GMC Sierra Complaints

15,732 consumer complaints on file.

#10424166September 7, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN NO BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423976September 6, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND PROVIDED ERRONEOUS READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENDING UNIT INSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423785September 5, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STRUCTURE
2008 GMC SIERRA SLT UNDERCARRIAGE IS RUSTING AWAY ALONG WITH ANY COMPONENTS ROUTED ALONG UNDERCARRIAGE SUCH AS BRAKE LINES, FUEL LINES, ECT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT IN A GARAGE ITS ENTIRE LIFE. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND NEEDS LOOKED AT BY GMC AND CHEVY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423156September 3, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH AND TANK IS FALLING OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423733September 2, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE TOWING 4000# BOAT, APPROACHED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND APPLIED BRAKES WHILE MOVING AT APPROX 10 MPH, THE BRAKES APPLIED AND THE PEDAL THEN BOTTOMED OUT ON THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER MUCH CONTINUED BRAKING EFFORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE FIRST SAFE INTERSECTION AND EXAMINED. INSPECTION UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE FRAME REVEALED RUSTED THROUGH STEEL BRAKE LINE FROM MASTER CYLINDER AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE STREET. VEHICLE AND BOAT WERE TOWED, LATER INSPECTION REVEALED FOUR OF FIVE STEEL BRAKE LINES AT THE PROPORTIONING VALVE WERE RUSTED TO POINT THAT REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423109September 2, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS GOING 40MPH WHEN I WENT TO STOP QUICK TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I PRESSED ON BRAKES TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DID DOWN SHIFT BUT AT THAT THE TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING ME TO CLIP THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10423648September 1, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
A BREAK LINE RUPTURED RESULTING IN LOSS OF FLUID AND DIMINISHED BREAKING. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC LOSS IN BREAKING AT A CRITICAL TIME. THE RUPTURED LINE IS NEAR THE GAS TANK AND AT FIRST APPEARED TO BE A GAS LEAK. UPON INSPECTION ALL BREAK LINES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY RUSTED AND MUST BE REPLACED TO MAINTAIN SAFETY. ONE RUSTY LINE COULD INDICATE DAMAGE OR A SINGLE DEFECTIVE PART. 100% OF THE LINES BEING CORRODED TO AN UNSAFE LEVEL INDICATES SUBSTANDARD PARTS. THE REAR DISC BREAKS HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH CORROSION OF SLIDING PARTS RESULTING IN CALIPERS NOT MOVING FREELY. THE SPONGY FEEL TO THE BREAKS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO STICKING OF THE REAR CALIPERS RATHER THAN A FLUID LEAK. ANNUAL LUBRICATION AND A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF REAR BREAKS HAS BECOME NORMAL PRACTICE. THE POOR REAR BREAKS CAN LEAD ONE TO NOT NOTICE A SLOW LEAK OF BREAK FLUID UNTIL A TOTAL LOSS OF BREAKING ACTION. THE SLIGHT EXTRA COST FOR CORROSION RESISTANT BREAK PARTS COULD SAVE LIVES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423717September 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FAILED COMPONENT 1: DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED, REDUCED POWER LIGHT ENERGIZED AND ENGINES GOES TO IDLE SPEED WITH NO FUEL PEDAL RESPONSE. FAILED COMPONENT #2: EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS IN CYLINDER HEADS BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES OF ENGINE, PASSENGER EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED, EXHAUST IS LOUD WITH EXHAUST FUMES IN CAB. DEPENDING ON WHAT IS CAUSING THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE AND WHETHER THE CYLINDER HEADS HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO REMOVE THE BROKEN BOLTS, THESE REPAIRS COULD COST THOUSANDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423588August 31, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THIS MODEL YEAR HAS AN ENGINE DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE HEAD GASKET IS KNOWN TO BREAK CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. THIS CAN CAUSE SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES DEPENDENT ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT IS OPENLY KNOWN THAT THIS IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE YEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422400August 29, 2011
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
AMERITRAC GENERAL PURCHASED FROM WAL-MART 72653. TWO TRUCK TIRES P245/70R17 ON 2 DAYS WITH 7100 MILES HAD FAILURE ON LEFT SIDE TIRE AT CENTER.TIRE DESIGNEGRATED FROM CENTER;2ND TIRE TREAD STARTED TO FAIL AT TIME OF 1ST TIRE FAILURE. *TR WAL-MART TIRES 72653 @9:50AM CONFIRMED OTHER SIMILAR TIRE FAILURES. PLEASE CHECK THESE TIRES. [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422466August 29, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422508August 29, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO A STOP, HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421632August 26, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC 3500 DURAMAX . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 UPDATED 9/20/11 *CN UPDATED 2/23/12 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421629August 26, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT INTENT. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421424August 25, 2011
STRUCTURE
DASH RATTLE 18 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASED NEW. DEALER REPLACED DASH BRACE DUE TO TECH BULLETIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421458August 25, 2011
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT WORK THEY STAY UNLOCKED OR LOCKED WHICHEVER POSSESSION THEY ARE IN HAVE HAD REPAIRED 3 TIMES AT DEALER ARE GONE AGAIN REPLACED ACTUATOR 3 TIME AN 3 OF 4 DOORS NOW DRIVER SIDE AND BACK PASSENGER SIDE GONE AGAIN. AFRAID GRANDDAUGHTER CAN OPEN DOOR WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421516August 25, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FOUND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE SNAPPING OFF FOR NO REASON AT ABOUT 65K MILES. WHEN I ASKED THE LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THIS THEY STATED THEY WOULD NEED TO REMOVE AND RESET THE ENGINE HEADS IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE BROKEN BOLTS. I DID NOT HAVE THEM REPAIR THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE COST THEY QUOTED. I NOW HAVE THREE BOLTS ON EACH SIDE WHICH HOLD THE MANIFOLDS IN PLACE. THE PROBLEM SEAM TO HAPPEN AT THE CHANGE OF THE SEASON FROM FALL TO WINTER. IN THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER, ON A COLD START UP, THERE IS AN OBVIOUS EXHAUST LEAK. AS THE ENGINE HEATS UP THE LEAK DOES DISAPPEAR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT IF THE ENGINE EXHAUST BLOW BY IS TRANSFERRED INTO THE CAB THE DRIVER COULD BECOME UNCONSCIOUS AND DEATH COULD OCCUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10420915August 22, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN THERE WAS A PULSATION COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKES TO BE DEPRESSED ABNORMALLY INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE UNTIL HE ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND AFTER INSPECTION, THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND HAD RUPTURED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD LATER RETURN HIS CALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 09/28/2011 *LN *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421051August 22, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 200 GMC SIERRA AND HAVE FOUND NOW THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, AND THE FRAME IS SO BADLY RUSTY IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. AS I REVIEW THE INTERNET THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS, MANY RESULTING IN CRASHES. YOU MUST MAKE GMC FACE UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND GET THESE DANGEROUS VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421078August 22, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THIS COMPLAINT COVERS MY 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500HD CREW CAB 4WD. ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO I HAD A MAIN BRAKE LINE BLOW UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE LINE WAS SO CORRODED IT WAS NO WONDER. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 9-7-10. I WAS HOOKED TO MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER AND WAS PREPARING TO PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND WHEN I PLACED FOOT ON BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE IT BLEW. THANKFULLY I WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED THE LINE AND FLUSHED SYSTEM. NOW AGAIN ON 8-22-11 SAME SITUATION OCCURRED. THE LINE BLEW IN EXACTLY THE SAME POSITION AS FIRST TIME ONLY A DIFFERENT LINE THIS TIME. NOT TO MENTION THE OTHER CORROSION ON THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND HARDWARE THAT RENDERED MY REAR BRAKES USELESS. HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS AND PADS DUE TO STICKING BRAKE PAD WEARING TO POINT OF METAL TO METAL CONTACT. DID I MENTION I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND IT NOW HAS ONLY 38,500 MILES. RARELY DOES IT GET DRIVEN IN SNOW AND SALT. I HAVE ALL RECEIPTS FOR PARTS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME. IM JUST THANKFUL THAT I WASN'T TOWING AS I USUALLY DO WHEN IM DRIVING THIS TRUCK. I'VE TALKED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP DON HALL IN ASHLAND, KY AND THEY CITE HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I AM A LOYAL GM FAN BUT I WORKED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR TWO YEARS SELLING USED VEHICLES. I MADE IT A HABIT OF CHECKING ALL OF OUR GM TRUCK TRADE-INS FOR THIS RUST PROBLEM AND THEY TOO HAD THIS. I SAW EVEN TWO TO THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLES RUSTED TO THE POINT OF COLLAPSE. ONE OF THESE BEING A $65000 CADILLAC ESCALADE. APPALLING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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