GMC Typhoon

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…

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH APPLIED ON BRAKES WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE, AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES WITH FOOT IS ON BRAKE PEDAL , PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR. FIRST, PEDAL WILL SLOWLY DECLINE, AND THEN GO STRAIGHT TO FLOORBOARD, FEELS LIKE LOSING BRAKE FLUID.CONSUMER MUST REAPPLY BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

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.

I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW. I NOTICED GASOLINE LEAKAGE FROM THE GAS TANK ONTO MY GARAGE FLOOR. WHEN REPAIRED BY A GMC DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE GAS TANK HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON THE TOP SURFACE CAUSING THE LEAK AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE GAS TANK. THIS PROBLEM PRESENTED A VERY SERIOUS RISK OF FIRE AND OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE MAY BE UNKNOWINGLY AT RISK.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION PEDAL GET HARDS AND THE TRUCK TRAVELS AN ADDITONAL 200 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS DISCONNECTED THE ABS. OTHER GMC MODELS RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, TYPHOONS ARE NOT ON THE LIST. *AK.ET.

WE HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WAS A BUY BACK AGREEMENT BY GMC BECAUSE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURES. WE CANNOT FIND OR CONFIRM THIS INFORMATION.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM FAILED.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING TWO MINOR COLLISIONS.

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE OR CROSSING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK