1995 CHEVROLET 1500 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD BRAKES FAILED, HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. I FOUND OUT AFTER INVESTIGATING, THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE BLEW OUT THE BRAKELINE TO THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE WHEEL. TURNS OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET !!! DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET HURT OR DIE BEFORE THIS DESIGN FLAW GETS RECALLED? THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY COMPONENT OF ANY VEHICLE, WHY IS THE NHTSA NOT ACTING ON THIS? THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED BEFORE THE TRUCK CAN BE DRIVEN AGAIN. *TR

THROUGH NORMAL OPERATION MY SEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE JUST BROKE AT THE FRAMING UNDER NEAT THE SEAT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURES AS THE METAL USED IS VERY THIN AND SO IT BROKE. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BUCKLE SYSTEM GETS STUCK WHEN TRYING TO RELEASE THE INFANT FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE CAR SEAT WAS A CONVERTIBLE SEAT WITH A LAP OVER BELT TO SECURE THE INFANT PASSENGER. THE CONTACT CALLED AND SAID THEY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT BY POSTAL MAIL, BUT THE NAME USED IN THE MAILING HAD THE WRONGT FIRST NAME GERALD INSTEAD OF JARED, SO THE CONTACT RETURNE DIT TO THE POSTMASTER. REALIZING WHAT IT WAS THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE POSTMASTER ND REQUESTED THE LETTER DUE TO INCORRECT NAME, BUT THE POSTMASTER REFUSED TO RELEASE IT BACK TO THE C ONTACT. THE CONTCT REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL COPY OF THE COMPLAINT BE SENT TO THEM WITH CORRECT FIRST NAME. *AK

CONTINENTAL TIRES PURCHASED 9/26/2003 SIZE P235/75R15 SPORT LT. ON 9/02/06 2 TIRES WERE FLAT. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO WALMART STORE # 1367. THE TECHNICIAN WOULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRES AS HE STATED THEY WERE WEATHER ROTTED. THE TIRES ONLY HAD ~30,000 MILES . UPON NEGOTIATION ALL 4 TIRES WERE EXAMINED AND DETERMINED ALL WERE THE SAME CONDITION. ALL WERE REPLACED. MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WITH THESE TIRES,THAT AGE PREMATURELY. THE STORE SAID THAT THEY KNEW OF NO HISTORY OF THIS WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES. PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY INFO YOU HAVE ON THIS. *JB

DASH BOARD HAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE PART OF THE BREAK ARE , OIL PRSSURE GUAGE FLUCUATES, AND BATTERY SHOWS DISCHARGE WHEN THE ALTERNATOR IS WORKING PRPERLY, ALSO THE RADIO STAYS ON WHEN ENGINE IS CUT OFF AND KEY OUT,, REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT, DID NO GOOD, REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR, DID NOT HELP. GUAGES STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND RADIO STILL STAYS ON WHEN IT SHOULD BE OFF. SEEMS TO BE IN THE WIRING AND MAYBE THE IGNITION SWITCH. *NM