GMC Sierra Complaints

15,732 consumer complaints on file.

#10546914October 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE SLIPS SOMETIMES BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND ALSO WHEN PARKED ON A HILL AND PUT INTO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS LATE INTO 1ST GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546592October 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WHEN I LEFT I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I PUT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED . WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT THE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH. ALL LINES HAD TO BE CHANGED, *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546665October 3, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
2003 GMC SIERRA 2500HD THE INJECTORS WANT BAD WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL HOUSING. SO CHANGED THAT NOW HAVING TO CHANGE INJECTORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546513October 2, 2013
ENGINE
WHEN TRAVELING MERGING ON I-70 OUTSIDE OF LONDON OHIO MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING VERY LOUD EXHAUST SOUND. AFTER INSPECTION FOUND THAT DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WHERE BROKE OFF ALLOWING UNFILTERED EXHAUST TO PASS. IF LEAK WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO BAD THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE EXHAUST ALSO BROKE WELDS OFF THE EXHAUST CAUSING THE EXHAUST TO FALL THE BREAK IS WHERE THE H-PIPE COME TOGETHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546427October 1, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK INTERMITTENT LOCKING. CAR ALARM WILL SET AND VEHICLE WILL START WITHOUT THE DOOR LOCKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546180September 30, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE BEEN HEARING NOISES FROM REAR OF TRUCK , AND KEPT LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM, FINALLY GRABBED THE BED AND SHOOK IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE IS FIXING TO FALL OFF, TOOK IT TO HALL GMC IN TYLER TX. ON 9-03-2013 THEY GREASED THE LEAF SPRINGS ? AND SAID THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM,BUT WHEN ITS PARKED ON A HILL THERE IS TO MUCH WEIGHT ON AXLE FOR IT TO MOVE AND THEY KNEW THAT , SO WHEN I GOT HOME IN THE GARAGE IT STILL HAS AN INCH OR SO TRAVEL FROM SIDE TO SIDE MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE, TOOK IT BACK ON AFTER 5 OR 6 PHONE CALLS WAS TOLD TO COME AND GET THE TRUCK ON 9-23-2013 , THAT THEY ALL DO THAT ,IF ANYONE HAS A 2011 CHEVY OR GMC REAR DRIVE VEHICLE SHAKE IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE GIVE IT A REALLY GOOD SHAKE AND NEXT TIME YOU GO AROUND A CORNER FIXING TO PASS SOMEONE IT WILL SCARE YOU KNOWING THAT THE AXLE IS THAT LOSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546332September 30, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKES IN MY GMC PICKUP TRUCK FAILED DUE TO SEVERELY RUSTED STEEL BRAKE LINES. TWO LINES BURST , ONE AFTER THE OTHER , AS I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK. AN INSPECTION REVEALED EXTENSIVE AND PREMATURE RUST THROUGHOUT THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545695September 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AS TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY IN A AREA THAT IS SLOW IN THE MORNING. THE BRAKES STARTED TO SLOW ME DOWN, THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD NOT SLOW THE TRUCK. I TOOK ACTION AND MOVED ONTO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID A CRASH. I CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHICH ONLY WORKED A LITTLE BIT UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOUSE. UPON INSPECTION, ONE OF THE FOUR BRAKE LINES THAT RUN ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT HAD BURST DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST. IN FACT ALL FOUR OF THE BRAKE LINES IN THIS LOCATION HAD EXTENSIVE RUST. I HAD TO HAVE ALL FOR REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545271September 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
NO BRAKES! PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545302September 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY 2005 GMC SIERRA 3500 CREWCAB WITH LESS THAN 77,000 MILES ON IT EXPERIENCED A RUPTURED BRAKELINE. AS I COMMENCED GOING OUT MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT MUSHY THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. THANK-GOODNESS THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY OPPOSED TO OUT ON THE ROAD! BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND ROTTED THROUGH CAUSING A RUPTURE IN THE LINE AND BRAKE FAILURE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ROUTINELY DRIVEN BUT USED FOR HAULING A HORSE TRAILER, TRIPS OR SERVER WEATHER WINTER DRIVING; THUS THE LOW MILEAGE FOR IT'S AGE. CANNOT HAUL A THING WITHOUT BRAKES AS THE UNDERSIZED BRAKING SYSTEM ON THIS TRUCK BARELY STOPS ITSELF UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. IT IS KEPT CLEAN, DRY AND STORED IN AN OPEN FRONT BUILDING. SINCE MY INCIDENT A FRIEND OF MINE WITH A VERY SIMILAR TRUCK (MAYBE A YEAR OR 2 NEWER) EXPERIENCED THE SAME SCENARIO. FORTUNATELY, THEIRS HAPPENED AS THEY WERE BACKING UP TO PARK AT A CAMPGROUND AND NOT OUT ON THE ROAD EITHER. *LN UPDATED 1/8/2103 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545340September 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS PAST WEEK, AS I WAS DRIVING TO GET GAS FOR OUR CAMPING TRIP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE DUALLY SLOWED DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT WAS IT EVER CLOSE. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK BACK TO MY HOUSE, I BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE AS I SAW NO LEAK AND THE RESERVOIR WAS NEAR FULL. I SAW ONLINE THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A GM ISSUE WITH A FEW YEARS OF TRUCKS IN MY AGE BRACKET. I CLIMBED UP UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND THE LINES TO BE SHOT. NOT ONE WITH A RUST HOLE, BUT ALL OF THEM CORRODED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. I KNOW THE TRUCK IS 8 YEARS OLD, BUT IT SITS MOST THE TIME AND ALMOST ALWAYS THROUGH THE WINTER. I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE OTHER CAR IN 30 YEARS THAT HAD A BRAKE LINE RUST. IT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN THIS HIGH END OF A VEHICLE. MY DAD BOUGHT THE MATCHING TRUCK. HIS SITS WINTERS IN THE BARN AND ONLY HAS 50K ON IT. I WILL CHECK IT THIS WEEKEND. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545415September 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT ON ME SLAMMED ON BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, AVOIDED CAR COULD NOT STOP AND RAN INTO A FIELD WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN VEHICLE. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE AS A RESULT OF THESE RUSTED BRAKE LINES. THESE ARE BRAKES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW!!!! SHAME ON YOU GM, WE KNOW YOUR AWARE OF THIS DEADLY PROBLEM. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545153September 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
PULLED UP TO THE CARWASH. AS I WAS PREPARING TO PUT MONEY IN THE MACHINE,I HEARD A HISSING SOUND. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR & BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. WAS ABLE TO ROLL BACK TO A VACANT AREA & STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. TRUCK IS STILL IN THE SHOP WHERE MECHANIC IS REPLACING ALL THE BRAKE LINES. HE SAID THIS WAS COMMON FOR THIS TRUCK & THE LINES WERE ALL BAD. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545172September 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE, LUCKILY IT HAPPENED AT A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545237September 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 AM, I WAS APPROACHING AN INNER-NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION AT LOW SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH) AND BEGAN TO APPLY MY BRAKES TO BRING MY VEHICLE TO A REQUIRED STOP. UPON APPLYING MY BRAKES, THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY WHEREBY THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST ALL PRESSURE AND DEPRESSED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE AT THAT POINT AND WAS APPROACHING A (FOUR-WAY) STOP SIGN, MY TRUCK CAME TO AN EVENTUAL STOP A FOOT OR TWO INTO THE INTERSECTION. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY ANYONE AS THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS PRESENT. INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE POST-INCIDENT CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD BURST LEADING TO COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUID AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION. BRAKE FLUID WAS SPILLED ON VARIOUS REAR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE AXEL AND ON THE PAVEMENT. AN SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE PERFORATED REAR DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE SHOWED THE BRAKE LINE TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED WITH EVIDENCE OF EXTREME CLUMPED AND LOOSE, FLAKING RUST LAYERS. THE PERFORATION WAS EVIDENT JUST ABOVE THE LEFT REAR AXEL. AN INSPECTION OF THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE SHOWED VARIOUS DEGREES OF SIMILAR CORROSION. AFTER A FULL INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, A CONCLUSION WAS MADE THAT ALL OF THE 1/4" BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE ROT PRESENT. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT TO NOT DO SO WOULD SUBJECT THE VEHICLE OPERATOR AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS AND/OR PEDESTRIANS TO POTENTIALLY FATAL CONSEQUENCES SHOULD ANOTHER ROT INDUCED BRAKE LINE PERFORATION OCCUR. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545019September 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE SMELLED A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO FUEL VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT BOTH THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544790September 21, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
LEAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544605September 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN I WENT TO START THE TRUCK IN THE MORNING, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. GOT OUT AND SAW THE BRAKE FLUID ON MY DRIVEWAY. EXAMINED THE TRUCK AND FOUND A STEEL BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND OTHERS HAD SIGNIFICANT RUST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544173September 18, 2013
TIRES, TIRES:BEAD
I RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW TIRES AUGUST 14. ON AUGUST 30TH MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT AS I WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE I NOTICED A KNOT AND AIR COMING OUT FROM THE RIM.I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED THIS PAST SATURDAY SEPT 14TH ON SEPT 17TH THE TIRE I HAD REPLACED DID THE SAME THING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544175September 18, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I KEEP GETTING REDUCED ENGINE POWER P1516 CODE . READING THE POST'S ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A REAL COMMON PROBLEM.ALSO THE SPEEDOMETER WILL DISPLAY 120 MPH SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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