1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 acceleration problems

Filed Aug 31, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 169,922 miles · MD

Pulling into driveway to park into garage, pressed on the brake and it went all the way to the floor. Pushed down on emergency brake to stop the truck before it hit the garage wall. *js after placing the truck in park I opened the hood to see one of the badly rusted lines connecting to the front driver side wheel leaking fluid. Inspected all the rest of the brake lines personally all of the lines are severely rusted leading to ABS & master cylinder. Only line not affected was the rear break line I had replaced 2 years ago due to the same issue.

Filed Jul 26, 2005 · Acceleration · 24,000 miles · MA

Dt: caller stated that speed control was not letting up when letting off the gas pedal. Took vehicle dealer about 6 times in the past 5 years. They replaced the part, and in a few weeks the problem recurred. Manufacturer has not been contacted yet.

Filed Jun 29, 2004 · Acceleration · MD

While driving up a hill engine hesitated. Consumer depressed gas pedal to gain speed and engine stalled.

Filed Apr 3, 2001 · Acceleration · KY

Idle will not go down to normal after shifting gears. Rpm's will stay at 2000 for 8-10 seconds.

Filed Nov 16, 1999 · Acceleration · OK

Intermittently the vehicle accelerates, sometimes when putting vehicle in reverse. When coming to a stop light, consumer decelerated when the vehicle experienced sudden acceleration from 20 MPH to 40 MPH, causing consumer to put on brakes. Dealer said that floor mats may have been the problem. But consumer does not feel this is true. Consumer says there was no mat on floor. Vin # ([xxx]). *ak *yc information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Oct 5, 1999 · Acceleration, Transmission · IA

When taking off from a dead stop/stop light/stop sign, etc., & pushed the clutch in at 1500. The idle would stay at rmps. Would take a few seconds or so before clutch kicks in to normal.

Filed Sep 29, 1999 · Acceleration · MS

While driving vehicle surges forward and suddenly acclerates which may cause a crash. Dealer cannot determine the cause. Please provide further information.

Filed Sep 8, 1999 · Acceleration, Fuel system · KY

Fuel pump. Exhaust injector. Exhaust rattles.

Filed Jul 29, 1999 · Acceleration · WI

When driving engine revs high and will not slow down unless brakes are applied. Dealer has no solution.

Filed Jun 23, 1999 · Acceleration · WI

The engine does not slow down when the drivers foot is removed from the gas pedal. The engine actually speeds up slightly, stays at about 2000 RPM and after about 8 to 10 seconds, it goes back to normal idle speed. The only way to slow the truck is to push in the clutch and apply the brake, this is very irritating and dangerous, especially in city type traffic. This was reported when the truck was new. It has been back to the dealer 3 times with no improvement. The dealer says we have to contact gm to get a new computer program written. Gm says we have to go back to the dealer. We are getting nowhere. The dealer agrees there is a problem that could be a safety hazard and that other customers have reported the same problem. Last service report from dealer says "owner reports that when foot off gas vehicle doesn't slow down. Test drive confirmed concern. Cause to be normal iac (idle air control) throttle follow routine. This is normal operation and no fix is available". I find it hard to believe that the dealer cannot get gm to issue a computer reprogram for this problem. The dealer wants us to go to gm to get them to assign an engineer to write a new computer program. We called gm but no help yet. I think others must have the same problem and this problem should be a recall.