1998 Chevrolet Pickup

THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN BRAKING AND OR YOU HIT A BUMP, POTHOLE OR DEPRESSION THE BRAKES GO INTO ANTI LOCK AND DO NOT COME OUT. IT TAKES ABOUT 1/3 MORE DISTANCE TO STOP. I HAD ONE ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS ON THE I-5 FREEWAY, TRAFFIC STOPPED, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HAD TO GO BETWEEN TWO CARS. I HIT THE SIDE OF ONE CAR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS MOST OF THE TIME. IT IS VERY DANGOROUS SINCE NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE IS SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO WHEN IT HAPPENS. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP ABOUT 6 TIMES. *AK

IN AUGUST, WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD THE RIGHT REAR BLEW OUT UNEXPECTEDLY. THE REASON IT WAS UNEXPECTED IS BECAUSE I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING. I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH AN EXACT MATCH AND CONTINUED USING THE TRUCK, ON THE OCT. 24, WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 99N AROUND 7 PM, AT 65MPH, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT UNEXPECTEDLY. I FELT THE TIRE WAS AT FAULT IN THE FIRST ACCIDENT, BUT GAVE SUPER SWAMPER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. NOW WITH THE SECOND ACCIDENT ACTING THE SAME WAY AS THE FIRST, WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP AS QUICKLY THE SECOND, THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WAS DESTROYED. THE TIRE SHREADED FROM THE RIM, AND EVERYTHING WAS DESTROYED FROM THAT POINT ON. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT A BODY SHOP AND THE ESTIMATE IS CURRENTLY AT $4500. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS COMPLAINT TODAY. THE REMAINING SUPER SWAMPERS ARE GOING TO BE TRASHED ONCE I GET MY TRUCK BACK. I FEEL THAT THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT, IF I ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN THE FAULT WOULD BE MINE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING IN LIGHT OF THE FIRESTONE PROBLEMS AND THIS PRODUCT BEING THE FIRST RADIAL FROM THE COMPANY.*AK

AFTER VEHICLE IS WARMED UP (10-15 MIN), THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD INTO THIRD GEAR WITH A "CLUNK". DEALERSHIP INDICATES THIS IS NORMAL AND QUOTED A BULLETIN FROM MANUFACTURER, BUT IT IS EXCESSIVELY LOUD. SEPARATE DEALERSHIP REPLACED U JOINT EARLIER AND PROBLEM WAS NOT CURED. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN PASSENGER SIDE AXLE ASSEMBLY COME OUT OF DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. AXLE CAME ABOUT 24 INCHES OUT OF HOUSING BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO STOP. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF WHEEL HUB /AXLE ASSEMBLY FOUND RETAING CLIP FOR AXLE NUT HAD WORKED OFF OF DIFFERENTIAL AND ALLOWED AXLE NUT SHAFT KEY TO COME OUT OF AXLE NUT, THIS IN TURN ALLOWED AXLE NUT TO COME OFF AND AXLE TO COME OUT OF DIFFERENTIAL . THIS DIFFERENTIAL HAS NO RETAINING "C" LOCK ON AXLE SPLINE END AS PRIOR YEAR MODLES HAD . THIS AXLES ONLY MEANS OF BEING SECURED TO DIFFERENTIAL IS THROUGH THIS VERY WEAK RETAINING CLIP I WOULD CONSIDER THIS AS INSUFFICIENT CONSIDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A VEHICLE AND IT'S OCCUPANTS IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK