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 1997 record →
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH STEERING CONTROL OF VEHICLE(VARIABLE ASSIST STEERING SENSOR FAILURE) . VEHICLE BEEN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP AND VARIOUS REPAIRS MADE. BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE TRYING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPACE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND HARD TO TURN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
STEERING IS NOT ADEQUATE, FEELS LOOSE AND CONTROL IS DIFFICULT, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED. MJS
WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH A ROAD CURVE TO THE RIGHT(ONLY) AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SUDDENLY RELEASES OR GIVES WAY, RESULTING IN OVER STEERING , AND VEERING TO THE RIGHT. PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF ONLY IN RIGHT TURNS ABOVE 35 MPH, AND ONLY WHEN STEERING WHEEL EXCEEDS A ROTATION OF 35-40 DEGREES. *AK
NEWLY REPLACED (100MI) DELCO BRAKES FAILED TO STOP CAR IN A NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING CRASH.
HAD PARKED VEHICLE. LEFT FOR AWHILE & THEN RETURNED & TRIED STARTING VEHICLE. WOULD NOT START. CHECKED UNDER HOOD & NOTICED BATTERY ACID HAD DRIPPED DOWN THE SIDE OF TRUCK. THE BATTERY HAD A HOLE IN IT. THE BATTERY WAS ONE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED.
WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT THERE IS RESISTANCE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT ON ITS OWN. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKES NON-EXISTENT OR UNAVAILABLE ON BUMPY ROADS, IN COLD, ICY OR SNOWY CONDITIONS. APPLY THEM, BUT THEY DO NOT SEEM TO WORK AT ALL. COMPLETE SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHECKED AND DEALER CLAIMS THEY FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT HAVE COME CLOSE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
MAJOR BRAKE FAILURE, IN SNOW, ON HILL, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AFTER A LOUD RUMBLE FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, AND 10 DAYS LATER THE EXACT SAMETHING HAPPENED, DEALER INSTALLED ANOTHER MASTER CYLINDER. TEST DROVE, BLEW THAT CYLINDER, THEN REPLACED THE ABS MODULATOR ALONG WITH ANOTHER MASTER CYLINDER, AND SENT US ON OUR WAY. IT IS NOW TWO WEEKS LATER AND BRAKE FAILURE IS BEING NOTICED AGAIN, TRUCK IS SITTING CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP. ALSO, THE STEERING WENT VERY LOOSE AROUND SEPTEMBER 1998, HAD THAT CHECKED AND REPAIRED, AT THIS TIME THE STEERING IS AGAIN GETTING LOOSE. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION. YH
BRAKES FAILED. YH
STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR FAILED. *YC
VELCRO HOOK PAD FOR REAR SAFTEY BELT COMFORT GUIDE FAILED. YH
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE DASH AND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD A GAS SMELL FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD WANDER AT 55 & MORE MPH. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED,REPAIRED ON EIGHT OCCASIONS AND CONDITION STILL OCCURS. MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE HAS A BAD HANDLING PROBLEM. VEHICLE BEGINS WANDERING ALL OVER THE ROAD ONCE REACHING 50MPH, AND IS HARD TO MANAGE AT THESE SPEEDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
I AM A METICULOUS DRIVER. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH 2 SETS OF FRONT ROTORS, 4 SETS OF FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND THE REAR BRAKES STILL LOOK LIKE NEW. THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER BENDIX; MANY ACQUAINTENANCES OF MINE HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE BBB AUTO LINE MANY TIMES AND GMC MANY TIMES; I AM NOW IGNORED AND GMC HAS WARRANTIED NONE OF THESE REPAIRS. THE BRAKING DISTANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BECAUSE THE FRONT BRAKES ARE DOING APPROX 90 PERCENT OF THE STOPPING; PROBLEM IS WORSE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE HOT. P.S. I ENTERED THE VIN CORRECTLY BUT THIS PAGE WOULD NOT TAKE IT; I DOUBLE CHECKED. ????
SEAST TRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS LOOSE AND POPS OUT. ALSO, THE A/C DAMPER ACTUATOR ARM HITS BOTTOM OF FLOOR PAN WHEN A/C IS FIRST TURNED ON.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THEY PULSATE AND MAKE THE VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WITH EXTRA BRAKING DISTANCE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY POWER STEERING FROZE, CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN WHEEL. *AK
WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN ON A CURVE, THE STEERING FEELS LIKE IT GOES AWAY AND THERE IS NO STEERING CONTROL AT ALL. THE STEERING GEAR BOX HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
REAR BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKES AND CAUSING BRAKES TO FADE.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL IN EMERGENCY STOPS.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL IN EMERGENCY STOPS.
AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH THE POWER STEERING RELEASES AND THE YUKON WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE STEERING BOX HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROX 42 MPH BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE SLIPPING. DID NOT STOP IN TRAFFIC. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR,BRAKES FADED OUT. VEHICLE WENT ABOUT 84 FEET STILL DID NOT STOP. REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER SAID REAR BRAKE WAS OUT OF AJUSTMENT. *AK
FRONT TIRES RUB AGAINST SUSPENSION DURING A FULL LEFT/RIGHT TURN, CAUSING THE INNER SIDEWALLS TO BE DAMAGED DUE TO THE RUBBING. *AK
DRIVER SEAT POWER RISER FAILED.
OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH, TRYING TO MAKE A TURN , STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND THEY RESISTED. *AK
GAS TANK CAP WAS NOT PROPERLY SHUT, FORCING RAW FUEL INTO ROLLOVER VENTS AND THAT SENSORS WERE SHUTTING FUEL DOWN AND RAW FUEL WAS ESCAPING/LEAKING, RESULLTIN GIN A FIRE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT (35) MPH THE RETAINING RING BROKE AND FELL INTO THE OIL PUMP INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE AND CAUSED STEERING PROBLEMS AND LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP. *AK
STEERING IS POOR, DEMONSTRATES THE TENDENCY TO WANDER.
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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