Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
POWER TRAIN
990730016A10/01/2002990730016B10007838Diagnostic information for intermittent transmission downshift, slip, busy/cycling tcc or noisy cooling fan. *tt07/12/2004
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT
020730024A08/01/2005020730024B634999Diagnosis of cracked or broken transmission case. *tt 2006 and prior cars and light duty trucks. *tt10/11/2002

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
07/07/2000
 Consumer was on the highway slowing down to brake for traffic & pedal went all the way to the floor. vehicle wouldn't stop. abs light or no other warning light came on. dealer seemed to repair vehicle, but it hasnt been driven at highway speed to experience it again. also, transmission seems to be straining when starting to take off. dealer checked vehicle out, but found everything to be okay. *ak
10/01/1998
 Windshield wipers work intermittently, the transmission failed while driving at 30 mph without prior warning, which resulted in loss of power. gm says vehicle is not included in recal of other vehicles of the same year, model and problems *ak *yc
103/27/1995
 Automatic transmission failed.
111/01/1993
 Transmission failed.
12/11/1996
 While driving the vehicle's transmission failed. please describe. *ak
 While in park position, with engine running, suddenly vehicle jumped out of gear into reverse. tt
04/22/19951
 Engine running; vehicle unoccupied; transmission jumped from park to reverse; rolled backwards; hit woodshed. tt
01/09/19951
 Transmission fails to shift.
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
04/13/19941
 Transmission shift indicator out of alignment, doen't show gears properly. *ak
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - PARK/NEUTRAL START SWITCH
02/07/199905/01/1994
 My wife placed k2500 suburban in park in garage. removed 9 month old daughter from car seat, opened front driver's door and stepped from truck. the truck suddenly made a loud noise and began backing out of level garage, dragging them to driveway. they got clear of truck and it went down steep driveway across alley and up nieghbor's steep driveway through brick trash structure and into neighbors house. at time of recovery engine was running with emergency brake approximately 1/3 of the way to the floor. it is unclear whether it jumped from park to reverse or was never fully in park to begin with, however there was a significant time between vehicle being placed in park and beginning or roll backwards. in addition, at time it began to roll, no one was in the truck as my wife was standing next to it, and was caught by the open driver's door. her right leg was caught by driver's front tire after being knocked to the ground. *ak
POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY - AXLE SHAFT
10/01/19973
 Rear axle seals leak from rear end and soak brake pads. result: loss of brake effectiveness. *ak
POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE
1
 Carrier gear on limited slip differential cracked. manufacturer will be notified. *ak consumer states abs do not stop vehicle and consumer has had to run off the road may times in order to prevent an accident. *slc
POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
1206/01/1997
 Abs system failed-it starts to kick in, then releases, sent us into intersection and near misses with cars-paid to have brakes replaced, didn't correct the problem (told it must be a problem with abs computer system); wipers occasionally begin slowing and work intermittently; differential was out when we purchased the car and we had to pay for the parts, appears to be happening again 2 years later.
11/04/1996102/14/1994
 Front/rear differentials failed.