GLAVAL Complaints

DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW MADE A POP SOUND AND SHATTERED AFTER TRUCK WAS STARTED TO WARM UP. THE TRUCK WAS NOT IN MOTION AND HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR 5 MINUTES OR LESS. APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE WINDOW OR REAR DEFROST MAY HAVE CAUSE THE SHATTER. PICTURES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

THE FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING TO SMASH THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT LIGHT UP. WHILE DRIVING EARLIER TODAY THE VEHICLE JERKED HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN. WHEN I GOT HOME I DISCOVERED THE LEAF SPRING PROTRUDING THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ALL OF SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED YO SOUND LIKE A 2 STAGE SMALL ENGINE, AFTER CHECKING IT. FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD.

I WAS DRIVING A BUMPY ROADWAY AND THE REAR CROSSMEMBER OF MY 1997 F150 LARIAT CRACKED AND FELL AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE STREET. A 1/4 OF THE CROSSMEMBER IS STILL ATTACHED THE SHOCK AND SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE MEMBER AND THE FRAME. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND STRAP IT TO THE FRAME. THANK GOD MY SPARE TIRE IS NOT ATTACHED OR IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT HAD IT FALLEN WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CROSS MEMBER. THE REMAINING THREE CORNERS OF THE CROSSMEMBER HAVE ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AND ARE SEVERELY ROTTED. THE FRAME APPEAR TO HAVE A RUST HOLE IN IT IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR ABOVE THE WHEEL AND MANY OF THE BED MOUNTS ARE RUSTED. THIS SEVERELY AFFECTS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE TRUCK AND WILL NOT PASS STATE SAFETY INSPECTION IN CURRENT CONDITION I AM TOLD. I SPOKE TO A EQUIPMENT TECH ABOUT REPAIRING IT AND HE TOLD ME HE KNOWS THREE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN 1997 AND 2000 F150'S AND THEY ALL LIVE LOCALLY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND LET THIS GO TO A SCRAP YARD AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE FRAME REPLACED BY A PROFESSIONAL FRAME SHOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER INSERTING THE KEY SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH TO START THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE SAME DEFECT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000 .

MY TWIN FUEL TANKS ARE PUMPING FUEL AT HIGH PRESSURE INTO EACH OTHER AND SPEWING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE PLACE. APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE BACK FLOW VALVE. ALSO APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR F150. *TR THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR EXPLOSION SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW. *TR

2 BOLTS SHEARED OFF OF GEARBOX, AND A THIRD PULLED THROUGH THE FRAME AS I WAS TURNING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *TR

HIT A SMALL POT HOLE AT 40MPH ON A ONE LINE STREET AND SUDDENLY JEEP STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY THROWING ME INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. TIRES IN PERFECT CONDITION. HAS DONE IT SEVERAL SINCE FOR NO REASON. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND BELIEVE I AM EXPERIENCING "DEATH WOBBLE". *TR

WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, STEPPED ON BRAKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. INSPECTION SHOWED BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED FROM CORROSION AT REAR AXLE. REPLACE ONE BRAKE LINE. WHILE BLEEDING BRAKES, ANOTHER LINE RUPTURED. *TR

THIS IS A GLAVAL BUS ON A GMC CHASSIS, WITH A DIESEL ENGINE. WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE GOES INTO ITS REGENERATION CYCLE. THIS CAUSES EXCESSIVE SMOKE AND FUMES TO ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE BUS. IT HAS BEEN TO JOE BALL GMC IN PITTSBURGH FOR SERVICE INCLUDING REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER AND FOR REPLACEMENT EXHAUST PARTS. WHEN THE REGENERATION I SON THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS COMPLAIN OF THE SMOKE AND FUMES. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER REGARDING THIS CONCERN. *TR