1993 GMC Pickup

Routine

Owners filed 13 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer › motor. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor3
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring2
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Suspension › Rear1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner1
000
Seats1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jun 7, 2006WA

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED, SHORTLY AFTER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. GOT RECALL INFORMATION, AND TOOK IT INTO 5 STAR DEALERSHIP. THEY VERIFIED THAT THE LOW AND REVERSE CLUTCH WERE WORN. BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE OR REMEDY THE SITUATION. THEY DID HOWEVER HONOR RECALL 99041 AND INSTALLED WIRING HARNESS FOR EBCM FOR ABS BRAKES. HOW IS ONE RECALL TOO OLD TO HONOR, YET ANOTHER IS NOT? THE TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS ISSUED IN 1994, MY JIMMY HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP PREVIOUSLY IN 1999. I WOULD THINK THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THEN. *NM

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Nov 5, 2003MA

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTANTLY. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DO WORK.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Mar 20, 200380,000 milesAR

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WORK INTERMITTENTLY, STOPPING AT ANY TIME DURING OPERATION HAMPERING VISIBILITY AND CREATING A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Dec 18, 2002KY

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 6, 2001WV

BLISTERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN TREAD OF ALL FOUR KELLY, SPRINGFIELD TIRES, SIZE: LT235/85R16, DOT: UNKNOWN ON 1993, GMC 3/4 TON TRUCK. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 7000 MILES ON THE TIRES, AND THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE WITH 235/85/16 AT NO CHARGE. *YH

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed May 1, 2000TX

THE WIND HIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK 99% OF THE TIME DUE TO A WIRING PROBLEM (IT APPEARS). YOU CAN GET UNDER THE HOOD AND TOUCH THE WIPER MOTOR AND WIRING A NUMBER OF PLACES AND THEY WILL WORK. SOMETIMES JUST TOUCHING THE WIRING JACK WILL DO THE SAME, YET WHEN YOU TURN LOOSE THEY WILL STOP. WHEN THEY DO WORK YOU MUST HAVE THEM ON HIGH, THEN A LOT OF THE TIME THEY WORK AS IF THEY ARE ON DELAY, OR THEY WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND LET ME KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS. IT IS A SAFTY HAZARD NOT HAVING WIPERS WHEN IT'S RAINING/WHEN SOMEONE PASSES YOU AND HIT'S A WATER PUDDLE, AND IT SPLASHES ON YOUR WINDSHILED AND THEY WILL NOT WORK TO CLEAN IT OFF. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jun 24, 1997TX

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN THE RAIN THE WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAD A DEFECTIVE PLUS MODULE. *AK

Suspension › Rear
Filed Sep 23, 1996TX

REAR SUSPENSION NOISE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jun 26, 1996CA

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO BRAKE PEDAL FEELING SPONGY/DEPRESSING TO THE FLOOR. *SD

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Apr 17, 1996TX

DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST BOLTS CAME LOOSE, CAUSING SEATBACK TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS ONTO REAR SEAT; SPEED 30 OR 35 MPH; NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. *AK

Seats
Filed Apr 2, 1996CA

SEAT TRACK HANDLE/RACKET ADJUSTMENT LEVER BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Feb 9, 1996PA

ROTORS CORRODED PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Feb 25, 1995MI

ENGINE KNOCKS AT START UP. *AW

13 of 13 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20025000Routine
20015000Routine
200012000Routine
199923100Routine
199814200Routine
199722200Routine
199619210Routine
199532200Routine
199423200Routine
1993 — this page13000Routine
199210000Routine
19916040Routine
19908000Routine

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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.