2000 GMC SAVANA Complaints

EVERY 15,000 MILES BRAKES FAIL. DEALER STATES THAT WHEEL BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55-60 MPH A HORSE WAS STANDING IN MIDDLE OF STREET AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN HEAD ON INTO THE HORSE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY INDICATION. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL LOCKED HALF WAY IN BETWEEN TURNS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, FOLLOWING A LOUD NOISE, TIRE WAS NOT FLAT. *AK THE DRIVERS REAR EXPERIENCED TREAD DELAMINATION. THE TIRES WERE IN GREAT SHAPE AND SHOWED LESS THAN 50% TREAD WEAR. (LARGE PORTIONS OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRES AND EXPOSED THE STEEL BELTS) THE TIRES WERE NOISY AND OUT OF BALANCE. THEY WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND. (ONE TIRE LOST TREAD AND HELD AIR, AND THE OTHER LOST TREAD AND HAD GONE FLAT) *SCC THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES AT HIS EXPENSE. *JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.REPAIR SHOP STATED A BEARING FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL.*AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE PEELED AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S 245/75R16. *AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. MY DEALER JUST KEEPS SHRUGGING THEIR SHOULDERS AND TELLING ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHY. THEY TELL ME EVERY TIME, IT WAS BROKEN INTO MANY SMALL PIECES AND WHEN THEY TAPPED ON THE MANIFOLD THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE SALT IN THERE..*JB

INSIDE LEFT FRONT BRAKE PAD WORE DOWN COMPLETELY AT 17,109 MILES, DAMAGING ROTOR, REQUIRING ROTOR REPLACEMENT AND BRAKE JOB. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE SUCH AS A SQUEAL OR OTHER INDICATION THAT WOULD NORMALLY OCCUR PRIOR TO A BRAKE COMPONENT FAILURE. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS "NORMAL" WEAR ALTHOUGH THE OTHER THREE PADS HAD PLENTY OF LIFE LEFT ON THEM. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED NO HELP. CUST. SERVICE ALSO SIDED WITH THE DEALER MECHANIC, SAYING IT WAS "NORMAL" WEAR AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I ENDED UP HAVING THEM REPAIRED/REPLACED AT ANOTHER LOCATION. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEEN MANY PRIOR COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME TYPE ON THE SAME OR SIMILAR TYPE VEHICLES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY RELATED COMPLAINT TO ME, BUT THUS FAR, AFTER MANY YEARS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE, NO INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED. INADEQUATE BRAKING SYSTEMS FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. SHOULD BE A RECALL TO PROVIDE HEAVY DUTY BRAKES FOR THESE VANS. DT

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH, I NOTICED A VIBRATION OR ROUGH RIDE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE TREAD SEPERATION AND BLOW OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY GMC 3500 SERIES LONG WHEELBASE SAVANNA VAN. TREAD REMAINED ATTACHED TO CASING SCRAPING A THREE FOOT ARCH ON THE SIDE FENDER PANEL(PAINT SCRAPED FROM STEEL BELTS AND BLACK RUBBER DEPOSITED)AND THE TAIL PIPE WAS PULLED INTO THE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO FOLD IN TWO AT THE AXLE. DEBRISE FROM THE TIRE HIT SEVERAL OTHER CARS AND NO ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM THIS FAILURE. TIRE SIZE WAS 245/75/16E INFLATED TO PROPER PRESURE FIVE DAYS PRIOR, ROTATED AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND VISUALLY CHECKED FREQUENTLY. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING PUMP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKE SYSTEM. GMC WAS CALLED AND DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM. NLM