10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #8

Apr 172002

Suburban

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Have owned '90gmc C1500 P/U & '99 GMC C1500 Suburban in past 12 years; both vehicles have had same problems w/ front brake pull/wear; suspension; brake pipes; engine/trans. Hesitation, hang....; corroded + battery cables, batteries; leaking HVAC ducts; and on & on. How in the world does 12+/- years of documented brake problems across vehicle lines/models not warrant a massive recall and/or compensation to owners for obviously faulty engineering, materials, etc....."???!!!! I suppose the Ford/Firestone problems took precedence? can you say "class action"?"

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #7

Apr 172002

Suburban

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Have owned '90gmc C1500 P/U & '99 GMC C1500 Suburban in past 12 years; both vehicles have had same problems w/ front brake pull/wear; suspension; brake pipes; engine/trans. Hesitation, hang....; corroded + battery cables, batteries; leaking HVAC ducts; and on & on. How in the world does 12+/- years of documented brake problems across vehicle lines/models not warrant a massive recall and/or compensation to owners for obviously faulty engineering, materials, etc....."???!!!! I suppose the Ford/Firestone problems took precedence? can you say "class action"?"

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #6

Jul 252002

(reported on)

Suburban 4WD

  • miles
GMC can not solve the problem. Vehicle has been returned 14 times under warranty and service bulletins can not fix the problem. Vehicle pulls violently to the left. At high sppeds( 62-68 mph) the vehicle has a tendency to jump to the left over the center line into on-coming traffic.

- Bonney Lake, WA, USA

problem #5

Oct 211999

(reported on)

Suburban

  • miles
While driving at highway speeds vehicle will for a second, pull to the right or left. Cause unknown.

- Meraux, LA, USA

problem #4

Apr 151999

Suburban

  • miles
Vehicle is going to the left and to the right about a foot to the side of the road.

- Anhurst, OH, USA

problem #3

Apr 191999

Suburban 4WD

  • miles
I lost track of brake failures. The tires wear excessively and need balancing and rotation. There is a vibration from the gas pedal, but nothing is found. The better business bureau resulted in an unsatisfactory offer - I have to pay to clear the title to have the car taken back. No other '99 is like ours to replace it.

- Chandler, AZ, USA

problem #2

Apr 121999

(reported on)

Suburban 4WD

  • miles
Car continually pulls to the left. I've had it aligned 3 times by the dealership and they claim the car shows wheels are aligned. The last time they aligned the car, they took the front wheel assembly off to adjust the camber, stating that to adjust toe-in anymore would bring the vehicle out of factory specs. I contacted "the car doctor" a radio show master technician (ron armenian) from wor radio in N.Y. and he said that my problem was most likley due to a steering box malfunction since I have speed sensitve electronic steering. He said the car probably is aligned but the computer is making incorrect readings and thus causing the car to pull. He said to contact you because he has heard of this problem before and felt there is an actual defect and that GMC could even recall the car.

- New York, NY, USA

problem #1

Oct 011998

Suburban 4WD

  • miles
ABS brake failure. Also, front disc brakes and rear brake drums failed.also, vehicle pulls to left and then right.

- Thornton, CO, USA