Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 GMC Vandura Series, most frequently naming the brakes, electrical and seat belts categories.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
| Month | Complaints filed | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1995 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 1995 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 1997 | 1 | 3 |
| Jan 1998 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep 1999 | 1 | 5 |
| Mar 2000 | 1 | 6 |
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKES PULSATING WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL, AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS. PROBLEM APPEARED WITHIN THE FIRST 7,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE. BUT, PRBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP , THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKE VALVE FAILED.
VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE BRAKING. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT CUTS THE OCCUPANT ACROSS THE NECK PEOPLE BETWEEN 5'3 AND 5'8 ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Investigations | Issue Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1993Viewing | 6 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.