1993 GMC SUBURBAN Visibility Problems

19 complaints about Visibility

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All Visibility Complaints (19)

Sep 24, 2003

PRESSURE MUST BE APPLIED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO OPERATE. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK

Aug 25, 2003

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

Jun 26, 2003

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT COMING ON WHEN TURNED ON. RECALL WAS FOR LATER YEAR MODELS, BUT THIS YEAR MODEL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT WHEN SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT THEIR VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS LATER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM DOES NOT? *AK

Mar 13, 2003

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. WIPERS WILL SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING DURING OPERATION. ** INCIDENT DATE LISTED BELOW INDICATES APPROXIMATELY DATE OF ONSET. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THIS DATE (TIME WE TOOK OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE). *JB

Mileage: 80,000

Sep 27, 2002

CONSUMER STATES WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

Oct 24, 2000

WHENEVER RIDING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOP WORKING. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN TURNING ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONE HEARS A HUMMING NOISE , LIKE THEY WANT TO MOVE, BUT THEY WON'T MOVE.*AK

Mar 14, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY/WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

Nov 19, 1999

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF ABS BRAKE FAILURES WITH THE SUBURBANS. I HOPE NO ONE GETS KILLED WHILE DRIVING ONE OF THEM. *AK

Nov 17, 1999

WHILE DRIVING FRONT POWER SEAT FELL OFF THE BASE. METAL PIECE THAT SUPPORTS THE FRAME BROKE. THIS CAUSED A HAZARD FOR THE DRIVER. DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE SEAT FRAME WAS VULCANIZED. BOLT WAS STILL HOLDING SEAT, WHICH WAS WELDED & CRACKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. OWNER JERI-RIGGED SEAT TO WORK. WILL NOT LAST LONG. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS CIRCUIT BOARD WAS REPLACED. THEY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

Sep 29, 1999

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Sep 22, 1999

INTERMITTANT FUNCTION/NO FUNCTION/NOISE DURING NORMAL OPERATION

Sep 2, 1999

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPES BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. DUE TO VIN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Jul 23, 1999

THIS SUBURBAN HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RUNNING FOR A WHILE THEN SIMPLY STOPING FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN RUNNING AGAIN. I AM TOLD BY GMC THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT IS NOT COVERED BY A WARRANTY. THE WIPER PULSE MODULE I AM TOLD IS THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT IN THESE CASES. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND OCCATIONALLY LEAVES A PUDDLE UNDER IT IF IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. THE GUAGES ARE RANDOM IN THIER READINGS FOR OIL PRESSURE, TEMP, AND AMPERES.... THE FUEL SEEMS TO BE ACCURATE. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE NOT AS OBVIOUS BUT ANNOYING NONE THE LESS

Apr 20, 1999

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, NEW. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

Apr 5, 1999

WINDSHEILD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY JUST AS THE RECALL FOR THE 1994-1996 GMC TRUCKS INDICATES, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. REPLACEMENT PART RESOLVED PROBLEM. *AK

Jan 22, 1999

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS FAULTY, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Oct 1, 1998

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT APPLICATION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 1998 AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

Sep 1, 1998

WINDSHEILD WIPER FAILURE AND UNSTABLE SEAT. CONSIDERED A DEFECT IN 1994 AND 1995 MODELS BUT NOT THE 1993 MODELS.

Jan 16, 1996

FAN MOTOR FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER, HEATER AND DEFROSTER COMES ON SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT