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1991 GMC S15 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 Sep 8, 1999
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Oct 13, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1991 GMC S15. 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 1–8 of 8

BrakesEngine
Filed Sep 8, 1999

1) OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED AT 37K MILES & WOULDN'T PASS STATE EMISSION INSPECTION, WHOLE SYSTEM REWIRED. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED AGAIN AT 73K MILES, NEW SENSOR INSTALLED. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILING AT 117K MILES. HAVE NOT HAD IT REPLACED YET. (2) ABS SYSTEM FAILED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND FIXED (UNDER WARRANTY-NO DETAILS FROM DEALER). ABS FAILED AGAIN AT 37K MILES. CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. ABS FAILED AGAIN AT 117K MILES, SIMULTANEOUS FAILURE OF SEVERAL WHEEL SENSORS. ABS SYSTEM ISSUE AT 140K MILES - SENSORS AND BACKING PLATES (?).

NHTSA ID
711064
BrakesInterior & seatsPowertrain (other)
Filed Oct 2, 1998

ABS FAILED; ELECTRONIC DASH PANEL BURNED UP; AND THE REAR AXLE SHAFT BEARING FAILED.

NHTSA ID
780630
Incident
Nov 1, 1997
Brakes
Filed Aug 11, 1998

BRAKES FAILED.

NHTSA ID
539710
Incident
Aug 10, 1998
Brakes
Filed Feb 5, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM HAS BECOME INOPERATIVE, NO LONGER FUNCTIONS , ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND REMAINED ON, DEALER WILL CHANGE ELECTRO HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. *AK

NHTSA ID
808662
Incident
Jan 15, 1995
Brakes
Filed Apr 18, 1996

FAILURE ON THE ABS BRAKES, THE LIGHTS STAY ON THE DASH. *AK

NHTSA ID
982965
Incident
Dec 26, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Dec 5, 1995

THE BACK SEAT BELT BUCKLES DON'T HOLD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
976082
Seat belts
Filed Oct 31, 1995

REAR PASSENGER CENTER SEAT BELT BUCKLE, MALE WON'T GO INTO FEMALE PORTION. TT

NHTSA ID
974203
Brakes
Filed Oct 13, 1995

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROL MODULE, RENDERING ABS INOPERATIVE, WITHOUT WARNING. TT ELECTRONICS INSIDE ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND THE UNIT WAS NOT SERVICABLE. *YH

NHTSA ID
973363
Incident
Sep 25, 1995

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.

Data sources

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