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 1994 record →
THIS CONDITION IS VERY SERIOUS WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF YOUR BRAKES THE MOST THEY COMPLETLY FAIL WITH NO INDICATION UNDER NORMAL BRAKE USE. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY USEFULL DISCRIPTION ON WHAT HAPPENED. I AM A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SERVICE . *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD. DEALER HAS REPAIRED WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD. *AK *ML
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING AT TIMES, AT OTHER TIMES THEY WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 98V150001. *AK
THE BATTERY IS LEAKING ONTO THE BRAKE LINES WHICH COULD CAUSE TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN PARK. FOUR YEAR OLD SON WAS CLIMBING OVER THE DRIVER TO GET IN, AND ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTO REVERSE. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC THE CAR HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE THE BRAKES /STEERING AND HEADLIGHTS TO GO COMPLETLY OUT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DIESEL ENGINE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION PUMP. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES WITH THE SAME DESIGN PUMP EVERY 2 1/2 YEARS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TRAVELLING ABOUT 20MPH ,CROSSED AN INTERSECTION, AND VEHICLE TWO CAR LENGTHS AHEAD STOPPED. ALSO, VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER STOPPED. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED. *AK
REAR ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP AND SLIDE DUE TO DESIGN. *NLM
MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE NHTSA RECALLS #98V150001 & #98V150000. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE EXISTING NHSTA RECALLS NEED TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDED ADDITIONAL DATES OF VEHICLE MANUFACTURE OR ADDITIONAL WIPER CIRCUT BOARDS. *AK
NO SUMMARY
THE BRAKES FAILED ON A WET ROUGH SURFACE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES AT ALL. THIS HAPPENED TO MY SON IN 1994 AND I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE OK. THIS LAST TIME WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER I WAS ADVISED THAT GMC KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT GMC DID NOT NOTIFY THE DEALER'S HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I CALLED GMC AT 1-800-462-8782 AND SPOKE TO AUDREY PRESSLEY AND KEVIN, FILE #99289962 TO KNOW SATISFACTION ABOUT REPAIRING THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED BY THE LOCAL GMC DEALER. WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED I WAS VERY LUCKY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT SEEMS THAT THE BRAKES FAIL ON A WET BUMPY SURFACE. THE REST OF THE TIME THEY ARE OK.
NON-REPEATABLE, INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ABS REDUCES BRAKING PERFORMANCE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POINT OF LOSS OF CONTROL
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES FAILE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THANK GOD NO ONE WAS INJURED I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFRORE ANY ONE DOES GET HURT. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ABS BRAKE MODULE. *AK
WNIDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AFTER PUSHING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MANUALLY THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AGAIN. DRIVER ALMOST HAD ONE CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V15001, WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING DUE TO VIN. *AK
THE PROBLEM WAS OCASSIONAL, NOW IT IS COMPLETE FAILURE. THERE IS CURRENTLY A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE 1994 CHEVORLET SUBURBAN- FOR WINSHIELD MOTOR FAILURE, HOWEVER WHEN I CONTACTED GMC, THEY TOLD ME IT DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETELY CUT OFF WHILE WORKIING,AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN COME ON.DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 98V1500000 DUE TO VIN. *AK
I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM STATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #: 98V150000. MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN # 98043. WHEN I CHECKED WITH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE ID NUMBER WAS NOT COVERED BY THIS NOTICE AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A GREATER NUMBER OF VEHICLE NEED TO BE COVER AS THE PROBLEM STATED IN YOUR NOTICE IS EFFECTING MY VEHICLE.
WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH IS ACTIVATED, SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL WORK, AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY WON'T. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED UNDER NORMAL OR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS THERE IS A DECREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE, ON ROUGH SURFACE, THERE ARE NO BRAKES AT ALL WHE VEHICLE GOES INTO THE ANTI-LOCK MODE. ALSO, WHEN PEDAL IS APPLIED IN A HARD BRAKING SITUATION AFTER THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM KICKS IN, PEDAL WILL RELEASE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTICE AND IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH REIMBURSEMENT. MJS (WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROLLER).
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND FADES RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MJS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP, TRUCK STARTS TO STOP THEN BEGINS TO GLIDE. THIS CAUSED OWNER TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. BRAKING PROBLEM WAS NOT YET RESOLVED. *AK *ML
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 30MPH AND BELOW UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES, AND ONCE CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, AND MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. HOWEVER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY IN RAIN. GO OFF & ON BY THEMSELVES. WOULD HAVE GET OUT & HIT MOTOR START WIPERS AT TIMES. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBLITY FOR THE DRIVER. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK
WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP. THIS CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, BUT CONSTANT. TAKING TO DEALER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOSES POWER WITHOUT ANY INDICATIONS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AND UPON MAKING ANY NORMAL STOP BRAKES DISENGAGED FOR A PERIOD AND KICKED IN, RESULTING IN A MINOR REAR END COLLISION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
I HAVE REPORTED THIS RECURRING ABS FAILURE BEFORE. WHILE I SEE THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MANY CHEVROLET AND GM TRUCKS,, I DO NOT SEE MY VEHICLE LISTED. WHY?
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE ONLY SLOWS DOWN AND WON'T STOP. OWNER HAS CRASHED TWICE. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *AK *ML
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AT 35 MPH WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS BEGAN TO DETERIORATE, CONSUMER TURNED ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND BLADES FLEW OFF, RESULTING IN CONSUMER TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
EA95026, POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND HITTING ANY KIND OF ROAD SURFACE CHANGE, MAINLY POTHOLES, TRUCK WOULD NOT BRAKE FOR OTHER 6 TO 8 FEET, DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED THE THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION. *AK
EA 95026, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
I GROW WARY OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM DAILY. I PLAN TO HAVE THE DEALER LOOK AT THE SYSTEM.
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS GOING TO THE BEACH,AFTER TWO HOURS ON THE ROAD THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. LIKE YOU WOULD JUST TURN THE IGNITION OFF!!! WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. I JUST FOUND ON THECOMPLAINTS DATABASE SEARCH THE VERY SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE. IT IS ODI ID: 805983 AND YES I AM CONCERNED THAT I'M GOING TO GET RUN OVER ON THE INTERSTATE!!! IF GMC CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, WHEN SHOULD I HAVE MY LAWYER FILE A SUIT? RIGHT AWAY??? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JACK VAUGHN
THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON MORE THAN 30 OCCASIONS SINCE THE GMC 1500 SURBURBAN WAS PURCHASED NEW. AILURES ARE SPORATIC. IN SEVERAL INSTANCES THE VEHICAL WENT THROUGH INTERSECTIONS DUE TO THE BRAKES NOT ACTIVATING DESPITE APPLYING NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE NEW AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. GMC HAAS BEEN CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES BUT DENYS ANY ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS FAILED AT WITH APPROXIMATELY 55,000 AN 75,000 MILES ON THE VEHICAL RESPECTIVLY. THE SPRING /REEL MECHANISM APPEARED TO BE BROKEN IN BOTH INSTANCES CAUSING THE REEL LOCKING MECHANISM NOT TO ENGAGE AND ALLOWING THE SEAT BELT TO HAVE SLACK DURING ANY DRIVING SITUATION EG SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT TENSION DURING STOPPING OR AT REST.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED SUDDENLY. THE BRAKES SEEM TO ENGAGE, DISENGAGE AND THEN ENGAGE AGAIN. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHENEVER PEDAL IS APPLIED IT GOES LOWER TO THE FLOOR THEN NORMAL. VEHICLE INSPECTED BY DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IS THE WAY IT OPERATES.. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
EVERY THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED, WOULD HAVE SEVERE PULLING TO THE LEFT. HAPPENS EVERY TIME. THERE IS A TSB #86-50-20A. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR FOR FREE. THE WIPER MOTOR DO NOT COME ON UNLESS WIRES ARE JIGGLED FIRST. MANUFACTURER #98043. VEHICLE VIN DID NOT FALL UNDER RECALL.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. *AK
GM IS RECALLING MODEL YEARS 1991-1996 SUV AND PICK-UPS FOR A PROBLEM WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS. APPARENTLY THIS RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE SUBURBANS MANUFACTURED DURING THE SAME YEARS. HOWEVER, I AM WITHOUT DOUBT THAT THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS IN THESE SUBURBANS. ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS, MY SUBURBAN'S BRAKES HAVE FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE MOVED FROM A SURFACE WITH GOOD TRACTION TO ONE WITH POOR TRACTION THEN BACK TO GOOD TRACTION. EACH TIME, THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS GREATLY EXTENDED, RESULTING IN MY VEHICLE PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS (STOP SIGNS). FORTUNATELY, IN NO CASE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC PRESENT OR AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE RESULTED. REPEATED INSPECTIONS OF THE BRAKES (BUT NOT THE SENSOR SWITCH, I PRESUME) REVEALS NO PROBLEMS, BUT AS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER I KNOW THE PROBLEM IS VERY REAL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS RECALL BE EXTENDED TO SUBURBANS. THE CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSOR SWITCH ARE VERY DANGEROUS. I PLAN TO HAVE THIS SWITCH CHANGED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *AK
ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENTS, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHEN ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE ON BUMPY ROADS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I'VE COME WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN BRAKING ON ROUGH PAVEMENT.*AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED ON A WET SURFACE CAUSING ME TO SKID INTO A VAN IN FRONT OF ME. DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTY WAS APPROX. &2,500. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON VEHICLE TEND TO DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKING ON A BUMPY SURFACE WHICH ONCE CAUSED ME TO SKID INTO A SKID.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
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