1998 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Complaints

VEHICLE GOES INTO ANTI-SKID MODE ON DRY PAVEMENT, VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. I WOUND UP ON SIDEWALK ON MAY 7, 2003. VISITED CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP ON MAY 8; CLAIMS FAULTY REGULATOR RING IN FRONT HUBS CAUSING ABS TO ACTIVATE AT INCORRECT INTERVALS. COULD NOT TELL ME WHICH ONE WAS BAD! WANTED TO TRY TO REPLACE ONE, IF THAT DIDN'T WORK WOULD REPLACE OTHER. ALL AT COST TO ME! $1000 FOR REPAIRS. I'M AMAZED THEY CAN NOT EVEN DIAGNOSE THEIR OWN FAULTY PARTS AND WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THEIR TRIAL AND ERROR REPAIRS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE UNNECESSARY REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOMPETENT DIAGNOSIS. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, THEY HAVE THE SAME MODEL AND MAKE, DIFFERENT YEARS: 2000, AND 2001. *NLM

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. MANY TRUCKS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY TRUCK HAS 74000 MILES AND I KNOW OF 2 OTHERS W/ 78,000 AND 66,000 MILES THAT NEEDED GASKET REPLACEMENT. TALKING TO A DEALER EMPLOYEE REVEALED THAT IT IS A POPULAR PROBLEM WITH THE CHAVY VORTEC MOTORS. AT A COST OF AROUND $400.00, IT IS A TOO FREQUENT PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *NLM

I EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING, THEN SURGES WHICH CAUSES ME TO OVER STEER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND KNOW THAT GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS BUT NOT MINE. PLEASE SEE BELOW: GM, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AUTO MAKER, SAID IT HAD 15 REPORTS OF CRASHES AS A RESULT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING, INCLUDING THREE INJURIES BUT NO FATALITIES. THE LOWER PINION BEARING IN THE POWER STEERING GEAR COULD SEPARATE, GM SAID. MOST REPORTS INDICATED THAT DRIVERS EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. SOME DRIVERS COULD EXPERIENCE HIGHER RESISTANCE WHEN TURNING LEFT, FOLLOWED BY AN UNINTENDED POWER ASSIST TO THE RIGHT, GM SAID. *JB

THE SLAVE CYLINDER IN MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT EVERY 1.5 YEARS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT WENT OUT AND MY CLUTCH GOT SATURATED AND THUS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TOO. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECTIVE PART AND GM SHOULD ADMIT TO IT.

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE ON 5.7 LITER ENGINE. FROM WHAT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP (W-K CHEVROLET) TOLD ME, THEY REPLACE 2 OR 3 A WEEK. SOMETHING TO EXPECT BETWEEN 75,000 TO 100,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS WAY OVER THE LINE WHEN SPARK PLUGS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST 100,000 MILES. TS

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60-70MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKES WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, MAKING IT HARD TO STOP. AT TIMES DOES NOT STOP AT ALL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER DID NOT FIX CAR.*AK TWO STUDS WERE REPLACED. PCM WAS UPDATED TO CORRECT THE ENGINE SUGE UNDER LOAD. *YH

TRAVELING ABOUT 100MPH, WHEN VEHICLE DIED OUT. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED SAFETY FEATURE BUILT-IN DUE TO REQUIREMENT BY NHTSA. COMPUTER HAS A BUILT-IN SAFETY FEATURE. *AK