Dt*: the contact stated while having routine maintenance performed, the independent repair shop determined the rotors had pitted holes from rust. The rotors were replaced and the dealership was alerted.
2002 Chevrolet Blazer brakes complaints
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I just saw the recall of gm trucks and SUV's for "unwanted application of the antilock brake system". I was disappointed to see that the blazer is not included on this list because I own a 2002 blazer, and I have experience this problem on two occasions. Traveling at about 30 miles per hour on dry pavement the antilock system activated as soon as I applied the brake pedal due to avoid turning traffic in front of me. The antilock system continued to chatter until I released the pedal about 5 seconds later. Braking was minimal during this time, and I might have hit the turning vehicle if it had stayed stopped.
It sounded like tin cans were tied to the back of our 2002 blazer today (with around 37,000 miles) - we were told that the emergency parking brake pads exploded (the service manager's word) and ruined our rotors and rear brake pads, it will cost around $1200 to fix.
Emergency brake not holding/working. Parking brake shoes glazed/worn on a 2 year old truck with 30,000 miles on it. This is an unusually high failure rate for the parking brake, the regular brakes are still good but the parking brake has failed. The g.m. Service personnel confirmed that they have seen a lot of emergency/park brake failures.
While driving consumer heard a loud squeaking noise coming from the vehicle. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that both brake pads and rotors needed to be replaced due to worn out parts.
To avoid accident on 2002 chev blazer 4wd. I was in 2wd I hit the brakes. Nothing happened. I pushed brake pedal as far as it would go. Seat belts did not tighten, I downshifted but nothing happened. I heard two clunks in the rear end. I was unable to slow down from my speed at 30 MPH. I saw a warning light on the dash during this incident. I hit a pickup truck who stopped suddenly to avoid a senior citizen who crossed lanes of traffic in a 65 MPH she was doing about 30 MPH. I was unable to reach emergancy brake in time. My wife rec'd two broken ribs and three cracked ribs and bruising. Pickup truck had minor damage. I had $6,700.00 damage. I had just recently had a command module put in the vehicle to repair faulty 4wd problem not going in and out of 4wd without playing around with controls. My ABS flat out did not work or slow me down. I could not downshift. My tachometer was at idle when I downshifted.
The ocean salt ate the rotors. When this occurred the brakes and the pads were damaged. Manufacturer was providing no assistance although they were aware of the problem. Gm dealership wanted $1350.00 to replace brake pads and rotors. *ak
When brake pedal was depressed at 20 MPH it failed to stop the vehicle. This resulted in an accident because the vehicle ran through a stop sign. Prior to this incident, which started at 400 miles, vehicle would either pull to the right/left while driving at any speed. The cause of both failures was undetermined.
Consumer stated that when trying to apply the brakes the brake pedal will go to the floor causing the vehicle to have extended stopping distance. Dealer notified. Ts
When braking pedal goes to the floor, causing extended stopping. Ph
During the test drive and subsequent to that, I experienced what I call the fat foot syndrome. That is to say, my foot engaged both the accelerator and brake pedal at the same time. I was stopped and when I attempted to procede, my foot engaged both pedals at the same time. This could be confusing to drivers behind me and result in a collision. In addition, this condition could result in premature brake lining wear.
Electronic fron wheel drive intermittently engages while driving down the highway, locking the front wheels in a skid, while the selector switch is still in 2-wheel hi.
Abs system failed to kick in resulting in a skid.
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