NHTSA Complaint #10438527 — 2004 CHEVROLET ASTRO

IT STARTED WITH MY ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON. THEN I STARTED TO ENCOUNTER ANTI LOCK PULSATIONS WHEN I SLOWED DOWN AND COMING TO A STOP, SOME TIMES I COULDN'T EVEN STOP WHEN & WHERE I WANTED. BRAKING DISTANCE STARTED BEING LONGER. THEN SOME TIME LATER I FELT AS THOUGH SOMEONE STUCK A BRICK UNDER MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESS, I GUARANTEE YOU, I COULDN'T STOP. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AS I CRUISED ON THOUGH THE STOP LIGHT! I WAS TOLD THAT MY ABS SENSORS WERE SLOWLY MALFUNCTIONING MOST LIKELY DUE TO CORROSION, A PROVEN DESIGN DEFECT. THEN MY ABS MODULE WILL GET SHORTED, AND THERE IS NO FAIL/SAFE WHEN IT GOES. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE MODULE FAILS, HANG ON BECAUSE I WILL CRASH. THIS SCARES ME TO DEATH AND I WONT LET ANYBODY DRIVE MY VAN IN CASE THIS HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE DRIVING. ALSO WHEN WE WANT TO TAKE A TRIP I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY VAN BECAUSE I'M AFRAID 6 TO 8 PEOPLE COULD GET HURT AND IT WOULD BE ON ME. EVERY REASON I BOUGHT THIS AWD VAN IS COMPLETELY OUT THE WINDOW. I CANT SELL IT BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. I'M STUCK WITH A VAN THAT I CANT USE. I'M WRITING THIS BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO GET THE ABS SERVICED I FIND OUT THAT I COULD WRITE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PROBLEM ( I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT ) BECAUSE SOMETHING ABOUT A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM TO THE ABS MODULE SINCE 1999. AND THAT THEY RECALLED THE CHEVY TRUCKS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM YEARS AGO. I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD FIX THE VANS BEFORE THE TRUCKS, BECAUSE TRUCKS DON'T CARRY A LOT OF PEOPLE! THEY CARRY WOOD. WHEN EVER I DRIVE THIS VAN NOW, I CONSIDER IT A RUSSIAN ROULETTE. I CANT AFFORD THE 2200.THAT WAS ESTIMATED TO FIX IT. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN CHEVY, BUT I CANT BELIEVE THAT I DRIVE AFRAID EVERY DAY. I CANT BELIEVE THAT CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR