NHTSA Complaint #828470 — 1996 CHEVROLET C2500

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, REPLACED BRAKES, CALIPERS, ETC. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATED WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN, SIGNAL LIGHT OR JUST BRAKING TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKES WILL ENGAGE LIKE THEY SHOULD, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO SLOW THATS WHEN THERE IS A POP AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT BACK END OF THE VEHICLE JUMPS UP AS IF A LARGE BUMP WAS HIT, BUT THERE IS NO BUMP IN THERE, ALOS THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPS ABOUT HALF OF AN INCH, CONSUMER STATES HE BELIVES THAT THE REAR BRAKES DISENGAGE.*JB