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1992 GMC Typhoon Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Aug 18, 2005
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 4, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 GMC Typhoon. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

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Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 18, 2005

DT: THECONTACT OWNS A 1992 GMC TYPHOON. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME OFF WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE REPAIR OF THIS WHEEL. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS THE WHEEL CAME OFF AGAIN. THE SERVICE DEALER HAS NOT SAID WHY THE WHEELS KEEP COMING OFF.*AK

NHTSA ID
10133291
Incident
Aug 12, 2005
Mileage
135,000 mi
BrakesSeat beltsTransmission
Filed Sep 1, 2000

AT SLOW SPEEDS, BRAKES UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE NO STOPPING POWER. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, ANTI-LOCK ALLOWS BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL TO FLOOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. EVENTUALLY TOLD OF RECALL IN NOV. 1999. NOTHING DONE YET. REAR SEAT BELTS UNWIND BUT FAIL TO REWIND SLACK. TOLD DEALER AND THEY WANTED $100 EACH TO REPLACE. TORQUE CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS SHAKING AND SHUDDERING A THIRD TIME. OVER $1000 TO FIX.

NHTSA ID
729930
BrakesVisibility
Filed Feb 4, 1996

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA ID
529845
Incident
Apr 3, 1992

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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