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 1992 Chevrolet Lumina Apv submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 27 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.
The 25 most recent of 27, in the owner's own words
THE ABS FREQUENCY IS EXTREMELY LOW MAKING THE BRAKES COMPLETELY UN-EFFICIENT WHEN OPERATING (MAINLY WINTER TIME). LATELY THE ABS COMES ON DURING THE FINAL BREAKING, DISABLING THE BREAK FOR ~0.5 SEC AND ACCELERATING THE ENGINE, GIVING A FINAL KICK ~ 0.5 - 1M INSTEAD OF FINAL STOP. I WANT THIS ABS DISABLED FOR GOOD, IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, MAINLY IN CITY DRIVING. THANKS, ADRIAN
PLEASE DISREGARD FORM. *AK
WE HAVE HAD CONSISTANT PROBLEMS WITH OUR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WILL SEEM TO ACTIVATE AND GIVE OUT, LEAVING ME WITH NO BRAKES FOR A FEW MOMENTS. AND THE ANTI-LOCK BREAK LIGHT INSIDE THE CAR WILL COME ON AT VARIOUS TIMES AND STAY ON, EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO TONY CHEVEROLET AND OTHER REPAIR SHOPS AND YET THE PROBLEM STILL CONSIST. WE WERE WONDERING IF THIS PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO THE RECENT RECALL OF THE CHRYSLER BENDIX 10 ABS? WOULD OUR BRAKES BE SIMILAR OR THE SAME MODEL AS THE ONES BEING RECALLED? AND HAS GENERAL MOTORS HAD COMPLAINTS WITH THESE MAKES AND MODELS? WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS SYSTEM SINCE WE'VE FIRST OWNED THE VAN.
HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED WHERE IT MEETS THE VERTICAL SUPPORT ON THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY
COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS DUE TO DESIGN FLAW, FRAYED AND WORN BRAKE HOSE/LINE DUE TO HIGH STRESS POINT IN THE LOCATION OF THE HOSE DURING SUSPENSION TRAVEL. MJS
WHILE DRIIVNG IN A PARKING LOT, THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE RUPTURED, CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK, WHICH CAUSED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE WORE OUT. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. THE BRAKE LINES WILL BE REPAIRED A TOWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE TO THE FLOOR THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER. *AK BOTH DRIVERS EXPERIENCED WHIPLASH AND BAD BRUISING DUE TO ACCIDENT. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES ONE OF HIS BRAKES WENT OUT , CHECKED THE OTHER AND THE OTHER BRAKE LINE WAS JUST ABOUT TO BREAK ALSO. *AK
BACKING OUT DRIVEWAY HEARD A LOUD POP; HAD NO BRAKES; RUBBER BRAKE HOSE BROKE DUE TO FLEX STRESS ON RIGHT. LEFT SIDE IN SAME CONDITION. WILL HAVE RIGHT/LEFT REPLACED AT DEALER'S. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE RUBBER BRAKE HOSE THAT ATTACHES TO THE FRONT WHEEL BROKE , ALL CONTROL OF VEHICLE WAS LOST. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP VEHICLE SAFELY. *AK
FRONT BRAKE HOSE FAILURE, RUPTURING AND CRACKING OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE PE96-0027. *AK
FRONT BRAKE HOSE FAILURE, ALLEGED RUPTURING AND CRACKING OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE, PE96-002. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, UPON TAKING VEHICLE TO SHOP FOR CHECKUP OWNER WAS TOLD THAT HIS FRONT BRAKES LINES MIGHT BURST AT ANY TIME HAD SEVERE WEAR AND THAT HE COULD HAVE TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AT ANYTIME WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMR STATES THE FRONT HYDRAULIC LINES LEADING TO WHERE CYLINDERS ARE VERY SOFT AND READY TO RUPTURE, CAUSE APPEARS TO THAT LINES ARE TOO SHORT AND TWIST EVERY TIME STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED.*JB
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, BRAKE LINES AND HOSES/ MASTER CYLINDER HOSES CAUSE A LOSS OF FLUID. *AK
PE96-002, CONSUMER HAD FRONT BRAKE HOSE FAILURE. *AK
PE96-002, ACTIVE, FRONT BRAKE HOSE BROKE. *AK
BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES CRACKED, RUPTURED; WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK
THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE HOSE BROKE AND IT CAUSED LOS OF THE BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FRONT BRAKE HOSE RUPTURED, LOSS OF THE FRONT BRAKES. *AK
ACTIVATOR SPRING BROKE IN BOTH REAR WHEELS, LOSS OF BRAKING ON REAR WHEELS. TT
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, RESULTING IN NO STOPPING ABILITY. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE DRIVING. TT
CAR WAS PARKED AND IGNITION TURNED OFF, THERE WAS AN ENGINE FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. TT TT
THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT
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