1990 GMC Suburban problems
The 1990 GMC Suburban has 28 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (39%) concerns brakes. After that come seats (25%) and cruise control (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the GMC Suburban with enough data (4 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer was leaving a stop light up to 15 MPH. When she hit brakes to avoid hitting another vehicle, the brakes seemed to be resisting with a mushy feeling. There was no support of grabbing, and the vehicle kept moving forward, resulting in a crash, rear ending another vehicle.
I was involved in a rear end collision where l was sitting still and was then rearended and consequently flew through the air and hit a full size ford pickup. When l was hit the third seat in the suburban was knocked off the bolts and pushed into the second seat. More severely, the drivers seat (bucket) snapped in half at the point where the back meets the seat. L was severely injured with serious and life long back injuries. L want to know what, if anything, can be done.
Consumer raised hood; attempted to start vehicle, after vehicle would not start, douglas battery suddenly blew up, consumer was injured.