1992 GMC Vandura Series

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 2, 2000TX

TRAVELING AT 70MPH ON I-45, THE TREAD ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE HOUSING. THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED AND I STOPPED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75-15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75-15 )

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Dec 12, 1999MN

THE SPACE ALLOWED BETWEEN BRAKE PEDAL AND ENGINE COVER DOES NOT ALLOW UNIMPINGED MOVEMENT. MANY TIMES MY FOOT HAS GOTTEN HUNG UP TRYING TO BRAKE. I CANNOT WEAR BOOTS TO DRIVE. *AK

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Apr 4, 1999OH

I HAD THE FOURTH SET OF LOWER BALL JOINTS INSTALLED ON THIS VEHICLE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999!! THE FIRST TWO WERE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, INCLUDING GENERAL MOTORS HELPING PAY FOR THE TWO TIRES WHICH WERE PREMATURELY RUINED DUE TO THE PROBLEM. IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, THE DEALER HAS AGREED TO REPLACE TO MORE TIRES, BUT I AM STILL STUCK WITH A $288 BILL FOR PARTS AND LABOR , WHICH I BELIEVE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY. IN ADDITION, I HAD TO REPLACE TWO DAMAGED TIE ROD ENDS LAST DECEMBER, A CONDITION WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS, GENERAL MOTORS CONTINUES TO INSTALL ON THESE VEHICLES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineCrash
Filed Aug 28, 1997FL

(3)THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST (5) FIVE YEARS WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH THE ENGINE QUITS, THEN WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE ENGINE IS ABLE TO RESTART. ON THE LAST OCCASION, VEHICLE WAS COASTING TO A STOP IN A NARROW EMERGENCY LANE AND WAS REAR ENDED, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SLC

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19973010Routine
19961000Routine
19953000Routine
19943000Routine
19936000Routine
1992 — this page4000Routine
19913000Routine

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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.