Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / SUBURBAN / 1998

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001082877 Incident Date: Sep, 07 2001
Consumer's City: MOSINEE Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SUBURBAN Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3GKFK16R0WG Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 30 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission failed due to a change in the manufacturing process admitted by gmc. they are aware that on 1997-1999 models of the suburban ( and possibly other gmc models?) the 4l60e transmission will suffer a fatigue failure of the sun gear reaction shell, causing the loss of reverse, 2nd and 4th gears.*ak