GMC Sierra Complaints

15,732 consumer complaints on file.

#852172October 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL PULSATES AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. OWNER HAS TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PREASURE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852208October 29, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE
STEEL CABLE ON TAILATE BROKE FROM BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME, CAUSING IT TO FALL ON TOP OF CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852209October 29, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN TURNING CORNERS EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK, POSSIBLY CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
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
#549346October 29, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, TIRES
FUEL PUMP SOLENOID FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE IDLING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549405October 29, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH
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
#713988October 28, 1999
SUSPENSION
ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES/SHAKES EXCESSIVELLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-75 MPH), ON CERTAIN STRECHES OF ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852007October 27, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDHSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTEMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713938October 27, 1999
SUSPENSION
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK AFTER TRAVELING 6 TO 10 MILES AT 70+ MILES PER HOUR WOULD START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL YOU CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT STARTED OUT DOING IT ONCE A WEEK BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL IT WAS DOING IT EVERY DAY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 8/5/99, THEN AGAIN THE WEEK OF 8/23 THROUGH 8/27/99, AND RETURNED AGAIN 9/14/99, THEY CALLED ME BACK THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 9/16/99 AND TOOK THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE AND JUST LIKE BEFORE AFTER TRAVELING 7 MILES AT 72 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WITH HIM BEING THE THIRD WITNESS BESIDES MYSELF. THE TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AS OF 10/27/99 AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FILED AS A LEMON UNDER THE NC GENERAL STATUTE 20-351, SO THAT NO ONE ELSE ENDS UP WITH IT OR GETS HURT OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851808October 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE PAVEMENT BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851685October 26, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN GEARS ARE SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND VEHICLE JERKS, AS IF BEING REAR ENDED. DEALER SAYS THERE IS A BAD VALVE BODY IN TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 3 TIMES. NO SOLUTION FOUND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713863October 25, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#713779October 24, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851477October 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT APPOXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD LOCK UP FOR NO REASON WHEN HITTING A BUMP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLID WHICH RESULTS IN LOSS OF CONTROL. MECHANICS CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713711October 22, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
SMELL OF FUEL WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE, WHEN VEHICLE LEFT RUNNING PARKED, VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND DESTROYED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713638October 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IN JANUARY 1998. 2 WEEKS LATER IT WAS IN THE SHOP. THIS PATTERN CONTINUED EACH TIME. THE COMPLAINT WAS CONCERNING TRANSMISSION. BUT EACH TIME THEY WOULD REPLACE SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD. THE TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 50 DAYS IN A YEARS TIME. ON OCTOBER 4, 1999 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THE TRUCK GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, JAMMED IN 1ST GEAR. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED. IT TOOK THE DEALER 10 DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION ON REPAIRING THE TRUCK. THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND IT IS STILL A MAJOR HASSLE TO GET IT REPAIRED. CONTACTED GM AND HAD TO HAVE THEM INTERVENE. HAD THEY OF FIXED THE TRUCK THE PRIOR 5 TIMES IT WAS IN FOR REPAIR THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. THEY CONTINUALLY DENIED PROBLEMS EXISTED WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A VORTEX TRUCK I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR OF TRUCK AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. BUT I HAD PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK AFTER PURCHASE AND EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY WOULD REPAIR SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF FIXING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANNY WAS IN PIECES WHEN IT ARRIVED TO THE DEALER FROM THE TOW TRUCK. THEY STILL DID NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE ME TO PAY A PART OF THIS REPAIR. THEY WERE VERY RUID AND INCOOPERATIVE ABOUT THE WHOLE DEAL. A TOTAL OF 16 DAYS THEY HAD THE TRUCK THIS TIME. IN OCTOBER OF 98 THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 19 DAYS AND STILL COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. EACH TIME I WOULD GET THE TRUCK BACK THEY WOULD SHOW SOME REPAIR FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION. EACH REPORT REFLECTED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRUCK NO SHIFTING INTO GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND. THEY GAVE ME A BLOW OFF MEMO FROM GM. STATING THE WHNINING NOISE FROM THIS TRANSMISSION WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, THEY FAILED TO REALIZE THEIR MEMO RELFECTED PROBLEMS FROM PARK TO GEAR AND FROM N TO REVERSE. MY TRUCK WOULD FAIL TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND IT WOULD WHINE. AND IT WOULD CLUNK AND STILL THEY DIDN'T FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851264October 20, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS IN THE RAIN.THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALLS 98V150001;98V150000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713543October 19, 1999
SUSPENSION
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK AFTER TRAVELING 6 TO 10 MILES AT 70+ MILES PER HOUR WOULD START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL YOU CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT STARTED OUT DOING IT ONCE A WEEK. BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL IT WAS DOING IT EVERY DAY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 8/5/99, THEN AGAIN THE WEEK OF 8/23 THROUGH 8/27/99, AND RETURNED AGAIN 9/14/99. THEY CALLED ME BACK, AND THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 9/16/99 AND TOOK THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE. JUST LIKE BEFORE AFTER TRAVELING 7 MILES AT 72 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WITH HIM BEING THE THIRD WITNESS BESIDES MYSELF. THE TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AS OF 10/19/99 AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FILED AS A LEMON UNDER THE NC GENERAL STATUTE 20-351, SO THAT NO ONE ELSE ENDS UP WITH IT OR GETS HURT OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713562October 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IT APPREARS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE .VEHICLE LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE STATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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