1998 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Complaints

ABS WHEEL SENSOR PROBLEMS. TSB RELEASED BUT NO RECALL. COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. BRAKES SHUTTER WHEN SLOWING DOWN. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SERVICED BUT MY WARRANTY WOULDN'T COVER DUE TO TSB. MANY COMPLAINTS BY OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. A $500.00 REPAIR. SHOULD BE RACALLED. *NM

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. THERE IS A RECALL BY GM FOR 1999 FOR THE SAME ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY TELL ME THAT A 1998 IS NOT INVOLVED AS OF YET. *NM

I HAVE A 1998 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK THAT PERIODICALLY HAS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE FOR NO KNOWN REASON WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED AND APPLY THE BRAKES. THIS ENGAGEMENT OF THE ABS MAKES STOPPING THE VEHICLE IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE DIFFICULT. I HAVE READ ABOUT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE EITHER IS A RECALL OR MAY BE A RECALL SOME BE A RECALL ON 1999 AND LATER MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE IN CERTAIN STATES. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT 1998 MODELS OF THIS TRUCK MAY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING THE POSSIBLE RECALL I MENTIONED ABOVE. *JB

SENSOR ON DRIVER FRONT WHEEL NOT WORKING RIGHT FOR LAST 3 YEARS WHEEL WILL SLIDE BAD ON WET GROUND GRAVEL GRASS ECT. MANY CLOSE CALLS IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING SEVERAL TIMES. I SEEN THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER VEHICLE YEARS. WHY DIDN'T THE 1998 MODELS GET INCLUDED? THE LATEST OCCURRENCE WAS 3/8/2006. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY DURING A DOWN POUR AND THEY JUST STOPPED. I HAD TO WORK MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER AND TRY TO GET THEM TO START AGAIN. IT'S VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND STARTING IT AGAIN GETS THEM GOING AGAIN BUT OTHER TIMES I'VE HAD TO TAP ON THE WIPER MOTOR TO GET THEM STARTED AGAIN. *JB

ABS BRAKES ENGAGE ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN COMMING TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENS AT EVERY STOP AND INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE GREATLY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WASHER WORKS INTERMEDIATELY ON MY CHEVROLET CK 1500 PICK-UP. SAME AS ON THE 1996 MODEL WHICH WAS RECALLED DUE TO BAD CONNECTION ON WIRING. I HAVE HAD WIPERS STOP WORKING IN BAD WEATHER THEN START WORKING AGAIN. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000 CONCERNING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WOULDN'T TURN OFF WHEN SWITCHED OFF, AND THE SPEED COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED USING THE INTERMITTENT SETTING. IT SEEMED TO CLEAR UP HOURS AFTER DRIVING, BUT THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. *JB

I BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY BRAKES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004. AT VERY LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 5MPH) MY ANTI LOCK BRAKES WOULD START FIRING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP AND THEY CLEANED THE SPEED SENSORS ON THE ABS. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE ABS STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AND THEY DID SOME KIND OF TEST ON THE SPEED SENSORS. THEY REPORTED BACK TO ME THAT ONE OF THE SPEED SENSORS HAD GONE BAD. THEY REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR AT THAT TIME, OCT 11, 2004. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE BUT HAVE SEEN A REPORT WITH CERTAIN VEHICLES BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS NOT ONE THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED BUT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL I READ. HOW CAN YOU SAY WISCONSIN IS NOT PART OF THE SALT BELT?? THAT SEEMS RIDICULOUS. *NM