1998 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Complaints

FRONT ROTOR ON CHEVROLET CHEYENNE 4 WHEEL DRIVE PICK-UP SEPARATED INTO TWO PARTS. THE INNER SECTION BEING THE PART WHERE THE LUGS ARE.THE OUTER SECTION BEING THE PORTION THE BRAKE PADS RIDE ON.INSPECTION OF THE ROTORS SHOWS AN INSUFFICENT THICKNESS IN THE METAL OF THE ROTOR.THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIM.I REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH NEW ONES, BUT I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I HEARD A NOISE AT A TOLL BOOTH AS I PULLED ONTO A HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY.I HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LOSS OF REAR BRAKES DUE TO RUSTED, RUPTURED REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE. REPLACED REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE. *NM

MY 1998 CHEVROLET Z71 PICKUP HAS A MALFUNCTIONING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE ON THIS MODEL PICKUP I HAVE HAD TO GO OUT. I OWN TWO PICKUPS THIS YEAR MODEL, AND BOTH HAVE THE PROBLEM. SEEMS LIKE GM SHOULD PICK UP ON THIS AND FIX THE DEFECT. I HAVE TO KEEP RAINX IN MY VEHICLE TO HELP ME SEE IN RAIN STORMS. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER WANTS TOO MUCH TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SO I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO. IT HAS CAUSE MANY NEAR MISSES FOR ME, AND I AM SURE IT WILL CAUSE A WRECK IF IT CONTINUES TO GO UNFIXED. *NM

ABS BRAKES COME ON AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. HAPPENS EVERYTIME I USE THE BRAKES. STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE 1998 TRUCKS SHOULD BE RECALLED LIKE THE NEWER ONES. WHY ARE ONLY THE 1999 AND NEWER TRUCKS RECALLED? THE 1998 TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

IN LATE 2003, I HAD ANTILOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSOR WOULD DISPLAY, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO GLIDE THROUGH INTENDED STOPPING POINTS. UNTIL I GOT USED TO THE STOPPING DISTANCE, I WAS ROLLING PAST STOP SIGNS. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO AMONG OTHER THINGS, REPLACED THE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR. IT TOOK TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME, THE TRUCK HAD ONLY 42,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I CALLED CHEVROLET TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DEFECT, BUT GOT NO HELP FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE LATEST RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING CHEVROLET'S ANTILOCK BREAKS APPEARS TO BE THE EXACT PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NOTICE ONLY INCLUDES 1999-200? MODELS, AND ONLY THOSE IN COLD WEATHER STATES. I FEEL MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE IDENTICAL. I DON'T LIVE IN ONE OF THE COLD WEATHER STATES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE, BUT I DO LIVE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF, USE THE TRUCK EVERY WEEKEND POSSIBLE TO TRAILER MY BOAT TO, AND TRAVEL OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY -- A SALTWATER BODY OF WATER. MARYLAND ALSO USES SALT ON THE ROADS, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE IT WITH THE OTHER COLD-WEATHER STATES. THERE'S TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE IN DEFECTS NOT TO HAVE MY TRUCK INCLUDED. I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU RECONSIDERED THE YEARS AND VEHICLE LOCATIONS TO INCLUDE 1998 MODELS IN MARYLAND, OR AT LEAST CONSIDER THOSE THAT ARE LOCATED NEAR SALTWATER. IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE MY VEHICLE, WILL I EVER FIND OUT IF IT WAS CONSIDERED, OR WHY MY CLAIM WAS DISMISSED? I DON'T HAVE THE OLD PARTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY PROBLEM WAS UNIQUE, SO DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO HANG ONTO ANYTHING AS PROOF. ALL I HAVE IS MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH STILL HAS THE PROBLEM ON RECORD. *NM

GM HAS HAD AND STILL HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ABS. MY 1998 SILVERADO HAS AT LEAST 12 TIMES LOST BRAKING WHEN HITTING A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD USUALLY COMING TO A STOP. I HAVE ACTUALLY SLID PAST STOP SIGNS AND INTO BUSY INTERSECTIONS, LUCKILY NO DAMAGE YET. BUT WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL THE POLICE WHEN THEY SEE ME SLIDE PAST A STOP SIGN? "OH, YOU SEE, THIS GM TRUCK HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES". IS GM GOING TO PAY FOR THE TICKET OR WORSE, PROPERTY AND LIABILITY CLAIMS WHEN I ACTUALLY DO HIT A PERSON OR ANOTHER VEHICLE? I HAVE SEEN NEARLY 250 INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. SOME THAT LED TO CRASHES AND DAMAGE. MY QUESTION IS: WHEN WILL NHTSA FORCE GM TO RECOGNIZE AND RECALL THEIR ABS FAILURES???? GM WON'T RECOGNIZE THIS BECAUSE IT WILL COST MILLIONS TO RESOLVE THIS. IT'S ALWAYS EASIER FOR THEM TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND BLAME THE "STUPID" CONSUMER FOR NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE THEIR ABS BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM GOES BACK AS FAR AS 1995 YEAR MODELS AND CONTINUES ON CURRENT PRODUCTION MODELS. GM KNOWS THERE IS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ABS SYSTEMS, BUT CONTINUES TO SLAP THEM IN THEIR NEW MODELS. PLEASE NHTSA - FORCE GM TO RECALL THEIR ABS BRAKES IN ALL THE AFFECT MODEL YEARS!!!!!!*JB

WIPERS FAIL TO START OR STOP AT ANY TIME IF THEY DO START TO WORK. I UNDERSTAND THAT IF MY TRUCK WAS A 1997 THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL 03023, BUT SINCE IT'S A 1998 IT'S NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ISSUE!!!(BAD CONTROL BOARD)*JB

I HAVE JUST READ THE FOLLOWING ON CNN: DETROIT (REUTERS) - GENERAL MOTORS CORP. IS RECALLING 804,000 FULL-SIZE PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL BRAKE PROBLEMS, FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS SAID TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAID UNWANTED APPLICATION OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IN SOME VEHICLES CAN CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKING AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THE RECALL INCLUDE THE CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AND SILVERADO PICKUPS AND THE CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND TAHOE SUVS. THE GMC SIERRA PICKUP AND YUKON AND YUKON XL SUVS ARE ALSO AFFECTED. ALL 804,000 VEHICLES TRUCKS ARE FROM THE 1999-2002 MODEL YEARS, NHTSA SAID. THIS EXACT PROBLEM EXISTS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 PICKUP. I HAVE LIVED WITH THE PROBLEM NOW FOR OVER TWO YEARS AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH MY ABS BRAKES THAT THEY CAN FIND. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN JUST AS STATED ABOVE... MY ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS... SUCH AS COMING TO A STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP SIGN ETC. INITIALLY IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE AND I AM STILL VERY WORRIED THAT IT WILL FAIL AT HIGHER SPEEDS. HOW CAN I GET GM TO HONOR THE RECALL ON 1998 TRUCKS? THIS HAPPENS 95+% OF THE TIME WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. THANK YOU, JOE MONTAGUE, 845-435-1915 DAYS. *NM

ON MANY OCCASIONS WHEN WIPERS ARE NEEDED, THEY FAIL TO WORK. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT ON 1997 AND OLDER C\K PICKUPS, THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECALLED,(GM RECALL NO. 03023). MAYBE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BEFORE SOMEBODY IS HURT OR KILLED. *NM

NORMAL USAGE OF TRUCK, HOT OR COLD, HAPPENS ABOUT 20% OF THE TIME. WHEN COMING TO A STOP, AT ABOUT 5MPH, THE ABS TURNS ON AND INCRESSES THE STOPING DISTANCE. NO DAMAGE YET BUT THIS WEEKEND I CAME MUCH TOO CLOSE TO HITTING A FAMILY CROSSING THE STREET. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE TRUCK SINCE BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THERE IS A TSB #634839, FOR 99-02 SILVERADOS WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT STATES DIRTY WHEEL SPEED SENSORS OR SENSORS OUT OF RANGE. I WILL BE FOLOWING THE DIRECTIONS THERE TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR MY 98 SILVERADO. I AM NOT POSITIVE BUT I BELIEVE GM OF CANADA HAS ALREADY RECALLED AFFECTED MODELS TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS NO ABS LIGHT OR CODES STORED. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW LARGE THIS PROBLEM IS BUT CHEVY TRUCK WORLD HAS A 3 PAGE FORUM FILLED WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE (HTTP://CHEVYTRUCKWORLD.TENMAGAZINES.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC.TEN?POS=2&ID=94989). I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTY HAZZARD SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT AND AS I FOUND OUT THIS WEEKEND, A FEW EXTRA FEET OF STOPING DISTANCE MATTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.