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Description of the Complaints:
Front brakes showed wear at 7000 miles oil change, parts had to be special ordered , told to drive vehicle til they arrived,, on 1/4/2005 part installed and mechanic test drove, and rear drum drum brakes failed,(pistons "blew out" of cylinders) i have never seen a brake system that was designed so if the shoes wore out and "scored" the drums the pistons would leave the cylinders ,, causing the loss of brake fluid and even with antilock braking system , cause very poor braking, (think if this happened at high speed on an expressway,, with a family in the vehicle),.,.suddenly no rear brakes,,,,,,,,and in my opionon,, just a couple of milimeters more length on the cylinders and pistion could solve the problem,.. but chevy although replacing the parts , says it was due to wear. (i am a us postal rural carrier) i say it is a design fault, mine just happened sooner , and maybe in time to save some lives if they "fix" the problem. *ak
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