Braking for deer at night experiencing total master cylinder failure, ie, brake petal going down to floor board after initial small resistance. After avoiding deer the brake petal would go to floor with no resistance. No brake fluid loss. Reservoir full
1997 Chevrolet S10 brakes complaints
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The vehicle was letting off exhaust fumes into the vehicle, which put the driver and the passenger to sleep. The driver was awakened by a police siren. The consumer suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. The brakes failed to perform as designed when they were applied. *ak the consumer stated she suffered muscle and nerve damage due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
While driving at 35 MPH the consumer could heard a squeaking sound coming from the front end. The dealer examined the vehicle and found that the vehicle needed new brake pads, rotors and calipers.
Air bag light continuously illuminated on the dashboard. Also, engine stalled, and there were no power brakes or power steering. It was an a electrical problem. *ak
When applied the brakes on normal conditions. Vehicle will take longer to stop, making unsafe to drive. Please provide further information.
Took my 1997 s10 pickup to a mechanic and requested he check the brakes. The brake pedal faults when continueing to apply pressure and begins to make a bouncing type of feeling and the distance to stop (especially on wet roads) cannot be determined. This is a dangerous problem. The mechanic stated that the ABS were faulty and to contact a dealer and have the VIN researched for recalls, etc. Also referred me to the federal safety agency.
While driving, the brakes failed.
Abs locked up causing an accident and neither air bags deployed. Dealer was notified. Ph
Consumer stated the built-in wear indicators never made a high-pitched warning sound to indicate brake failure. However, there was a loud grinding noise coming from the left front tire and was also heard when coming to a stop. Rotors, disc, wheel cylinder and brake pads had to be replaced. *tt
Seems as if when I come to a complete stop, the bakes lock up or do not catch. Car-x said they couldn't find the problem. The ABS light keeps coming on and they don't know where the malfunction is. This problem almost cost me to crash a couple of times when parking in a parking lot and my brakes do work correctly. Any help on this matter will be greatly apprectiated. Thanks.
Vehicle will not stop every time if rolling slow. Say in traffic.
While driving, vehicle exhibited sudden acceleration as if the throttle was stuck, consumer could also smell a burning smell coming from clutch, mechanic found weld broke in carburetor, dealer notified.
After only 4 years and less than 77,000 miles, this p/u experienced a failure in the diaphragm inside the brake booster unit. I have owned numerous vehicles for 10 or more years, both domestic and foreign, however, this is the first chevy. It is also the first, out of seven(7) to have this type of failure, period, much less this early. Have there been other reports of similar failures in the 1997 s-10 series? If not, can a survey be run to check?
The number of failures is an approximate number because the brakes have given me problems from the day after I brought the truck home until the day my husband wrecked. The approximate dollar amount of damage is yet to be determined, however both vehicles in the accident will probably be totaled. I had the truck in the dealership many times and was always told there was nothing wrong with my brakes. Once they rebuilt my master cylinder just to saisfy me, although it did not fix the problem.
While driving 15 MPH applied brakes, had to push really hard to get vehicle to stop, there was a squishy noise, and extended braking distance.*ak brake booster causing noise, dealer replaced.
When braking quickly or a complete stop ant lock brake system doesn't kick in. Pedal goes down to the floor, and there is no braking. Brakes grab a little with pulsating. Dealership is aware of problem.
When brakes were pressed vehicle automatically turned left. Dealer had advised consumerthat problem was due to a rust problem which were natural causes, and would disappear in a couple of days. Defect was still presisted, and consumer was involved in an accident because he did not have full control of vehicle.
Consumer was traveling outiside of driveway, there was snow on ground, went to apply brakes, and brakes didn't hold. Dealership was aware of problem.
While lubricating the front steering mechanism, I noticed that the passenger side, front hydraulic line has been damaged (I.e., pinched) by the steering and/or suspension system. Although the line has not failed at this point, I believe other owners should be aware of possible damage to hydraulic lines caused by steering/suspension components on the 1997 2.2l chevrolet s10.
Vehicle will not stop in rain or snow or while driving on rough pavement.
Was driving & had started to apply the brakes. Brake pedal would leave the foot after being pressed. Abs acts as if its working on the right front side. Brakes would go out when the roads are either wet or snowy. Currently, doing it on dry pavement. Having problems stopping vehicle due to lack of brakes. Taken to dealer & mechanic indicated brakes were fine.
The ABS failed while driving. Yh
The anti-lock brake failure started approx.feb/march in 1999 and was reported to dealership without help of resolution. The brakes have acted up numerous times but I have been able to avoid a collision to date. The are still not fixed because the dealership has told me that it would cost approx. $500-700 depending on the problem. At the time the first news report of a recall on the s-10 vehicles were made, my vehicle was only 2,000 miles out of warranty. Now it is 32,000 because I was driving 40,000 miles a year to work and home. Also, the news reports did say my model year of 1997 in one of the reports. I need help. This should not be happening. The transmission or clutch failure happened yesterday. It's in the shop for determination and repair. Is there a recall on the transmissions also? I care for my vehicles with regular maintenance through dewey's auto center, a goodyeard dealer in fenton, michigan 810/629-2278. Please advise asap. Thank you.
Abs booster pump failed while driving approx 70mph on freeway in heavy traffic causing loss of approx 99% of braking effeciency. Am original owner of vehicle and is not used by any other individual. Braking system has not been abused. I feel this is a defective part and is extremely critical to safe operation of the vehicle. Gm should be required to provide the federal safety agency with info regarding number of failures of this part.
Unwilling to accept blame for poor engineering. No safety defect mentioned within summary.
While driving down the highway, it was not raining and coming to a stop light, consumer pressed on brakes, vehicle stopped, and then brake pedal released. Consumer went into an intersection. Consumer felt this was a safety issue.
When applying brakes in icy conditions ABS kicks in and the vehicle doesn't stop. There is a horrible grinding noise, and the brake pedal pushes up (severly). The same problem occurs in panic stop conditions on wet and dry pavement.
The vehicles anti lock brakes seem to (at random) engage far to early under normal braking conditions causing increased stopping distances and near misses. Several times when approaching an intersection at speeds between 35 and 40 MPH and the lights change, when applying normal braking pressure to stop the truck the brake pedal will drop to the floor and the ABS brakes kick in extending the stopping distance to dangerous distances as a result. If the brakes had remained normal and the ABS not engaged the truck would have stopped in the normal amount of distance for that speed. In short I can stop my 69 cadillac faster at times than I can this pickup truck. The truck has been to the dealer a few times now for this problem and they say there is nothing wrong with the brakes. However I did recently notice that up to the 1996 model year for the s-10 the trucks are being recalled for a ABS problem.....I think that needs to be extended to the 97 model year as well.
When applying ABS brakes pedal goes to the floor, causing extended stopping distance which nearly resulted in a collision. Vehicle taken to dealer, computer shows no problems. *ak
Intermittently when the brakes are applied the pedal becomes mushy, resulting in extended stopping distance. Dealer has inspected vehicle several times.
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