NHTSA Complaint #10129441 — 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

DT: CONSUMER HAS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER HAS CONCERN OVER THE ABS BRAKES. WHEN VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP THE ABS WILL CAUSE THE BRAKE TO PULSATE. IN ORDER TO STOP CONSUMER MUST LET OFF BRAKES AND APPLY AGAIN BRAKES. THIS DEACTIVATED ABS, AND ALLOWED VEHICLE TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED ONCE, COST WAS ABOUT $600. THIS REPAIR WAS ON THE LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE AND TOOK PLACE IN MARCH OF 2004. CONSUMER WAS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. . CONSUMER FIRST STARTED HAVING THIS PROBLEM IN FEBRUARY OF 2004. THE ABS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON . WHEN VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY CONSUMER HAD WARRANTY WORK DONE ON BRAKES, REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS UNEVEN WEAR ON THE ROTOR. CONSUMER HEARD OF INVESTIGATION OR RECALL, AFTER LOOKING FOUND INVESTIGATION THAT SOUNDS SIMILAR, PE05020 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT HAS BEEN DURING DRY CONDITIONS. DEALER IN FLORIDA TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE NORTH WITH THIS HAPPENING DUE TO CORROSION. DEALER WAS A1AUTOMOTIVE AUTHORIZED CHEVY DEALER. *AK