1994 GMC Suburban

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK BECAUSE OF FAULTY BRAKES, CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 ACCIDENTS, WHERE ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND SEVERAL RUNNING OF STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. *SLC

ON TWO(2) SEPARATE OCCASSIONS, EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, FAILED TO SLOW VEHICLE. IN BOTH CASES, THE PEDAL DID GO "HARD" BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL AS IF THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN APPLIED. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT OCCURRED IN 1997, I WAS ABLE TO STEER AROUND A CAR THAT HAD STOPPED SUDDENLY IN THE LANE IN FRONT OF ME AND AVOIDED A COLLISON. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, I WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AFTER REPEATED TRIES. THE SECOND OCCASION OCCURED IN FEB. 1999 WHEN MY WIFE TRAVELLING AT 45 MPH WAS UNABLE TO STOP FOR A VEHICLE THAT TURNED IN FRONT OF HER AT AN INNERSECTION STRIKING THE CROSSING VEHICLE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. ALTHOUGH THE OTHER DRIVER WAS CITED FOR THE ACCIDENT, MY WIFE REPORTED TO ME THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED PREVIOUSLY AND HAD NOT TOLD HER ABOUT. SHE REFUSED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND ONLY AFTER I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE BEEN A LICENSED DRIVER FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND HAVE OWNED AND DRIVEN MANY VEHICLES WITH AND WITHOUT ANTILOCK BRAKES. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY OTHER OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES I HAVE SPOKEN TO OVER THE YEARS.

ROADS WERE WET, TOWING 600 POUNDS, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. ANOTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, CONSUMER NEED TO STOP AT A VERY BUSY ROAD, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER FEELS LUCKY THERE WERE NO CARS COMING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY DAID IT WAS THE WHEELS.*AK

I FEEL THAT MY ABS TAKE A VERY LONG DISTANCE TO STOP MY VEHICLE EVEN AT 25 MPH, AT WHICH SPEED I HAD TO SWERVED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I E-MAILED TO GMC WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY WHERE SORRY ABOUT MY PROBLEM AND TO BRING MY TRUCK TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED.I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT MY ABS ARE WORKING, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME OTHER VEHICLE FROM GMC THAT DESCRIBE EXACTELY WHAT I AM FEELING WITH MY SUBURBAN.DO YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINT FROM OTHER OWNERS OF SUBURBAN? I TALKED TO A FEW OF THEM IN MY AREA AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT NONE OF THEM LIKE THE WAY THEIR ABS WORK. *AK