1991 Chevrolet S10 Brakes Problems

(1) WHILE SITTING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT A STOP LIGHT IN THE CITY. I HAVE A HABIT OF NOT STOPPING CLOSE TO VEHICLES AT STOP LIGHTS. WHILE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT BEHIND A NEW LOOKING EXPLORER OF SOME KIND MY TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING BY ITSELF WITH MY FEET ON THE BRAKES. IF I HAD STOPPED CLOSER TO THE VAN I WOULD HAVE HIT IT VERY HARD. I READ NO ONE CAN STAND IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING BECAUSE OF THIS. (2) STARTED MY TRUCK IN MY YARD. IT QUICKLY IDLE VERY FAST AND WOULD NOT IDLE DOWN. PUT IN GEAR AND IT TOOK OFF VERY FAST AND BRAKES LOCKED UP. PUT IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE SWITCH BEFORE THE VEHICLE GOT IN THE HIGHWAY STILL TRYING TO STOP WITH THE HARD BRAKES. MY TRUCK NEVER DID THIS BEFORE. I LIVE IN THE CITY WHERE YOUNG CHILDREN PLAY IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. WHY DO MY TRUCK DO THESE THINGS? I WENT INTO THE COMPUTER LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND FOUND A LOT OF S10 OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING IN A CURVE, ON THE INTERSTATE OR JUST SOME ONE CROSSING THE STREET IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD SITUATION. I THANK GOD FOR LETTING ME BE AT HOME AND NO ONE WAS HURT JUST SCARED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10627974

Incident

Aug 19, 2014

MADE A PANIC STOP AND ABS DIDN'T WORK, WHEELS LOCKED UP AND ALMOST HAD A ACCIDENT. (THIS HAPPENED MORE THEN ONCE) ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE OFF FROM THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10021055

Incident

May 9, 2003

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UP ON A HILL BRAKES FAIL TO RESPOND AND THE VEHICLE ROLL BACK THE HILL. TS

NHTSA ID

8021806

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD STREAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

NHTSA ID

8020410

Incident

Oct 1, 2002

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS AS STED IN RECALL 99V193000 FOR ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO TO THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. ALSO, DIDN'T APPLY TO TWO WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES. CONSUMER HAS A TWO WHEEL DRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8000631

Incident

Dec 1, 2001

SWITCH THAT SIGNALS ABS SYSTEM WHETHER VEHICLE IS IN 2-WHEEL OR 4-WHELL DRIVE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. RECALL 99V19300 HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUED DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID

880134

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP IN ICY CONDITIONS, "ANTILOCK BRAKE" AND "BRAKE" LIGHTS CAME ON AS I SKIDDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. SINCE THEN ABS SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE (PUMP DOESN'T CYCLE W/ IGNITION ON) TIRES LOCK UP AND SKID ON ICY ROADS AND LIGHTS STILL ON!*AK

NHTSA ID

739862

Incident

Dec 19, 1999

THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME, THE REGULAR BRAKING ABILITIES ARE NOT AFFECTED, BUT THE ANTILOCKING CAPABILITIES ARE GONE. THE DIGITAL DASH GUAGES DO NOT WORK, THE ONLY LIGHTED ITEMS THAT WORK ARE THE ODOMETER & THE SPEEDOMETER ( NO FUEL GUAGE, NO ENGINE TEMP, NO OIL PRESSURE, NO TACH, NO AMP METER).

NHTSA ID

730927

Incident

Oct 1, 1996

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT (99V-193) ABS SYSTEM FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION RESULTING IN CONSUMER HITTING A DEER DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *MJS

NHTSA ID

553236

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT (99V-193) FAILURE PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *MJS

NHTSA ID

552981

Incident

May 9, 2000

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. *AK

NHTSA ID

861963

ABS BRAKES FADED WHEN DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH AND VEHICLE WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN FAST ENOUGH. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF ERRATIC OPERATION OF BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD ABS REPAIRED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. RECALL 99V193/ABS BRAKES, DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

859009

Incident

Sep 15, 1999

ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS WHEN REAR BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED THEY HAD CAUSED BRAKES TO BURN UP. *AK

NHTSA ID

853141

ABS SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND STAYED LIT. THE VEHICLE STILL STOPPED AT SIGNS AND LIGHTS HOWEVER ITS ABILITIES WERE IMPAIRED AND TOOK LONGER.

NHTSA ID

713947

Incident

Jan 5, 1999

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO RECEIVE RECALL REPAIR AT THIS TIME (99V-193) DUE TO MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. MJS

NHTSA ID

548831

Incident

Jul 1, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL IS GOING HALF WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD,AND THE ABS LIGHT IS ON. *AK

NHTSA ID

845995

Incident

Jul 1, 1999

APPLIED BRAKES HARD IN BOTH INSTANCES TO AVOID COLLISION . THE INSTANCE IN 98 IT WAS RAINING BUT THE TRUCK SHOULD HAVE SLOWED FASTER . IT WAS AS IF II HADN'T APPIED THE BRAKES BUT A LITTLE . BUT I WAS PRESSING HARD . IN THE OCCURANCE IN 99 I WAS IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE . THERE WAS A LITTLE LOOSE PAVEMENT MATERIAL ON THE ROAD , AS THEY WERE CUTTING OUT PAVEMENT 100 YARDS UP THE ROAD .I APPLIED THE BRAKES IN A FAST STOP AS THE TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME . AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AS FAST AS IT SHOULD OF . I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES HARD , BUT THE TRUCK WASN'T STOPPING AS IT SHOULD HAVE . IN BOTH INSTANCES THE PEDAL WAS HARD . IT DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR .

NHTSA ID

709699

Incident

Jun 1, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE BRAKE'S NOT WORKING. CONSUMER RAN A RED LIGHT AND THEN REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. *AK

NHTSA ID

842862

Incident

May 12, 1997

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, RECALL ON ABS SYSTEM HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

NHTSA ID

544272

Incident

Mar 11, 1996

THE ABS IN MY VEHICLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING OR PRODUCING AN ERROR CODE. OTHER OWNERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAVE TOLD ME OF HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. BUT THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN OF NO HELP. I WOULD BE CONTENT TO KNOW HOW TO DISABLE THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENT, BUT NO ONE WILL VOLUNTEER THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS "SAFETY" EQUIPMENT. I CAN NOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, SELL THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING IT, KNOWING THAT I WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER ACCIDENT WITH IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANSWER AS TO WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ABS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE MANUFACTURER CAN INSTALL EQUIPMENT OF THIS TYPE WITHOUT A FAIL-SAFE THAT WILL BYPASS THE ABS IN THE EVENT OF AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. *AK

NHTSA ID

702621

Incident

Jan 8, 1999

REAR ABS BRAKES CONSTANTLY LOCK UP. *MJS

NHTSA ID

701317

Incident

Jun 6, 1995

BRAKE LIGHTS ON FOR NO REASON. MECHANIC FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES OR BRAKING SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

540280

Incident

May 15, 1998

FAULTY BRAKES RESULTED IN BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE OR NO BRAKING POWER.

NHTSA ID

538295

Incident

Nov 1, 1997

FAULTY BRAKES RESULTED IN BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE OR NO BRAKING POWER.

NHTSA ID

538294

Incident

Nov 1, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

NHTSA ID

535594