GMC Sierra Complaints (1999)

813 consumer complaints on file.

#10626188August 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
DURING MANY OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK(NEW) ,THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE AS I AM APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK IS ALMOST STOPPED: LOUD SHUDDER,THE TRUCK WOULD KEEP ROLLING EVEN AFTER PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL(AT WALKING SPEED);IT HAS BEEN A RATHER SCARY EXPERIENCE ALL ALONG AS MORE THAN ONCE ,I CAME CLOSE TO HIT OTHER VEHICLES AND MY GARAGE DOOR AND BACK WALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614588July 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS IS THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE UNSAFE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY 1999 GMC TRUCK. ON 7/15/14 AS I WENT TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT MY BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO SLOW THE TRUCK AND THEN THE PEDAL TRAVEL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, THE RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. I WAS VERY CLOSE TO HOME AND MANAGED TO SLOWLY MAKE IT SAFELY BACK WHERE I DISCOVERED, FOR THE THIRD TIME, THAT MY BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. I HAD LOST A PINT OF FLUID AND LATER FOUND THE LEAKING BRAKE LINE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE RUSTY BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK. I REALIZE MY VEHICLE IS OLD, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. MY 1976 PONTIAC FIREBIRD STILL HAS IT'S ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES THAT SHOW NO SIGNS OF RUST. MY GMC BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED. I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $5000 ON REPAIRING THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASING IT NEW IN 1999. I HAVE HAD MORE THAN FIVE VERY CLOSE CLOSE CALLS WITH ASSORTED BRAKE FAILURES WITH THE RUSTY BRAKE LINES, FAULTY ABS SENSORS AND DEFECTIVE WHEEL HUBS. I AM GLAD THAT I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT AND NOT MY NEXT OF KIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608868July 8, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINES IN MY 1999 GMC SIERRA BLEW OUT, AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK BEFORE ENTERING A BUSY HIGHWAY FROM MY DRIVEWAY - THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, PROVIDING VERY LITTLE BREAKING POWER AND TAKING A MUCH LONGER TIME TO STOP AND A MUCH LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP THAN NORMAL . I WAS INFORMED THAT MY BRAKE LINES HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, NEEDING FULL REPLACEMENT, WHICH I HAD DONE LAST WEEK AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FAILED TO INFORM OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES TO HAVE THEIR BRAKE LINES INSPECTED! I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW, AND MY ADDRESS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED, SO MY ADDRESS IS IN THEIR FILES. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597026June 9, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED AS THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED AND WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 09/15/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 2 DAMAGED LINESWITH UNION WERE REPAIRED. ALL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. UPDATED 1/15/2014 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588994May 16, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE STARTING TO DRIVE AWAY, APPLIED BRAKES AND COULD NOT STOP. NO WARNING ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE AND HAVE TOWED TO REPAIR TO A LOCAL GM DEALER REPAIR FACILITY REPAIRED SECTION OF RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 2010 TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. APPLYING BRAKES FOR A TURN NO BRAKES NO WARNING, WAS ABLE TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION BY GOING STRAIGHT AND USING EMERGENCY BRAKE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR CENTER AND HAD TO REPLACE 3 FT OF BRAKE LINE AND AGAIN WAS A RUSTED OUT SECTION OF BREAK LINE I AM SENDING INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THE REPORTS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A ONGOING PROBLEM FOR GM TRUCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586534May 5, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, SERVICE BRAKES
BOUGHT A 1999 GMC SIERRA 3500 4DOOR 8FT. BED WITH 30000 MILES ON IT IN 2001. FIRST BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT IN 2005. SECOND LINE FROM FRONT TO BACK RUSTED AND BROKE 2008. FUEL LINE RUSTED AND LEAKED GAS ALL OVER MY DRIVEWAY 2010. TODAY THAT SAME TRUCK? IS IN A REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE THE FRAME BY THE STEERINGBOX AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT RUSTED AND CRACKED. ITS A SHAME GMC USED SUCH BAD MATERIALS FOR THEIR TRUCKS. MY TRUCK NOW HAS ONLY 97000 MILES ON IT. IF IT CANT BE FIXED SAFELY THE SCRAP YARD IS ITS NEXT STOP AND A FORD WILL TAKE ITS PLACE. TO BAD GMC YOU LOST ANOTHER CUSTOMER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586578May 5, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I WAS STOPPING AND THE BRAKES WERE SHOT. I HAD TO PUSH THE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO STOP. LUCKILY I NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT WITH THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO GET LOOKED AT AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS UNIT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY RUSTED AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE ESTIMATE WAS OVER $1000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562371January 31, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ALL OVER BOTTOM OF TRUCK SPRAYING OUT I TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND HAD 1000 DOLLAR BRAKE LINE JOB DONE GOT TRUCK BACK AND ABS BRAKES WORKED LIKE MANUAL BRAKES HAD A SENSOR AND 2 BALL JOINTS REPLACED IM BEING RIPPED OF FROM A GMC LOYAL CUSTOMER I WAS I GUESS BACK TO FORD OR TOYOTA FOR MY NEXT NEW TRUCKS I HAD WARRANTY ISSUES YOU CHEAP [XXX] WOULDNT PAY FOR A WATERPUMP THAT WAS LEAKING ONLY A 7 DOLLAR GASKET ALSO HAD A TRANSMISSION ON MY WORK VAN REPAIR AND THEN REPLACED AFTER A MONTH OF RUN AROUND. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561454January 25, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 295 I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON SO I CHECKED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T PUSHED IN I PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT REST STOP I LOOKED OVER TRUCK ALL SEEMED OK AFTER RESTARTING LIGHT WAS OFF THEN CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AGAIN AS I GOT TO MY EXIT PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR SCARY AS HELL BUT THE TRUCK DID STOP AS I STEPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN . I PROCEEDED HOME CHECKED BRAKE FLUID NONE AT ALL I ADDED SOME AND COULD SEE AFTER I STARTED AND PUMPED BRAKES THE FLUID WAS SPURTING OUT A LINE ONTO UNDER CARRIAGE I TOOK TO MY TECH HE SAID ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHEVY GMC AND WOULD COST CLOSE TO $1500.00 RIGHT NOW IM UNEMPLOYED AND CANT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED PLEASE HELP, HELP, HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10554597December 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC K1500 SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE REVERSING, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT LATER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 01/14/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED 9 BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 01/16/14
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551070November 6, 2013
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
THE FRAME IS RUSTED THRU AND IS CRACKING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS??? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549434October 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES FAILED AS BRAKE LINE CORROSION ALLOWED FLUID LEAK. THIS WAS FIRST OF MULTIPLE LINE FAILURES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THREE DIFFERENT FACTORY LINES FAILED THEN ONE TRANSMISSION LINE. THIS TRUCK IS NOT USED DURING WINTER AND WAS UNDER COATED MULTIPLE TIMES. NO OTHER PART ON THIS TRUCK IS CORRODED NEARLY AS MUCH AS EVERY STEEL LINE ON IT, INCLUDING THE GAS LINES( ALSO REPLACED JUST LAST YEAR) TRUCK RUNS AND DRIVES EXCELLENT EXCEPT FOR THIS CORROSION PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548207October 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
COMING BACK FROM THE STORE THEN ENTERING MY DRIVE WAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND.HAD TO BE TOWED IN. HAD TO HAVE BRAKE LINES REPLACE. HEAVY CORROSION . TRUCK HAD BAD RUST PROBLEM. COST,$883.00AT 60,000 MI GAS LINES STARTED TO LEAK FROM CORROSION. HAD TO BE REPLACED ON 10/09/2013. FOR $900.00THE UNDER CARRIAGE IS BADLY RUSTED AND LOOKS IT HAS 200,000MI INSTEAD OF 60,000MI. BRAKE BACKING PLATES ARE ALMOST RUSTED AWAY. HAD TO REPLACE REAR CALIPERS ,ROTORS,PADS 2 TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545019September 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE SMELLED A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO FUEL VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT BOTH THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532122July 27, 2013
WHEELS, TIRES
PIRELLI SCORPION TIRES, SIZE P255/70R16, BOUGHT 7/11/2007 FROM TIRERACK.COM. AT 21,000 MILES, TIRES ARE SHOWING SEVERE WEATHER CRACKING, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED WITH MY FORD EXPLORER DURING THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL IN 2000. TIRE RACKS WARRANTY SPECIFICALLY STATES TIRES WITH WEATHER CRACKING WHICH WERE PURCHASED MORE THAN 4 YEARS PRIOR TO PRESENTATION FOR ADJUSTMENT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS AMPLE TREAD LIFE LEFT, THESE TIRES ARE SIMPLY NO LONGER SAFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522975July 2, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I STARTED MY TRUCK TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MONDAY 7-1-2013 BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR..CHECKING THE SYSTEM I FOUND FLUID LEAK UNDER REAR OF TRUCK. LINE RUST COLOR, LEAK, AIR COMING FROM LINE. CALLED MECHANIC. WILL HAVE RESULTS NEXT WEEK. TRUCK HAS TO BE TOWED..IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A CRASH...THIS SITUATION NEEDS SERIOUS ATTENTION......I AM BLESSED. WILL UPDATE FROM MECHANIC NEXT WEEK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520187June 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, ALWAYS NOTICED HOW RUSTY THE TRUCK IS UNDERNEATH, AND THE OUTSIDE LOOKS LIKE NEW. WHAT HAD HAPPEN IS A WHOLE IN MY BRAKE LINE .I DONE SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED ABOUT 6 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE..DEFINITELY THINK GM SHOULD PAY FOR NEW BRAKE LINES, WHY WOULD THEY BUILD A VEHICLE THAT'S NOT SAFE FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS..DON'T THINK I'LL EVER OWN ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519809June 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE, WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP I HEARD A POP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND A CORRODED LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE HAD BUSTED AND I LOST ALL FLUID. WHEN I INSPECTED ALL THE OTHER BRAKE LINES THEY WERE ALSO HEAVILY CORRODED. I HAVE HAD MANY OLDER VEHICLES WITH OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES AND NEVER HAD CORRODED BRAKE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519370June 11, 2013
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN, STRUCTURE:BODY
FRAME ROTTED,SUSPENSION ROTTED,FRONT SUSPENSION LOCK TOTALLY ROTTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513515May 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WENT UP TO STORE AND FOUND OUT BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING, PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR. HAD TO AVOID WRECKING. HAULED IT HOME. PURCHASED AND PUT IN NEW MASTER CYLINDER. WENT TO BLEED THE FIRST BRAKE AND FOUND A RUSTED BREAK LINE OVER DRIVER SIDE REAR. COULD HEAR IT SUCKING AIR WHEN I WAS USING THE PUMP TO BLEED OUT OLD FLUID. GLAD THE TRAFFIC WASN'T BUSY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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