1999 GMC Suburban

WE BECAME AWARE OF A RECALL ON CHEVY AND GMC SUV'S IN AUGUST. WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH OUR BRAKES AND JUST ASSUMED IT WAS TIME TO HAVE THEM LOOKED AT. IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS, THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE. WE WERE UNABLE TO STOP WHEN NECESSARY. IT WAS AS IF I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP, THE ABS BRAKES WOULD THUMP AND THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. OUR TRUSTWORTHY MECHANIC NEW OF THE RECALL AND ALSO ASSUMED OUR CAR WAS INVOLVED. IT WAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE NEWS AND ON THE INTERNET. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED GMC, THEY SAID OUR CAR WAS NOT AFFECTED. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG. THEY TOLD ME THAT IN SOME CASES THEY MAKE EXCEPTIONS, BUT WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY. THEIR REASONS WERE RIDICULOUS AND INSULTING , IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE I SPOKE TO WERE VERY RUDE. I DID NOT MAKE UP THE PROBLEM. IT EXISTED , WE FIXED IT , AND THEY NEED TO REIMBURSE US. IT WAS VERY COSTLY. *JB

DT:THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ABS PROBLEM. NHTSA RECALL 05V379000/GMC RECALL 05068 WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO SLOW DOWN, THE ABS WOULD ACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY. UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE BRAKES ON CERTAIN GMC VEHICLES, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN HE DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS WILL ACTIVATE. THE ABS LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING AND THE ROTORS WERE NOT WARPED. A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ABS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT SPECIFY THE EXACT PROBLEM OF THE ABS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK UPDATE 11/30/2005 - THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1999 GMC TRUCKS BUT NOT SUBURBANS. *NM

THE ANIT-LOCK BRAKES ON MY 1999 GMC SUBURBAN 4X4 COME ON EVERY TIME I COAST TO A SLOW STOP, MAKING STOPPING A VERY TRICKY SITUATION. I HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THIS HAPPENING AND ALLOW EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE. I WAS RESEARCHING WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE MAY 27TH, 2005 ARTICLE IN THE DETROIT NEWS AUTO INSIDER AUTHORED BY JEFF PLUNGIS OF THE DETROIT NEWS WASHINTON BUREAU, IN WHICH MY EXACT PROBLEM WAS DESCRIBED. I HAVE NOT TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER YET, BUT I DID HAVE IT LOOKED AT AT A TIRE STORE AND THEY SAID THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS THEMSELVES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND ARE NOT CAUSING THE ISSUE. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND APPEATS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

DT: CAN'T STOP THE VEHICLE, AND YOU HAVE TO STAND ON THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND YOU HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKE MANUALLY TO GET IT TO HOLD. HAD THE BRAKE PROBLEM SINCE JULY 2, 2003. HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID TO KEEP THE RECORDS FOR REIMBURSTMENT, IN CAUSE THERE IS A RECALL. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES 10-12 TIMES. THE ANTILOCK IS NOT KICKING IN. *AK