Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Brakes reportsComplaints 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.
15
Latest Apr 27, 2001
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
21%
of 70 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
4
What this page shows
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 GMC Yukon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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.
Owner reports naming brake
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Apr 27, 2001
Crash reported3 injuries reported
WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP FROM 55 MPH CONSUMER HAD APPLIED BRAKES. SLOWED DOWN TO 30-35 MPH AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. NO BRAKING ACTION AND VEHICLE REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. $ 5100 DAMAGE. *AK SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND THE DRIVER BRUISED HIS CHEST. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIREED AND THE BELTS, AIR BAG AND BRAKE SYSTEM HAD BEEN CHECKED. *YH
NHTSA ID
886945
Incident
Apr 8, 2001
Brakes
Filed Jan 20, 2000
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOW TO THE FLOOR. *AK
NHTSA ID
855234
Incident
Jan 12, 2000
Body & structureBrakesEngine+1 more
Filed Nov 18, 1999
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO OIL LEAK/ REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE/MISALIGNED REAR RIGHT DOOR, AND REAR AXLE SHAFT SEAL LEAKING.
NHTSA ID
853118
Incident
Jan 1, 1997
Brakes
Filed Nov 16, 1999
WHILE TRAVELING IN COLD WEATHER AND APPLYING BRAKES, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WOULD STOP,RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
NHTSA ID
852952
Brakes
Filed Sep 15, 1999
WHEN SLOWING DOWN & APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPEATED BEFORE SERVICE IS DONE ON IT. *YC
NHTSA ID
845979
Incident
Jul 22, 1999
Brakes
Filed Sep 10, 1999
EVERY TIME ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC CAUSE OF PROBLEM NOT FOUND. HAD ABS BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED & THE ROTORS TURNED. *AK
NHTSA ID
847506
Incident
Feb 18, 1996
Brakes
Filed Jul 26, 1999
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP PEDAL BECAME HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
NHTSA ID
843394
Incident
Jul 15, 1999
Brakes
Filed May 27, 1999
FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE UNDERSIZED. WHEN VEHICLE IS FULLY LOADED IT DOES NOT STOP VERY WELL. STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED. MANUFACTURER HAS ADMITTED THAT BRAKES ARE GREATLY UNDERSIZED.. *AK
NHTSA ID
838510
Brakes
Filed Aug 22, 1998
NO BRAKING ACTION IS EXPERIENCED FOR OVER 1 SECOND AFTER EMERGENCY HARD BRAKING. TRY BRAKES HARD, WITH FULL BODY WEIGHT, WHEN MOVING 3 MPH IN SIMULATED EMERGENCY AND THEN LETTING OF--THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHOW DOWN. I HAD A ACCIDENT LAST YEAR IN WHICH A ADDITIONAL 3-5' OF STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT. I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT LAST WEEK BY SWERVING AFTER AN ELDERLY LADY ROLLED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TRAVELING 25MPH. I AVOIDED IT BY SWERING, THE BRAKES DID NOT START SLOWING THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. I HAVE DEMONSTRATED THIS SAME PROBLEM IN A FRIENDS YUKON ALSO. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA ID
540234
BrakesExterior lighting
Filed Nov 1, 1997
REAR FLASHERS FAILED.
NHTSA ID
604902
Brakes
Filed Jun 19, 1997
THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS, AND THEY HAVE FAILED BY NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE BRAKES LOCK UP ON THE DRIVER. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX DIFFRENT TIMES.*AK
NHTSA ID
813277
Incident
Jun 19, 1997
Brakes
Filed Apr 10, 1997
BRAKE PISTON FAILED.
NHTSA ID
603028
Incident
Oct 1, 1996
Brakes
Filed Dec 9, 1996
FRONT/REAR BRAKE PADS OVERHEATED/CRACKED, CAUSING VIBRATION UPON BRAKING; ALSO, FRONT ROTORS AND DRUMS WARPED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE VIBRATION UPON BRAKING. *AK
NHTSA ID
512133
Brakes
Filed Dec 9, 1996
THERE IS A .5 TO 1.5 SECOND DELAY AFTER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRFORE ANYBRAKING ACTION, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; REPLACEMENT OF REAR BRAKE DRUMS DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AJ
NHTSA ID
512132
BrakesVisibility
Filed Jun 7, 1996
BOTH OUTSIDE MIRRORS VIBRATE WHEN TRUCK IS MOVING, IMPAIRING VISION TO THE REAR, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
NHTSA ID
505152
Incident
May 24, 1996
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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