2000 GMC SAVANA Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD CONSISTENT BRAKE LEAD AND PULL TO RIGHT AND LEFT, EXCESSIVE BRAKE PAD WEAR AND WARPAGE OF BOTH ROTORS WHICH CAUSES A SHIMMY, WOBBLING AND SHAKING OF STEERING. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN MAINLY ON OPEN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, RARELY IN TRAFFIC . ON MANY OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE WILL PULL HARD OVER TO THE LEFT, SOMETIMES RIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON OFF RAMPS, OFTEN TIMES NEEDING A STRONG CORRECTION TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM LEAVING THE ROADWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR TESTING AND REPAIR. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT THE DEALER WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES, THEY SQUEALED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER LUBRICATED BRAKES. AFTER BRAKES WERE LUBRICATED THEY LOCKED UP AND OVERHEATED ENOUGH TO MELT WHEEL CAPS. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER, AND ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING ABS UNIT. CONSUMER NOTED POWER BRAKES HAVE FAILED , AND BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR SECOND TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE RIGHT SIDE INNER PAD WAS WORN DOWN AND SEPARATED FROM THE BACKING PLATE CAUSING METAL-TO-METAL CONTACT, THE LEFT SIDE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN, THE FRONT BRAKES ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THIS VEHICLE. NLM

BACK BENCH OUTSIDE SEATBELTS ARE OF SUCH DESIGN THAT WHEN A CHILD OR ADULT IS BUCKLED UP, BELT SITS RIGHT AT CENTER OF RIB CAGE. STALK COMES UP ABOUT 10 INCHES ABOVE SEAT. *AK *JB

INTERMITTENLY ,TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE 1ST TO 2ND GEAR OR 3RD TO 2ND GEAR PROPERLY, AND VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN.*AK

WHILE BRAKING FRONT BRAKES MADE NOISE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION BRAKE PAD HAD SEPARATED FROM BACKING PLATE AND DISINTEGRATED.*AK

BRAKES ARE INEFFECTIVE AND CONSISTENT NOISE IN STEERING SYSTEM. NEAR MISSES. *AK

ADVISING OF NEED TO INVESTIGATE PREMATURE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTIVATION ON FRONT WHEELS UNDER FOLLOWING CONDITION - BELOW 20-30 MPH LIGHT PEDAL APPLICATION ON "RIPPLED" POTHOLED PAVED ROAD AS IN COMING TO STOP SIGN ON HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. EITHER FRONT WHEEL HITTING BUMP ACTIVATES ABS WHICH THEN SHUTS DOWN THAT WHEEL THEN COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM (LEAVES NO CODE) FOR 1-2 SECONDS & HAS LED TO INABILITY TO STOP BY APPROPRIATE PLACE AT INTERSECTION AND WHAT I WOULD TERM SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS. THIS HAPPENS I REPEAT UNDER LIGHT PEDAL APPLICATION ON FRONT WHEELS AT SLOW SPEEDS WITH NO LOAD IN TRUCK BED WITH ONE ADULT & SINGLE PASSENGER USUUALLY MY 9 YR OLD SON. CAN CONSISTENTLY DUPLICATE IF NEEDED FOR DEMONSTRATION. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ANSWER OTHER THEN "THAT IS NORMAL" *AK

ORIGINAL BRAKES WORE OUT AT 13,000. BRAKES WERE MUSHY AND SQUEALING. INSTALLED NEW PADS AND BRAKES ARE STILL SQUEALING. WHEN BRAKING ON HILL AT LOW SPEED, HEAR THUMP, THUMP. HAD TO PUSH PEDAL DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD TO ENGAGE A STOP. AFTERWARDS HEARD A LOUD METAL ON METAL SCRATCHING AND CLUNCKING OF BRAKES.*AK

WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR IS PUSHED AGAINST WINDSHIELD ,IT WILL DROP BACK DOWN INTO A NOTCH, D-DENT, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.*AK THE DRIVER'S SEAT (ELECTRIC) IS IN THE LOWEST POSITION. *YH