1998 GMC Suburban

THE BRAKE PEDAL BUZZES AND REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL PEDAL PRESSURE AFTER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE REACHES SLOW SPEED. THE PROBLEM IS MOST LIKELY THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATING AS THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. THIS PROBLEM PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE REQURES ADDITIONAL DISTANCE TO STOP. OF SPECIAL CONCERN IS THE DANGER TO PEDESTRIANS, PARKING ATTENDANTS AND OTHERS WHO ARE LIKELY TO ENTER, OR ALREADY BE IN, THE VEHICLE'S PATH AS IT COMES TO A STOP. THESE PEOPLE, WHO MAY BE BETWEEN THE STOPPING VEHICLE AND OTHER PARKED VEHICLES, WOULD BE EXPECTING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN THE USUAL MANNER AND WOULD BE UNAWARE THAT DRIVER IS WRESTLING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE PROBLEM WAS ORIGINALLY INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS ADVISED BY GM TO CLEAN THE ABS WHEEL POSITION SENSORS. THIS CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO BECOME MUCH WORSE AND NOW OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A STOP. *AK I LIVE ABOUT ONE HOUR OUTSIDE WASHINGTON DC AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO NHTSA FOR INSPECTION OR TEST BY NHTSA PERSONNEL. THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE OPORTUNITY FOR NHTSA STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE IN THIS TEXT. FROM FIRST HAND INSPECTION AND/OR TESTING NHTSA STAFF COULD BEST DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF RISK PRESENTED BY THIS PROBLEM AND ALSO IT MAY ASSIST THEM WITH DECEIPHERING THE NATURE OF SIMILAR BRAKE RELATED COMPLAINS. PLEASE CALL ME AT THE NUMBERS LISTED ON THIS FORM IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO YOU. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM: THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT LIT AND DOES NOT LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL "BUZZING" OCCURS. I UNDERSTAND THIS TO INDICATE THAT THERE ARE NO MALFUNCTIONS DETECTED WITH THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM AND THAT THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH A WHEEL POSITION SENSOR PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE THE ABS SYSTEM TO OPERATE AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE IN A SKID.

I OWN A 1998 GMC SUBURBAN. THE WIPER MOTOR ON THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. THERE IS A RECALL (# 03V159000) ON THE 1997 WIPER MOTORS......BUT NOT ON THE 1998 EVEN THOUGH THE DESIGN AND WIPER MOTOR ARE THE SAME. DURING A RECENT RAINSTORM THE WIPER MOTOR BECOME COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE MOTOR MAKES THE SAME "BUZZING" SOUND THAT GM TECHNICIANS REFER TO FOR OTHER GM VEHICLE YEARS. CLEARLY, THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RECALL RE-EVALUATED OR AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE THE 1998 MODELS. *NLM

I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE WIPER MOTOR ON THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. THERE IS A RECALL (# 03V159000) ON THE 1997 WIPER MOTORS......BUT NOT ON THE 1998 EVEN THOUGH THE DESIGN AND WIPER MOTOR ARE THE SAME. DURING A RECENT RAINSTORM MY WIPER MOTOR BECOME COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE IN MID SWIPE @ 65 MPH ON I 40. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RECALL RE-EVALUATED OR AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE THE 1998 MODELS. MY VIN IS [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

1998 GMC SUBURBAN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. OUR VEHICLE WAS SPECIAL ORDERED FROM GMAC IN 1997. THE ISSUES IN OUR TRANSMISSION STARTED LATE LAST SUMMER, 2002. THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE "BUMP" WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL AND GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD GEARS. AS STATED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE TRANSPORTING OR 3 SMALL CHILDREN. *NLM

GMC INFORMED US THAT OUR SUBURBAN'S FIRESTONE TIRES HAVE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE CONFIRMED THIS AND IS OFFERING TO ADJUST FOR NEW TIRES BUT NOT REFUND. I DO NOT WISH TO HAVE BRIDGESTONE / FIRESTONE TIRES. DO THEY NOT NEED TO REFUND OR REPLACE THE TIRES? THE TIRES WE PURCHASED IN 2001 AND ARE BRIDGESTONE DUELER AT LT245/75 R 16 108/104S 693. *NLM