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 1995 record →
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ALSO BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE. ABS BRAKE MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILURE. *AK
WHENEVER APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THERE WOULD BE A GRINDING SOUND. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE STOPS FURTHER ALONG THEN IT SUPPOSE TO. ITS ONGOING PROBLEM, BUT INTERMITTENT. *AK
BATTERY ELECTROLYTE LEAK ACID BURING AND CORRODING THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND WIRING, AND AIR CONDITION FREON LINES AND BRAKE HOSE ENG CLIMP.
WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS A LOAD , WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED THE VEHICLE LOCKS UP . THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. OWNER HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. CONSUMER STATES THIS OCCURS WHEN MAKING FAST STOPS WITH NO LOAD, PROBLEM OCCURS ON SMOOTH SURFACES ON REGULAR ROADS. *SLC
OWNER CLAIMS THAT WHEN SHE APPLIES THE BRAKES THEY DON'T RESPOND. *AK
ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, HEATED UP AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. IN ADDITION, REPLACED BRAKE HOSES AND FRONT DISC BRAKES. *AK
ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP AND FAILED.
ABS: UNDER HARD BRAKING, BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND UNDER PRESSURE. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE, AS IF NO BRAKES, DRY AND WET PAVEMENT, VARIOUS SPEEDS. ACCORDING TO DEALER, NO BRAKING PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
BRAKES SQUEAL CONTINUOUSLY WHILE DRIVING. IF PRESSURE IS APPLIED TOTAL NOISE REDUCTION. DEALER'S COMMENTS: POOR DRIVING HANDLING ABILITY. NUMBER OF REPLACEMENTS THREE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLYING FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS VERY HARD, HAVE TO APPLY PRESSURE FOR THE TRUCK TO STOP. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE DROVE. *SLC
BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, ESPECIALLY A PANIC STOP, CAN PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. ALSO NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK CONSUMER HAS HAD 3 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS AND IS NEED OF ANOTHER ONE, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT BY ITSELF WHEN BRAKING. *SLC
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK AND APPLYING FOOT TO THE BRAKES PEDAL, THE PEDAL WAS HARD TO PUSH DOWN, AND IT TOOK THE VEHICLE LONGER TO STOP. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE JUST CONTINUED TO KEEP GOING WITHOUT STOPPING. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO REAR AXLE SEALS LEAK, CAUSIN GREAR BRAKES TO GET OIL SOAKED, RESULTING IN REAR BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
EA94-038 THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. PRESSING THE PEDAL AGAIN THE VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY HARD ON DRY CONDITIONS. NOW HEARING NOISES FROM THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. BRAKES LOCK UP UPON STOPPING VEHICLE. ALSO, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SKIDS, VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO RIGHT WHILE BRAKING. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. OWNER VERY CONCERNED. *AK *NLM
DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ABOUT 45MPH AND SAW A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE SUBURBAN, PUT ON BRAKES, WAS ABOUT 90 FEET BEHIND THE VEHICLE. APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE SUBURBAN JUST KEPT GOING. LET OFF OF THE BRAKES AND APPLIED FOOT AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING UNTIL IT HIT THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE MAKES SUDDEN LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS THE ENGINE STALLS. DEALER CANT FIND PROBLEM. *AK
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND SHAKES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING . CONSUMER HAS CALLED THE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS, PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE CORRECTED. *AK
ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING.
FRAME KNUCKLE FAILED.
DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO METAL BRACKET ON FLOOR OF VEHICLE BROKE. METAL CRACKED. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE DEALERS. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT RIGHT CORNER OF THE SEAT ANCHOR MOUNT BROKE. OWNER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM , AND THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK DEALER REALIGNED EXHAUST BECAUSE IT WAS CAUSING A RATTLING NOISE. POWER MIRROW SWITCH INOPERABLE. DRIVER DOOR HANDLE (INSIDE) INOPERABLE, DRIVER DOOR INOPERABLE. BATTERY WAS LEAKING ACID, DEALER REPLACED. REAR DOOR LIGHTS INOPERABLE. FUEL LEAK, DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, DEALER PERFORMED ALIGNMENTS, HOWEVER HAS NOT IMPROVED PULLING. DEALER HAS REPLACED INJECTOR PUMP TWICE, MAP SENSOR, AND FUEL SOLENOID DUE TO VEHICLE STALLIING. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATED DEALER HAS AGREED TO BUY BACK VEHICLE. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM,THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE FAILURE.
WHENEVER IT RAINS IT GETS WET IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
DRIVING 50MPH WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED/STALLED OUT; WOULD HAPPEN AT VARIOUS SPEED. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC KNEW WHY FUEL PUMP FAILED; HAD FUEL INJECTION PUMP REPLACED. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT FAILED.
DURING NORMAL OPERATION VEHICLE EXPERIENCES WEAK OR LOSS OF POWER IN BRAKING SYSTEM. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE LUMBAR SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE STARTED SHOOTING SPARKS FROM UNDER THE SEAT. DEALER FIXED IT. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SEAT WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE.
VEHICLE'S FRAME THAT CONNECTS TO CONTROL ARM WAS NEVER WELDED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S PLANT, CAUSING FRONT LEFT WHEEL TO COME OFF. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS, SUCH AS RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING WITHOUT A WARNING, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMERC ONTACTED THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS UNKNOWN. *AK
DUE TO FAULTY WIRING UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT, THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK WAS INOPERABLE AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS EXTREMELY HOT. *AK
UNEVEN BRAKE PAD WEAR CAUSED BY DISC BRAKE CALIPER/BUSHING RUSTING.
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED BUT NOT SET, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, ENGINE OVERPOWERED BRAKES, TO AVOID COLLISION STEERED INTO DITCH, VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER END, THEN ROLLED TWICE SIDE WAYS, NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, NO PRIOR WARNING, AFTER ACCIDENT, SHOULDER/LAP BELT REMAINED LATCHED, BUT PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT, ALLOWING TO IMPACT WITH INTERIOR. *AK
AFTER ACCIDENT FOUND SHOULDER/LAP BELT REMAINED LATCHED, BUT HAD PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT, ALLOWING OCCUPANT TO IMPACT WITH INTERIOR. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE AT 30 MPH, FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL, LOST CONTROL, HIT STOP POLE DEAD CENTER, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY; BROKE & DISLOCATED SHOULDER; WORE SEAT BELTS. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES.
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE YSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BRAKES TO GRAB TOO QUICKLY, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. HAD REPLACED FRONT BRAKES 3 TIMES AND THE BACK BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES. ALSO AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM AND THE LIGHT STILL COMES WHICH CAN CAUSE AN UNEXPECTED DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS AND/OR ACCIDENT. *AK
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