GMC Canyon Complaints (2005)

113 consumer complaints on file.

#10227188May 9, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
RECENTLY PURCHASED USED 2005 GMC CANYON, TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED, THE TRUCK DID NOT RUN ROUGH OR MAKE NOISES. TOOK DIRECTLY BACK TO DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DETERMINED THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS BAD. REPLACED. FIVE DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED...DIAGNOSTICS DETERMINED CATALYTIC CONVERTER, OXYGEN SENSOR AND EXHAUST INTAKE WERE ALL RELATED. ALL REPAIRS NOW COMPLETE AND APPEAR TO BE NO OTHER ISSUES AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE 3 DAYS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10218717February 21, 2008
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK IN COLD, BELOW FREEZING, TEMPS. WILL WORK IF WARMED. ELECTRIC MOTOR INOP IN COLD TEMPS. NO WATER OR ICE ON MOTOR. CAN'T USE WIPER ALL THIS WINTER. SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176821December 22, 2006
PARKING BRAKE
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE BREAKS OF HIS 2005 GMC CANYON (NO. 06030). THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MANY OCCASIONS HIS BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP ON HIM WHEN BACKING UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH HUMIDITY IN TEXAS WHERE HE RESIDES 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR IS WHAT CAUSES HIS BRAKES TO LOCK UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES USUALLY LOCK IN THE EVENINGS WHEN IT IS VERY HUMID, AND ARE STILL IN THAT LOCKED POSITION THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES SQUEAK AND SQUEAL. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT HIS CAR AND SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, SO THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD ANY REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176588December 19, 2006
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
MY 2005 GMC CANYON STARTED HAVING A GROANING NOISE WHEN TURNING SHARPLY EITHER WAY FROM A START OR MOVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO KEPT IT AND CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS DEFECTIVE BODY BOLTS, FOR WHICH THERE WAS A BULLETIN. THE PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM GMC. THERE IT SITS A WEEK LATER, AND I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE, AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY. GMC NEEDS TO OVERNIGHT PARTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176221December 15, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END ALIGNMENT OUT WORE OUT FRONT TIRES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171776October 25, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY ON-RAMP, THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AFTER 20 MINUTES. A SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN BEFORE IT WAS RESTARTED IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. UPDATED 12/5/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165374August 13, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED ON MY 2005 CANYON (BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF). COMPLAINED TO DEALER WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR INSPECTION A FEW DAYS LATER. THEY "ADJUSTED" SWITCH PASSED THE TRUCK IN INSPECTION. A WEEK LATER PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. HAD TO FIND THAT OUT IN PERSONAL RESEARCH. HAD TO BUY THE PART MYSELF SINCE NO ONE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECALL AND DID NOT HAVE PARTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164173August 2, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE, WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162814July 18, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
FIRST: HEARING IMPAIRED DRIVER...PREMATURE REAR BRAKE LINING FAILURE LEADING TO MAJOR DAMAGE TO DRUMS AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM...SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN 53,000 MILES ON VEHICLE..RESULTING IN REPAIRS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY. $2276.00...THIS PREMATURE FAILURE OF SYSTEM RESULTED FROM MODERATE VEHICLE USAGE AND DRIVING HABITS, NON-ABUSE OF VEHICLE...A NORMAL DRIVEN VEHICLE LIFE OF REAR BRAKE LININGS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS SHOULD LAST 60,000 PLUS MILES ON THIS MODEL 2005 GMC CANYON PICK-UP. THE REPAIRING FACILITY COULD OFFER NO REASON OR VISIBLE REASON OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE...THE FOREMOST REASON THAT COMES TO MIND IS EMERGENCY BRAKE BEING DEPRESS AND OR "RIDING" THE BRAKES BUT BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED...SO CAUSE IS UNKNOWN..THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT 08/22/05, MILEAGE 23,403 AND THE SECOND OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT 07/17/06, MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 53,000 MILES... *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159395June 9, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVER NIGHT THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE NEXT DAY THE BATTERY WAS JUMP STARTED BEFORE THE VEHICLE STARTED. DURING INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT LENS WAS MELTED HOWEVER, THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH CONTINUED TO FUNCTION. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V139000, REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158554May 30, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
BRAND NEW TRUCK, HAVE OWNED ALMOST 1 YEAR. HAD TO TAKE TRUCK IN FOR SLOW ACCELERATION PROBLEM AS WELL AS HARD TO CRANK. COULD NOT PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THERE WAS NO ONE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THEN IT WOULD STOP/PAUSE FOR A SECOND THEN START TO GO AGAIN. TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY FOUND ONE OF THE HEADS IN THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (WHICH AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME I HAD A SLOW MISFIRE ON PISTON #2 AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A SPRING AND A COIL) A MONTH LATER I FINALLY GOT MY TRUCK BACK. ONE WEEK LATER I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE SO I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD MY OIL WAS LOW SO THEY TOPPED IT OFF (DIDN'T WORK BY THE WAY). STILL HAVING HARD TIME CRANKING PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR 4 DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT EXCEPT A LOOSE STARTER BOLT THAT THEY TIGHTENED. TRUCK STILL CRANKING FUNNY BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER THEY COULD DO FOR ME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158242May 25, 2006
TIRES
I HAD JUST BOUGHT A USED / REPOSESSED 2005 GMC CANYON JANUARY 18, 2006 WITH 9100 APPROX MILES ON IT. MAY THE 3RD 2006 WHILE GOING ON INTERSTATE 20/59 IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA APPROX 10:45 AM, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SHREDDED ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH IN A 70 ZONE. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE HIGHWAY STRUCK ON A SUNNY DAY. HOWEVER I MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE AND TO A TIRE REPAIR PLACE WHERE UPON INSPECTING THE BLACK RUBBER TORE UP THE REAR BED PANEL AND DAMAGE THE UNDERNEATH TIRE WELD AREA AND THE SUPER STRUCTURE. GMC WAS NOTIFIED AND THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID SOMEONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF TIRES WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. AT THE AUTO DEALER BODY SHOP THE ADJUSTER PERSON COULDN'T MAKE A DETERMINATION WITH THE TIRE IN FRONT OF HIM, HE DID TAKE PICTURES, I ALSO WENT TO A TIRE SPECIALIST FOR THE AS 60 GENERAL TIRE P225 HE SAID THE SAME THING DUE TO THE DAMAGE. SO I AM AT A STAND STILL NEVERTHELESS THIS HAS COST ME $500.00 DOLLARS ON THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR MY INSURANCE CO. NATIONWIDE TO PICK UP THE BILL. I EVEN TOLD THE GMC REP I HAD A DREAM AFTER THAT INCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING THAT THE FRONT TIRE SHREDDED AND I FLIPPED THE CAR AND LOST CONTROL AND CRASH ON THE SAME STRETCH OF INTERSTATE. I TOLD HIM TOO THAT IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN AND I SURVIVE THE MEDIA WOULD BE NOTIFIED. UNLESS THIS HAS HAPPEN TO YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANXIETY OF DRIVING WONDERING WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AFTER ALL THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROX 3000 MILES WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPEN AND HAS LEFT ME WITH THE FEELING OF WANTING TO GET A FOREIGN TRUCK. THIS WAS TOLD TO THE REP FROM GMC, THE SAD PART ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION IS THAT AS A LT. FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC FIRST RESPONDER, I HAVE STATED WHAT HAS HAPPEN AND NOTHING MOVED GM IT APPEARS, SAYS A LOT ABOUT US HAVING TO TESTIFY WHEN IT APPARENTLY MEANS MORE EVIDENCE IS NEEDED FOR ME TO BELIEVE AND HELP YOU. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153292March 21, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
EARLIER I COMPLAINED THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SHAFT SOLENOID FOR THE SECOND TIME, I WAS MISTAKEN IN THAT COMPLAINT, NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT COULD BE AN ACTUATOR, CAM SHAFT PROBLEM OR SOME OTHER RELATED PROBLEM. GETTING THE SAME ERROR CODES AS LAST 2 TIMES IN THE SHOP P014 P017 AND P300. ENGINE IS TILL SPUTTERING AND DYING, PUSHING TOO MUCH FUEL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153153March 20, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 2005 GMC CANYON WITH 44K MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SHAFT SENSORS AND CAM SHAFT SOLENOID SO FAR, AND TODAY AFTER ONLY 150 MILES AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE SOLENOID I AGAIN HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED. GMC STOCKS THIS PART WHICH MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT MEANS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. I TOOK IT TO CARL EDWARDS CHEVY BUT THEY WERE SO RUDE THAT I LEFT AND TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC TO REPAIR. IT HAS GONE FROM 27 MPG TO 16 MPG AND I CAN SMELL GASOLINE. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS PUSHING TOO MUCH GAS INTO THE INTAKES AND THAT IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153111March 18, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
#3 CYLINDER LOST COMPRESSION AND HEAD WARPED. THIS HAPPENED MARCH 13. GM ISSUED A TSB ON MARCH 10 FOR THIS PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151506March 1, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE OUTSIDE CONDITIONS WERE FREEZING THE LINKAGE FOR THE TRANSMISSION FROZE AS WELL. THIS RESULTED IN THE INABILITY TO CHANGE GEARS UNTIL THE ICE MELTS. THE CONTACT STATED BY THE TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE ICE WOULD MELT. THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151176February 24, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO RUN A DIAGNOSTICS. THESE ARE THE CODES P0106, P0300 AND P0506 THAT ARE CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO KEEP COMING ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. FIRST TIME THE PARTS REPLACED WERE OXYGEN SENSOR AND THE COMPUTER BACK IN DEC 2005. NOW ITS FEB 2006 AND I NEED TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151903February 21, 2006
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING THE EXTERIOR PASSENGER DOOR MANUAL KEY ENTRY LOCK. *TS THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN EXTERIOR MANUAL KEY ENTRY LOCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149320February 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I HAVE A 2005 GMC CANYON 4WD CC P/U . THIS P/U WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2005. THE WINDOW STICKER CLEARLY LISTS AN AUTO LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL UNDER STANDARD EQUIPMENT. IN NOVEMBER 2005 GMC SENT A LETTER TO ME WHICH STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A AUTO LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL. AS OF THIS DATE (2-2-06) GMC ADMITS THAT THE WINDOW STICKER IS WRONG, BUT OTHER OPTIONS WERE ADDED TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. GMC ALSO IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS MISTAKE MADE BY THEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149184February 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED OUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE STALLED OUT, THE VEHICLE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER. THE HEAD, EXHAUST, AND INTAKE VALVES WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE STALLING CONTINUED TO WORSEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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