GMC Sierra Complaints (1997)

345 consumer complaints on file.

#10080960July 13, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN RAINING WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING, IT HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. IT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. VIN # IS NOT INCLUDED IN PRESENT RECALL. YOUR AFRAID TO DRIVE ANYWHERE WHEN RAIN IS POSSIBLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080656July 9, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
I HAD LOADED SOME LUMBER INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND THE TAILGATE CABLE SNAPPED. IT HAD RUSTED INSIDE OF THE PLASTIC BARRIER. THE LUMBER SLID OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE TRAVELING. NO ONE WAS INJURED. I CONTACTED GMC, AND THEY SAID THEIR WAS NO RECALL ON THAT PROBLEM. I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CABLE FOR THE TAILGATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079181July 2, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
1997 GMC SIERRA HAS WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING AT IFFERENT TIMES USUALLY WHEN IT IS RAINING. CURRENTLY THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS TYPE OF EHICLE BUT ACCORDING TO GM, NOT FOR MY VEHICLE BASED ON THE VIN#. THE VIN # IS [XXX]. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE YET.*AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074345June 24, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING. THERE WAS A WINDSHIELD WIPER RECALL 03V15900 BUT THE VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NM *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078445June 18, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
I HAVE A 1997 GMC C1500 PICKUP. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS JAMMED AND WILL NOT EXTEND. IT IS ILLEGAL IN MY STATE TO DRIVE WITH OUT A SEAT BELT. MY GMC DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $200 TO FIX THE BELT. *AK CAN I BE CHARGED, THIS MUCH, FOR A FAILURE OF A SAFETY SYSTEM ON A 7YEAR OLD VEHICAL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078397June 17, 2004
STEERING
1997 GMC TRUCK. WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT, SOMETIMES THERE IS NO RESISTANCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TRUCK CAN VEER (HARD RIGHT) AT ANY SPEED. THE SLIGHTEST WEIGHT OF YOUR HAND CAN UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE HARD RIGHT TURN. FAULTY E.V.O. ROTATION SENSOR REPLACED BY DEALER ON 06/25/98, 5/24/99 AND 8/27/99. GM EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS SENSOR TO 65,000 MILES. SENSOR IS STILL DEFECTIVE. THIS DEFECT CAN AND PROBABLE HAS CAUSED SEVERE ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE DEATH. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. CURRENT DEFECTIVE PART IS IN USE NOW. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074537June 17, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
POWER STEERING GOES OUT OCCASIONALLY. THIS HAS BEEN NOTED MANY TIMES ON THE NHSTA WEB SITE AS WELL AS OTHER CONSUMER COMPLIANT WEB SITES EXPLAINING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE SERIES. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INTERMITTENT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075747June 7, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO A TREE. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, HOWEVER PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED DISLOCATED KNUCKLES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10066723May 11, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING WHEEL FAILURE. STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY JERKED EITHER TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED STEERING WHEEL FELT LIKE IT WAS SEPARATING FROM ITS LINKAGE. A MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE POWER STEERING BOOSTER WAS BAD, AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067249May 11, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND TURNING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE, PULLED OVER, AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO START AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. *AK THE VEHICLE PULLED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AROUND RIGHT CURVES AT 35-45 MPH. THE PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIVATE TIRE SHOP. THE TECHNICIAN THERE KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT THE POWER STEERING SENSOR WAS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES ON OTHER GM PICK-UPS. A NEW SENSOR WAS INSTALLED AND THE PROBLEM WAS ALLEVIATED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061580March 8, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT CAME LOOSE AND BROKE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER WAS RECLINING IN SEAT. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE BRITTLE FRAME WAS BEING USED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061592March 8, 2004
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL JERKS IN THE SAME DIRECTION. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A GMC SUBURBAN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055968January 28, 2004
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054895January 26, 2004
STEERING
I BOUGHT A 1997 GMC SIERRA IN 1999. THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH IT, AND SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, IS ON OCCASION, WHEN I MAKE A TURN, EITHER TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE STEERING COMPLETELY. THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL IS FINE. IT ONLY DOES THIS FOR A MINUTE PORTION OF A SECOND, AND THEN RETURNS TO NORMAL.*LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054393January 18, 2004
STEERING
POWER STEERING FAILURE. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070023January 15, 2004
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE ENGINE ROD BEARINGS STARTED MAKING NOISE AT 80,000 MILES. THE NOISE PROGRESSIVLY GOT WORSE SO I WAS ADVISED TO RUN A 15W-40 OIL AND RUN THE MOTOR TO FAILURE. GM GAVE ME A PRICE OF $2500 FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT SAYING IT WOULD BE VERY COSTLY TO JUST REPLACE ROD BEARINGS AND THE WARRANTY ON THE NEW MOTOR WAS BETTER. AS FAR AS THE STEERING PROBLEM, THE TRUCK STARTED TO UNDER-STEER AT ABOUT 4500 MILES. AS YOU ENTER A TURN (LEFT OR RIGHT) SOMETIMES THE TRUCK JUST DIVES IN THAT DIRCTION AND YOU MUST COMPENSATE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO DRIVES THE TRUCK. A FRIEND OF MINE HAS A 97 CHEVY TRUCK AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, HE HAD IT REPAIRED FOR THE SUM OF $1000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070172January 15, 2004
STEERING
GOING DOWN THE ROAD ALL AT ONCE YOU WILL LOOSE CONTROL OF YOUR STEERING WHEEL. IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE NO WAY TO TURN OR ANYTHING. IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU TO HAVE CONTROL OF YOU PICKUP AGAIN. THIS COULD BE REAL DANGEROUS IF YOU WERE TO HIT SOME ICE OR RAIN SLICK ROADS AND ALL AT ONCE YOU COULDN'T CONTROL YOUR PICKUP. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THESE LATE MODEL PICKUPS AND GM HAS MADE NO RECALLS ON THIS. IT IS 1996 THREW 1999 THAT THE TROUBLE IS IN. THERE IS A SENSOR IN THE POWER STEERING THAT TELLS IT WHAT TO DO. THERE WAS A LADY IN THE SAME TIME I WAS IN GETTING HER PICKUP FIXED ON A RECALL ON THE WIPERS AND I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD EVER HAD ANY TROUBLE LIKE THAT. SHE SAID YES IT CAUSED HER TO GO INTO THE DITCH BEFORE SHE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. SO THEY HAD TO REPLACE HER SENSOR ALSO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053064January 13, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
POWER STEERING ASSIST TENDS TO PULL THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WITH TOO MUCH ASSIST AFTER BARELY TURNING THE WHEEL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER (HAS ALWAYS DONE THIS SINCE NEW). WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ACTING UP WHEN ACTIVATING THE WASHER MECHANISM. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T WORK, SOMETIMES THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WIPE CYCLE. THE DATE BELOW IS A REQUIRED FIELD, BUT THE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052906January 12, 2004
STEERING
WHEN TRAVELING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR OR SO, THE STEERING WHEEL OCCASIONALLY LOSES ALL RESISTANCE AND THE WHEEL TURNS AROUND TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SWERVE. I READ THAT GM HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR MANY VEHICLES THAT HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE GMC 1500 TRUCK DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AMONG THEM. PLEASE ADD IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052987January 12, 2004
STEERING
I HAVE A GMC 1500 SEIRRA PICK-UP 1997 THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF STEERING ISSUES WITH SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TURN THEN IT GETS REAL LOOSE AND IF I GO IN TO A TURN, IT FEELS LIKE IT LOOSES ALL TENSION AND I OVER CORRECT MYSELF ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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