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 Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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 1994 CHEVROLET TAHOE S10. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ABS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE LOST BRAKING ABILITY. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO CURRENT RECALLS THAT APPLIED TO HIS VIN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 176,000.
IN DECEMBER 2001 THE BRAKE SYSTEM TOTALLY FAILED FOR AN INSTANT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VERY NEARLY CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. AGAIN ON FEB 6, 2002 THE SAME THING OCCURRED, AGAIN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WILL PRESENT THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN HOPES OF HAVING IT FIXED. *AK
DURING WET CONDITIONS, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP ABS BRAKES LOCK UP, AND VEHICLE WILL SLIDE TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED A SENSOR IN ABS; HOWEVER, THIS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
PARTICULARLY IN WET WEATHER WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. BRAKES REPLACED AND ABS SYSTEM IS STILL DEFECTIVE. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. NO RECALL ESTABLISHED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK MJS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, DURING A DECLINE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN ENOUGH BY THE PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE PEDAL. DEALER SAYS IT'S NO PROBLEM. *AK
APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE WENT INTO AN INTERSECTION, HIT BY ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ONTO PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRY WEATHER; 35 MPH PRIOR TO STOPPING. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
BRAKES EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND REAR ENDING OF OTHER VEHICLE.
DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, APPLIES BRAKES , DOES NOT SEEM THEY WILL GRAB. STOPPED ON TIME, BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN ABOUT 30 FEET SOONER THAN DRIVING A REGULAR VEHICLE. *AK
HAD AT GARAGE 4 TIMES FOR BRAKES & ON 5TH SET NOW. WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, FRONT BRAKES LOCKUP; VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE; REAR BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. GOING 10MPH & HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. ROAD DRY W/LOOSE GRAVEL & SAND. *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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