https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the GMC Typhoon. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:31:22 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-550217 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: THECONTACT OWNS A 1992 GMC TYPHOON. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME OFF WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE REPAIR OF THIS WHEEL. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS DRIVING THE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-344772 Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH APPLIED ON BRAKES WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE, AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-297849 Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT WHILE APPLYING BRAKES WITH FOOT IS ON BRAKE PEDAL , PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR. FIRST, PEDAL WILL SLOWLY DECLINE, AND THEN GO STRAIGHT TO FLOORBOARD, FEELS LIKE LOSING BRAKE FLUID.CONSUMER MUST REAPPLY BRAKE PEDAL. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-235073 Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT AT SLOW SPEEDS, BRAKES UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE NO STOPPING POWER. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, ANTI-LOCK ALLOWS BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL TO FLOOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. EVENTUALLY TOLD OF RECALL IN NOV. 1999. NOTHING DONE YET. REAR SEAT BELTS UNWIND BUT FAIL TO REWIND SLACK. TOLD DEALER AND THEY WANTED $100 EACH TO REPLACE. TORQUE CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS SHAKING AND SHUDD https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-235074 Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT AT SLOW SPEEDS, BRAKES UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE NO STOPPING POWER. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, ANTI-LOCK ALLOWS BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL TO FLOOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. EVENTUALLY TOLD OF RECALL IN NOV. 1999. NOTHING DONE YET. REAR SEAT BELTS UNWIND BUT FAIL TO REWIND SLACK. TOLD DEALER AND THEY WANTED $100 EACH TO REPLACE. TORQUE CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS SHAKING AND SHUDD https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-235075 Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT AT SLOW SPEEDS, BRAKES UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE NO STOPPING POWER. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, ANTI-LOCK ALLOWS BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL TO FLOOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. EVENTUALLY TOLD OF RECALL IN NOV. 1999. NOTHING DONE YET. REAR SEAT BELTS UNWIND BUT FAIL TO REWIND SLACK. TOLD DEALER AND THEY WANTED $100 EACH TO REPLACE. TORQUE CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS SHAKING AND SHUDD https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-214755 Wed, 31 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW. I NOTICED GASOLINE LEAKAGE FROM THE GAS TANK ONTO MY GARAGE FLOOR. WHEN REPAIRED BY A GMC DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE GAS TANK HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON THE TOP SURFACE CAUSING THE LEAK AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE GAS TANK. THIS PROBLEM PRESENTED A VERY SERIOUS RISK OF FIRE AND OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-207394 Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION PEDAL GET HARDS AND THE TRUCK TRAVELS AN ADDITONAL 200 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS DISCONNECTED THE ABS. OTHER GMC MODELS RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, TYPHOONS ARE NOT ON THE LIST. *AK.ET. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-158679 Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT WE HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WAS A BUY BACK AGREEMENT BY GMC BECAUSE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURES. WE CANNOT FIND OR CONFIRM THIS INFORMATION. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-120420 Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT ANTI LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM FAILED. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-112577 Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00:00 GMT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING TWO MINOR COLLISIONS. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-97077 Mon, 02 Feb 1998 00:00:00 GMT ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE OR CROSSING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-typhoon#complaint-64571 Fri, 27 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE ARE NO BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. *AK