GMC Sierra Complaints (1999)

813 consumer complaints on file.

#896574September 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004101September 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
TROUBLE WITH ROTORS-8000 MILES & REAR BRAKES STARTED TO HANG UP & LOCK UP. 8400 MILES ROTORS WERE REPLACED - 29100 MILES ALL FOUR ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. ORIGINAL FACTORY BRAKES HAD 50% LINING LEFT - ROTORS WERE BADLY SCORED AND CHEWED UP - ROTORS OVER HEATED AND DELAMINATE-THEY ARE OF VERY POOR QUALITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752054September 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS MODULE KEPT RUNNING AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, HAD TO UN-PLUG THE ABS MOTOR NOW THE ABS AND THE BRAKE LITE STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. NEED'S TO BE A RECALL ON THIS PART AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF A NEW TRUCKS BRAKING SYSTEM. HOW MANY MORE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT/FAIL BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL ON IT, NOT MANY I HOPE. LET DOWN ON THE DEPENDABILITY OF THIS NEW TRUCK, MY 1995 CHEVROLET WAS MORE DEPENDABLE THAN THIS ONE. AND IT HAD 350,000 MILES ON IT BEFORE IT FINALL LAYED DOWN!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896125September 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING TRUCK TO IMPACT SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. RECALLS 00V345000 AND 00X001000 REPAIRS HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES FOR BRAKE RELATED ISSUES, BUT NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562945September 5, 2001
PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
THE REAR EMERGENCY BRAKES FAILED TWICE PREMATURELY DUE TO BROKEN A RETAINING PIN WHICH CAUSED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE TO ENGAGE AND WEAR COMPLETELY OFF, ALSO THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACEED.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895781September 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER STATED HIT BRAKES, AND AT THE SAME TIME HIT A BUMP IN ROAD, AND ABS ACTIVATED. VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STOP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895391August 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK ABS SYSTEM COMPLETELY WENT OUT, RESULTING IN TWO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING, ABS SYSTEM (MOTOR) COULD NOT BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL BATTERY CABLES WERE REMOVED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751314August 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO STOP AND ROLLOVER A SMALL BUMP OR HOLE IN THE ROAD THE BRAKE PEDAL LOSSES PRESSURE AND THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IN CALIFORNIA WHERE I LIVE, IT IS VERY HILLY AND I DRIVE ON HILLS ON A DAILY BASIS, HOWEVER I HAVE HAD TO ADJUST MY NORMAL DRIVING AND BEGIN TO BRAKE 100-150 FEET BEFORE COMING TO STOP SIGN TO PROTECT MY FAMILY. WHEN THE TRUCK ROLLS OVER A SMALL BUMP OR HOLE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AND GO RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THREE (3) DIFFERENT LOCAL GMC DEALERS AND THEY ALL SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL ABS BRAKE OPERATION. I TOLD EACH OF THEM THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL BRAKING OPERATION. ON JUNE 11, 2001, MY FAMILY AND I WENT TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET. WHEN I STOPPED THE VEHICLE I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND CALLED FOR A NEXT DAY APPOINTMENT AT THE LOCAL GMC DEALER. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I CALLED AAA AND THEY CAME AND JUMPED THE DEAD BATTERY AND DROVE TO THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS CONTROL HAD COMPLETELY FAILED AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEMS I HAD PRIOR TO THE DEALER REPLACING THE 4-WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751151August 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
DEALER DIAGNOSIS IS ENGINE KNOCK HOT OR COLD SEE HISTORY PISTON MOVING IN CYLINDER MAKING NOISE OPERATING TO MANUFACTURES SPECS AT THIS TIME---PERFORMED DECARB 2 TIMES PER GM RECOMMENDATIONS NOISE RETURNS CURRANTLY NO RESOLUTINS PER GM FOR NOISE. THAT MEANS THAT I PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A DEFFECTIVE TURCK, THE FACTORY WARRANTY IT GOING TO EXPIRE WHEN THE TRUCK HITS THE 36000 MILES DEALER EXPLAIN TO ME THAT WHEN GM FIND HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM I CAN GO BACK AND GM GOING TO FIX THE ENGINE OF MY TRUCK, I'M SCEPTICAL FOR THIS COMMENT. GM BUILT THOUSANDS OF THIS KIND OF ENGINES AND I DONT THINK THAT GM GOING TO EXPEND MONEY AND TIME TO FIX ENGINES WHEN THE WARARNTY AL READY EXPIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751022August 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
I WAS INFORMED BY OCONNORS DEALSHIP OF AUBURN, ME. THAT THE ECM SHORTED OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF 700 DOLLAR, NOT INCLUDING LABOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894510August 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM , CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894444August 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE WENT THROUGH INSPECTION IN MAY OF 2001. TECHICIAN STATED THAT ROTORS WERE PITTED, SHOWING SPOTS WHERE BIG PIECES WERE BROKEN OFF. BEFORE INSPECTION BRAKES MADE A SQUEAKY AND GRINDING NOISE. AS PROBLEM INCREASED BRAKES BEGAN TO CHATTER. REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND THE FRONT ROTORS STILL REMAINED ON VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893591August 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER GETTING HOME AND TURNING OFF ENGINE COULD STILL HEAR MOTOR RUNNING. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. THEY SAID THAT DEFECT WAS WITH ABS MODULE WHICH THEY COULD NOT FIX.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749820August 4, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THROTLE STICKS FROM IDLE, CAUSING TRUCK TO LURCH FORWARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562324July 31, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND IN ENGINE EVERY MORNING AT START UP, DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE, THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED THE CONSUMER A WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE, CONSUMER STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEM.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749499July 31, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
STEEL BELTS SEPARATED ACROSS TIRE WIDTH. NO KNOWN ROAD HAZARDS STRUCK. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273WMB139 TIRESIZE: P265-75R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892697July 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO MAKE A SLOW STOP VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WIHTIN LAST 10 FEET OF DRIVING ,AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS CLICKING, RATCHING NOISE UNDERENEATH HOOD ON DRIVER'S SIDE THAT LASTED 10 FEET. VEHICLE ACTUALLY TRAVELS 15 FEET BEFORE VEHICLE WILL STOP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747742July 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PLACEMENT OF THE ABS CONTROL MODULE (IN THE FRAME RAIL UNDER THE CAB) SUBJECTS IT TO CORROSION FROM ROAD SALT AND OTHER DEBRIS. GM KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD FIX IT AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747608June 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION. DEALER DID NOT WRITE UP PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER INITIAL INCIDENT. AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER AND OWNER DEMANDED INVESTIGATION (MAY 25, 2001). DEALER COULD NOT DETECT DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891573June 28, 2001
TIRES
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, GMC, SIERRA PICKUP, TIRE SIZE P265/75R16, DOT NUMBER W273WMB129, TIRES HAD 38 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM, WHEN DRIVING 70 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE WHEN LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT COMPLETELY AND TREAD SEPARATED. *AK FIRESTONE AT TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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