NHTSA Complaint #10335342 — 2000 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN AND THEN RELEASES WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NEEDED THE MOST. THE BRAKE FAILURE HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED SUDDENLY OR WHEN IT IS OR HAS RAINED. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED DOWN, NEW REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE INSTALLED, THE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED OUT, NEW FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND REAR SHOES WERE INSTALLED. IT HELPED A LITTLE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. THE VEHICLE JERKS LIKE THE ROTORS AND/OR DRUMS ARE OUT OF ROUND, AND THEY WERE ALSO TURNED DOWN TWICE ALREADY. I HAVE REMOVED THE FUSE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM SO I AT LEAST HAVE SOME SORT OF BRAKING POWER. MY BROTHER INLAWS TRUCK WAS RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT MINE WASN'T. NO ONE AROUND HERE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM, EVEN THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIX IT, ALL THEY DID WAS ADJUST THE REAR BRAKES AND WHEN THE DRUMS GOT HOT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THEY LOOSENED THE ADJUSTMENT SO THE BRAKES WOULDN'T LOCK UP BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I'VE HAD 3 NEAR MISHAPS TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME. *TR