Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 3 | 11/01/1996 | ||
| When depressing brake pedal rear brakes would grab. when consumer released the brakes vehicle would travel like brakes were still applied, causing vehicle to surge. dealer has been notified.*ak consumer states that the manufacturer suggested to the dealer to disconnect the rear brake adjuster and was told that all the rear brakes were over adjusting, consumer states since the removal, the brakes still grab and stay partially on after the brake pedal has been released, dealer stated that the vehicle is supposed to respond like that because it was designed to have a load in it. *slc | |||
| 05/16/1998 | 1 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Towing a rented trailer and small hydra-hoe. weather conditions had been raining. the trailer contains a hyrdraulic master cylinder that is activated from the force of the trailer pushing the vehicle when stopping. in this cause the anti-locks would provide sufficient stopping power as they would not lock up. the more the trailer pushed the less they would brake. rig was virtually brakeless into an intersection. this was not a panic stop, the light had changed with appx 80 yards to stop speed appx. 35mph . *ak | |||
| Brake pedal keeps squeaking. dealer has replaced pedal. but, within 1000 miles noise will come back. *ak | |||
| 1. rear adjustment spring was not installed in vehicle from factory, causing brakes to become spongy. 2. transmission has become faulty wihtin 42,000. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | |||
| 08/23/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer stated the front brakes were replaced, the front rotors were machined and the rear brakes were cleaned and adjusted.*jb | |||
| 3 | 11/01/1996 | ||
| When depressing brake pedal rear brakes would grab. when consumer released the brakes vehicle would travel like brakes were still applied, causing vehicle to surge. dealer has been notified.*ak consumer states that the manufacturer suggested to the dealer to disconnect the rear brake adjuster and was told that all the rear brakes were over adjusting, consumer states since the removal, the brakes still grab and stay partially on after the brake pedal has been released, dealer stated that the vehicle is supposed to respond like that because it was designed to have a load in it. *slc | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - MASTER CYLINDER | |||
| 05/16/1998 | 1 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Towing a rented trailer and small hydra-hoe. weather conditions had been raining. the trailer contains a hyrdraulic master cylinder that is activated from the force of the trailer pushing the vehicle when stopping. in this cause the anti-locks would provide sufficient stopping power as they would not lock up. the more the trailer pushed the less they would brake. rig was virtually brakeless into an intersection. this was not a panic stop, the light had changed with appx 80 yards to stop speed appx. 35mph . *ak | |||
| 1. rear adjustment spring was not installed in vehicle from factory, causing brakes to become spongy. 2. transmission has become faulty wihtin 42,000. | |||