1997 GMC Suburban transmission problems
24 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1997 GMC Suburban, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 24 9% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
Lost control traveling down interstate I-20 eastbound in conyers, ga. Axle separated, and rear wheel came off. Suburban flipped 3x, skidded on passenger side & came to rest upside down. Airbags did not deploy but car was totally destroyed, including multiple hits on front bumper. 1 passenger airlifted to medical ctr; 3 others transported by ambulance. All alive & healing (thank god), but don't understand why airbags didn't deploy & axle could separate.
1997 GMC suburban- multiple engine & transmission failures. At 60,000 miles, vehicle began to shift hard. Returned to shop for diagnosis and repairs several times for work. Finally, while driving the vehicle in city traffic, the transmission failed compeletly. Required valve cover and transmission rebuild @ cost of $2,000. On december 27 '03, had to replace the radiator. On jan 17 '04, discovered that there was no antifreeze in new radiator. Returned to mechanic who replaced the radiator.
Other problems reported for the 1997 GMC Suburban
- Brakes 71 complaints
- Steering 40 complaints
- Fuel system 25 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints
- Engine 20 complaints
- Tires 17 complaints
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