Chevrolet S10 owners have reported 26 problems related to brake foundation components (under the service brakes category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Automobile started pulling to the right. After looking at the brakes, consumer pulled them, and found that the passengers side were worn down and driver side were not. The brakes were applied and they pulled to the right, when he heard a dragging noise.
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When brakes are applied they don't hold, vehicle doesn't stop.
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While traveling at 60 mph brakes felt funny. Consumer heard beeping noise, consumer stopped, then hit gas again and beeping stopped. Also, smelled gassometimes when stopping. But, no dashboard lights came on.
When brakes were pressed vehicle automatically turned left. Dealer had advised consumerthat problem was due to a rust problem which were natural causes, and would disappear in a couple of days. Defect was still presisted, and consumer was involved in an accident because he did not have full control of vehicle.
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Entire brake system failed-dealer claims battery acid was the cause. What is avoiding future failures? I would like more infomation so that I might make an informed decision about driving this vehicle in the future. What do car manufacturers do when this type of failure happens, they seemed kind of matter-of-fact about the whole thing. I hope this information is helpful. Please call if you have any questions.
Brakes locked up, caused the vehicle to go out of control. Yh.
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Recall 97v21800; when traveling 30 mph and upon making a sudden stop brake pedal went to the floorboard, causing extended stopping distance, and resulting in an accident. Consumer contacted dealer, and dealer has replaced parts. But, problem still occurs. Please provide any further details.
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Owner reports travelling at low speed, applied the brakes and vehicle flipped onto its roof.
Brakes completely failed as my wife approached stop sign. No warning. Brake pedal went all the way to floor. Crossed very usy highway (1604) withou incident, all oncoming drives managed to stop or get out of way. Vehicle slowly came to stop and was shut off. Towed immediately to dealer. Dealer replaced abs unit under warantee with a rebuilt keysey-hays unit.
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Design flaw caused front brakes to perform most of the braking resulting in premature wear of of front brakes.
Front end brakes failed on several occasions. Yh.
Brakes failed resulting in accident, recall notice on brake system after incident.
Delayed action in breaking, causing vehicle to veer off road.
Brakes failed.
Brakes pull when applying, severe on occasions with intermittent failure at highway speeds.
Brakes failed causing a vehicle collision.
Brake problems.
Truck makes a loud clunking noise while applying the brake accompanied by rough braking.
Brakes failed resulting in vehicle accident.
While driving experiences vibration and shimmy in front and rear suspension, causing malfunctioning of idler/arm pitman and rear axel, upon braking vehicle pulls to extreme right, also jerks to right when braking.
When applying the brakes the vehicle will pull drastically to the right, vehicle has been taken in for service on four different occasions without a remedy.
Consumer is experiencing excessive brake wear. Has replaced the brakes three times in the past year and a half. Dealer has been contacted.
Brakes have been replaced three times, and the problem still exists, repair work, I. E. Pads, rotors, have been done. Dealer cannot duplicate the problem. Consumer states vehicle pulls to the side when brakes are applied, the pedal did not feel right from day one, on the first dealer visit the right front assembly, caliper, pads, rotors, were replaced due to being loose and pads had completely wore down and were squeaking, at 16000 miles this problem repeated itself, on 28-Sep-98 vehicle was involved in an accident, one person was injured and the driver air bag did not deploy when it should have.
Consumer has had numerous problems with the brakes on this vehicle, had serviced and found debris in one of the sensors and had cleaned, had sensor replaced.
When brake is applied, the vehicle pulls to the right and is hard to control. Yh.
Brakes fail when first applying pedal on second application brakes engage.
Problem Category | Number of Problems |
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Brake Electric Antilock problems | |
Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings problems | |
Service Brakes problems | |
Brakes Failed problems | |
Brake Abs Warning Light problems | |
Brake Foundation Components problems | |
Brake Disc Pads problems | |
Anti-lock Brakes Fail problems | |
Abs Brake Fail problems | |
Brake Disc Rotor problems |