Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. THE WIPER MOTOR WORKED INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED FOR ANY ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL DEFECT. NEITHER A DEALERSHIP NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE DEFECT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL DUE TO THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. UPDATED 03/15/07. *JB
WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. *AK THIS WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE AND THEN INTO PARK. THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AT LEAST FIVE TIME PER WEEK. THE LEFT REAR UPPER PORTION OF THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER GRID WAS INOPERATIVE AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. *SC
WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE SPORADICALLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. CAUSED A NEAR COLLISION WITH MY WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN ON BOARD.*AK
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED SPORADICALLY CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY. *NLM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR FOR 1998 MODEL BUT NOT THE 1999 MODEL. *TS *NLM
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALER REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE WIPER MOTOR. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK JLG
THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD FOGS. *SLC
WINDSHIELD CRACKED UP MIDDLE, WE'VE SEEN MANY GMC PRODUCTS WITH THE SAME CRACK
WHEN DRIVING WHILE IT IS SNOWING OR SLEETING, THE RIGHT SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOVES SNOW AND ICE TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE END OF THE LEFT SIDE WIPER THEN PUSHES THE SNOW/ICE DOWN THE WINDSHIELD WHERE IT PILES UP IN THE CENTER. AS THIS PROCESS CONTINUES, THE PILE GETS LARGER AND LIFTS THE LEFT (DRIVER SIDE) WIPER FROM THE WINDSHIELD, ALLOWING MORE AND MORE SNOW/ICE TO ACCUMULATE UNDER IT, BLOCKING THE DRIVER'S VISION. THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE IS TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND MANUALLY REMOVE THE PILED UP ICE/SNOW FROM THE WINDSHIELD.
1, SEAL ON MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID .MASTER CYNLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. 2, SIDE MIRRORS VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *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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