Steering Problems of GMC Suburban

The ignition switch started to fail while driving. First the heater fan would quit and the abs light would instantly turn on, and the cruise control would fail to operate. When the abs light would be on the abs would fail to operate. Then suddenly all operations would go back to normal. It would be unpredictable when the heater fan and the abs would fail and come back. Then yesterday, the Suburban started and died 3 seconds after starting. I restarted the Suburban and all seemed good. I put the Suburban in drive and rolled at about 5 mph and the truck died. I stopped and put the Suburban in to park and restarted. Placed it into drive and made it home. When I got home, I turned off the Suburban and tried to restart it. It would crank but not fire the engine. The radio and heater and all other electronics would operate as normal, but the dash lights would not turn on I. E. The "service engine soon", "brake", "air bag", "abs". The ignition switch has failed on it and now sits in my driveway.

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The contact owns a 1999 GMC Suburban. The contact was driving 40 mph when he noticed that the vehicle was traveling into the next lane. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The dealer did perform an alignment as a precaution. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 189,000.

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My vehicle, a 1999 GMC Suburban, and now has a tendancy to suddenly veer to the right while rounding any right had curve, at low to high speed. At some point in the turn it is as if there is a peice of the steering missing. We are the second owner of the vehicle. It was sold to us by the dealer and it had 20,000 miles on it when we got it. We asked if there was any problems and they assured us there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. I have explained this condition to several wheel alignment shops, and the consistant statement from them is is sounds like the "steering wheel position sensor is bad". They suggested I call the gm dealer and see if there was a recall for this vehicle because there is one for the problem. I called the GMC dealer and explained it to them and told them what the wheel alignment places are saying, to which they agreed. I asked if there was a recall for that . I gave them my VIN #, and they said there was a recall but not for my VIN #. I need to know why they (gm) won't include other VIN's from the same make & model and year, that have the exact same symptoms. Is there a way to get gm to include my VIN # series and expand the recall? the wheel alignment places are telling me this has been a pretty big problem. I don't want to wait until after I have serious problems with this to find out later the recall has been expanded. What can I do and can you help me get gm to assist in this recall expansion? thank you.

Vehicle lost steering while the driver made turns ,making it difficult to control vehicle. It was taken to the dealer for repairs of the steering position sensor.

Consumer states they have the same problem as a investigation#pe98060 concerning steering.

While traveling on the highway making a left turn without prior warning the electrical steering went out. Please provide additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts.

Have experience los of my power sterring when I may trurns. Iseems to occur more when I take right turns. It causes me to have to jerk the wheel back to compensate for this sudden jollt.

Steering would pull to right. Took vehicle to dealership and mechanic repaired it, but currently vehicle was pulling to left. Steering sensor was replaced. Had an accident due to steering problem. Steering went right, and vehicle hit curb. Then, spun around, backwards. Air bags did not deploy. Vehicle went across 4 lanes. Axle broke , and vehicle tumbled down a hill.

At higher speeds, steering would become erratic and loose causing vehicle to swerve without warning. Occurred once while turning a corner and vehicle went up over curb. Took it to dealer who replaced, at my expense, faulty steering wheel sensor which was switching from low pressure to high pressure and back at higher speeds creating erratic steering. Noted in your complaint database well over 80 complaints just on GMC vehicles alone. One would wonder if this difficulty could cause a vehicle to rollover or crash if the erratic swerve occurred while on a sharper curve and/or in differing weather conditions.

In August of 2002 my 1997 GMC Suburban started to to slighty loose control of the power steering while turning to the left. Over the years the lack of control of the power steering while turning to the left has increased as well as driving straight down the road. It is a very scary feeling but over the time I myself have learned how to handle it. I have notified GMC of the problem but they said my model is not under a current recall for this problem. I have found where some GMC models have been recalled for this problem. GMC is aware of the problem yet they ignore the problem. I have a terminally ill husband so I cannot afford to go out and buy a new or used vehicle. I love my GMC Suburban so I always wanted to purchase a new one or even maybe a GMC yukon. Yet with the distrust I have with GMC about fixing problems they know about I would have second thoughts about such a purchase. I have a fifteen year old son whom is learning to drive and it is a very scary situation when he is behind the wheel of a vehicle that might loose complete power steering control.

Pe 060, erratic steering boost while driving. Consumer reported that she had to replace steering sensor and would like for NHTSA to provide additional information.

Steering problems caused driver to run off of roadway.

Erratic steering wheel behavior.

Pe98060, while driving vehicle will steer to right or left unexpectedly which may cause a crash. Been to dealer 4 times, and dealer replaced the steering sensor 3 times. Problem still exists.

When driving at 50 mph and making a right or left turn and increasing speed, consumer lost control of the steering, and the dealer replaced the sensor. Also, replaced the program ecm, and some metals parts that fell of the vehicle. The dealer can't determine what's wrong with the vehicle.

While driving about 45 mph going around a curve, driver lost control of the Suburban because it would not correct from the steering attempt. The steering wheel would rotated at 360 degrees, but would not correct the direction of the vehicle. GMC would not respond to complaint.

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While driving, the steering became very hard to steer.

While driving at highway speeds, steering wheel "oversteers" which may cause a loss of vehicle control. Dealer cannot determine the cause.

Steering sensor is bad, causing the steering wheel to become loose and jerks very hard when making a turn. Dealer contacted, evo sensor replaced at owner's cost.

Steering 'slips' when turning to the right and moving at a moderate rate of speed. Problem occurred in first year of ownership. Dealer tried to fix problem 3 times before finally succeeding. Problem has now occurred again, two years later. Have not yet contacted dealer.

Steering sensor computer chip malfunctioned, causing steering to become very sloppy and loose as if steering was on ice. Please give any further details.

While driving at 20 mph or above steering operated poorly. It felt like consumer was not controling vehicle while making a left or right turn. It felt like a void. Dealer has been contacted.

While driving the steering wheel severely pulls to the left. Dealer replaced the sensor module which corrected the problem. Please give any further details.

While driving and when turning steering wheel jerks in the same direction.

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We have had the brakes serviced four times in the 2 years we owned it, 50,000 miles. The steering is erratic at high speeds.

Steering wheel locked while driving . Dealer has replaced the sps sensor.

While driving would turn a bit & steering would take off to the right or left, almost free wheeling. Been to dealership & informed steering sensor was the problem. Had low voltage coming from sensor which was defective & needed to be replaced.