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 →
ABS BRAKES:DRIVING AT ANY VARIOUS SPEED ,CONSUMER WILL APPLY BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. AT TIMES CONSUMER WILL PUMP BRAKES OR MASH THEM HARD, SOMETIMES WILL REGAIN BRAKES. THIS IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. THE DEALER HS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
RIGHT REAR WINDOW SHATTERED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEEP TINT WITH SOLAR RAY.
FAULTY ABS FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE ALLOWING IT TO CRASH.
ABS RELEASED BRAKES WHEN ENGAGED, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ON DRY PAVEMENT. ALSO, OWNER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS RELATED TO BRAKE PROBLEMS. DEALERS REPLACED SOFTWARE IN ABS BRAKE MODULE, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK
THE ABS WORKS OCCASIONALLY. THE VEHICLE SLIDES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATES. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY A GRINDING SOUND.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONS.
ABS DID NOT ENGAGE IN EMERGENCY STOPPING.
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY; ON REGULAR ROAD CONDTIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE BRAKES GRAB AND DON'T RELEASE. GMC IS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE ABS ENGAGES AND THE VEHICLE PAUSES, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 35-40MPH ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, SLAMMED ON BRAKES & PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DID NOT HIT VEHICLE, BUT SKIDDED OVER THE ROAD. *AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
ON WET PAVEMENT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE SLIDES AND THE BRAKES RESIST. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
WHILE BRAKING THE ABS IS ACTIVATED AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/ BRAKES FADING. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AROUND 40 MPH AND BELOW, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE BRAKE PADS/ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK AT INTERVALS WHICH IS VERY HAZARDOUS IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. *AK *SLC
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT HAVE BEEN REPLACED (4) TIMES WITH LESS THAN 39,000 MILES; ON (11/26/96-22,472 MILES, 6/16/97- 27,825 MILES, 6/19/97- 28,475 MILES AND 7/8/97-31,593 MILES). NOISES ARE COMING FROM THE UNIT, AND NEEDS REPLACING AGAIN. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES PULL TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHEN APPLIED.
ABS BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND FADE, SOMETIMES THEY WILL LOCK UP, WILL NOT RELEASE, OR PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. HAS GONE TO FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERS, CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. CHANGED ROTORS/CALIPIERS 13 TIMES/PROPORTIONAL VALVE 2 TIMES AND MASTER CYLINDERS 13 TIMES. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK *SLC
WHILE BRAKING ON SLICK ROADS, VEHICLE STARTS TO SKID, LOSES ALL POWER TO BRAKES. STARTS TO SKIP, POWER DOES NOT COME BACK UNTIL ALL PRESSURE IS OFF BRAKES. DEALER SAID THAT IS HOW IT SUPPOSE TO WORK. *AK *SLC
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, PROBLEM OCCURS ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT. DEALERS FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FOOT PRESSURE TO STOP.
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, THERE APPEARS TO BE NOISE COMING FROM ABS BRAKES WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE INTO REPAIR CENTER AND WAS TOLD BRAKES HAVE NORMAL PAD WEAR. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, ON ONE OCCASION AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WILL WHIP TO THE LEFT. WHEN TAKEN TO (3) DIFFERENT DEALERS A PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETECTED. *AK *SLC
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES COULD HEAR AIR ESCAPING. THE DEALER SAID THE BOOSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE. THE OWNER HAS TO PUMP THE ABS BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING DRIVER TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE.
INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; VEHICLE KEPT GOING; CRASHED INTO REAR OF ANOTHER VEHIUCLE; 15 MPH. OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCES NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITHIN 1 YEAR, MOSTLY LOW SPEED; INTERMITTENT. NOT DUPLICATED BY DEALER. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS DURING NORMAL BRAKING, THE BRAKES START TO HOLD BUT SEEM TO RELEASE AND MORE STOPPING TIME IS REQUIRED. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW IF THE TRUCK WILL STOP OR NOT IN ORDER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. *AK *SLC
WHENEVER COMING TO A STOP AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHILE FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL , LOSES BRAKES AND HAS TO SWERVE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE TRUCK WILL STOP. *AK
ABS BRAKES ARE SUBJECT TO INTERMITTENT FAILURE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ON OTHER OCCASION, BRAKES MAKE GRINDING SOUND WHILE MAKING A TURN AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK
A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER WHO WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN SHE SLAMMED ON BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD, NEARLY CAUSING A VEHICLE CRASH. *AK
GOING DOWN STEEP DRIVEWAY WHEN ABS BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT TREE HEAD-ON. DRIVER SUFFEREND SERIOUS INJURIES. ENGINEER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID THROUGH A SLOW LEAK CAUSED THE BRAKE FAILURE. VEHICLE CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK.ET.
WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND HEARS A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE THE TRUCK WILL EVENTUALLY STOP.*AK REAR AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL KNOBS WILL NOT STAY ATTACHED TO THE CONTROL, DEALER REPLACED THE KNOB AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT BLOW COLD AT AN IDLE. BOTH FRONT AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING OUT FLUID FROM THE LEFT FRONT AXLE, DEALER REPLACED BOTH SEALS AND RIGHT AXLE. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DIPS DOWN INTO THE RED AT AN IDLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGES READS HOT. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH , DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC
BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THEY RESISTED. FOOT WOULD BE TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE . VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDAS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. *AK
DISC DRUM POWER BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON TWO SEPARATE INSTANCES, ONCE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THROUGH INTERSCTION. TRUCK WAS INSPECTED 2/94 AND 8/97. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CAUSE(S) COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
NOTICEABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNY NOISE; THEREBY CAUSING REDUCTION IN BRAKE (ABS) EFFECTIVENESS. *AK
BRAKES: WHEN ROAD IS SLIPPERUY OR WET SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE TURN, TAPPED BRAKES LIGHTLY THERE WAS TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES.THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. PEDAL DOES NOT GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM AS LONG AS THE HIGHWAY IS DRY. *AK
CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE BRAKES RESISTED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HELD ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY SLOWED, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT PUMPED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT MAKE ANY NOISES. *SLC
IF THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP WHILE THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED, THE ABS KICKS IN AND SURGES THE CAR FORWARD. DEALER REBUILT THE BRAKES. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT EXHIBIT BRAKING ABILITY. HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWICE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
EA94-038, ON ROUTINE CHECKUP, THE VEHICLE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM, AND THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE BRAKING SYSTEM AT 21 MILES. *AK
WHILE ON WET PAVEMENT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED TRUCK GOES INTO A SKID. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER RESET THE LIGHT WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
TIRE TRED STRIPPED AND BULGING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS.
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