Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 GMC Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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 GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65MPH VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUT OFF, AND BRAKES/ STEERING LOCKED UP, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE INJECTION PUMP FIVE TIMES, AND NOW THE PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING AGAIN. *AK CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER AND THE DEALER REPLACED INJECTION PUMP, MODULE ON THE PUMP, WASTE GATE MODULE BUT ALL WERE JUST BAD GUESS. *YH
STEERING COLUMN IS NOT OPERABLE AT THIS TME, IT JERKS. *AK
WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY A NISSAN. UPON IMPACT BY NISSAN, THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE VISIBILITY. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL WENT FORWARD. HAD LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY
ABS BRAKES FAILED EIGHT TIMES, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT; ALSO CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AND THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL LOSING STEERING CONTROL. *AK
ABS: BRAKE SYSTEM HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; STEERING WENT OUT OF CONTROL; HEARD LOUD GRINDING KNOCKING NOISE. TT
BRAKES ARE INADEQUATE FOR THIS VEHICLE, ALSO VEHICLE BECOMES UNSTABLE WHEN BRAKING WHILE GOING DOWNHILL AROUND TURNS.
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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