Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / C/K PICKUPS / 1998

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005024239 Incident Date: Jun, 10 2005
Consumer's City: CIRCLE PINES Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: C/K PICKUPS Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 12 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 27 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Normal usage of truck, hot or cold, happens about 20% of the time. when coming to a stop, at about 5mph, the abs turns on and incresses the stoping distance. no damage yet but this weekend i came much too close to hitting a family crossing the street. i have not driven the truck since but after doing some research i have found there is a tsb #634839, for 99-02 silverados with this problem. it states dirty wheel speed sensors or sensors out of range. i will be folowing the directions there to attempt to repair my 98 silverado. i am not positive but i believe gm of canada has already recalled affected models to repair this problem. there is no abs light or codes stored. i did not realize how large this problem is but chevy truck world has a 3 page forum filled with people complaining about this very issue (http://chevytruckworld.tenmagazines.com/forums/topic.ten?pos=2&id=94989). i believe this is a serious safty hazzard since there is no warning light and as i found out this weekend, a few extra feet of stoping distance matters. thank you for your time.