Year · Make · Model

1991 GMC Suburban

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

30 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
8
Seats
8
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
3
Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
2
Tires
2
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
1
Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
1
Vehicle Speed Control
1

Recalls

2 campaigns

96V226000·SEATS1996-11-04

THE RECLINER MECHANISM AND THE SEAT FRAME MAY HAVE FOAM AND/OR VINYL VETWEEN THEM, CREATING A "SOFT" JOINT. THIS "SOFT" JOINT RESULTS IN LOWER THAN SPECIFIED BOLT TORQUE WHICH LEADS TO JOINT LOOSENESS, CAUSING BOLT FATIGUE AND EVENTUAL BOLT FAILURE.

RiskIF BOLT FAILURE OCCURS TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT, IT WOULD ALLOW THE SEAT BACK TO SUDDENLY RECLINE, AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixDEALERS WILL REMOVE THE FOAM AND/OR VINYL FROM BETWEEN THE RECLINER MECHANISM AND THE SEAT FRAME "SOFT" JOINT AND REPLACE THE RECLINER BOLTS.

93V016000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1993-02-01

UNANTICIPATED HEAT IN THE TRANSMISSION CAN FORCE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT OF THE VENT TUBE.

RiskTHE VENTED TRANSMISSION FLUID CAN CATCH FIRE IF EXPOSEDTO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixINSTALL A LONGER TRANSMISSION VENT HOSE ROUTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions

EA94029·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1994-07-29 → 1996-07-31

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

EA92022·SEATS1992-06-24 → 1993-11-19

SEAT BACK BOLT BREAKAGE

Led to recall93V187000

PE92026·SEATS1992-03-06 → 1992-06-24

SEAT BACK FAILURES

PE92005·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1992-01-16 → 1992-05-28

BRAKE LINE ABRASION

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