Owner-reported complaints naming the tire or wheel system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 GMC Sierra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD STALL. THEN, SEEP TO THE FLOOR. DEALER REPLACED HUBS ON THE FRONT TWO BRAKES TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE LEFT FRONT DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE FROM THE INSIDE. THE RIGHT WHEEL CYLINDER WAS LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED HUB ASSEMBLY. DEALER REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, ALSO RESURFACED ROTORS. *SCC
TWO TIRES BLEW THREE HOURS APART CAUSING ALMOST $4000 DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. ACCORDING TO THE TIRE TECH, THE THIRD TIRE WAS NOT FAR FROM BLOWING OUT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: CHW8 TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)
AFTER MARKET TIRE DAYTON TIMBERLINE AT TIRE 31X10.5R15 SIZE DOT#: VD60TAT319. TREAD ON REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *JB
GENERAL AMERI 550 AS TIRE (P225 75 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC
TIRES HAVE POOR TRACTION WHEN ON WET SURFACE COMPARED TO BFG OR GENERAL TIRES. (DOT NUMBER: BM05324-1 TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)
WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT THE TIRES, THEY RUB AGAINST THE A FRAME. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
GOODYEAR TIRE FAILURE.
ROCK PUNCTURED GOODYEAR TIRE. (P26575R16)
ORIGINAL TIRES ARE 4-PLY, WHICH ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE OFF ROAD VEHICLE RESULTING IN PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE.
THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE FAILED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SIZE OF TIRE ON AUTOMOBILE.(GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S) P265-75R16.
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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