1997 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

1997 K1500 CHEVROLET SILVERADO KELSEY HAYES ABS ACTIVATES ON DRY PAVEMENT (NO WHEEL SLIP) BETWEEN 5-10 MPH WHEN BRAKES APPLIED HARD OR SOFTLY. THIS LEADS TO INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE UNLESS BRAKES RELEASED AND REAPPLIED QUICKLY. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISS COLLISIONS WITH PARKED VEHICLES (NO COLLISION HAS YET OCCURRED.) ONE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPLACED BY DEALER ON 9/2005 (PART NOT AVAILABLE) THIS TEMPORARILY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT ~4 MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM BEGAN RECURRING. A SECOND DEALER STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #05V379000) DUE TO RUST ACCUMULATING AROUND FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 1997 MODEL YEAR. VEHICLE HAS BEEN OWNED AND OPERATED PRIMARILY IN MN, SD, AND NY. *NM

NO CRASH OR DAMAGE OR INJURY. JUST ABS ON A 1997 TAHOE THAT HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THEY ENGAGE AT LOW SPEED BRAKING, THE VEHICLE SLIDES AND WHEN THEY ENGAGE YOU CAN HEAR WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG SPRING ENGAGING, WEIRD SOUND. WE HAD NEVER DRIVEN A VEHICLE WITH ABS SO DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ABNORMAL SOUNDING AND FEELING BUT DIDN'T LIKE IT AND FELT UNCOMFORTABLE. I KEPT TALKING TO PEOPLE AND THEY SUGGESTED I CHECK OUT SERVICE NOTICES/RECALLS. WAS GLAD TO SEE A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH THE 1999 TO 2002 BUT OF COURSE THAT DOESN'T COVER MY 1997. *NM

1997 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 Z71. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WAS PREVENTING ME FROM STOPPING AT LOW SPEEDS. THEY HAVE RECALLED ALL THE NEWER MODELS TO FIX THE DEFECT, BUT NOT THE OLDER MODELS. THE ONLY WAY TO DISABLE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE IS TO CUT THE ANTI-LOCK SPEED SENSOR FOR IT. ANTI-BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER. AT LEAST, I HAVE BRAKES. I WAS INVOLVED IN MANY ACCIDENTS, FORTUNATELY, WITH NO MAJOR INJURIES OTHER THAN MANY BUMPER SCRATCHES AND DENTS. TO AVOID HITTING A CAR AT STOP, I HAD TO RUN OFF THE ROAD INTENTIONALLY MANY TIMES. THIS TRUCK COULD GET PEOPLE KILLED IF THEY ARE NOT RECALLED. *JB

WHILE EXITING A RAMP IN LEXINGTON, KY, THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY PICK-UP FAILED, RESULTING IN MY TRUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. THIS RESULTED IN MY TRUCK ENTERING ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND CAUSED AN NON-INJURY ACCIDENT. MY FAMILY WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING MY 3 YEAR OLD SON. THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME, AND IS PREPARING TO BE REPAIRED. THE BRAKING SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MAL-FUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM KICKS IN CONSTANTLY, AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE TRUCK WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP. *NM

FROM EVERYTHING I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED, MY 1997 CHEVROLET K1500 FROM MINNESOTA HAS THE CORRODED ABS SPEED SENSORS. AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN STOPPING THE ABS COMES ON EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS HAS CAUSE ME ROLL OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS UNABLE TO STOP. THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DEFECT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE 1997 OR MINNESOTA WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM AND ITS POTENTIAL RISKS. *NM