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1993 GMC G20 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 3, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jul 22, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 GMC G20. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Transmission
Filed Nov 3, 2003

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUN GEAR HAS A HIGH RATE OF FAILURE, PER DEALERSHIP. WHEN IT FAILS REVERSE GEAR MALFUNCTIONS, AND THEN ALL OTHER GEARS FAIL TO FUNCTION. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED REINFORCEMENT BY USING THICKER MATERIAL FOR THE COLLAR SPINE. THIS PART FAILED TWICE WITHIN 11,000 MILES. *AK

NHTSA ID
10046205
Mileage
69,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Feb 3, 2000
Crash reported

WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROAD TRAVELING 35MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. ON HIGHWAY AT 45-50MPH AND EXITING OFF THE RAMP, HIT GRAVEL A VEHICLE STOPPED AHEAD. CONSUMER HAD TO QUICKLY APPLY BRAKES. BUT, AGAIN THERE WERE NO BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
856143
Incident
Jun 5, 1998
Brakes
Filed Jul 22, 1999

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT PEDAL NEARLEY WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
842967

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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