1995 CHEVROLET PICKUP

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET PICKUP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR BRAKE FAILURE SERVICE REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED FAILURE IN THE BRAKES LINES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO RUST CORROSION WHICH WAS REPLACED IN 2007. RECENTLY, THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY ISSUE AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE DEFECT WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCED FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

Mileage: 16,000

DT: BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, UNDER THE FENDER, THE BRAKE HUB CAUGHT FIRE, DUE TO OVERHEATING CAUSING THE BRAKES TO CATCH FIRE.

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. AS A RESULT, TIRE IMMEDIATELY BLEW OUT. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

VEHICLE ONLY HAD 70,000 MILES WHEN THE STRAP WHICH HELD THE TAIL GATE FAILED. *LA *JB

Mileage: 70,000

THE REAR WINDOW HAD POPPED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. GM WAS NOTIFIED AND SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO MILEAGE AND NOTHING WOULD BE DONE. *AK *SCC *JB

Mileage: 143,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 74,000

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MOLD BUILD UP IN THE DUCT SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW WITHIN THE AC SYSTEM. *NLM SCC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, BUT NOW THEY HAVE FAILED COMPLETELY. VEHICLE IS A 1995 ,CHEVROLET, FLEETSIDE PICK-UP 4-WHEEL DRIVE.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

CONSUMER STATES SINCE THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WIPER MOTOR CAUSING DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES ON CROWDED FREEWAY. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL FOR WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. *TT *DT

THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK WILL VARY WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT AND GOOD ROAD THE TRUCK WILL JERK HARD TO THE LEFT ,THEN SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT. SOMETIMES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL FADE CLEAR TO THE FLOOR WHEN I GO TO STOP AT A SLOW SPEED. I HAD A NEW MASTER CYLINDER PUT IN THE TRUCK, BUT IT STILL DID THE SAME THING. SOME TIMES ALSO IT WILL MAKE THE FUNNY RATCHETING NOISE LIKE YOUR ON A DIRT ROAD AND TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY, BUT I WILL BE ON A GOOD DRY ASPHALT ROAD. SOME TIMES I WILL BE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL FADE DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK AT A AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR OVER 6 WEEKS NOW AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MY FAMILY TO GET ALONG WITH ONLY THE ONE OTHER VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE.*AK

THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK WILL VARY WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT AND GOOD ROAD THE TRUCK WILL JERK HARD TO THE LEFT ,THEN SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT. SOMETIMES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL FADE CLEAR TO THE FLOOR WHEN I GO TO STOP AT A SLOW SPEED. I HAD A NEW MASTER CYLINDER PUT IN THE TRUCK, BUT IT STILL DID THE SAME THING. SOME TIMES ALSO IT WILL MAKE THE FUNNY RATCHETING NOISE LIKE YOUR ON A DIRT ROAD AND TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY, BUT I WILL BE ON A GOOD DRY ASPHALT ROAD. SOME TIMES I WILL BE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL FADE DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK AT A AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR OVER 6 WEEKS NOW AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MY FAMILY TO GET ALONG WITH ONLY THE ONE OTHER VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE.*AK

THERE IS A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR ELECTRONIC BOARD FOR SOME CHEVROLET WIPER MOTORS. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALERS AND PARTS DISTRIBUTORS TO FIND THAT THE PART NUMBER OF THE RECALL IS THE SAME AS THE NUMBER THAT MY VEHICLE HAS, YET MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE FOUND MANY REPORTS FROM OWNERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M SURE THAT MY INCIDENT WHERE THE WIPERS QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH WAS JUST AS HAIR-RAISING AS THE REST. YET IT WOULD SEEM THAT NO ONE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR MORE THAT 4 YEARS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. WITH THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REPORTED, THE SAME PART NUMBERS INVOLVED, AND THE SAME INTERMITTENT FAILURE DESCRIPTIONS, I AM TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME ANSWER - "THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO".*AK

PASSENGER FRONT TIRE HAS 2 INCH BUBBLE STICKING OUT THE TREAD. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE AND UNDER WARRANTY. TIRE SIZE P245/75R16 51,000 MILES.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT OTHER TWO TIRES DEVELOPED TREAD SEPARATION. DOT. # 7BA3 P7B 038 AND 7BA3 P7B 497.*YH

THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED 2/11/99 STATING SOLDER JOINTS NEAR THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR CAN CRACK CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CONSEQUENCE SUMMARY STATED THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, REDUCING DRIVERS VISIBILITY, ETC. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO METRO CHEVORLET AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WIPERS AND THEY DID NOT FIX OR REPLACE ANYTHING. HOWEVER WHEN I DROVE AWAY I TURNED ON THE WIPERS AND HEARD THE MOTOR MOTOR RUNNING BUT THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK. THE RECALL STATED THE DEALED WILL REPLACE THE WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD AND COVER AND THEY DID NOT.*AK

TIRES ARE 3 YEARS OLD AND ARE NOW MISSING CHUNKS OF RUBBER.THEY HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND INFLATED PROPERLY.*AK

WE BOUGHT THIS PICHUP NEW, HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT STALLS ON US AT ANY TIME,THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND REPLACED PARTS. EACH TIME THEY SAY IT IS EITHER THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM OR A OIL LEAK. THEY FIX IT AND AGAIN IT HAPPENS. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTORY, AT ONE TIME THEY EXTENDED THE WARRENTY ANOTHER 1200 MILES, BUT OF COURSE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT BEFORE THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN AGAIN. I ASK THEM TO AT LEAST RECALL THE PARTS THAT KEEP GOING OUT OR FIX THE PROBLEM AND PAY AT LEAST HALF OF REPAIRS ON TRUCK, SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK. ONCE A SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY PUT THE SYSTEM ON THE 1995 TRUCKS, THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 1994 FUEL SYSTEM ALSO. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED MANY TIMES HAVE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS ON HIGHWAYS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO WHERE TO PULL OFF. I WAS PASSING A CAR ONCE AND IT STALLED ON ME, ALMOST GOT HIT HEAD

WE BOUGHT THIS PICHUP NEW, HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT STALLS ON US AT ANY TIME,THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND REPLACED PARTS. EACH TIME THEY SAY IT IS EITHER THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM OR A OIL LEAK. THEY FIX IT AND AGAIN IT HAPPENS. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTORY, AT ONE TIME THEY EXTENDED THE WARRENTY ANOTHER 1200 MILES, BUT OF COURSE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT BEFORE THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN AGAIN. I ASK THEM TO AT LEAST RECALL THE PARTS THAT KEEP GOING OUT OR FIX THE PROBLEM AND PAY AT LEAST HALF OF REPAIRS ON TRUCK, SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK. ONCE A SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY PUT THE SYSTEM ON THE 1995 TRUCKS, THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 1994 FUEL SYSTEM ALSO. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED MANY TIMES HAVE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS ON HIGHWAYS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO WHERE TO PULL OFF. I WAS PASSING A CAR ONCE AND IT STALLED ON ME, ALMOST GOT HIT HEAD

DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED OF DEFECT, SAYS THIS MODEL IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL POLICY. WILL NOT FIX UNLESS PAID FOR.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. IT WAS PUSHED IN SO BAD THAT THE FRAME IN FRONT WAS DAMAGED AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOTALED . DRIVER'S AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS COMPLETELY GONE. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK