Power Assist Hydraulic Brake Problems of Chevrolet Suburban

Brakes are very dangerous. The pedal is way too high, and the mechanics say it can't be adjusted. Have to lift my foot way up to get on top of the pedal, and several times shoestrings have caught on the corner of the pedal and I had to pull my foot away to have another go at it. Then when I push the brake pedal down quickly, there is some kind of back pressure; the harder/faster I push the pedal, the more it resists, just like a hydraulic exercise machine. I've heard that the rotors are too small for this weight of vehicle, and that would explain why it takes so very long to stop. I didn't see a stop sign one time, hit the brake pedal, and between the back-pressure on the pedal and the too-small brakes, I was halfway through the 4-lane intersection before the truck ever started slowing down. Just lucky there was no one else coming through. I am terrified that I'm going to kill somebody because of these brakes. The mechanics say they feel like "normal chevy brakes". I wonder how many people have died from these normal chevy brakes.

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Update to complaint 10098773. Brakes failed to stop 2004 Suburban during hard stop at under 40 mph. Lost power assist and some steering capabilities. Felt like the rotors were defective. Brake pedel was firm but would not slow. Impact @ around 20mph cause over $10,000 damage including a bent frame. I had a davis instruments carchip reader recording several metrics including speed. Car was new in August with less than 8,000 miles. I have all the carchip logs for this car from around the time I acquired it. Had problems with the dealer from day one due to suspect repairs on an earlier vehicle which had emissions and transmissions problems. Dealer conviced me to trade up once they realized that they could not fix the old car after multiple attempts between March and July 2004. 22 year collision free driving record. Electrical engineer with 18 years experience in hardware and software including military weapons systems, operating systems, networking and telecommunications. I have never encountered this type of problem with any other car I have owned. Called gm 11/18/04. No response yet. Mechanic found a service bulletin recall 04v045000 - possible hydro-boost defect which matches the decription I explain. Some one needs to get in front of this issue before a more serious accident occurs. I have a 2 year old son who thankfully was not in the car at the time.

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Sudden complete failure of power boost with loss of easily obtainable braking by female driver. No accident thank god.

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