GMC Sierra Complaints (1998)

276 consumer complaints on file.

#861498May 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL FELT SOFT AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722062April 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKE DESIGN IS INADEQUATE FOR SIZE OF VEHICLE, ONE TON 4WD TRUCK ALSO MOST 3/4 SUBURBANS AND TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IN THE PAST THE TRUCK HAS PULL HARD LEFT ACROSS THE ROAD WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, BRAKE PADS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED DEPENDING ON PADS EVERY 5000-10000 MILES. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES TO REPLACE PADS, ONCE TO REPLACE ROTORS, ONCE TO REBUILD CALIPERS, AND ONCE TO REPLACE REAR DRUMS WITH 21000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS THAT NORMAL PASSENGER DESIGN SIZE BRAKES WERE USED ON A LIGHT TRUCK AND THAT THE PROPORTIONING BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR UTILIZE THE REAR BRAKES VERY LITTLE. THIS BRAKE LIFE IS WITH OUT ANY TOWING OR HEAVY HAULING. GIVEN THE LIFE WHICH IS ABNORMALLY LOW, DURING STEEP MOUNTIAN DRIVING ON A LONG TRIP THE FRONT PADS COULD FAIL WITHOUT WARNING AND THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE DOING ALL THE BRAKING ON UNDER DESIGNED SIZE PADS. WHY ELSE WILL THE 2000 MODELS CREW CAB 4WD HAVE HUGH 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKE SETUPS?? GM HAS DONE NOTHING TO RETROFIT OR RESOLVE ISSUES EXCEPT REPLACE PARTS OVER AND OVER, REFERENCE GM FILE # 99063603...THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722064April 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
POSITIVE TERMINAL OF BATTERY LEAKED BATTERY ACID. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861119April 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
VEHICLE JUMPS LANES WHEN USING BRAKES. BRAKES APPEAR TO BE UNDERSIZED FOR VEHICLE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS HAD 3 FRONT PADS REPLACEMENTS WITHIN 20,000 MILES. IF CONSUMER WAS TAKING A TRIP HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860190April 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, INSTEAD, IT RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, FRONT BRAKES PREMATURELY WORE OUT, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 18000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856864February 14, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS CONTINUALLY FAILING. CONSUMER STATES THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, AND THE SENSOR HAS BEEN CHANGED. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718500February 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550809February 8, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
MAIN BATTERY CABLE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE WHILE IDLING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784467January 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICE SEVERE DRIVELINE VIBRATION WHICH SHAKES THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK, DEALER ROTATED AND BALANCED THE TIRE DURING 3000 MILE CHECK UP, VEHICLE RAN A LITTLE BETTER, BUT STILL VIBRATED.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855800January 31, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE ACTED ERRATICALLY. WARMING UP VEHICLE WHILE SITTING IN IDLING POSITION FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING, SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM AROUND THE FUEL TANK. CONTACTED DEALER. STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRING HARNESS THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE FUEL TANK HAD A SHORT, IT WAS MELTED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845195January 21, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
INTERMITTENTLY STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE, AND IT WILL STEER EITHER TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#717647January 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
INITIAL PROBLEM 09/02/98 WAS BOTH REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING CAUSING BRAKES TO FADE. AGAIN ON 11/04/98 REAR AXLE SEALS LEAKING, ADJUSTED BRAKES. 11/06/98 BRAKES LOCKING-UP. 11/13/98 BRAKES GRABBING, REPLACED BOTH REAR BRAKE SHOES, ABS LIGHT ON-MODULE NOT ACTIVATING BRAKE RELEASE-REPLACED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE-MASTER CYL BYPASSING-REPLACED MASTER CYL. 01/20/99 ABS LIGHT COMES ON-BRAKE PEDDLE HARD TO PUSH-REPLACED ABS BRAKE VALVE. 03/23/99 BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW VEHICLE-INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT-REPLACED ABS PRESSURE MODULATING VALVE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717363January 15, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE IS STICKING BETWEEN SHIFTS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED AND/OR ACCELERATER IS RELEASED, NOT ALLOWING TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 SECONDS, CREATING A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION IN PARKING LOTS AND HEAVEY TRAFFIC. DEALER CAN'T FIX. TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL. ALSO SAID RESETTING COMPUTER WOULD HELP. IT DOSEN'T.PROBLEM DIDN'T START UNTIL THERE WAS 13000 MILES AND WASN'T DOCUMENTED BY DEALER. TRIED 2 PROM UPDATES DIDN'T CHANGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717391January 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I WAS DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD ( LUCKILY) THE GROUND WAS WET AND IT HAD BEEN RAINING, ANOTHER VEHICLE APPEARED AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I KEPT TRYING BUT NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL A FEW MOMENTS LATER. TO AVOID THE OTHER PERSON I TURNED THE TRUCK AND THE REAR END HIT A TREE. I PAID FOR THE REPAIRS MYSELF. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKING SYSTEMS OF MY TRUCK IN THAT TIME PERIOD, BUT GMC SAID MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED. ( THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING IN THE RECALLED VEHICLES.) THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A RECALL HAS EXCLUDED US. BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IDENTICAL TO DEFECTS ON RECALLED AUTOS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY WILL NOT CHECK OUR VEHICLES. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME, BUT DUE TO FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS THE MANUFACTURER IS TRYING TO LIMIT THE KNOWN AUTOS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716058December 14, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853500November 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
IN WET CONDITIONS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO A DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715343November 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FRONT BRAKES HEATED UP, MELTED WHEEL WEIGHTS OFF AND BURNED ABS WIRES. TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. WAS THERE A RECALL ON BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK. PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THANKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852961November 16, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IT FEELS AS IF THERE IS PULSATION FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. DEALER SAYS THERE ARE HEAT CRACKS IN ROTORS AND NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR 3RD OR 4TH TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714374November 5, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS PROBLEM OCCURED FIRST IN OCTOBER 1998 AND COURTESY PONTIAC, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED DID NOT FIND THE PROBLEM! LAST WEEK UPON RETURNING FROM NEW MEXICO THE ENGINE LOST POWER IN MISSOURI AND I STOPPED AT A GASSTATION AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO COOLANT IN THE TANK. THIS WAS REFILLED AND ONE EXIT FURTHER THE OIL WAS CHECKED AFTER THE PROBLEM DID NOT APPEAR TO BE CORRECTED. THIS TIME NO OIL WAS IN THE ENGINE. BEFORE THE TRAVEL A GMC DEALER IN SHELBYVILLE KY DID THE MAINTENANCE ON IT, FILLING 5 QUARTS OF OIL IN!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713711October 22, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
SMELL OF FUEL WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE, WHEN VEHICLE LEFT RUNNING PARKED, VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND DESTROYED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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