Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 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 CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACE THREE TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS LAST FAILURE CAUSED TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE NEARLY CAUSING A FIRE. *NM
IGNITION SYSTEM FAILED TWICE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, AND REMAINS IN 2ND GEAR. THE SPEEDOMOTER DOESN'T WORK AND THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THE SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT ALSO GOES OUT. I CONTACTED TWO LOCAL GM DEALERS. BOTH MACHANICS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG, AS THEY HAVE MANY COME IN LARELY WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THEY KNEW THE EXACT PRICE AND TIME IT TAKES TO PUT THE PART IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SO MANY OF THEM LATELY. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MECHANICS REPLIED THAT HE IS SURPRISED THEY HAVEN'T RECALLED THIS PART YET. HE'S REPLACED SO MANY OF THEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING GAUGES STARTED TO WORK ERRATICALLY. PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED SOMETHING LEAKING UNDER CAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACK IN CASING. *AK
DURING WINTER VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD INTO FIRST GEAR. ALSO, HAS A JERKING MOTION WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. *AK
TRANMISSION REPLACED BY PITRE, UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED THIS SUMMER. REASON? CRACKED HOUSING. NOTHING WRONG WITH MECHANICAL. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ONCE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION. I FEEL THE HOUSING IS FAULITY. NOW THE A/C UNIT FAILED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GMC PRODUCT.
DRIVERS SEAT FAILED CAUSING IT TO BREAK, FIXED AND BROKE AGAIN.
THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE IS RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF THE TRUCK. TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKES LOCK UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT.
EVERY WEEK IN THIS MONTH A TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 35 MPH. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT STARTER WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE TORQUE CONVERTER.*JB
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INDICATER CAN BE MOVED WITHOUT KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION SWITCH.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
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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