NHTSA Complaint #10130877 — 1994 CHEVROLET S10

DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP. WHILE ON THE NY THROUGHWAY AT MILE POST 145 WEST BOUND WITH TWO LANES OF VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC ALL THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONTACT'S VEHICLE WERE HITTING THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC. CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE PASSING LANE GOING STRAIGHT WITH PLENTY OF ROOM BARELY HIT THE BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. SINCE EVERYONE IN FRONT SUDDENLY STOPPED CONTACT'S VEHICLE HAD TO MOVE OVER, WENT ON THE MEDIAN IN THE HIGHWAY TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT AND PASSED ABOUT 40-50 VEHICLES. BEGAN DOWN SHIFTING, AND FINALLY GOT THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY REPAIRED BOTH BRAKE LINES. CONTACT KNEW SOMEONE THAT OWNED A 1996 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND HAD SAME PROBLEM, BRAKE LINE BROKE AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A WALL. ALSO, KNEW A RETIRED MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH GM ABS BRAKES. THE BACK BRAKES HAD TO BE ADJUSTED VERY TIGHTLY TO HAVE BRAKE PRESSURE. THE POLICE OFFICERS DID NOT FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. *AK