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 1998 Chevrolet Z71 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BRAKES WERE SLOW TO STOP VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN BRAKES WORKED FINE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATED POORLY, POWER STEERING WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
CONSUMER'S SON WHILE DRIVING AT 5MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WAS AT THE WALL OF THE BUILDING. INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. MODELZ71. YEAR 1999. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROLLER HAS FAILED, RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FUNCTION. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANFACTURER WHO ADVISED FAILURE OF COMPONENT IS A "KNOWN" PROBLEM, BUT NOT COVERED UNDER VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. TS
WHILE TRYING TO STOP ABS SYSTEN KICKS IN, IT DOESN'T ALLOW VEHICLE TO COME TO A FULL STOP.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ANTI LOCK SYSTEM WENT OUT. COULD OF RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, ABS SYSTEM HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT, AND A LOUD NOISE COMES FROM THAT AREA. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK THE VEHICLE IS IN NEED OF NEW REAR BRAKE ROTORS. THE ABS MODULE IS INOPERATIVE. CHEVROLET REFUSES TO REPLACE. *JG
ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ON OTHER DAYS, THE VEHICLE WILL WORK FINE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE CHECKED, THE COMPUTER READ NOTHING. WHEN SLOWING/STOPPING AT 5-7 MPH, THE PEDAL DROPS ABOUT 2 INCHES AND ONE CAN HEAR AND FEEL THE ANTI LOCK KICK IN IF YOU PRESS HARD. (BRAKE PROBLEM OCCURS EVERYDAY) *SCC
CONSUMER IS REPLACING ROTORS FOR 2ND TIME. THIS IS THE 3RD SET LESS THAN A 1 1/2. REAR ROTORS HAVE GROOVES IN THEM, AND THERE IS A SQUEAKY GRINDING METALTO METAL SOUND. DEALER SAYS GRAVEL ROAD. *AK
WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, AND IT WILL GO ALWAY TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK *SLC
WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, VEHICLE DOES STOP UNLESS CONSUMER APPLIES THE EMERGENCY BRAKES, AND THENVEHICLE STILL SOMETIMES SLIDES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY 30 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, REAR BRAKES WENT OUT AND THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO GO ACROSS FOUR LANES ON THE INTERSTATE UNTIL VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. *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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