GMC Sierra Complaints (1994)

204 consumer complaints on file.

#11432158September 8, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
The contact owns a 1994 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that the windshield wiper motor intermittently failed to operate without warning. The contact then discovered that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V150001 (Visibility). The dealer was notified of the recall and the contact was informed that they did not see a recall on his vehicle. The contact was provided an estimate for the repair. The contact had attempted to reach the manufacturer but had no success. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 204,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11271485October 28, 2019
SEATS
SEAT BACK PIVOT PIN BROKE. THE SEAT CAN ONLY RECLINE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO RECALL 95V246000. BUT MY VIN DOESN'T SHOW UP WHEN SEARCHED. WHY IS MY VIN NOT INCLUDED? THIS IS A 1994 GMC SIERRA SLE. THANKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244131August 15, 2019
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LATCH TO THE BUCKLE. ALSO, THE STRAP THAT GOES ACROSS THE DRIVER'S CHEST WOULD NOT ADJUST TO HIS HEIGHT. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH COLE BUICK GMC (6600 S WESTNEDGE AVE, PORTAGE, MI 49002, 269-323-3200) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11093507May 12, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I HAD WROTE SOMETHING THAT HAD LIKE 4500 CHARACTERS AND YOU GUYS DID NOT ALLOW ME TO SEND IT THIS IS RIDICULOUS I WILL HAVE TO CUT AND PASTE AND SEND IT IN A EMAIL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024284September 19, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO LIFT THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE TO SQUEEZE THE CONNECTOR BOX FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 98V150001 (VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10983908May 7, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WIPERS WILL WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745781August 3, 2015
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR GOODYEAR WRANGLER AUTHORITY TIRES, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16. THE DOT NUMBER FOR THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PJW8H01V0515. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE DOT NUMBER WAS PJW8H01V5214. THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE DOT NUMBER WAS PJW8H01V4614 AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE DOT NUMBER WAS PJW8H01V3414. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE SIDEWALLS ON THE TIRES WERE UNEVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,420.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505784April 10, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I HAVE NOTICED THROUGH OUT THE HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE THAT I OWN. A GMC 1500 SIERRA PICKUP TRUCK (1994-2013), THAT THE VEHICLE WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING OR NOT COME ON AT ALL (INCLUDING THE WASHER). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477239September 27, 2012
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) BUT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10433674October 31, 2011
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE OWNER WHO STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO THE WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10433666 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 125,000. UPDATED 11/29/11 *CN UPDATED 12/12/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429410October 11, 2011
VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED BUT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO FUNCTION AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) BU THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10414957July 25, 2011
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500 EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE STEALTEX A/T (LT245/75/16). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SIDE WALL HAD ALSO SEPARATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO AN AUTO SHOP TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10401856May 14, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE FLUID LINES RUSTED AWAY ON BOTH SIDES, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FRONT WHEELS. DURING REPAIR, AT A LICENSED REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CHASSIS OF THE VEHICLE HAD, IN FACT, RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH WHERE THE BRAKE LINE CLAMPS WERE ATTACHED TO THE CHASSIS. THE RUSTING OF THE VEHICLE FRAME IS SO BAD THAT THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY ASSIGNED ME A SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER, #71-902016197 AND TOLD ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE REPORTED DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME HE HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE BUT, NOT AS BAD AS THE RUST ON MY TRUCK. HE SAID HE BELIEVES IT IS CAUSED BY GM HAVING USED DISSIMILAR METAL SCREWS AND BRACKETS MOUNTED INTO THE TRUCK CHASSIS/FRAME. HE SAID HE WAS SURE THAT GM WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THAT A FRAME REPAIR SHOP MAY BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE BAD SECTION. THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT IS DANGEROUS AND MAY CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH SHOULD THE CHASSIS/FRAME FAIL WHILE THE TRUCK IS DRIVEN. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND LACKS ANY OTHER RUST OR MAJOR DAMAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10332398May 26, 2010
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A RAINSTORM AT 30 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THEY WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 170,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268220May 8, 2009
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOLT SUPPORTING THE FRONT SEAT BACKS SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED THE SEAT BACKS TO FALL BACKWARDS. HE REPAIRED THE ISSUE HIMSELF AFTER PURCHASING ANOTHER SET OF BOLTS FROM THE DEALER TWO YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO DRIVING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 193,377 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171441October 20, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WIPERS QUIT WORKING DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND CAME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN NUMBER 98V150001. CONTACTED A DEALER WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. SINCE THEN THE PULSE BOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED AND WIPERS ARE NOW WORKING FINE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164824August 7, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. GMC HAS INFORMED ME THAT PAST RECALLS DO NOT APPLY TO MY VIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164826August 7, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. GMC INFORMED ME THAT PAST RECALLS DO NOT APPLY TO MY VIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163156July 22, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, MY WIPERS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION IT NEARLY CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT. LATELY THE WIPERS CEASED ALTOGETHER. IN THE COURSE OF SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOR THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM, I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION IN 1998, OF WHICH GMC NEVER NOTIFIED ME (EVEN THOUGH I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER). I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THIS REMEDIED THROUGH A LOCAL DEALER, HARCO AUTO PARK IN ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF MY VEHICLE, AND THE NEWNESS OF THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM, THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THEY ADVISED ME TO CALL GM CUSTOMER SERVICE (BUT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME THE PHONE NUMBER). I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY HAD MY VEHICLE'S VIN IN ONE COMPUTER, BUT NOT THE OTHER. I DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AND PROVIDED THE RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER (98V150001). THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THEIR COMPUTER. THEY PUT ME ON HOLD AND CALLED HARCO TO SEE IF THEY HAD A HARD COPY OF THE RECALL. HARCO DID NOT. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. I OFFERED TO EMAIL THE NOTICE I FOUND ON THE INTERNET TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AT GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. HE SAID "WE DON'T HAVE EMAIL" (UNBELIEVABLE, IT'S 2006). I GAVE HIM A WEBSITE. HE SAID THERE'S NOTHING GM CAN DO. I ASKED "DO YOU DENY I OWN THIS VEHICLE?" HE DID NOT DENY IT. I ASKED "DO YOU DENY THAT THIS RECALL EXISTS?" HE DID NOT DENY IT. SO I SAID THERE WAS A RECALL IN 1998, GMC FAILED TO NOTIFY ME OF IT, I FIND OUT ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED (AND HAVE BEEN FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS AND IT IS GROWING WORSE), YET THERE IS NOTHING GMC INTENDS TO DO ABOUT IT. HE SAID HE WAS SORRY, BUT NO. BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM THERE IS NOTHING GMC CAN DO. NOW I'VE GOT TO GET THIS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL. HIGHLY UNFAIR! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162302July 13, 2006
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
I AM EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH MY WIPERS NOT WORKING ON A 1994 GMC SIERRA PICKUP. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE WET AND WITHOUT THE AID OF THE WIPERS WORKING PROPERLY VISIBILITY IS NEAR ZERO. THIS CREATES A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. NO WARNING SIGNALS ARE GIVEN WHEN THE WIPERS WILL OR WILL NOT WORK. MOST RECENTLY I CALLED A GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT WITH THE AGE OF THE TRUCK THIS PROBLEM WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR. THIS LEFT ME THE FEELING THAT THEY (GENERAL MOTORS) WERE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE. AT THIS POINT THE CONDITION STILL EXISTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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