1998 Chevrolet Truck M/L Van

S-10-BOUGHT NEW-DAY AFTER LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE WOULD NT UNLOCK FROM INSIDE-REPAIRED-SEAT BELT ALWAYS WET WHEN RAINS-COMPLAINED WAS TOLD (NO PROBLEM FOUND) STILL WET WHEN RAINS, HANDLES BROKE THREE TIMES FIXED AND BREAK AGAIN-NOW HAVE THREE HANDLES BEHIND SEAT-STILL BROKE-DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW(POWER) WILL NOT GO UP OFTEN-OR WILL GO UP ONLY AND INCH OR TWO-THIS STARTED EARLY ON-COMPLAINED WAS TOLD (NO PROBLEM FOUND)THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM IN COLD WEATHER OR RAIN,WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME,AT TIMES THEY STOP STRAIGHT UP ON WINDSHIELD OR WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL AND NEXT DAY THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WORK-COMPLAINED WAS TOLD ( NO PROBLEM FOUND) TRANSMISSION LEAK FIRST YEAR-REPAIRED SEAT WILL SUDDENLY SLIDE BACKWARDS WHILE TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT OR JUST BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AS MY FOOT WILL NOT REACH GAS PEDAL WHEN SEAT SLIDES BACKWARDS AND IN TRAFFIC I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING REAR-ENDED MANY TIMES AS CARS VEER AROUND ME AND HORNS HONK-PEOPLE THINKING I HAVE JUST STOPPED IN ROAD USUALLY HAVE TO STEER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOP TO ADJUST SEAT AGAIN,ALWAYS HAVE TO DRIVE SLIGHTLY LEANING FORWARD TO PUT WEIGHT OFF SEAT,WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP ETC. COMPLAINED-THEY FIXED ONLY ONE SIDE AND PROBLEM CONTINUED NEXT DAY-COMPLAINED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD I HAD TO SEE EMPLOYEE NAMED RICK-RICK WAS NOT IN-THAT DAY,ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT THESE THINGS WHEN TAKING TRUCK IN FOR OIL CHANGES AND TIRE ROTATIONS ETC. DROVE TO DEALER ONE TIME AFTER GOING TO CAR WASH AND WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP-HEADLINER DRIPPING AND FLOORBOARD FULL OF WATER AND I WAS SOAKING WET SO THEY COULD SEE IT WAS A PROBLEM-WHILE THERE WINDOW WOULD NOT WORK AND EMPLOYEE SAW THE MESS-WAS TOLD THE MAN I HAD TO SEE ABOUT THIS WAS ON VACATION-CHECKED BACK AND FOUND RICK WAS NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE--COMPLAINED TO GM AND THEY RESPONDS WITH DEALER HAD NO RECORD OF ANY COMPLAINTS-I HAVE COPIES OF OIL CHANGES WITH MY COMPLAINTS ON THEM WITH (NO PROBLEM FOUND) TYPED ON PAPER.*AK

THIS IS, AS I HAVE READ ELSEWHERE, A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL GM VEHICLES USING "DEXCOOL" ANTIFREEZE. MY '98 CHEVY EXPRESS VAN HAD AN INTAKE GASKET FAILURE WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE OIL AND CAUSED SLUDGING AND A RESTRICTION IN THE OIL PUMP AND NEAR DAMAGE TO THE UPPER ENGINE. LUCKILY, IT DID NOT CAUSE, OR AT LEAST I DON'T THINK IT CAUSED PERMANENT ENGINE DAMAGE, HOWEVER, IT COSTED $1270 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER INSISTED THERE ARE NO SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT, THROUGH MY OWN RESEARCH, I AM FINDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURENCE WITH VEHICLES USING DEXCOOL COOLANT. I FEEL THIS INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF GM'S OVERSIGHT IN CONTINUING TO USE THE DEXCOOL TYPE ANTIFREEZE DESPITE MANY REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH ITS COMPATIBILITY IN COOLING SYSTEMS. *AK

THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET 4 X 4 W/T 1500 PICKUP TRUCK ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES GRABS BEFORE FINALLY CATCHING WHILE AT OTHER TIMES IT CATCHES AS IF I HAVE APPLIED MUCH MORE PRESSURE THAN WAS ACTUALLY APPLIED. PRESENTLY, IT IS IN A SHOP WHERE IT HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTILOCK SENSORS. WHILE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT USED TO CHECK THE SENSORS INDICATED NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM, I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN PERTAINING TO THIS TYPE OF SENSOR. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN FURNISH TO ME REGARDING THIS PROBLEM? THANK YOU! SINCERELY, ROBERTA L. FUGETT RFUGETT@MRTC.COM. *AK