GMC Sierra Complaints (2000)

698 consumer complaints on file.

#860208April 12, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS SPORADICALLY FLASH OFF AND ON WHEN DRIVING IN THE DARK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860209April 12, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS FLASH SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859326March 28, 2000
VISIBILITY
WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE STICKS WHICH MAY CAUSE VEHICLE TO SKID AND RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858751March 17, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE WOULD BE PULLING EXCESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SPEED DID NOT PLAY A FACTOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC REALIGNED THE TIRES. PROBLEM NOT SOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858698March 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BRAKE PEDAL FELL OFF VEHICLE WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO STEP ON IT. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN OR TOWED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858545March 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT END AND DRIVETRAIN VIBRATION. FIRST INCIDENT COMMENCED AT 15-35 MPH, AND SECOND INCIDENT STARTED AT 50 MPH OR MORE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720113March 14, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TIRES COULD NOT BE BALANCED, DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE BY DEALER, AGREED TO REPLACE TIRES WITHIN 8 WEEKS, NOW INTO FIFTH MONTH AND NO SETTLEMENT. DEALER CLAIMS FIRESTONE NOT RESPONDING. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857504February 24, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
POOR DESIGN OF STEERING COLUMN UPPER SHAFT CAUSED IT TO FAIL EVERY 10,000 MILES.MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF DEFECT. BUT, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857309February 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR , THEN TRUCK STOPPED. DEALER FIXED PROBLEM AFTER THE THIRD TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857194February 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH, PUT FOOT ON BRAKES AND HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, AND BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP. THEY SAID BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718660February 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 12/13/99 WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE TOURQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP AND STALLED THE TRUCK IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE CROSSING THE LEFT LANE. WITH DIFFICULTY, TRUNED THE WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT AND PULL OFF THE ROAD AND SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK. LUCKLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ON COMING TRAFFIC. ON 2/11/00 WHILE COMING INTO A ROLLING RIGHT HAND TURN AND GOING ABOUT 15 MPH, I STARTED TO BRAKE AND THE TOURQUE CONVERTED AGAIN LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE STALLED. AGAIN WITH DIFFICULTY I WAS ABLE TO STEER INTO THE CORNER AND MAKE THE CORNER. AS THE TRUCK WAS FREE ROLLING IT JUST STARTED ITSELF AND IT CONTIUNED ON, ALMOST CRACHED INTO TWO CARS WAITING AT THE STOP SIGN. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION. IN OCTOBER WHEN WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE, I ACCELLERATED AND TRUCK DIDN'T MOVE. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE SHIFTED TO PARK AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE AND IT FINALLY WENT INTO GEAR AND MOVED. HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH TOURQUE CONVERTER CONCERNS WITH NO SOLUTIONS. GM HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THERE 4L60E TRANSMISSIONS. MY 1998 GMC JIMMY HAS BEEN REPLACED AT 19000 MILES. AM VERY WORRIED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WHEN NOT READY AND AN ACCEDENT WILL HAPPEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550667February 2, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AND DRIVERS AIR BAGS DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE RESULTED IN INJURIES. PASSENGER SUSTAINED CHEST, KNEES, NECK, AND HEAD TRAUMA WHILE DRIVER SUFFERED SUBDURAL HEMOTOMA, INJURY TO BOTH KNEES AND WRIST AS WELL AS MOUTH, THROAT, FACE, HAED AND RIBS. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#718179February 1, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
MAKING U-TURN AND POWER ASSIST WENT OUT SUDDENLY MAKING STEERING IMPOSSIBLE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853533December 1, 1999
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING OVER 30 MPH, CAUSING STEERING TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. VIBRATION WILL FADE AFTER SPEEDS OF 50 MPH. DEALER HAS CHECKED TIRES/ WHEELS, CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714088October 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
BRAKE SYSTEM: WHILE DRIVING ON AVENUE AT 35-40MPH, I CROSSED A RAILROAD CROSSING WHILE BRAKING AND BRAKE PEDAL APPEARED TO GO TO THE POINT OF LEAST RESISTANCE, OR NEAR THE FLOOR BOARD. ALSO, WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS, NOTICED BRAKE PEDAL VERY SLOWLY MOVING TO THE FLOOR WHILE FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. IMMEDIATELY TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT. AND THE SERVICE DEPT. DIAGNOSED IT AS A LEAKING MASTER CYLINDER. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED HOWEVER I STILL NOTICE BRAKE PEDAL SEEKING POINT OF LEAST RESISTANCE WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND DIPS/MODERATE BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AS A FAMILY TRUCK AND IT CARRIES MY CHILDREN ON A REGULAR BASIS. I FEEL THAT MASTER CYLINDER SHOULD NOT HAVE LEAKED AT 822 MILES. OTHER ISSUE>>> HIGHWAY SPEED VIBRATIONS: TRUCK HAS HAD A PERSISTENT HIGHWAY SPEED VIBRATION (40-45 MPH AND 60-70 MPH). THE TRUCK WAS SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM ON SEPT. 27 AND OCT. 5. SEPT. 27 THEY BALANCED THE WHEELS. ON OCT. 5, THEY BALANCED THE WHEELS AGAIN AND SUGGESTED THAT THE WHEEL WEIGHTS ARE "COMING OFF" CAUSING UNBALANCED TIRES. WHEEL WEIGHTS HAVE REMAINED INTACT AS OF THIS DATE BUT VIBRATION STILL EXIST. THE VIBRATION FEELS LIKE IT STARTS AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND MIGRATES THROUGH THE TRUCK TO THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHEEL WHICH ON OCCASION HAS EXHIBITED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHAKING INCLUDING SEATS AND DASH. WHILE IN TURNS AT TIMES AND GOING OVER BUMPS, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES GIVING THE SENSE OF NOT IN CONTROL. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT. THE GM FACTORY REP. WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE TIRES TO THE SAME BRAND, GOODYEAR WRANGLERS, HOWEVER I SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN FOR VIBRATION TWICE AND I SUGGESTED SWAPPING TIRES/WHEELS TO SEE IF THIS WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM AND THEY INDICATED THEY DID SWAP BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549444October 29, 1999
STEERING
VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT THE MEDIAN CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER AND PASSENGERS BECAUSE OF BRAKE AND STEERING MECHANISM FAILURE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#844775August 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A DIRT HILL AT 3 MPH APPLIED BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE FREE WHEELED DOWN A HILL AT 40 MPH DUE TO THE ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. ALSO, FRAME IS BENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844448August 5, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON LOOSE DIRT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HILL BRAKES LET GO. THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, BENDING THE FRONT FRAME RAILS AND FRONT CROSS MEMEBER. DRIVER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30-40 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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