Chevrolet P-series 1998

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I purchased a 1998 chevy prism in 2000 and after the fourth year of owning the car all of the interior door handles are broken from bad plastic material i wrote a letter to gmc thinking they would do something about they wanted to know how many miles i had on the car . I talked to a woman from gmc and asked her can they replace the handles she said i have to purchase more handles at $99.00 each that's $400.00. I look at this as a safety hazard if me and my family had exit the car in an emergency i e car fire or accident we'd be in trouble. When ever we exit our chevy prism we have to roll the window down and stick our arms out of the window to open the doors from the outside. This not just our car i've seen other chevy prisms and toyota camry's about the same year,make and models. The auto company's never want to do anything until x amount of people are hurt or killed from bad material used to put these automobile together. I think they should look in to this and declare a recall on the handles. *tr

While driving on the freeway, my auto park brake failed and burned up but there was no fire. It happened twice within 2000 miles of each other. I was left with no parking brake or stopping on a hill and exiting the vehicle without the vehicle rolling. The first repair was done at a chevrolet dearler that only replaced a preasure switch. The second repair was after the first time the brake burned up. The brake and various other parks were replaced. The third repair was done by the same facility that replaced the brake earlier after the second park brake burned up. The fourth repair came after i left the shop and had driven 20 miles and the problem reaccured. The fifth repair occured one day later and the problem returned and was corrected by a gm facility in bakersfield, ca. This could have been a serious problem if i had needed to exit the vehicle in a hurry on any kind of incline. I have spent almost $3,000 to find someone that knew anything about this situation. One tow truck driver who towed me said he had others with similar problems with the auto park brake. Also, the gm dealer that got the job done right had seen somone the week before but that he only disconected the drive line and reconnected it to give a temporary fix. He did not see that vehicle again.

Transmission does not have a second gear holding position . This is causing the brakes to fade. Manufacturer has been notified.*ak

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P0338 [1] Crankshaft Position Sensor A Circuit High Input
• P1404 [2] Glow Plug Circuit High Side