1996 Chevrolet Suburban SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 23000-25000 MILES.

BRAKE PADS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL WHILE BRAKING.

PREMATURE BRAKE PAD WEAR, CAUSING POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CONTINUE TO LOCK UP AFTER REPAIRS MADE.

CONSUMNER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15MPH WHEN HE ATEMPTED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED. CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE . *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND SHOES AND ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES: JULY 22, ON FREEWAY 66MPH TRAFFIC STOPPING, APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE CAME TO STOP BARELY ON SOME ONE'S BUMPER. OCTOBER 29, AT MCDONALD'S PULLED UP TO WINDOW , BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, SCRAPED SIDE OF WALL WITH FRONT GRILL GUARD. STOPPED PUT IN PARK, PUT PARKING BRAKES ON, GOT HOME/CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN, AND THEY TESTED IT AND SAID REAR DRUMS WERE BROKEN. *AK

UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP ON WET PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE SKIDDING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED ALMOST RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.

DRIVING AT 50 MPH OR LESS ,THE ABS BRAKES WILL GRAB AND PULL AND LOCK UP IN WET CONDITIONS.THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THEREFORE, DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBELM. DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH CALIPERS IN THE FRONT. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING, PROBLEM CAN BE HELPED BY TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTING MOTOR. *SLC

ABS BRAKES, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS,THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED BRAKES AND TURNED ROTORS. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH, PUSHED BRAKES, WENT TO FLOOR . NO BRAKESAND LOST ALL STEERING. DEALER SAID HYDRAULIC UNIT WENT OUT WHICH CONTROLLED ABS AND POWER STEERING. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED DRIVER EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

GRINDING NOISE DEVELOPS IN BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM. DEALER'S COMMENTS: SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED (TWO REPLACEMENTS). *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN NORMAL OPERATION. OWNER HAS HAD BRAKE LINES/CALIPERS/ROTORS AND PADS PUT ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO COLLISION. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

NON- COMPLETION OF STOP DUE TO PEDAL DRIFTING TO FLOOR. DRIVER WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN, RESULTING IN POOR BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. THIS OCCURS MOSTY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE, THE ABS BRAKES WERE SUBJECTED TO AN INTERMITTENT BRAKING FAILURE. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP FOR AN EXTENDED DISTANCE. *AK

BRAKES AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

WHEN TRAVELING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, CONSUMER NOTICED PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, RESULTING IN BRAKES FADING AWAY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *JB

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. OWNER NOTES THAT PADS/ROTORS/DRUMS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK *SLC

DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND COMING TO AN INTERSECTION, APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE JUST WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP. *AK *NLM

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A REST AGAINST A PARKING STUMP. THIS WAS DUE TO A COLLAPSED VACUUM IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED AT THIS TIME. THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS ALSO REPLACED ON 10/16/97, FOR THE SAME REASON WITH 28,000 MILES. *AK

BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AND GRINDING, AND CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES AND THE ROTORS REPLACED AT 40K MILES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK