1995 GMC Vandura problems
Owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 GMC Vandura. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. Next are air bags (10%) and steering (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 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: 8 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 15 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
ABS problems; driving on normal road conditions during normal braking when applying the brakes there is extended stopping distance. The pedal is very soft and goes close to the floorboard. This condition has caused driver to have 2 accidents. This problem has been reported to dealer 24 times in a one year period. The rear brakes were replaced on 9/10/97. Owner still experiencing a brake problem. In addition, non deployment of driver's/passenger's air bags during both collisions resulted in injuries.
Consumer was traveling about 25MPH from wet concrete to dry asphalt. An animal ran out in front of vehicle. Brakes were hit suddenly, vehicle jerked and brakes failed. Consumer veered around & hit a tree & mail box. Also, airbags didn't deploy. Dealer said problem did not meet the criteria of recall 99I00600/ manufacturer's recall g99046. They will send a investigator out 8-11-2000 or 08-12-2000.
Vehicle experienced a problem with the windshield wiper motor. Windshield wipers work intermittently, causing poor vision out of the windshield when raining. Gcm acknowledes that it has the same problem with its trucks. Enclosed recall noticed the reason they won't repair or acknowledge the problem twith their vans is because it's to difficult and timely to fix it.
Normal driving. Tie-rod broke. Vehicle jumped two lanes-lost control of vehicle. No other autos on section of highway at that time.
Other model years of the Vandura
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993