1992 GMC Suburban problems
The 1992 GMC Suburban has 105 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (74%) concerns brakes. After that come wipers, windshield & visibility (11%) and engine (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 105 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 74% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 25 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 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: 25 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 1992 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the GMC Suburban with enough data (62 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.
Transmission caught fire underneath my 1992 GMC k2500 suburban it burned tranny up if I didn't have a fire extinguisher vehicle would have been fully engulfed 1 person received a non sutured laceration on for head fell when trying to get out of vehicle to get away from fire and smoke coming from underneath vehicle nothing yet has been done on tranny problem the only thing that got damaged was my suburban transmission I don't know what else it did to the underneath I have to check.
Consumer stated that was driving in rainy weather at approximately 35 MPH. She attempted to make a sudden stop, applied foot to the brake pedal, the pedal depressed to the floorboard, resulting in an accident. Ea-95-026.
In december of 1993, I was involved in a multi-car accident. While I did not create the accident, I did contribute by crashing into the rear of one of the cars. The cause - my brakes simply would not stop the vehicle in a normal amount of time. The ABS system made all kinds of interesting noises. However, the vehicle would not stop similar to other vehicles including my previous suburban that I had owned and driven.
Windshield wiper motor works only occasionally and usually fails when it is wet or humid. Has happened numerous times in the short time I've had it. Also was a consistant problem on the 89 shevy 1 ton pickup I had before.