I had to make a "panic stop". I pushed the brake pedal as hard as possible. Felt the vehicle shudder several times and felt what I assumed was the ABS brakes cycling, then the vehicle just rolled forward...no braking at all was felt, resulting in a rear-end collision. I know that if I had properly functioning brakes, I would have stopped in a safe distance. When I felt the deceleration stop, I pushed even harder on the pedal, with absolutely no change in velocity and no more room for the pedal to move. There was at least 15 between vehiclesat this point,&..I could /should have stopped safely, with no collision if the brakes had worked properly!
1999 GMC Savana brakes problems
13 complaints (27% of all complaints for this car). 2 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 13
- of this car's complaints
- 27%
- crashes
- 2
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip9
- Foundation components: disc: pads4
- Foundation components: drum: drum2
- Foundation components: disc: rotor2
- Foundation components1
At what mileage
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GMC Savana brakes problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1999 GMC Savana brakes
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1999 GMC Savana owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Consumer stated the brake light on the instrument panel would not go off and the van had a very hard brake pedal like there was no power boost, consumer was informed that the problem was an equalizer, however when it was installed it did not resolve the problem, then they discovered it was the switch on the brake pedal that was bad or needed to be adjusted, consumer was informed that the hard brake pedal was normal for gmc's, consumer stated while driving he experienced hard braking and the wheels locked up, consumer stated there was no ABS control even though vehicle is suppose to have it, consumer belives he only has front wheel braking.
When brakes were applied under normal stopping conditions pedal went to the floor, causing extended stopping distance, and resulting in a collision. Prior to incident dealer inspected vehicle.
Premature wear of brake pads. Dealer has replaced three sets of pads.
Brakes and rotors have deteriorated and continue to deteriorate within unreasonably short mileage periods, the brakes smoke during short intervals of driving and stick to rotors causing a loud popping sound when released and fail to adequately stop the vehicle, the rotors begin cracking and warping prematurely causing shimmying and vibration. Nlm
The front brake pads had to be replaced 5 times after the mentioned date. 11/13/99 @ 26,920 miles, 12/23/1999 @ 29,524, 3/8/2000 @ 35,692 mi., 5/2/2000 @ 43,000 mi., 6/10/2000 @ 47,761 mil, 7/31/2000 @ 51,136mi.
Drum and brakes are failing every 13,000 miles without notice. Service station advises they have had several related problems.
When making a normal stop vehicle was very hard to stop, causing extended stopping distance. Consumer contacted dealer, dealer determined the cause to be oil leaking onto the brakes. Also, dealer has replaced the drums and put new oil seals in axles. *ak.et.
Consumer was traveling about 20mph in good weather conditions and pressed on brakes & the ABS brakes didn't work. Left front & right rear locked up. Gmc was aware of problem and will investigate more.
Front brake rotors and pads failure caused the brake noisy. Yh
Questions about the 1999 GMC Savana brakes
Does the 1999 GMC Savana have brakes problems?
Owners have filed 13 complaints about the brakes of the 1999 GMC Savana, 27% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 1999 GMC Savana brakes problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1999 GMC Savana brakes?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the GMC Savana have bad brakes?
The GMC Savana model years with the most brakes complaints are 2000 (21 complaints) and 1999 (13 complaints).
Other 1999 GMC Savana problems
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