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 1991 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD SEPARATED. THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE. THE SAME PART FOR THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR THE RECALL BRAKE PART AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS CLOSED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO INDICATE WHAT WAS REPAIRED DUE TO NOT BEING THE ORIGINAL OWNER RECALL 93V119000. *CM *SCC
THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *NLM
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF 45 AND ABOVE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE FOLLOWING: 1. CRACKS DEVELOPING ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE ROOF, CAN BE A POTENTIAL DANGER IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT; 2. BRAKES CAUSE ERRATIC OPERATION WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO WANDER AROSS THE ROAD, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT; AND 3. SEATBACK WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE BACKWARDS EVERY TIME VEHICLE ROLLS OVER ANY TYPE OF BUMPS. ALSO COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE BEING OUT OF CONTROL AND A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. *AK
TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR INTO ANOTHER GEAR WHILE DRIVING. CAN TAKE OUT OF PARK & INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE WOULD GO FORWARD INSTEAD. BRAKES WOULD MAKE RATTLING SOUNDS WHEN APPLIED. WOULD HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK.
OWNER INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKES LOCKING UP/FAILING TO STOP THE TRUCK. TRUCK IS EQUIPPED W/ABS BRAKES. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS/ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP IN WET WEATHER.
BRAKE SYSTEM WARPED.
REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES: WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; ALSO WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN VEHICLE IS PULSATING AND SHIMMERING . *AK
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE DURING NORMAL BRAKING , BRAKES FADED/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *AK
UPON LONG TERM APPLICATION OF BRAKES W/TRAILER, BRAKES APPEAR TO PULSATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS *AK
ON THREE OCCASIONS THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE HAS FAILED TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FINE PROBLEM . TT
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