I slammed on my brakes and my ABS brakes failed, my car could not stop and I narrowly missed hitting the car in front of me. I had my car diagnosed at john l sullivan chevrolet and was told that my ABS "electronic brake control module" failed and there are no replacement parts available from the dealer or aftermarket. I went online to the corvetteforum.com and found out that there are hundreds of corvette owners with the same problem. There are no fixes for this. I couldn't believe that gm could not address this issue and have parts available. This problem includes corvettes manufactured from 1998-2004. I would like to know what it takes to make this a recall issue. This is a serious issue and I'm afraid to let my family drive my car.
1998 Chevrolet Corvette brakes complaints
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Driving down a 4 lane city street a child chasing his ball ran out in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes not knowing that the ABS system was not working, it caused me to lose control of the car and spin out into oncoming traffic. I called the local chevrolet dealer to find out about repairs and was told that the abc control module is no longer available and it can not be rebuilt or repaired. What im I going to do now with an unsafe car. There are thousands of these cars with the same problem.
Dt caller stated: the parking brake of my corvette is not working, is not the first he heard a lot of people with corvettes have the same problem. Can't park the car confident and be sure that nothing is going to happen.
Sometimes. After turning into an intersection, the ABS engage and slows the vehicle to 5 MPH and there is oncoming traffic.
While driving on a straight road at approx. 55 MPH the active handling came on and jerked the car hard to the right. It went in the ditch but hit nothing. When I looked at the computer display it said "service active handling".
Purchased car new.at about 5000miles started to notice vibaration in steering wheel when brakes were applied . At about 10000miles vibration was severe under hard braking.dealer[jon hall chevrolet] determined all 4 rotors were warped and resurfaced at no charge.at about 15000 miles started to notice vibration again.car now has 22000 miles is out of warrantee and vibration is again severe under hard braking. I would like a general motors representative to look into this problem. Dealer informed me this was a common problem with 1998 models.I beleive this is a serious safety defect which could result in an accident during high speed [60-70mph] braking and a recall should be issued to replace what is an obvious design defect.
Parking brake was fully engaged, got out of car, brake let go, car rolled backwards into neighbors chain link fence. I was injured as the car hit me, almost running over me.
The emergency brake fails to engage repeatedly. The problem started within a few months of purchasing the car. Dealer has no record of our reporting the issue prior to warranty expiring. Paperwork indicating numerous other issues, including issues with other brakes, is available. Chevrolet has been contacted repeatedly, including an email listing the 6 existing complaints on your website with the emergency brake on this model car. Response has been that since warranty expired, no financial assistance with the charges to repair (over $500 per the dealer) will be provided. No consideration given to the low mileage, the fact that this is a major repair to parts that should only wear out due to usage, and the prevalence of this issue with several cars of the same make and year.
Filed a complaint with gmc that rotors keep warping but they claim there's nothing wrong with the rotors.
The car was on the freeway at 70mph when the anti skid light came on and the car suddenly decelerated to 15mph. Several attempts were made to correct the problem to no avail.
Emergency parking brake operates erratically. When parking on a hill, parking brake will allow car to roll forward, but consistently stops vehicle from moving backwards on a hill. *ak also there was a problem with releasing and engaging the handle of the emergency brake.
In each failure of the rotor assembly, the vehicle began to vibrate terribly upon trying to stop and this usually is noticable at 15 MPH. The dealership is terrific in attempting to repair the problem and the service manager at sewell is the best ever...very attentive and concerned with this continous failure. I do not drive fast and as you can see, the vehicle is seldom driven accumulating only approximately 21,000 miles in 3 years but the rotor assembly fails at almost 7,000 miles each time starting with originaly equipment and the replacement parts also fail each time the problem is attempted to resolution. Steering is difficult when failure occurs and the vehicle vibrates.
Service column lock was displayed on the drivers information center, which stoped the steering wheel from being turned. The front rotors warped at 7000 miles, I had them turned, but they warped again and will have to be returned to make them smooth ref. In ea02-031
Abs sensor light kept coming on. Vehicle ha dbeen in dealer's shop on five occasions, and problem is still occurring. Feel free to provide further details.
Vehicle shakes when brakes are applied because rotors are warped. Yh
I find it simply amazing that after 7k miles the brakes pulsated and the rotors were warped at 13k and now at 18k miles, mall chevrolet (in cherry hill) is always where it is serviced, claims the brake pads are worn and that is what is causing the pulsating. I am not able to file a lemon law since the car just turned 18k miles. But I would have someone look into the rotors & brake pads placed on these vehicles.!
Parking brake refused to engage - numerous complaints from other owners.
Started to experience a vibration in the front end upon application of brakes at approximately 5000 miles. This condition continued to occur. The front brake rotors were resurfaced at 8678 miles. This was a temporary solution. By 15000 miles the same condition returned, front end vibration causing the steering wheel to shake when applying the brakes. This was very noticable at freeway speeds. The dealer replaced the front rotors at 15613 miles. At around 20,000 miles this condition returned, front end vibration steering wheel shake when brakes applied. Once again the front rotors were resurfaced. They do not seem to grasp the fact that this is not correcting the problem. In addition to the front rotors there have been two occasions that upon hard (emergency) type braking the ABS system did not appear to function correct. On both occasions there was an excessive amount of brake release which nearly caused an collison.
Emergency brake handle adjuster failed. Mjs
Wheel sensor failed.
Rotors were resurfaced. Yh
Passenger seat belt would not retract. Yh
Internal piston in the brake cylinder failed. Mjs
Brake rotors failed.
Parking brake will not hold on incline. Will not stop car when applied. Dealer acknowledges that brake does not work properly but indicates brake can not be adjusted and has no remedy. Manufacturer says it has no remedy since it is supposed to be self adjusting. Can one sell a car with brakes that don't work?
The consumer has been experiencing problems with emergency brake. When parked vehicle and put emergency brake up, the vehicle continues to drift. The vehicle has been in the shop 4 times for this problem. The manufacturer has not been contacted.
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