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 GMC Savana submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS OF 5MPH AND BELOW. THIS PRIMARILY HAPPENS WHILE STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 CONCERNING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN AND THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.
VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WHEN PUT IN GEAR AS SOON AS CONSUMER TAKES FOOT OFF BRAKE. THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKE PEDAL WAS LOW. THE CONSUMER USES BRAKE EXCESSIVELY BECAUSE OF LACK OF ENGINE DECELERATION. THERE IS COOLANT LEAK AT RIGHT REAR INTAKE MANIFOLD. *YH
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL FEELS NORMAL, BUT ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT KICK IN AS IT SHOULD, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. EXTREMELY SOFT BRAKE PEDAL, GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES MUST BE PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES TO ACHIEVE ENOUGH BRAKE TO SLOW DOWM OR STOP. GM REP WILL NOT AUTHORIZE ANY FURTHER WARRANTY BRAKE SERVICE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. DEALER REPLACED BRAKES, INCLUDING CALIPERS/PADS AND SHOES, SEVEN TIMES. *AK *ML
WHEN FOOT IS REMOVED FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO DECELERATE, IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS OR MORE BEFORE VEHICLE STARTS TO SLOW DOWN. SPEED PLAYS NO FACTOR IN DECELERATION. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC REFUSED TO WRITE UP PROBLEM UNTIL REPRESENTATIVE DROVE VEHICLE. *AK
FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
BRAKES ARE PULLING TO THE LEFT. NOISE COMING FROM FRONT LEFT DISC. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. THEY MADE IT WORSE, THEY TURNED THE REAR DRUMS AND THE FRONT DISKS AND REPLACED PADS, NOW BRAKING DISTANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT, REAR WHEELS ABS DON'T WORK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, STEERING CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. ALL STEERING IS LOST. DEALER HAS VEHICLE RIGHT NOW. *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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