1994 GMC Sonoma

WAS DRIVING 65 MPH'S AND TRIED TO STOP QUICKLY, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF SQUEELING BRAKES AND TRUCK REFUSED TO STOP. I ENDED UP DRIVING THROUGH THE TURN INTO A GRASSY, FLAT MEDIUM BEFORE STOPPING. BRAKES WERE INITIALLY PRESSED AT 65 AND FAILED IMMEDIATELY AND YOU COULD FEEL THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM WORKING BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION, BUT THAT IS ALSO WHEN BRAKING CEASED. I HAD A WITNESS IN THE CAR AND WE WERE FORTUNATE I HAD EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR BEFORE QAND WAS ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL AND STEER AWAY FROM ANY MAJOR OBSTACLES. THIS HAS HAPPENED IS THE PAST IN SUDDEN STOPPING SITUATIONS ON DRY LAND AND ALSO IN SNOW AND RAIN OR ANYTIME THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM BECAME ACTIVATED. I HAVE ANTI-LOCK IN OUR 1994 MITZUBISHI GALANT AND THE DIFFERENCE IN STOPPING ABILITY IS NOT EVEN NEAR EACH OTHER IN EFFECTIVENESS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE BUT I THOUGHT THAT A RECALL WAS GENERATED FROM THIS AND ALL GM TRUCKS WHERE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WAS VERY MINIMAL UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS WAS ARUMOR ONLY AND NO RECALL HAD EVER BEEN ISSUED. I HAVE TALKED THIS OVER WITH OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES (GM TRUCKS) AND WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF EPISODE. THIS RUMOR, BY THE WAY, WAS IN PRINTED FORM IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND I JUST CONFRONTED MY DEALER JUST LAST WEEK AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND BY DOCUMENTING THIS COMPLAINT IN THE MANNER I AM CURRENTLY DOING HOPEFULLY WILL ACT AS A DOCUMENTED APPROACH IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT TO MYSELF OR FAMILY MEMBER WHICH WOULD ALLOW A LAWSUIT. I WOULD PREFER A SAFETY RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE AN ACCIDENT DOES OCCUR.