Brake pedal went to the floor.no brakes .this happen pulling into a convenience store.I hit the curb pretty hard
Chevrolet Pickup brake failure problems
18 of the 498 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Pickup describe brake failure, most of them for the 1998 model year.
- owner complaints
- 18
- worst model year
- 1998
- typical mileage
- 26,591
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20031
- 20022
- 20011
- 20001
- 19985
- 19973
- 19961
- 19951
- 19942
- 19901
Often reported together
What owners say
2002 chevrolet pick up truck. Consumer states failure of ABS system *tgw the consumer stated as his grandson turned into the driveway, the brakes failed. The pedal became extremely hard, and he was unable to slow the truck down. Even though the ABS failed, the warning light never illuminated on the dashboard. His grandson hit two vehicles parked in the driveway.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 chevrolet pickup. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for brake failure service repair. The technician noticed failure in the brakes lines on the left side of the vehicle due to rust corrosion which was replaced in 2007. Recently, the identical failure occurred with the right side brake line. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact had concern of the safety issue and the uncertainty of the defect without the experienced failure. The failure mileage was 160,000. The current mileage was 167,000.
Brake failure on chevy dump truck.
When the consumer attempted to park the vehicle, the brakes failed causing the vehicle not to stop. The consumer took the vehicle to a mechanic and was told the brake line had rusted. *jb...
When applying the brakes pedal went to the floor without warning. Dealer stated that was the way the vehicle was designed.
While driving at 30 MPH consumer heard a loud bang noise coming from the front of vehicle. When the consumer tried to depress the brakes pedal went to the floorboard. Consumer traveled the rest of the way home doing less than 10 MPH. The brake rotors had split in half and were barely functional. Manufacturer had been notified of the problem, but would not solve the problem.*ak the consumer stated a recall was issued for this problem back in 1993/1994. The consumer feels that the manufacturer has not totally fix the problem.
Left front antilock brakes failed.
While driving 35 MPH on dry sunny day and upon applying brakes brakes failed to respond, brakes failed without prior warning. Also, brake pedal went to floor, and rear-ended another vehicle. Frontal damage to vehicle. Have not contacted dealer. *ak 2 people were injured in accident.
Front and rear brakes failed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chevrolet Pickup brake failure
Which Chevrolet Pickup years have brake failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1998 (5 complaints), 1997 (3 complaints) and 1994 (2 complaints).
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