CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT COULD NOT DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL ,IT WAS HARD CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 55 MPH. CONSUMER KEPT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL ABOUT 8 TIMES BEFORE PEDAL BECAME UNSTUCK.CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER WHO POSSIBLY THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY BOOSTER. *AK THE RIGHT FRO…
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CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT COULD NOT DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL ,IT WAS HARD CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 55 MPH. CONSUMER KEPT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL ABOUT 8 TIMES BEFORE PEDAL BECAME UNSTUCK.CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER WHO POSSIBLY THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY BOOSTER. *AK THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED. NLM
NHTSA ODI #893443
Mileage unknown · Feb 28, 2001
Service Brakes, Air
ON FEBRUARY 7, 2001, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 TO 40 MPH, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHERE LIGHT WAS CHANGING, CONSUMER HAD TO BRAKE REALLY HARD. CONSUMER STATED IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SLOWING DOWN, BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE BRAKING. *AK THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILURE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. *YH
NHTSA ODI #881782
Mileage unknown · Aug 11, 2000
Service Brakes, AirCrash
THE ABS LOCKED WHILE MY SON WAS MAKING A TURN ONTO A LEAF COVERED ROAD AREA. THE CAR SKIDDED INTO A LOW GRANITE WALL, DAMAGING THE VEHICLE, BUT NOT INJURING MY SON OR THE WALL OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN 4-WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM) MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 1989 THROUGH AUGUST 1996. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SWITCH WHICH SIGNALS THE ABS SYSTEM WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN 2-WHEEL OR 4-WHEEL DRIVE CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING ABS STOPS WHILE IN THE TWO-WHEEL DRIVE MODE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: IF THIS OCCURRED AT A TIME WHEN MINIMUM STOPPING DISTANCE WAS REQUIRED, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE OR REPAIR THE 4-WHEEL/2-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH.
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