Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 GMC Safari submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT SUSPENSION DROPPED ONTO THE FRONT TIRES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND NOT IN USE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE SHOCKS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BUT THE SHOCKS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT LED UP TO THE OCCURRENCE.
WHILE WIFE AN FAMILY WERE IN VAN, PASSENGER SIDE TORSION BAR SNAPPED, SLAMMING RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE DOWN. AWD DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND CAUSING FAMILY TO BECOME STRANDED. GM HAS DISCONTINUED REPLACEMENTS, A CONVERSION IS AVAILABLE FROM THEM FOR OVER $500.00 AND BOTH SIDES NEED TO BE REPLACED/MODIFIED. *AK
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR SNAPPED IN TWO PLACES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB
THE VEHICLE MAKE A POPPING NOISE, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT END WAS ALMOST SITTING ON THE TIRE DUE TO BOTH TORSION BARS WERE BROKE. *YH
DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TORTION BAR BREAKS CAUSING THE FRONT END TO DIVE VERY HARD AND HIT BOTTOM OF FRAME EXTREMELY HARD CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO THE FRONT END HITTING THE BOTTOM OF TRAVEL.*AK
DEFECTIVE BRACKET THAT HOLDS REAR SPRINGS TO REAR AXLE BROKE,CAUSING REAR END TO FALL, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE REAR FROM LEAVING THE VAN WAS THE REAR SHOCKS. . *AK *SLC
AFTER AWHILE TORSION BAR BROKE DOWN, THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER SAID THAT DEALER SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM.*AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. CAME OUT & NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND DUE TO BROKEN TORSION BAR . VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP & SERVICED. BULLETIN ON TORSION BAR FROM MANUFACTURER. TORSION BAR WAS REPAIRABLE.*AK
TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE.
REPLACED FRONT END SUSPENSION. ALSO IDLER ARMSAND ATTACHMENTS REPLACED. *AK
FAILURE OF TORSION BAR AFFECT CONTROLABILITY OF VEHICLE.
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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