Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2002 GMC Express

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
100
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Sep 8, 200577,500 milesNC

THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WHEN I WENT TO STOP. THEY WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT CATCH. I HIT A LINE OF STOPPED CARS AND 4 OF THEM WERE ALL HIT AS A RESULT OF MY FAILURE TO STOP. MY KNEE CAP WAS FRACTURED WHERE IT HIT THE DASH. MY SON HAS UNKNOWN INJURIES TO HIS ARM FROM THE AIRBAG AND MY DAUGHTER HAD FACIAL CONTUSIONS AND A SORE JAW AND A BROKEN RETAINER DUE TO HER FACE HITTING THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER. THE IMPACT WAS AT 50 MPH. UNKNOWN INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE OTHER VEHICLES AT THIS TIME. *NM

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed May 6, 200418,000 milesIL

WHILE TURNING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Structure
Filed Dec 23, 2002CA

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CAR NOT BEEN STABLE. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT FEEL UNSTABLE WITH ANY TOUGH MOVEMENT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FEEL IF IT IS GOING TO FLIP OVER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SOMEONE FROM THE MANUFACTURE WILL COME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE.TS

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page3000Routine
20013000Routine
20002000Routine
19991000Routine

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Other GMC models

All GMC models →
Sierra 1500 8,819Acadia 5,544Yukon 4,958Sierra 3,907Terrain 3,103Jimmy 2,670Envoy 2,459Yukon XL 2,389Sierra 2500 1,814Suburban 1,772

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.