GMC Sierra Complaints (2000)

698 consumer complaints on file.

#896804September 25, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45-50 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WITH FORCE PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOORBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750834August 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ENCOUNTERED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE BRAKING ON AN OFF RAMP. APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 25 MPH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, ABS MODULE EMITTED A LOUD NOISE, BRAKE PEDAL REMAINED FIRM BUT TOTAL BRAKE LOSS ON ALL 4 WHEELS ENCOUNTERED. EVASIVE STEERING AND RELEASE OF BRAKE PEDAL RESTORED VEHICLE BRAKING AND AVOIDED CONTACT WITH OTHER VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750783August 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE MAKING A RELATIVELY FAST STOP ON A FAIRLY BUMPY ROAD, BUT WITHOUT SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES, THE TRUCK HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 OR 35MPH FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE BRAKES FAILED MOMENTARILY, AND THEN CAUGHT AGAIN. WHEN WE FINALLY STOPPED, I ENDED UP HALF WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS A RURAL ROAD AND THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. IT SIMPLY SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME AND MY WIFE. MY DEALER INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, HOWEVER HE STATED THAT THEIR BRAKE TECHNICIAN FIXED A SIMILAR PROBLEM OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY FAILING WHEN ANOTHER OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WAS STOPPING HIS PICKUP TRUCK WHILE DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. ADDITIONALLY, MY NEIGHBOR WHO DRIVES A 2000 YUKON XL, STATED THAT HE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE OF HIS BRAKES SUDDENLY AND ONLY MOMENTARILY FAILING WHILE STOPPING FROM ABOUT 35MPH WITH SIMILAR RESULTS TO MY EXPERIENCE OF HIM ENDING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY, HE TOO HAD NO TRAFFIC AND CONSEQUENTLY NO ACCIDENT. I KNOW THAT HE ALSO REPORTED THIS TO HIS DEALER WHICH COINCIDENTLY IS BAIRD GM OF RIPON, WISCONSIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750444August 14, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
2000 GMC SIERRA INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT - TRUCK EXPLODED AND BURNED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894086August 10, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
REAR LEAF SPRINGS MAKES NOISE WHEN VEHICLE GOES OVER BUMPS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES. CONTACTED GMC, AND GMC STATED THAT WAS THE WAY VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.*AK THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKIN WHEN TRYING TO STOP ON BUMPY ROAD AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893809August 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKES WERE USED IN PANIC STOP PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES, CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED ABS MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893813August 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749222July 26, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHEN VEHICLE REACHES 40 MPH VEHICLE HOPS/VIBRATION IS FELT IN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS, VEHICLE VIBRATES AND HOPS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748977July 23, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE GMC SIERRA PICK-UP TO EXPLODE AND BURN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#749008July 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN PULLING OFF ROAD ONTO DIRT, GRAVEL, OR GRASS AT ANY SPEED ABOVE ABOUT 10MPH, THE BRAKES BECOME UNRESPONSIVE, VIBRATE, FADE, FAIL TO SLOW VEHICLE, AND PEDAL PRESSURE BECOMES EXCESSIVE AND SEEMS TO LOCK UP. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. VERY SCARY! SHOULD THIS SYSTEM ENGAGE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT, A PANIC STOP SITUATION, JUST NORMAL "PULLING OFF THE ROAD TO STOP" SITUATIONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748568July 17, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
IT GREATLY CONCERNS ME THAT A FAILURE IN THE POWER STEERING SHAFT OCCURS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TRUCK. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED 3 TIMES. ARE THEY JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892277July 10, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE UP AND TURNED WHEELS TO GO, AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. ALSO, BRAKES WENT OUT. BRAKE WAS PRESSED DOWN, AND STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. POWER STEERING PUMP AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE REPLACED. SHAFT BROKE INTERNALLY.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747082June 19, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH WITH ALL WINDOWS SHUT AND MY AIR CONDITION ON WHEN MY DRIVERS SIDE EXT-CAB WINDOW JUST BLEW RIGHT OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE WINDOW SHUT HIT ONE OF THE KIDS IN THE HAND AND ENDED UP IN THE PASSENGER SIDE POCKET. THE WINDOW HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK THEN ENDED UP SHATTERING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC TRYING TO AVOID THE BROKEN GLASS AND ME PULLING OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WONDERING WHAT HAPPEND. THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, AND THE LATCH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO A CHILD IF HIT IN THE FACE. THANKS JEFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#890602June 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CHANGED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION WHEN SHE TURNED LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890036June 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 55MPH UP ON AN INCLINE TRIED TO PASS A TRUCK WHICH STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT. HIT REAR 2 WHEELS OF TRUCK HEAD- ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED BRUISES ALONG CHEST. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#889116May 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING ON SLIPPERY ROAD ALL 4 WHEELS SPIN WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL SHUTTERS, AND BRAKES GET HARD. THEN, THERE ARE NO BRAKES, CONSUMER ALMOST HAD TWO ACCIDENTS. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT HE ALSO EXPERIENCED BRAKED FAILURE PRIOR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745735May 23, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I HAD ONE BLOW-UT, ON THE RIGHT FRONT, AND AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, OF THE REMAINING TIRES, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE ALSO...THE CORE WAS COMING THRU THE SIDEWALL, AND THE 2 REAR TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF PREMATURE CRACKING IN THE SIDEWALLS. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND THERE REPLY WAS....THE ONLY TIRES AFFECTED, WERE THOSE THAT WERE ON FORD VEHICHLE'S ONLY. I HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN MORE WIDESPREAD, THAN THEY HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. THAT IS THE REASON FOR MY CONTACTING YOU. ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE, IN GETTING MY REFUND, FOR REPLACING THE TIRES WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888885May 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 53 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745408May 16, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE AIR CONDITIONER COMES ON WHEN THE RECIRCULATE BUTTON IS SELECTED FOR AIR SOURCE AND CANNOT BE SHUTOFF AGAIN WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CONTROL HEAD 3TIMES AND CHECKED THE WIRING BUT CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM SO THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887822May 9, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
VEHICLE HAS A CRACK OF 3 QUARTERS GOING DOWN ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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