Brakes Failed problems of the 1996 Chevrolet Blazer

On Friday October 20, 2006. My son and 3 friends were leaving a friends house. When my son applied his brake to slow, the brakes failed. When they failed the engine revved completely up, throttled out and shut down the vehicle. He of course had no brakes, but now no steering, and the engine was off. Not having any control, the vehicle hit a loose rock, slid into a ditch which then sent them into a series of rollovers no less than 5 no more then 7. The airbags did not deploy. When they landed 3 of the 4 doors were jammed shut. As they climb out of the vehicle, they noticed it was burning. It burned from behind the dash through the engine. I have pictures if you would like to see. The worst injury at the time was my son's shoulder, they were concerned it had a worse tear. Nothing can be done to fix this vehicle. I have notified chevy and gm. I am also talking to an attorney next week. The service brake hydraulic antilock recall has caused me concern. We don't know if it was ever taken for it's repair. Now gm can't even find or trace yet the VIN number. He had only had it 2 weeks when we had to put it in the shop because it had to be jumped to start. Then a week and a half almost 2 weeks later the brakes go out. Something major went wrong, and he hadn't even had it 30 days yet. It could have killed 4 kids. I want to know what malfunctioned.

The brakes have been checked several times for this problem and I was told that there was nothing wrong, but it has caused 1 accident in wich I was cited and nearly caused 4 other accidents. The brakes have failed at least 5 other times in conditions that normal brakes wouldn't have had a problem. Dt.

The abs brake system had failed without any warninig or indecation, I had my mechanic check the system out and he foun tha the abs pump was malfunctioning. But it did not produce a fault code to the computer nor did the dash light come on. He also checked with other meckanic in the area and they also have had the same reports from their customers about the brakes failing. The quick fix is to disable the abs system and run the brakes in the manual mode. There seems to be a problem with (96-97 ) systems. The repair cost for abs range from 900. 00 to 1500. 00 dolllars to fix. At that price there probably a lot of people riding arounrd with the abs system desabled. I think this should have a top priority to be checked out. Had I needed the brakes in a real emergency or panic stop I don't think I would be writing this letter. Thank you for yor time in this matter john t nuttall 24 b street lowell,MA. 01851.

Consumer contacted dealer in reference to recall number 99v193000/ manufacturer's recall 99041. Dealer corrected recall work. Consumer noted that after recall work was completed, and when attempting to make a normal stop or upon depressing brake pedal, brakes failed to respond, causing extended stopping distance. Consumer has had a fender bender due to the failure of the brakes, the dealer can not find any problems with the brake system.

Twice the brakes failed. Going down my driveway and approaching a stopsign. While holding down the brake, the pedal sunk to the floor. Took it in. Dealer did recall99041.

Traffic was stopped for road construction. Traffic began to move. Vehicle in front of me started and slammed on brakes when another pulled in front of her. I had to brake quickly - I heard a noise and my vehicle continued into hers without even slowing down. A recall had been serviced on 1/04/00. I feel that the abs brake system is a failure. I have had many such instances but luckily this was the first accident as a result of the brake failure.

Consumer was involved in an accident when the vehicle slid due to the brake failure, consumer received manufacturer's recall c99041-s (99v-193) after the incident occurred, consumer is requesting reimbursement.

While backing out of garage the brakes failed, and consumer had to use parking brake to stop. Took car to dealer ,and they said that the power brake booster did not work anymore, and that was cause why brakes failed to stop vehicle.

Has no abs brakes due to crack along seam in module. This causes brakes to fail when needed. Been in touch with dealer/manufacturer. Informed different parts were changed in middle of production. The manufacturer & dealer will not repair due to no warranty. Was told should not have cracked.

The first failure of the abs system occured about 1 week after I purchased the vehicle in January of 1999. My daughter was driving the car and tried to stop on the ice and snow to avoid hitting a stopped car in front of her and the braked failed to stop her and she hit a bus stop pole. I personally have had 2 more failures of the brakes going from ashphalt on to dirt and the brakes would only allow about 10% of the full peddle. I would like to know if there is any way I can collect damages from general motors to cover the repairs on the vehicle since the problem was obviously there f ault!!.

Abs brakes; when applying brakes while driving down a hill, the pedal went to the floor and brakes failed to stop the vehicle.

I received a recall notice from Chevrolet. I took the Blazer to century Chevrolet in broolfield colorado. They said my Blazer doesn't come under this recall. I have had 1 accident and 1 near accident because the brakes failed. What do I need to do to get this fixed short of a court battle?.

Brakes failed.

When drivng at approximately various speeds abs brakes will engage, when going over a small bumps effects ability to stop, about 2 cars before coming to complete stop. While driving over a bump, brakes failed, vehicle lost control, resulting in a crash. Dealer says vehicle meets all the prescribed standards.

Brakes failed, causing accident.

Brake failure.

Failure of the anti- lock brakes, the front brakes grabbed, causing the vehicle to skid and the brake pedal went to the floor, resulting in an accident. Consumer has contacted the dealer on several occasions due to brake failure.

Poor abs brake performance during normal braking conditions, the pedal almost goes to the floor and complete brake failure is experienced.

Brakes almost totally failed. Pushed down on the abs, and there was a very long delay before the brakes picked up and started to work properly.

When applying the abs brakes under normal conditions or in a sudden stop, the pedal goes to the floor and the brakes fail to stop the vehicle. Please describe further details.

Four mph rear end collision. Stood on brakes and vehicle failed to respond to stop. I have since taken the vehicle in for a software change recall. The brakes seem less effective than they were before. I think general motors has hoodwinked you folks with this make believe fix. The brake system on these vehicles is a serious problem and it is not being addressed properly. I am never confident that the brakes will work in a hard braking situation. Please help more than you have at this point. Gm has some very deaf ears on this subject.

When applying the abs brakes in any type of weather or speed, the pedal goes to the floor and the brakes fail to stop the vehicle.

When applying the abs brakes in sudden stop situations,the vehicle brakes failed, vehicle swerved off road to avoid an accident, ran over mailbox and scratched/dented entire passenger side of vehicle to avoid hitting car in front which made an emergency stop.

When applying the abs brakes in a sudden stop situation, the pedal went to the floor and the brakes failed to stop the vehicle, causing an accident.

Brakes fail-pedal goes all the way to floor making noise, must pump brakes for several seconds to get them to start to work again= this is an ongoing problem not fixed by the previous two recalls and is very unsafe.

Consumer states that while driving the vehicle experienced total brake failure and power. The dealer has been notified.

Brakes failed,rubbing noise resulting the path of an auto/damage listed.

Abs brakes; when applying the brakes in a panic stop, the pedal goes to the floor and the brakes fail to stop the vehicle.