GMC Sierra Complaints (1999)

813 consumer complaints on file.

#850267October 7, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TRYING TO STOP, BRAKES LOCK UP. CONSUMER PRESSES THE PEDAL HARD, TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712617October 1, 1999
WHEELS
PLASTIC HUB NUTS CONTINUALLY BECOME LOOSE AND HAVE TO BE RETIGHTNED. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR 0NE ACTUALLY CAME OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712608September 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
HAS OCCURING EHAUST LEAK, SERVICE WONT FIX. USING BRAKES WHILE SLOWING AND HITTING BUMP IN ROAD, BRAKES WILL PULSEATE VERY HARD AND VECHILE WILL NOT STOP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848791September 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 80MPH THE VEHICLE WILL SPORADICALLY GO OUT WHILE SWITCHING LANES, THEN KICKS BACK IN AFTER A FEW SECONDS. DEALER CAN'T SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848640September 24, 1999
STEERING
WHEN MAKING A TURN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING CHANGED CAUSING OVER STEERING IN THE TURN WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING OFF OF THE ROAD. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE DTC SENSOR .MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548513September 15, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SINCE PURCHASED VEHICLE EXPERIENCE VIBRATION AND RECOVERS VERY SLOW FROM A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH IS CAUSING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO FAIL DUE TO THE SUSPENSION BOUNCING WHILE BRAKING . *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847151September 8, 1999
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
LUGS: BOLTS: NUTS THAT HOLD THE HUBS ON THE CROME WHEELS ARE TOO SHORT, AND CANNOT BE TIGHTENED. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE NUTS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SEVERAL TIMES WHICH DOES NOT IF NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. CHECKED EVERY OTHER DAY THE HUB WOULD JUST FALL OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847014September 7, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHILE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION, IF ONE OF THE REAR TIRES HIT A TAR STRIP, CHUCK HOLE OR BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT, THE TRUCK GOES INTO ABS BRAKING, REDUCING STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH COULD CAUSED A CRASH. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING NORMALLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710158August 18, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE IS OCCURRING APPROXIMATLEY 7 - 10 TIMES PER WEEK UNDER MODERATE BRAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547934August 12, 1999
WHEELS:HUB
TWO WHEEL COVERS FELL OFF. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844604August 9, 1999
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THE FRAME OFF THE BACK WINDOW CRACKED, ALLOWING THE REAR WINDOW TO FALL OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, AND IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709341July 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DID NOT START IN 1ST GEAR AFTER COMPLETE, RESTING STOP. POTENTIAL ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO AVOID IMMINENT DANGER IN TRAFFIC DUE TO LACK OF POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843408July 26, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING
ALL HEADLIGHTS AN D INTERIOR LIGHTING WILL FLICKER WHEN THEY ARE ON, OR THEY WILL BECOME EXTREMELY BRIGHT AND THEN BECOME DIM. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE ,THERE IS NO SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709057July 23, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
HAVE HAD A MODERATE TO SOMETIMES SEVERE STEERING VIBRATION FROM THE DAY I DROVE THE TRUCK OFF THE LOT....VIBRATION IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH.........GETS WORSE AS SPEEDS INCREASE.........HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TWICE IN THE FIRST 1000 MILES ....EACH TIME THE TIRES WERE SPIN BALANCED..NO SATISFACTION....DEALER IS NOW STATING THAT THEY TOOK OTHER TRUCKS FOR TEST RIDES AND THEY HAVE SAME VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS....IS THIS INHERENT IN THE DESIGN? ...I'VE CHECKED THE COMPLAINTS SECTION OF YOUR SITE AND NOTICED THAT NEARLY 1/2 OF THE COMPLAINTS FOR 1999 GMC/CHEVROLET PICKUPS INVOLVE SOME SORT OF STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION....
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842928July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING UNDER 15 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF CHATTERING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. PEDAL RELEASED, AND WITHIN THREE TO FOUR SECONDS, AND IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708873July 21, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BAD VIBRATION WHEN HITTING BUMPS. ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAD FRONT-END ALIGNMENT AND TIRES ROTATED, BALANCED SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708918July 21, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TRUCK HAS BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS-PROBLEMS STILL EXITS. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708334July 7, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WORKS PROPERLY AND RESTRAINS DRIVER DURING QUICK STOPS.THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CATCH MECHANISM HAS NEVER RESTRAINED THE PASSENGER DURING QUICK STOPS AND THE PASSENGER LUNGES FOREWARD EACH AND EVERY TIME.NOTICING THIS PROBLEM I INTENTIONALLY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE SEAT BELT CATCH BY MAKING NUMEROUS QUICK STOPS.THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE ALL THE GMC TRUCKS WERE LIKE THIS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ONLY RESTRAINED ON IMPACT.I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TO MAKE IT EASY TO INSTALL A CHILD CAR CARRIER.DOES THIS SOUND REASONABLE TO YOU.I THOUGHT SEAT BELTS SHOULD OPERATE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#839374June 10, 1999
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE AND HOP OFF THE ROAD WHEN IT IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS AND OVER BUMPS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546538June 6, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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