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 1993 record →
BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE WHEN PUSHING PEDAL TO FLOOR, VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE TWICE AND SAID ITS NO PROBLEM. *AK THERE WERE TWO INJURIES DUE TO THE ACCIDENT, THERE WERE SEVERAL BRAKE FAILURES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. *SLC
BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS.
WAS COMING UPON STOP SIGN, HAD APPLIED BRAKES & HAD NO BRAKES; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; CONTINUED INTO TRAFFIC; WAS BROADSIDED ON DRIVER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE UP NORTH; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON & OFF; VEHICLE WOULD THEN DIE OUT; HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TOOK TO DEALER & FOUND NOTHING WRONG; DID CHANGE COMPUTER CHIP & CHANGED EGR VALVES; BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE SOMETHING IN VEHICLE SPARKED AND COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL POWER IN THE VEHICLE. MECHANIC STATED THAT WIRING HARNESS WAS BURNED. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. HE STATES THAT UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKES, THEY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. HE FURTHER NOTES THAT THE ABS BRAKE MODULE FAILED. INVESTIGATION NO.EA94038. *AK
ELECTRICAL WIRING: DROVE TO POST OFFICE AND BACK THE GAUGES WENT UP VERY HIGH, THE VOLTAGE GAUGE WENT DOWN. COULD SMELL WIRES BURNING, BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY SMOKE, WENT INSIDE, FIVE MINUTES LATER FUMES WERE STRONG, WENT OUTSIDE AND VEHICLE WAS SURROUNDED BY SMOKE. FIREMAN CAME AND PUT FIRE OUT, CAUSE UNKNO VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
LINEAR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. *AK
EA94-038 ACTIVE, ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE, UNABLE TO STOP IN A PANIC SITIATION, REARENDED A PICKUP TRUCK THAT THEN WAS PUSHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. *AK
EA94038, THE DEFECTIVE AIR TAKE VALVE WAS CLOGGED WITH CARBON FROM THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE POWER ASSIST BRAKE SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ABS BRAKES LOCKE DUP WHEN BRAKING ON PAVEMENT WHICH WAS BARELY WET. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED RESULTING IN LOOSE OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES REPLACE SYSTEM, HOWEVER CONTINUE TO FAIL.
FLYWHEEL REPLACED.
VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED W/THIRD BRAKE LIGHT.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, 15MPH *AK
FAILURE ON THE BRAKES, CONSUMER APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION AND NOTICED GRAVEL IN THE INTERSECTION, APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
VEHICLE'S ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION AND A CAR. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHEN DRIVING HIT A BUMP IN HWY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND MADE A NOISE , EA94-038 ACTIVE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. GMC CASE #94018511. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY TO THE DRIVER . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SHOULDER BELT DIDN'T CATCH, CAUSING HEAD INJURIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WIRE FROM THE FUSE BOX TO FUEL PUMP CROSSES OVER THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION/ RUBBING OF WIRE ON TRANSMISSION, CAUSED REMOVAL OF INSULATION ON WIRE/BARE CONTACT BETWEEN WIRE AND METAL ON TRANSMISSION, RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE FUEL. *AK
THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP.*AK
ABS;SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SYSTEM DOES NOT STOP VEHICLE PROPERLY. ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE DURING WET CONDITIONS, CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK
FAILURE ON THE TRAILER HITCH, CRACKED/SPLIT/BROKE AT END OF HITCH. *AK
WHEN IT IS RAINING, ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE, PEDAL COLLAPSES.*AK
ONE WHEEL IS THE SENSOR FOR THE ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM AND CAUSES THE BRAKES NOT TO WORK WHEN APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
#EA94-029 PURCHASE JEEP USED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT
ABS: WHEN MAKING STOP QUIT, BRAKES MADE LOUD MOOING SOUND; PEDAL WENT DOWN TO WHERE IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER; EXTENDED STOPPING. TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE #PE94-046. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES AT 20 MPH. TT CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT, AN INSPECTION FOUND A BADLY WORN BRAKE ROTOR ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, HOWEVER DELER STATED THIS IS NOT WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT. *SLC
FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR EXCESSIVELY, HAVE REPLACED FRONT PADS 3 TIMES IN 29K MILES. TT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LOWER BALL JOINT WORE OUT. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, WAS SLOW TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. DEFROSTER WOULD NOT WORK, WIRE BROKEN AT CONNECTOR. WINDOW WAS LEAKING. *SLC
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 SPEED 35 MPH, ABS FAILED, WHEN BRAKES WHERE APPLIED PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS. TT
ABS, BRAKES HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHEN APPLIED QUICKLY ANIT-LOCK WILL NOT KICK IN. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE STOPS. TT
ABS BRAKES; BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN AND NOISY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, LONG STOPPING DISTANCE DURING EMERGENCY STOPS WHEN GROUND IS WET, REPLACED PAD, TO NO AVAIL. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM BECOME INOPERATIVE.WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR NO WARNING LIGHTS.PUMPING BRAKES BRINGING THEM BACK.(EA94-038)VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVING ANYMORE.
BRAKES PADS REPLACED 10 TIMES. *SD
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY WHILE IN A STEEP INCLINE. TT
BRAKES SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT STOPS. TT
THE ABS SYSTEM ON THE TRUCK WHEN YOU GO TO STOP WHEN IT IS WET THE BRAKES JUST GO TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT STOP THE CAR. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT ON BACK SEAM. OWNER NOTICED NO CORROSION PROTECTION FOR TANK BOTH OLD AND NEW. TT
ABS BRAKES GRABBED AND THEN LOCKED VEHICLE SLID IN BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT
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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