NHTSA Complaint #10389713 — 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

HYDRAULIC BRAKE FAILURE. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER:PEO5020 WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THIS WAS LIKELY THE "WHEEL SPEED SENSOR" AND REQUIRED A COMPLETE WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENT AS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE "WHEEL SPEED SENSOR" COULD BE REPLACED. I BECAME SUSPICIOUS AFTER LOOKING AT THE "SERVICE ADVISORS" WRIT-UP WHICH WAS NOTHING LIKE I HAD DESCRIBED TO HIM OR THE MECHANIC AND NOTHING LIKE THEY HAD TOLD ME THE REPAIR WAS. WHEN CONFRONTING THE "SERVICE ADVISOR" ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN UP, HIS RESPONSE WAS "THIS WAS MY WAY OF WRITING IT UP". AFTER LOOKING UP THE NHTSA INFORMATION WHICH I PRINTED OUT, IT APPEARS THE MANUFACTURER WAS TO PAY FOR THE COMPLETE REPAIR. I WAS CHARGED BY THE DEALER FOR THE COMPLETE REPAIR. AFTER GETTING HOME I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS AND HERE I AM - LOOKING FOR HELP IN THIS FRAUD BY THE DEALER. I AM NOW SUSPICIOUS THAT THEY MIGHT BE DOUBLE CHARGING - IE: CHARGE THE CUSTOMER AND ALSO CHARGE GM? ANOTHER REPAIR I HAD COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME WAS A DEFECTIVE PARKING BRAKE - TOTAL FAILURE. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EAO4011 WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER MECHANIC THE LININGS WEAR EVEN WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED. REQUIRED LININGS AND OTHER PART REPLACEMENT FOR WHICH I WAS ALSO CHARGED. IN THE RECALL VEHICLES I DID NOT SEE MY VEHICLE HOWEVER THE MECHANIC DESCRIBED THE CONDITION JUST AS THE RECALL NOTICE DESCRIBED IT SO I'M THINKING THIS VEHICLE MIGHT ALSO BE INCLUDED? THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED A BRAKE FLUSH - WHICH I HAD DONE AND NOW AM THINKING THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED WHEN THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED? I FIRST STARTED NOTICING THE PROBLEM (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PEO5020) WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES THIS WINTER HOWEVER DISMISSED IT AT FIRST THINKING I MAY HAVE BEEN ON ICE. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO SMASHING INTO A BLOCK WALL ON ONE OCCASION, A FENCE AND PARKING CURB ON OTHERS. THANKS. THANKS. *TR