GMC Sierra Complaints

15,732 consumer complaints on file.

#10324814April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I OWN A 2001 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. DURING EARLY MARCH OF THIS YEAR, MY BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES. TWO OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES UNDER THE TRUCK WERE SO CORRODED WITH RUST THAT THE BRAKE FLUID RUPTURED THE LINES WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND POURED OUT ON THE GROUND. MY BRAKED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD ZERO BRAKES WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS ONLY BY SHEER LUCK THAT I WAS TRAVELING VERY SLOWLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED, AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. I WAS IN THE TOWN OF RENOVO, AND COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE DUE TO THIS MISHAP. WE LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN, AND TOW A TRAILER WITH HORSES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE DISASTER UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT THE BRAKES WOULD SOON COMPLETELY FAIL. IT COST OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ON OUR TRUCK. I HAVE THE RECEIPT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324824April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
BRAKE LINES FAILED ON MY 1999 GMS SIERRA PICK UP. HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2000.00 +'S. ALSO ANTI LOCK BRAKING HAS FAILED DUE TO FRONT SENSOR PROBLEM, GM WANTED TO REPLACE FRONT BEARINGS AND WHEEL HUBS TO FIX THIS FOR $1100.00 MORE,TOLD THEM THIS WAS A RECALL THEY DID IN THE PAST DID NOT WANT TO HEAR IT. HAD TO REMOVE FUSE FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKING, VEHICLE RIDES AND BRAKES OK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324826April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, PARKING BRAKE
DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS THE FRONT OR REAR BRAKES THAT WERE LOST WHEN DRIVING. DROVE CAREFULLY TO DEALERSHIP AND HAD A CORRODED BRAKE LINE REPLACED THAT HAD A HOLE OR HOLES IN IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324830April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES FAILED BECAUSE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES THAT FAILED ON THE WAY TO WORK . IT WAS FIXED,AND ANOTHER BROKE WHEN BEING TESTED! BECAUSE OF THIS WERE AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL RECALL IS IN EFFECT ! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324843April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
I HAVE A 1999 GM PICKUP WHILE 3 HRS FROM HOME I WAS COMING ONTO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES I WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND LOWER GEARS TO PREVENT RUNNING INTO THE CARS AHEAD OF ME, WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED AND CHECKED FLUID I WAS EMPTY THE CLOSEST STATION WAS STILL MILES AWAY, LUCKY FOR ME I WAS ON FL ST RD 710 20 MILES FROM INDIANTOWN I STAYED IN THE SLOW LANE DRIVING AT 5- 25 MPH UNTIL I COULD GET FLUID. I HAD THIS PROBLEM ALL THE WAY HOME WITHOUT CRASHING. UPON INVESTIGATING I FOUND THAT MY BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED OUT, I AM NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING THEM OUT AS I CAN'T AFFORD A MECHANIC AND NOW AM HAVING PROBLEMS TRYING TO FIX SO NOW I AM OUT OF WORK BECAUSE OF THIS. LAST NIGHT I HAPPENED TO BE WATCHING THE NEWS AND SEEN THIS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LINES I HAVE ONE OFF OUT OF 4 LINES MY HOPE IS A RECALL TO HAVE THESE FIXED BY SOMEONE THAT KNOWS HOW IF NOT I WILL DO MY BEST SO I CAN MAKE IT TO WORK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324856April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STRUCTURE
BRAKE LINES ON 2002 GMC 2500 RUSTED NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324859April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1999 GMC SIERRA PICKUP REGULAR CAB 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES. TRUCK WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SPEED LESS THAN 5 MPH. PEDAL VIBRATED THEN WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. TRUCK BUMPED INTO CAR IN FRONT OF IT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO CAR, VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO TRUCK. ROADS WERE CLEAR AND DRY, DAY WAS COLD BUT SUNNY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324861April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
DEPRESSED AB BRAKES TO AVOID DEER, BRAKE WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR BOARD BEFORE STOPPING. BRAKE LINES CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324863April 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WENT OUT TO THE TRUCK TO GO TO WORK AND THE TRUCK WOULDN'T MOVE. TRANSMISSION LINE LEAKING OUT ALL FLUID. CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACE JUST LIKE THE BRAKE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324870April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
IN THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER, 2009, MY FATHER AND I WERE PULLING A BUMPER HITCH CAMPING TRAILER WHEN THE TRUCK BRAKES FAILED. WE WERE ABLE TO LIMP THE REST OF THE WAY HOME BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE ELECTRIC ASSIST BRAKES ON THE CAMPER. WHEN WE HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE METAL BRAKE LINES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAD CORRODED INSIDE THE FRAME, NEXT TO THE GAS TANK. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER INCIDENT HAS ARISEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324889April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CORRODED BRAKE LINE ON MY 2001 GMC PICK UP TRUCK. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THIS. I JUST READ IN THE BOSTON HERALD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. THIS REPAIR WAS $350.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324885April 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS PLOWING SNOW ON THE COMMON DRIVEWAY THAT I SHARE WITH 3 OTHER NEIGHBORS AND CAME AROUND A BEND TO MEET MY NEIGHBOR'S SON ON HIS ATV. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THE PILE OF SNOW IN FRONT OF THE PLOW HELPED STOP MY TRUCK. THE ATV OPERATOR DODGED IN TO THE SNOW BANK. THERE WAS NO CONTACT. I FOUND THAT I HAD MULTIPLE BRAKELINE FAILURES ON MY TRUCK. I HAVE HAD A PREVIOUS BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN 2008 BUT COULD NOT FIND THE WORK ORDER FOR REPAIRS TO VERIFY DATE AND MILEAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324636April 9, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
GMC SIERRA - UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATION. GMC RECALL #05068. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324654April 9, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DEAR SIR, I HAVE A 2002 GMC PICKUP THAT HAS HAD THE SPARE TIRE FALL OUT OF ITS MOUNT DUE TO SEVERE RUST OF THE FRAME. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION MY FRAME HAS SEVERE RUST IN SEVERAL OTHER AREAS. I HAVE CONTACTED GMC AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD TO HAVE A NICE DAY! I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND IT HAS 57,000 MILES TOTAL. MY BODY SHOP TELLS ME THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR THIS FRAME IS TO REPLACE IT! I FIND IT APPALLING THAT GMC SELLS A $40,000.00 VEHICLE THAT HAS A LIFE CYCLE OF 8 YEARS. I CANNOT SELL THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE AND TRADEIN WOULD BE A JOKE. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD MAKE GMC FACE THIS PROBLEM AND RESOLVE IT? EITHER REPLACE THE PICKUP OR FRAME? ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! [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
#10324677April 9, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON 1997 GMC PICKUP. @ DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND SEPARATE AREAS IN BRAKE LINES. OLD LINES DISCARDED. APPEARED TO BE A RUST ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324763April 9, 2010
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2003 GMC HALF TON SIERRA TRUCK. 3 TIME SINCE 2003 THAT I'VE HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR CLUNKING NOISE FELT THRU STEERING WHEEL. LUBED A COUPLE TIMES THEN REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. STILL NO GUARANTEES THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. ALSO VERY HARD TO STEER WHEN BRAKING AND BRAKES DON'T RESPOND WELL WHEN APPLIED QUICKLY. THE FIRST TIME THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED ATTENTION THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 15,000 MILES ON IT. THE SECOND TIME WAS 30,000 MILES AND THE LAST TIME WAS 45,000 MILES AND OCCURRED IN MARCH 2010. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324774April 9, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2000 GMC SIERRA BRAKE LINE RUPTURED LAST YEAR WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE HARD TO AVOID A COLLISION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324448April 8, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN; THEREFORE, HE USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE THEN NOTICED BRAKE FLUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MINOR BRUISES DUE TO THE SUDDEN STOP. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 142,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10324149April 7, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVE SHAFT VIBRATION AND LOCKING UP DURING BRAKING AT ALL SPEEDS, REAR END OF TRUCK FEELS LIKE ITS COMING OFF. DEALER STATED TSB ISSUED BECAUSE ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324166April 7, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY FRONT BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND RUPTURED AND STARTED LEAKING FLUID. I HAD NO BRAKES AND HAD TO TOWED FOR REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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