Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 GMC Safari submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
LOSS OF BRAKE ACTION DUE TO INSTANT FLUID LOSS. BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO EXTREME AND ISOLATED CORROSION IN BRAKELINE LOCATED AREA OF GASOLINE TANK (FORWARD OF REAR AXLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE.) NO NOTICE OR PRIOR EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE. HAVE NOTED MANY INTERNET COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE AND LOCATION ON BOTH GMC SAFARI AND CHEVROLET ASTRO VANS AND SILVERADO LIGHT TRUCKS - YEAR AND/OR MILEAGE NOT A FACTOR. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GMC SAFARI. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR CONSISTENTLY ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SECONDLY, WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SKIDS. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING A DEALER IN REFERENCE TO THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 175,000. UPDATED 04-23-09 *BF UPDATED 04/24/09.*JB
NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IDENTICAL TO THOSE EXPERIENCED BY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE TYPE. TWICE NOW WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC SITUATION THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. REPLACED ECU ON BRAKE SYSTEM ONCE NOW DEALER INFORMS THAT IS MUST BE REPLACED AGAIN AT A COST OF $1200. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXTRAVAGANT MAINTENANCE EXPENSE EVERY TIME YOU NEED THE ANTI-LOCK PORTION OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT DUE TO FAILURE, MUST REPLACE IDLER ARMS EVERY TWO YEARS DUE TO FAILURE AND ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTERS ON THE BLOWER SWITCH DUE TO OVERHEATING AND MELTING THE SWITCH. *NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VHICLE.*AK
BRAKES STOPPED BUT ACTED VERY SLOW AND LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES AFTER IT HAPPENED. BRAKE SYSTEM HAS NOW LOST THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND WAS GIVEN A PRICE OF $1500 TO REPLACE. I BELIEVE THIS IT EXTREAMLY TOOHIGH. *AK
WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. MECHANIC SAYS THE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD BE THROWN INTO ANOTHER LANE. FIRST, BRAKES ON DRIVER'S SIDE, WOULD LOCK UP. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED & WAS INFORMED ITS THE ABS. *AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD TO AVOID A CRASH, TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH, THE ANTI LOCK WARNING LIGH CAM EON. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WAS TOLD THE UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 15 MPH PREPAIRING TO STOP, WEATHER CONDITION WAS DRY, REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, HEARD NOISE ,NO REACTION, NO SKID MARKS FROM WHEELS. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. CHANGED BRAKEPADS AND SHOES/ROTORS/MASTER CYLINDER. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED DUE TO CAUSING NOISE. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS. FRONT BRAKES WORN TO SENSORS, DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR BRAKE DRUMS REPLACED, FRONT CALIPER DRAGGING. CONSUMER STATES FROST COMING OUT OF VENTS AT TIMES. OIL PRESSURE DISPLAY UNSTABLE AND INTERMITTENT, DEALER REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT REPLACED. WIND NOISE AROUND DRIVER DOOR. *SLC
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED DURING A PANIC STOP SITUATION. *AK *JB
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE.
ON DRY ROAD WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKE SOMTIMES BRAKE DOESN'T HOLD, HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
REAR AXLE SEAL GOES OUT CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO REAR BRAKE PADS; REPAIRED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 6 MONTHS; BRAKES NOT CONSISTENT; EXCESSIVE EFFORT. TT
ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT KEEP COME ON . TT
BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED.
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