, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID'NT DEPLOY. *AK
FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS RUSTED AND PITTED, CAUSING METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISE.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT
WHEN HE APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY DON'T RESPOND. PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON FREQUENTLY ON DRY PAVEMENT. DEALER UNABLE TO CORRECT OR DETECT CAUSE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT VARIES SPEEDS & THE BRAKES (ABS) ARE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. THE DISTANCE IS MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN IT SHOULD. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED THAT SEALS/ POWER BRAKE BOOSTER & MASTER CYLINDER GONE. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERENCING BRAKING PROBLEMS SINCE MAR.-20-97, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERS; SECOND TIME WAS MAY -27-97, DEALER TOLD HER THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS GOTTEN WORSE EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR IF IT'S WET, THE BRAKES APPLIED WOULD CAUSE SKIDDING AND SQUEAKING NOISES. *AK
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED IN A PANIC STOP SITUATION, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK *JB
THE MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE LINE IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION. *AK
THE MASTER CYLINDER/ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *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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