While making a sudden stop the vehicle continued to travel, causing extened stopping distance. Please provide further information.
1997 Chevrolet Blazer brakes complaints
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Ongoing / intermittent problem with ABS. Brake pedal would go all the way to the floor whenever brakes were applied. Can the federal safety agency provide help in this matter.
Ea94038, in icy condition braking system malfunctioned, causing extended stopping distance which may result in a crash. Also, effects the steering system's ability to steer vehicle. Please provide further information.
Brakes squeaked when pedal was or was not applied. Extended stopping distance occurred. Dealer aware of problem. Repair work done at owners expense.
Excessive brake wear (replaced twice in 2 years). Often hard to stop. Grinding/thumping and then skids when brakes applied in 4wd.
Ea94038, the ABS braking system malfunctioned, causing extended stopping distance which may result in a crash.
Brakes locked up causing loss of control, the vehicle flipped over. Yh
The brakes experienced failure causing brakes to feel very hard. Sound like air was coming from the brakes due to the ABS system working intermittently. *ak
When driving in rain and applying the brakes vehicle slides, and the ABS system is working intermittently.
Upon applying brakes vehicle experiences extended stopping distance. Dealer has been contacted.
Brake system is defective, and when brakes ar e applied extended stopping distance occurs. Travelling at 20 MPH a frontal impact occurred, and airbag did not deploy. Dealer contacted, and repairwork not done on brakes. Problem still exists. Provide further information.
At 14000 miles, the left front pad was so worn that it ate into the rotor. The brakes were then serviced by the dealer for free. After 7000 more miles the braking was so poor that I replaced the front pads and rotors myself. At 30000 miles, the brakes were fading so bad I had to have them serviced again but at a nearby dealer (and paid their service fee ). Now, they are starting to fade yet again, getting worse every day. After hearing in the news that gm has to pay for a sensor on vehicles before 97, I am telling you now that the investigation should not be over! I was talking to the service manager at a chevrolet dealer and he flat out told me that the brake systems on all of gm's light truck s and t platforms without 4 wheel disk brakes were very poorly engineered. Every time I see a blazer/jimmy or gm pickup I can't help but notice the overwhelming amount of brake dust on the front rims. I swear the rear drums are useless! I can't afford to keep fixing my trucks brakes every 10,000 miles.
On three separate occasions the brake pedal went to the floor. The brakes are in good shape and the fluid level is fine. The brake pedal always feels spongy and its hard to stop the vehicle. The other complaint deals with the rear end. After the car has be en driven for about fifteen minutes the rear end will vibrate and make a grinding noise when the car takes off from a stop light or stop sign. I am the second owner of the car and it had 17000 miles on it when I bought it.
The brakes repairs on two occasions, however after repairs were done vehicle experienced brake lock-up almost causing collision.
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Abs sensor light came on. Vehicle was surging.replaced ABS sensor. Extremely poor gas mileage. Then engine check"light comes on. Replaced all 6 fuel injectors once and #'s 2&3, twice. Driver side door wasn't flush w/car. Removed door & rewelded. *ak( dot number: tire size: 235/70/15r )
Oct.99 the same thing happened with the brakes again
Brakes failed.
In the month of february 1998, while driving in downtown portland, or, the brake pedal went completely to the floor while traveling down a slope and attempting to make a right hand turn. I had to continuously pump the pedal to regain any braking ability. *akwithin 5 minutes, this condition happened again. The weather was rainy and the streets were wet. I immediately took the vehicle to the dealership to determine what the problem might be. They could not determine why this occurred. Their service person did mention that it might have something to do with the ABS system acting up. Now reading the information available on the chevy blazer page on the world wide web, I see that his condition has also happened to others. I refer you to the following e-mail address: [email protected] . This person had the exact same problem and has not been able to get chevrolet to resolve it. I fear that this system is randomly defective and worry since my wife and soon to be driving daughter will be driving when this condition occurs. The dealership and chevrolet in general is very unresponsive about this issue, yet they seem to know that something is wrong. I encourage you to read of all of the braking problems with the chevy s-10 blazers. I hope I will get some kind of a response to this report. Thank you. Tim foster
I have not purchased this vehicle. It is a lease and I was the first. Not only has the transmission gone out in the 53,000 range but the brakes and the power door locks. I have exceeded the allotted mileage and so I'm stuck with all of the repair bills. My transmission mechanic told me he found the flaw in the transmission that it was a faulty part. Chevrolet told me too bad and I feel in a really rude way. I really feel for other who have to repalce a transmission so soon after buying a vehicle. If you can help myself or others I sure appreciate it. Thank you, trudy horridge
Braking system is not working properly
While driving at 20 mhp, went to apply for the brakes and the brakes didn't stop the vehicle. Causing the consumer to rearend another vehicle, and the driver's side air bag didn't deploy.
Front brake pads worn out prematurely.
From the time we purchased the vehicle, we had not been satisfied with the way the brakes functioned. Three times from the time of purchase to the date of the first accident, we had the vehicle in for the brakes to be checked. Including service less than two weeks (3/14/98) before the initial accident. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for collision repair and at that time we asked for it to be taken to service for the brakes to be fixed before we picked it up. When we called to check on the status, the collision manager told us that it would still be a few days because he picked it up from service when they said it was finished and they said there was nothing wrong with the brakes. He personally drove it back to collision and immediately took it back to service because he knew the brakes were not working appropriately. After that we were contacted because they found two hydraulic fluid leaks in the rear and all the brake pads needed to be replaced. This after they had supposedly checked out the brakes on march 14 and told us there was nothing wrong with them. We agreed to have them do the work and for the first day or two the brakes appeared to be working better. Within a week, however, they were functioning as poorly as always. The vehicle was involved in another accident on 10/30/98. It was another slow-speed (20-25 MPH) accident where I saw the accident happening, reacted and had time to think about the fact that I was going to crash. In both accidents, it wasn't as though they happened too quickly too react to. I was fully aware of what was happening, slammed on the brakes, and did not stop until hitting the other vehicle. There is also a low, grinding noise at these times when the brakes do not respond because there have been several other times when they have not responded, but it has not caused an accident. I was not issued a ticket in either accident as being at fault, however my insurance has had to pay for the repair of both vehicles because I hit
Brakes faulty causing them to lock up causing the vehicle not to stop properly.
When the brakes are applied the pedal goes to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distances. The dealer will we replace the brake pads and shoes. Manufacturer will be notified.
Abs brakes failed three times.
Abs brakes; when applying brakes in normal conditions, the pedal went to the floor and brakes failed to stop the vehicle. Please provide any details.
Abs seemed to engage very easily on vehicle, resulting in overly long stops. Vehicle was unable to stop at stop sign resulting in total loss of vehicle.
Consumer has been experiencing continuous problem with ABS brake system. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop. Less then seven months later condition reappeared. Consumer called dealer on several occasions and left a massage. It appears that dealer does not want to return consumer's calls.
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