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 2000 record →
HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. CRUISE QUITS THEN WORKS. POWER WINDOWS QUIT, THEN WORK. DEALER CHECKED GROUNDS AND INSTALLED NEW HEADLIGHT AND POWER WINDOW SWITCHS. NOW POWER DOOR LOCKS QUIT AND CRUISE QUIT AGAIN. FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. PROBLEMS NOT SOLVED.*AK
PASSENGER'S SIDE AND THE SLIDING DOOR RATTLE AS IF THEY ARE NOT CLOSED. ALSO, PASSENGER DOOR BOUNCES UP AND DOWN WHEN HITTING A BUMP. CONTACTED GMC, AND GMC STATED THIS WAS NORMAL.*AK CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE DOOR WILL COME OPEN IF VEHICLE HITS A BUMP OR IS INVOLVED IN A MINOR CRASH. *SLC
SEAT BELT WEBBING IS SEPARATING ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, NO BRAKING INVOLVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES. TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL IT WOULD PULSATE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, DRIVER HAS TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP;. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OR MORE TIMES, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RISER NOT OPERABLE. THE BRAKES VIBRATE. THE LEFT WINDOW WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD COOLANT LEAK. *YH
TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY WOULD SLIP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHILE TRAVELING AT A REGULAR SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OR MORE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLS ON THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER REPAIRED ALL CONNECTION AT STARTER AND ENGINE. ALSO THE VEHICLE HAD POPPING SOUND WHEN BRAKES WAS APPLIED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH REAR RIGHT SUSPENSION AND TIRE. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RISER WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD A ROARING NOISE ON HARD STOP AND EXTENDED CRANK INTERMETING ROUGH STAND DUE TO ROTORS FAILURE. *YH
ENGINE STALLING WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OR MORE OCCASIONS, AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM *AK
ON 4 OCCASIONS DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. AFTER SHUTING OFF VEHICLE AND WAITING 15 MINUTES, LIGHTS WILL RESTART. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK
NONE OF SEATBELTS LOCK UP WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES. CHILD SEAT SLAMS FORWARD BECAUSE SEAT BELTS WON'T HOLD. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LIGHTS IN DASH AND RADIO GO OUT, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SLC
UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL WHENEVER THERE IS A BUMP IN ROAD SURFACE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
REAR AXLE WELDED WRONG 1/2 OFF, DRAG LINKAGE INSTALLED BACKWARDS, HEADLIGHTS WAY OUT OF ADJUSTMENT CAUSING LIMITED 30-50 VISIBILITY, PROPANE HOSE BLOCKING FILL VALVE AND NEEDS TO BE PRIED OUT OF THE WAY TO FILL TANK WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRACK OR LEAK, NHTSA RECALL REPAIR NOT COMPLETED AT DEALER EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE REPLACEMENT FOR 20 DAYS PRIOR TO DELIVERY. *AK
LATCH ON THE SLIDDING DOOR DOES NOT STAY SECURE WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED, DOOR DOES GET LOOSE, AND SLAM ON A PERSON IN THE WAY. *AK LATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. *YH
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL WAS STICKING/ WOULDN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. ALSO, WAS PULLING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL.*AK
WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT/HARD TO HANDLE. THIS IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
APPLIED BRAKES, BUT VAN KEPT TRAVELING CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN THE STOP SIGN, RELIZED THAT POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE
WHEN VEHICLE PARKED ON INCLINE (NOSE DOWN), THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT HOLD OPEN. GMC CONFIRMS A DESIGN CHANGE FROM 1999 WHICH REMOVED A SAFETY CATCH ON SLIDING DOOR. PREVIOUSLY, YOU HAD TO MOVE DOOR HANDLE TO RELEASE THE DOOR FROM FULLY LOCKED OPEN POSITION, THIS RELEASE MECHANISM HAS BEEN REMOVED. AT TIME OF DELIVERY, DOOR WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED ROLLER CATCH 1/4". ENTERING VEHICLE WHILE ON INCLINE MAY JIGGLE CAR ENOUGH TO DISLODGE CATCH AND DOOR CAN SLAM INTO PASSENGERS WHILE ENTERING SLIDING DOOR-WAY. DANGER IS EXTREME TO CHILDREN LARGE ENOUGH TO PUSH DOOR OPEN BUT NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO STOP IT SAFELY. GMC CLAIMS IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED, WE CLAIM THE NEW DESIGN IS FLAWED. GM TELEPHONE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP, DEALER SERVICE/SALES ALL INDICATE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF DESIGN CHANGE AND AGREE THAT IT IS DANGEROUS. *AK
WHEN APPROACHING A STOP DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, AND PROCEEDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE LOST. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML
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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