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1984 GMC Suburban Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 May 23, 2001
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1984 GMC Suburban, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels360.0%
  • Brakes120.0%
  • Other / unspecified120.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WENT TO SLOW DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING, AND THEN SAW VEHICLE WOBBLING. TIRE BLEWOUT, AND DAMAGED RUNNING BOARD. FIRESTONE, LT 235/85R16, STEELTEX TEX R4S. *AK

NHTSA ID 888998 · filed May 23, 2001

3YEARS AGO - 4 NEW TIRES PUT ON BY WESTERN AUTO - WHO WAS THEN BOUGHT BY SEARS - 9/2/00 TIRE TROUBLE - TAKEN TO NTB - (SEARS TIRE) TOLD THAT 1 TIRE HAD SEPERATED - REPLACED THE 1 TIRE - THEN HAD TROUBLE WITH ANOTHER TIRE - RETURNED TO NTB ON 9/14/00 TO FIND THAT ANOTHER TIRE HAD SEPERATED - BY ACCIDENT WHEN TALKING TO MECHANIC WAS TOLD THAT ON 9/2 HE HAD INFORMED THE FRONT THAT ALL 4 TIRES HAD SEPERATED. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. CAN FAX DOCUMENTATION IF NECESSARY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PS 0957408 TIRESIZE: 235/75/R15)

NHTSA ID 732633 · filed Sep 27, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

PROPORTIONING VALVE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL. TT

NHTSA ID 963165 · filed Apr 5, 1995

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

RIGHT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN COLLISION.

NHTSA ID 520744 · filed Aug 20, 1997

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .