1998 Chevrolet Pickup Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“My clutch first went out within one year of owning the vehicle; just before the warranty expired. We took the vehicle to the dealership and they fixed it under warranty. We then had a one-year warranty on the replacement parts. Approximately one month after the replacement part warranty expired, my clutch went out again. This time we had to pay over a thousand dollars to repair it. Once again, my clutch is making a lot of noise again and is sometimes hard to get into gear -- another word, my clutch is getting ready to go out for the 3rd time since owning this vehicle.”

“After vehicle is warmed up (10-15 min), the transmission shifts hard into third gear with a clunk . Dealership indicates this is normal and quoted a bulletin from manufacturer, but it is excessively loud. Separate dealership replaced u joint earlier and problem was not cured. This only happens when shifting from second to third.”

“Brakes are still extremely soft and require full brake pedal extension. Master cylinder replaces, front hubs replaced. Truck still requires too much pedal and the pedal is soft and pedal goes almost to the floor”

“While vehicle was making right hand turn passenger side axle assembly come out of differential housing. Axle came about 24 inches out of housing before vehicle came to stop. After disassembly of wheel hub /axle assembly found retaing clip for axle nut had worked off of differential and allowed axle nut shaft key to come out of axle nut, this in turn allowed axle nut to come off and axle to come out of differential . This differential has no retaining c lock on axle spline end as prior year modles had . …”

“At speeds under 10 MPH, ABS engaged due to cracked front hub causing vehicle to lunge forward. This has caused several near accidents during stopping and in parking .”