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 1998 record →
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE PULSATES AND VIBRATES . DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER /PADS, AND RESERFACED THE ROTORS . MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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RIGHT FRONT TIRE, ASSEMBLY AND SHAFT VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DROP TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
SEVERE MOMENTARY OVERSTEER BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUALLY FAILING CAUSING VIBRATION AND PULLING, REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE WEAR. MJS
DUE TO DEFECTIVE PITMAN AND IDLER ARM VEHICLE WANDERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN WIND BLOWING.. THIS MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL NOTICE DUE TO VIN. NLM
IN COLD CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH SMALL AMOUNTS OF SLUSH, BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE, AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AND SLAMMING ON THEM, VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT HARD. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES AND WHEN TRYING TO STOP RIGHT AWAY, VEHICLE WENT ACROSS THE CENTER LINE. VEHICLE WAS FIXED, BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. VEHICLE IS STILL PULLING TO THE LEFT. *AK *ML
MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AT 40 MPH, IN WHICH THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DUE TO THIS FAILURE, SHE BEGAN HAVING PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS ( 7 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT) AFTER HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE WITH HER STOMACH. ALSO CAUSED HER TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 DAYS. ACCIDENT OCCURRED TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
BRAKE PADS FAILED. MJS
TIRE FAILURE (UNIROYAL 235 75 R15). *YC
SMOG AND CHECK VALVE DIAPHRAM CRACKED AND LEAKING EXHAUST FUMES. MJS
LEFT FRONT BRAKE WON'T RELEASE IMMEDIATELY AFTER STOPPING. YH
FUEL GAUGE SENSOR/FLOAT FAILED. YH
OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. YH
LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED. YH
IN DISCUSSING OUR PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS FOR GM PU'S WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN '97 & '99 MODELS THE FRONT ENDS COME WELDED AND IF NOT BROUGHT BACK WITHIN CERTAIN AMT OF MILAGE DEALER WILL NOT FIX. OURS WAS OUT OF ALIGMENT UPON DRIVING OFF LOT THE FIRST TIME. DEALER SAID TO DRIVE ABOUT 1,000 MI. TO BREAK IN AND BRING BACK AND WILL FIX. CALLED FOR APPT. FOR SEAT BELT AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT, TOOK IN, SEAT BELT PARTIALLY FIXED, HAD TO ORDER PTS. THIS HAS BEEN 8 MONTHS AGO AND PT FOR SEATBELT STILL NOT IN, ALSO DID NOT GET ALIGNMENT, THEY WERE RUNNING BEHIND, WAS THERE 3 HRS, HAD TO GO TO WORK, COULD NOT WAIT. NEXT TIME CALLED FOR APPT. MILAGE WAS ABOVE WHAT DEALER WOULD FIX. TOOK TO MODICA BROS. SISBEE, TX. AND COST $119.95. THESE TRUCKS ARE ARRIVING TO DEALERS FROM MFG. THIS WAY, DISCUSSED IN LENGTH WITH MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A GM GIMICK, I THINK ALL OWNERS SHOULD DEMAND THAT THIS BE CORRECTED. I OWN A '94 CHEV. PU AND NEVER HAS BEEN ALIGNED WITH 125,000 MI. ON IT. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. I WANT GM TO REFUND EVERYONES MONEY WHO DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO SET FOR ALIGNMENT WHEN IT SHOULD BE RIGHT IN FIRST PLACE AND HOLD UP MORE THAN 3,000 MIL. THIS IS A DISGRACE, NOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WEARING OUT OF YOUR TIRES. PLEASE REPLY BACK TO ME B.MORRISPNX.COM
WHENEVER DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL VIBRATES. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. SOMETIMES THE PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T WORK.CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES FOR REPAIRS, AND THE DEALER STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. SINCE THEN DEALER CHANGED THE BRAKES/ REAR DRUMS/FRONT PADS THE REAR SHOES AND BACK DRUMS TWICE, AND THEY STILL CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHEN BEING DRIVEN AT 40 MPH. DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK
LUG NUTS SHEARED OFF CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS COLD IT RUNS FINE AS THE VEHICLE GETS WARM AND THE CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SHAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
RIGHT FRONT TIRE IS RUBBING AGAINST THE "A" FRAME WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE WANDERS BACK AND FOURTH WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS 30 TO 40 MPH. DEALER NOTED PROBLEM AS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK
THE DEFECTIVE BOLT ON THE STEERING PITMAN SYSTEM "STRIPPED" OFF, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE FREELY AND NOT MOVING THE TIRES, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL HAS TO GO TO THE FLOOR JUST TO STOP. THE BRAKES ALSO MAKE A SQUEAKING NOISE EVEN WHEN THEY AREN'T APPLIED. DEALER SAYS HE NEEDS NEW BRAKE PADS.*AK
SEATBELT ON PASSENGER SIDE IS TOO SHORT WON'T FASTEN OVER PASSENGER'S.
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY BECOME SPONGY AND WEAK. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAS HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BRAKE PADS, AND VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF DUE TO DESIGN WITHOUT COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AND ENGAGING EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE, THIS HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS DUE TO LAWS (MILITARY SITES DO NOT ALLOW FOR LIGHTS TO BE ON WHEN ENTERING).
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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