Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / GMC / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 996119384 Incident Date: Apr, 28 1996
Consumer's City: SCOTTSDALE Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: GMC Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GTEK19R8TE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 04 1997 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: At approximately 14,000 mph, experienced lack of adequate brakes. at 17895, brakes squealed and faded. dealer explained to consumer that truck was only designed to carry 6, 200 lbs as total vehicle weight. the truck's empty weight was 4850 lbs. when a full tank of fuel was added, it increased the total weight to 5100 lbs. this only left 1100 lbs and no pasengers' luggage was added. with 5 adults in the truck, the vehicle was overloaded. this affected the braking capacity. also replaced leaking axle assembly seal. *ak