Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY , AND THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AT ALL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
THE DOOR OPENED FINE ALL DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR IT OPENED ONLY 2 INCHES. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER PANEL HAS SLID BACK TOWARDS THE DOOR APPROX. 1/2 INCH AND THAT IS WHAT'S BLOCKING THE DOOR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE HINGE IS SLIGHTLY BENT. DEALER IS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE DOOR WAS SPRUNG. WITNESSES THAT I HAVE INCLUDING 2 POLICE OFFICERS CAN STATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. THEY CAN STATE THAT THE DOOR OPENED FINE THE FIRST 2 TIMES AND THEN NOT AT ALL LATER. BODY SHOP MECHANIC SLID SOMETHING INSIDE THE DOOR HINGE AND POPPED IT OPEN RESULTING IN THE PAINT ON THE HINGE TO BE SCRAPED OFF. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WARRANTY ISSUE BUT THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT WITHOUT PAYMENT. I FEEL SINCE THIS DID NOT HAPPEN BY CAUSE OR FAULT OF ME NOR WAS THIS VEHICLE HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE, THAT IT IS A DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762999
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BACK OF VEHICLE WILL BOUNCE. DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK
DOOR LEAKS WATER/AIR. *AK
AT 35MPH AXLE SNAPPED., CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY LURCH FORWARD, ABOUT 6-8 INCHES. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR LOCKED CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONTACT DEALER AND GENERAL MOTORS. VEHICLE TOTALED.*JB
AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN ACCELERATOR LOCKED UP ON VEHICLE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. DEALER CONTACTED.*JB
CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 50 MPH THE TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY. TOOK TO CHEVROLET AND THEY STATED THIS CONDITION IS NORMAL. NLM *TT
WHILE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS CAME OUT.*AK
ON PASSENGER SIDE WATER IS LEAKING FROM TOP CORNER OF WINDSHIELD INTO VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR 2 AND GEAR 4 WHILE DRIVING, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CUT RUBBER BOOT AROUND FLOORSHIFT DOWN TO CORRECT THE DEFECT; BUT, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
NOTICED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER PURCHASE TRUCK LEANING 1.5 INCHES ON DRIVERS SIDE, FRONT AND REAR. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY INSTRUCTED TO BRING IN AFTER 1500 MILES. BROUGHT IN AT 2600 MILES. AFTER 1.5 MONTHS, DEALER REPAIR WAS TO PUT STRONGER SPRINGS ON LEFT FRONT, LEFT REAR, ARCH REAR SPRINGS AND FABRICATE SHIMS (2) WHICH WERE PLACED BETWEEN FRAME AND BODY. GM CALLS THIS FIXED. I AM NOT SATISFIED, AND CONCERNED ABOUT VEHICLE HANDLING AND SAFETY POSSIBLY COMPRIMISED.*AK
FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FUEL TO PUMP BACK INTO FUEL TANK. HAS CAUSED A NO START CONDITION DUE TO FUEL NOT BYPASSING TO ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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