1998 Chevrolet Z71 Problems

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

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. IT WAS NOT SPEED RELATED - IT HAPPENED FROM LOW TO HIGH SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY JERK TO ONE SIDE. NO INSTANCE LASTED LONGER THAN ONE SECOND. MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY EVO SENSOR. NO SENSORS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT, BUT GM HAS A "KIT" THAT ELIMINATES THE SENSOR. ELIMINATION OF THE SENSOR FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURES THAT I EXPERIENCED WERE EXTREMELY SHORT IN DURATION AND CAUSED NO HARM OTHER THAN A VERY ELEVATED HEART RATE! I FEAR THAT A GREATER FAILURE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *TR

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

I AM THE NEW OWNER OF A 1998 CHEVY K1500 Z71. MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WERE GOING TO A FOOTBALL GAME AND SHE TRIED TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS COMING HOME WHEN A RAIN STORM STARTED I TURNED ON THE WIPERS AND THEY DID NOT WORK. AFTER GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND PICKING UP THE WIPER BLADES THEY STARTED TO WORK. WHEN I GOT HOME I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, AND MY GIRLFRIEND GOT INTO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE AND TAKE DAUGHTER HOME AND THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK. PICKED UP WIPERS AND THEY WORKED ONCE AGAIN. MY GIRLFRIEND SAID WHILE SHE WAS OUT WIPERS KEPT GOING OFF AND ON EVEN WITH THE CONTROL TURNED TO ON. AT ONE POINT SHE HAD TO PULL OVER IN HEAVY RAIN FOR FEAR OF HAVING A WRECK BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT SEE AND THE WIPERS HAD CUT OFF. WHEN SHE CAME HOME, SHE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS AND CAME ACROSS INFO ON OTHER 1998 CHEVY K1500 OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SHE COPIED ONE RECALL BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. RE: RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THIS CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, REDUCING A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. WILL IT TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED FOR A RECALL TO BE PUT OUT??

WHILE DRIVING ON A HEAVY RAINING DAY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INDICATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING AT 50 MPH. TIRES WERE CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND. TIRE PRESSURE WAS 32 PSI. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED AT 67 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE CAUSING ME TO SWERVE ACROSS TWO LANES. THE TIRE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF THE TIRE CAUSING 2500.00 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE WAS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER AND I WAS TOLD THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TIRE BEING CUT, AND NO DAMAGES WOULD BE PAID. THE TIRE WAS SENT BACK TO ME AND I RECONSTRUCTED THE TIRE AND COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF A CUT. THE DOT # OF THE TIRE IS DOT V4LT M132702. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH RIGHT REAR STARTED MAKING A FLAPPING NOISE. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. CP265/75R16. CONSUMER STILL HOLD THE DEMAGE TIRE.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R15 *MW

STARTED OVER HEATING REALLY BAD NO COOLANT LEAK,NO WATER IN OIL, VERY SMALL LOSE OF WATER. SEVERAL DIFFERENT NOISES NOT NORMAL. BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING MY TRUCK MADE A LOUD BANG AND TRUCK DIED HARD. WOULDN'T RESTART. GOT IT HOME AND PULLED ENGINE OUT AND FOUND BIG HOLES ON BOTH SIDES OF OIL PAN WHERE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER PISTON SNAPPED AND [XXX] MY TRUCK UP. ALSO SEVERE DAMAGE FROM DEXCOOL IN COOLING SYSTEM. MADE REALLY BAD GUMMY BUILD UP IN COOLING SYSTEM. ALSO REALLY BAD CARBON BUILD UP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. AT THIS TIME WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. COOLING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF DEXCOL WHICH CLOGS UP THE SYSTEM, PREVENTING HEAT FLOW THROUGH OUT THE SYSTEM.*AK

AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE DURING A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT, 1 OCCUPANT SUSTAINED SEVERAL BROKEN RIBS, THE OTHER ONLY MINOR INJURIES, HAD THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FEWER INJURIES. NLM

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK FOR 20-30 MINUTES WHEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED, CAUSE OF FIRE HAS YET TO BE DETERMIND. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS NOT WORKING . DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TAIL LIGHT BULB PLATES WHICH WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES AT $58.00 DOLLARS EACH. *PH *JB

WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS OR CURBS, REAR AXLE WOULD MAKE CRACKING & POPPING SOUNDS. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC REAR AXLE WAS MISALIGNED. MANUFACTURER HAS NO PART TO SEND FOR REPLACING THE REAR AXLE. *AK

DOOR LOCK FAILED. NLM

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND VENTED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER FLUSHED IT. SOON AFTERWARDS TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING 60MPH, WENT AROUND A CURVE AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. CONTACTED DEALER. THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST FRAME WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. DEALER WELDED BLOCKS ONTO THE FRAME, BUT NOW THE VEHICLE DOES NOT TURN CORRECTLY, AND PULLS TO ONE SIDE. MANUFACTURER DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *AK *ML

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE ENGINE IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. NLM *SCC