GMC Sierra Complaints (1996)

252 consumer complaints on file.

#10072613May 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING ALONG HWY 71 EAST, FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IN MY STEERING WHEEL DID NOT DEPLOY. ONLY BECAUSE I WAS ASLEEP DID I AVOID SERIOUS INJURY AND ALSO I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME.*K
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064546April 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INOPERATIVE WIPERS, OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056149January 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
"REFER TO PRIOR COMPLAINT- ID VQ-528687-YN-PDF" WHEN A WHEEL SKIDS A VERY,VERY,VERY SHORT DISTANCE WHILE BRAKING, ABS DOES NOT ENGAGE BUT LOCKS OUT CONVENTIONAL BRAKING! NO BRAKES, NO STOP. WHEN TOWING A 7000+ POUND LOAD IT GIVES YOU A VERY NEGATIVE THRILL. NO FIX FROM DEALER OR GMC, TRIED MANY, MANY TIMES. REMOVED 60 AMP ABS FUSE! TRUCK STOPS BUT IT IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. I HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK 116000 MILES, 40000 WITH THE FUSE REMOVED. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OTHER THAN JUNKING IT, REPLACING THE FUSE AND KILLING MYSELF AND OTHERS, ETC. PLEASE ADVISE. IT APPEARS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ABS PROBLEM ON 1995 AND EARLIER TRUCKS THAT PROMPTED A (MFG?) RECALL BUT GMC DENIES IT. AT THAT TIME I SPOKE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS INVESTIGATING THE ABS PROBLEM. EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD GIVE HIM THE BEST CHANCE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABS COMPUTER HAD A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE GMC DEVELOPED A FIX FOR IT. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP ME ON THIS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052109January 23, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK BOLT BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. *NM THE BOLTS ATTACHED THE SEAT BACK TO THE SEAT FRAME BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK AND NOT LOCK INTO POSITION. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054047January 14, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT LOST STEERING CONTROL. DEALER INDICATED CALL NHTSA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053538January 6, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE WIPER CIRCUIT.*MR GMC INITIALLY DENIED REQUEST TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER THEN REPLACED THE PART HIMSELF. AFTERWARDS, HE SOUGHT REIMBURSEMENT. SINCE THE CONSUMER DIDN'T PROVIDE THE RECEIPT FOR THE REPLACED PART, GMC WOULDN'T REIMBURSE HIM THE $161.00 DOLLARS. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052313January 3, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
PROBLEM IN FUEL SYSTEM (LIKELY THE FUEL PUMP OR RELATED COMPONENT) IN 1996 GMC SIERRA WITH 6.5 L DIESEL . CAUSES ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. HAPPENED WHILE PULLING TRAVEL TRAILER ON TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER AND NUMEROUS OTHER TIMES. NO ENGINE CODE DISPLAYED DURING EVENT SO DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T FIX PROBLEM WITHOUT CODE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040010November 12, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
RECALL 03V159000. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WITH A BAD PART. THIS MADE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE. ALSO THE DEALERSHIP MISJUDGED THE CAUSE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE, AND WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER FOR A PART THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046407November 5, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS GET STUCK, MOVE, AND WILL STOP. THEN, THEY WILL START UP AGAIN, AND STOP. A MODULE WAS INSTALLED. CURRENTLY, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM, A BURNING SMELL, THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL, AND THEY WON'T DO ANY OTHER REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046263November 3, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD IN 1996 GMC SIERRA.*MR *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039775October 12, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
HEADLAMP LIGHT SWITCH WORKS ON AND OFF, MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. *AK THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE UNIT REQUIRED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041351October 7, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE DIED. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNT UP AND THE WIRING BOOT HAD ALSO BURNT UP. THE TECHNICIAN IMPLIED THAT WE WERE LUCKY THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN A FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT A FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED IN THREE YEARS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040449September 23, 2003
SEAT BELTS
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038040September 2, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER STATED THAT SINCE HE PURCHASED VEHICLE HE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS. ONCE HE COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE AND RAN INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, BUT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO MIDAS AND HAD BRAKE REPAIRS DONE, BUT RIGHT WHEEL KEPT LOCKING UP. HE HAD A NEW DISC PUT ON THAT PARTICULAR WHEEL. BUT WHEN HE DROVE THE VEHICLE IT STILL LOCKED UP, AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. HE WAS AFRAID OF A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036715August 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
SEVERE SURFACE CORROSION ON REAR BRAKE LINE LED TO LINE BURSTING DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP TO AVOID A COLLISION. BURST OCCURED AT NINETY DEGREE BEND IN LINE BY BRACKET LEADING TO THE FLEXIBLE LINE TO REAR AXLE. SURFACE CORROSION APPEARS ALONG BRAKE LINES AT OTHER PLACES. I THINK IT IS UNUSUAL THAT THE BRAKE LINES ON A SEVEN YEAR OLD VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT SUCH SEVERE CORROSION. UNLESS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THIS YOU WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE IT SINCE THE LINE RUNS INSIDE THE FRAME RAIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030267July 28, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
AS FUEL PUMP BEGAN TO FAIL (INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS), IT CAUSED WIRES GOING TO FUEL PUMP (WIRES ARE INSIDE THE GAS TANK) TO OVERHEAT. THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR WAS COMPLETELY MELTED, AND THREE INCHES OF INSULATION ON EACH WIRE WAS BURNED OFF. BARE WIRES COULD SPARK AND IGNITE FUEL VAPORS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026648July 25, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS IN FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017101May 6, 2003
SEATS
WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE THE SEAT CUSHION FRAME FRACTURED AT THE LEFT FORWARD ATTACH POINT. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO ROCK AND POSSIBLY COULD CAUSE REMAINING THREE FASTENERS TO BECOME OVERLOADED AND FAIL. FAILURE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL SEAT ATTACHMENT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017664April 28, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO INSTALL A CHILD SEAT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, DUE TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE REAR SEAT BELT, WHICH CONTAINED A TWIST. *JB *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006351February 4, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL # 98-V-150-001, CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IN NOT INCLUDE IN RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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