Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 04/30/1998 | |||
| While making a turn, it is more diffculty on left turns because steering becomes too hard. dealer replaced parts on the steering system, however, problem still exists. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||
| 05/12/2002 | 1 | 04/01/2001 | |
| Unspecified internals of gear box failed resulting in intermittent unwanted steering changes (vehicle steers on it's own) dt | |||
| 50 | 10/01/1997 | ||
| Steering locks up momentarly then releases during slow left turns | |||
| 08/31/1998 | 1 | 06/08/1998 | |
| Steering gear box failed. *yc | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 04/05/2006 | 50000 | 10 | |
| Steering is difficult then normal causing over steering. while no accident has occurred over steering can result in a serious situation especially in poor driving conditions. *nm | |||
| 01/15/2002 | 06/01/2098 | ||
| The steering momentarily locks up then releases while completing slow speed right turns.*ak | |||
| 06/01/1998 | |||
| I think tsb 86-32-06 should be in the form of a safety recall. no safety defect mentioned in summary. *ak | |||
| 01/15/1999 | 50 | 05/01/1998 | |
| No summary | |||
| 06/05/1999 | 200 | 05/01/1998 | |
| Dealer contacted on vibration around 42 mph. told problem was frame beaming and that gm was aware of problem but do not plan to engineer a fix. causes truck to bounce in the 42 - 44 mph range. | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - ROD - RELAY - CONNECTING | |||
| 04/13/1998 | 1 | 09/24/1997 | |
| Left front tie rod broke, causing collision/ damage. | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 07/03/1998 | 2 | 03/09/1998 | |
| While making a left hand turn the steering wheel locked and remained in the locked position. dealer replaced the power steering pump and steering gear box.*ak consumer stated the gear box and p/s pump again citing defective parts and parts and replaced the computer sensor for the speed sensative steering.*jb | |||