1998 Chevrolet C/K Pickups

I HAVE JUST READ THE FOLLOWING ON CNN: DETROIT (REUTERS) - GENERAL MOTORS CORP. IS RECALLING 804,000 FULL-SIZE PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL BRAKE PROBLEMS, FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS SAID TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAID UNWANTED APPLICATION OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IN SOME VEHICLES CAN CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKING AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THE RECALL INCLUDE THE CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AND SILVERADO PICKUPS AND THE CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND TAHOE SUVS. THE GMC SIERRA PICKUP AND YUKON AND YUKON XL SUVS ARE ALSO AFFECTED. ALL 804,000 VEHICLES TRUCKS ARE FROM THE 1999-2002 MODEL YEARS, NHTSA SAID. THIS EXACT PROBLEM EXISTS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 PICKUP. I HAVE LIVED WITH THE PROBLEM NOW FOR OVER TWO YEARS AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH MY ABS BRAKES THAT THEY CAN FIND. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN JUST AS STATED ABOVE... MY ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS... SUCH AS COMING TO A STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP SIGN ETC. INITIALLY IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE AND I AM STILL VERY WORRIED THAT IT WILL FAIL AT HIGHER SPEEDS. HOW CAN I GET GM TO HONOR THE RECALL ON 1998 TRUCKS? THIS HAPPENS 95+% OF THE TIME WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. THANK YOU, JOE MONTAGUE, 845-435-1915 DAYS. *NM

NORMAL USAGE OF TRUCK, HOT OR COLD, HAPPENS ABOUT 20% OF THE TIME. WHEN COMING TO A STOP, AT ABOUT 5MPH, THE ABS TURNS ON AND INCRESSES THE STOPING DISTANCE. NO DAMAGE YET BUT THIS WEEKEND I CAME MUCH TOO CLOSE TO HITTING A FAMILY CROSSING THE STREET. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE TRUCK SINCE BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THERE IS A TSB #634839, FOR 99-02 SILVERADOS WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT STATES DIRTY WHEEL SPEED SENSORS OR SENSORS OUT OF RANGE. I WILL BE FOLOWING THE DIRECTIONS THERE TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR MY 98 SILVERADO. I AM NOT POSITIVE BUT I BELIEVE GM OF CANADA HAS ALREADY RECALLED AFFECTED MODELS TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS NO ABS LIGHT OR CODES STORED. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW LARGE THIS PROBLEM IS BUT CHEVY TRUCK WORLD HAS A 3 PAGE FORUM FILLED WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE (HTTP://CHEVYTRUCKWORLD.TENMAGAZINES.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC.TEN?POS=2&ID=94989). I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTY HAZZARD SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT AND AS I FOUND OUT THIS WEEKEND, A FEW EXTRA FEET OF STOPING DISTANCE MATTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY C1500 EXTENDED CAB P/U. IF YOU HOLD NORMAL PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, THE PEDAL HOLDS JUST FINE. BUT IF YOU PUSH JUST A LITTLE HARDER, IT GOES DOWN. I HAVE TAKEN IT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THERE IS NO BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. IT NEVER GETS LOW. I HAVE PUT A NEW, NOT USED, MASTER CYLINDER FROM AUTOZONE ON IT. IT DOES THE SAME THING. I USED TO BE AN AUTO MECHANIC AT A.K. DURNIN CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. I NOW SELL AUTO PARTS AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS NOT NORMAL. ALSO, IF I HIT THE BRAKES KIND OF HARD, AND THEN LET OFF JUST A LITTLE, IT MAKES A NOISE AND AN UNEVEN BREAKING PATTERN. IT'S THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, BRAKING AND LETTING OFF, REPETITIVELY. ABOUT LIKE THE RHYTHM OF A JACK HAMMER. OH, I SPENT 3 1/2 YEARS AT THE DODGE DEALER AS A MECHANIC. I DID BRAKES EVERY WEEK. I WAS THE MECHANIC THAT THEY WOULD BRING A CAR TO, WHEN NO ONE ELSE COULD FIX IT RIGHT! *JB