GMC Sierra Complaints (2000)

698 consumer complaints on file.

#10071411April 23, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH CONSUMER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND IT LOCKED UP. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE. THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WERE METAL PIECES IN THE ABS FLUID WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO FAIL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066353April 17, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
TAIL GATE STRAPS BROKE WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAIL GATE HOLDING MY SHOT GUN TAKING A BREAK FROM PLEASANT HUNTING. I WEIGH 175 POUNDS. FORTUNATELY THE GUN WAS UNLOADED AS I WENT TO THE GROUND. I HAVE MY HUNTING BUDDY AS A WITNESS. NO DAMAGE TO TAILGATE. VEHICLE MILEAGE 50,026 AT TIME. CABLES RUSTED OUT. COSTS FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS $62 AT CLIFT GMC INVOICE #[XXX]. VEHICLE ID [XXX] 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
#10066356April 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
RUSTING OF REAR BRAKE ROTORS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR AND REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES AND ROTORS. THE DEALER AND GM REPLACED THE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY WHILE IT COST ME $269 TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED. MY CONCERN QUALITY OF METAL ON ROTORS NOT CONDUSIVE WITH NORMAL EVERY DAY USE. ARE THEIR SPECIFICATION TO THICKNESS AND QUALITY OF METAL FOR ALL MANUFACTURES? LIFE EXPECTANCY?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066264April 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
I PURCHASED A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 2WD EXT CAB PICKUP AND TOOK DELIVERY ABOUT 12-23-1999. I REQUESTED CAMPER MIRRORS AND THE PASENGER SIDE CAME WITH REGULAR GLASS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IN THE BLIND SPOTS . GM WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH LATER THE NEWER MODELS CAME WITH A SMALL CONVEX MIRROR IN THE UNIT. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE TRUCK NOW CALLS FOR THE CONVEX MIRROR BUT GM INSISTS THAT THE ONE I GOT WAS OK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET GM TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065636April 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I PURCHASED A 2000 GMC SIERRA 9 MONTHS AGO AS A "GMC CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE" FROM A DEALER WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT.NOW, AT ONLY 10,000(NOT HARD) MILES LATER,THE FRONT BRAKE PADS CAME APART & TOOK CHUNKS OF METAL OUT OF BOTH ROTORS,RESULTING IN A $500.00 FRONT BRAKE JOB(NEW ROTORS & PADS).I DON'T THINK 10,000 MILES IS LOT TO ASK FROM A SET OF PADS & ROTORS,THAT THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT SAID HAD 40% LIFE LEFT @ DELIVERY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064523April 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VALVE TAP ON COLD START LASTS APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. GMC CLAIMS IT IS CARBON BUILD UP IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND WILL NOT DAMAGE THE ENGINE. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY. ANY TAPPING SOUND IS INDICATIVE OF LACK OF LUBRICATION AND WILL PREMATURELY WEAR THE ENGINE OR ITS COMPONENTS PARTICULARLY AFTER WARRANTY RUNS OUT. SEE SERVICE BULLETIN #01-06-01-028A. OR DOCUMENT #1271016 "ENGINE KNOCK ON COLD START". *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065441April 1, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V129000 CONCERNING TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BREAKING. THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER LET THE TAILGATE DOWN. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061092April 1, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED. HOWEVER, WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT AN ACCELERATED SPEED BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061108April 1, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CONSUMER OPENED THE TAILGATE AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE TAILGATE STRAP BROKE. *AK *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065387March 31, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TAILGATE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS PUTTING A 4 WHEEL VEHICLE ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK, AND WHILE DOING SO, TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED. THE TAILGATE CABLES WERE RUSTED. IT SMASHED THE BUMPER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064687March 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 60,000 MILES ROTORS RUSTED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062668March 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND WOULDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. IT WOULD ONLY MOVE VERY SLOWLY FORWARD AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062217March 15, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
TAILGATE STRAP ON PASS SIDE OF TRUCK BROKE WHILE TAILGATE WAS DOWN AND TAILGATE ACTUALLY CAME OFF AND DAMAGED TAILGATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AFTER THIS. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON DRIVES THIS TRUCK AND 1 TIMES THIS HAPPENED HE WAS ON A BUSY STREET AND COULD NOT GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRUG THE TAILGATE ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE BEFORE HE COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC TO REATTACH THE TAILGATE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE TAILGATE REPAIRED, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND CAUSING EVEN MORE DAMAGE. I HAVE AT THIS POINT REMOVED THE TAILGATE FROM THE TRUCK UNTIL I CAN FIND A RESOUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062811March 2, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CONSUMER PLACED A LIGHT WEIGHT BOX OF CLOTHES ON THE TAILGATE AND BOTH CABLES SNAPPED, DROPPING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE ON HIS LEFT KNEE. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE TWO CABLES HAD PLASTIC SHEATHS OVER THEM TO PROTECT THE METAL CABLES FROM THE WEATHER, HOWEVER WHEN THE TAIL GATES WERE CLOSED, THE PLASTIC SHEATHS CRACKED, WHICH ALLOWED WATER INSIDE AND CAUSED THE CABLES TO RUST THROUGH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10060053February 29, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE
MY 2000 GMC SIERRA TRUCK TAILGATE WILL NOT LATCH. IT FALLS DOWN WHILE TRUCK IS MOVING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059980February 28, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
BOTH TAILGATE CABLES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, DUMPING MYSELF AND THE DESK THAT I WAS LOADING ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059758February 25, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING WITH TAILGATE DOWN IT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. TAILGATE ASSEMBLY WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059651February 24, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE BACKING OUT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED TAILGATE DROPPED OPEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058919February 24, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CABLE SUPPORTING TAILGATE OF 2000 GMC K2500 FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054029February 24, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE LOADING AN ATV BIKE. AS RESULT, THE BIKE FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND INJURED CONSUMER'S HANDS. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUST DEVELOPING IN THE CABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS MET OTHER CONSUMER'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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