ABS: TAKES EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE TO STOP VEHICLE, PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT.
1992 GMC Suburban complaints
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 1992 record →
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
ON NORMAL ROAD CONDTIONS WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES SUDDENDLY THERE IS NO BRAKING ABILITY AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. *SD
FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD EA95-026A. *AK
THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED AND GAVE THE DRIVER NO BRAKES AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS BRAKES CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. TT
# EA95-026; HIT BRAKES ON ICE, ABS TRIED TO WORK THEN WENT OUT. GONE OUT THREE TIMES BEFORE. NOT THERE WHEN NEEDED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
HAVE TO REPAIR THE BRAKE SYSTEM TOO OFTEN POOR PERFORMANCE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING. TT
VEHICLE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, EXPERIENCING LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEM, TO NO AVAIL. TT
FRONT BRAKES FAIL-BRAKES LOSE FLUID-CANNOT SEE WHERE FLUID IS COMING FROM. TT CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE ABS COMES INTO PLAY, THIS COULD BE DETECTED BY THE NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE FRONT LEFT HAS FLUID LEAKING INTO WHEEL WELL, ALSO INSPECTION SHOWS FLUID LEVEL LOW IN MASTER CYLINDER.ALSO FRONT WHEEL BEARING WERE REPLACED, FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED, ALSO FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE.*JB
ABS BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, CAUSING ONE ACCIDENT. TT
THE SERPENTINE BELT MAKES NOISE TOOK TO DEALER EIGHT TIMES DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM . TT DEALER HAS REPLACED WATER PUMP PULLEY ALSO. VEHICLE KEEPS EXPERIENCING OIL LEAKS, DEALER HAS REPLACED 3 GASKETS AND AN OIL FILTER. FRONT BRAKES REPLACED. ALTERNATOR REPLACED. REAR SPEAKERS REPLACED. *SLC
ABS, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT WHEELS ACTUALLY SEEM TO LOCK UP AND ON SLICK STREETS VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS, BY RELEASING BRAKE CONTROL RESUMMED, BUT UNABLE TO STOP IN ANY REASONABLE DISTANCE.*JB
EA95-026 ACTIVE, WENT GOING DOWN INCLINE ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT, COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. TT CONSUMER STATED THE HEATER BAR IS INOPERABLE IT DOES NOT MOVE, ALSO UNABLE TO TURN THE HEAT ON IF THE SYSTEM IS OFF FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE, AFTER THE VEHICLE RUNS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IT WILL TURN ON.*JB
WHILE BACKING OUT BRAKES DO NOT STOP, CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE. TT
DID A PANIC STOP PRESSED ON BRAKE HARD, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TT BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *SLC
THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.TT CONSUMER HAD FRONT AND REAR BRAKES REPLACED IN JAN 1995, IN MAY OF 1995 MASTER CYLINDER WENT OUT, THERE WAS NO BRAKE CONTROL, IN JULY THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING CONTROL, AND THEN REAR ADJUSTER SPRINGS WERE REPLACED.*JB
FAILURE OF THE ABS BRKAES CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TT DEALER REPLACED VACUUM BOOSTER, THERE WAS A BENT ARM ON THE VACUUM TANK. *SLC
#PE95-023 THERE IS NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY CAUSING VEHICLE ACCIDENT. TT
THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. IT WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND CAUSES LONG AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TT
#PE95-023 POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE ON THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE . TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS ON WET AND BUMPY SURFACES. TT
ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP, VEHICLE ROOLED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
BRAKE DON'T STOP CAR ALL THE WAY BRAKE ARE PUMPING TOO SLOWLY (ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE). TT
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, RESULTING IN TWO ACCIDENTS/INJURIES. *AW
ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. TT
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