GMC Sierra Complaints (2004)

582 consumer complaints on file.

#10129000July 17, 2005
TIRES:VALVE
ON 7/10/05, WHILE PULLING MY CAMPER, WHICH IS A 04 GMC 2500HD, BOUGHT NEW TO PULL THIS CAMPER, I EXPERIENCED A FLAT R/R TIRE WITH-IN 40 MILES ON THE TRUCK. ON 7/11/04 I EXPERIENCED 2 FLAT TIRES ON THIS TRUCK DUE TO DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS. AFTER CHECKING WITH OTHER CHEVROLET/GMC OWNERS AT CAMPGROUNDS, THERE IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE RUBBER VALVE STEMS. I ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE STEEL VALVE STEMS INSTALLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO TIRE FAILURE AND REPLACING TWO TIRES THAT ONLY HAD 13,500 MILES ON THEM. THE SERVICE REPAIRMAN EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP ON THE TIRES, THE RUBBER VALVE STEMS WILL NOT ACCEPT THE HEAT, AND FAIL. I HAD THREE FAILURES IN TWO DAYS DUE TO THIS, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND INJURY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130171July 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2004 GMC 1500 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE CONSUMER WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO ALL ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127569July 6, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
THE INJECTORS ON MY 2004 GMC SIERRA WENT OUT AT 26,000 MILES. THE INCIDENT CAUSED ME TO LOSE MY TRUCK FOR 4 DAYS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL 8 INJECTORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127197June 30, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
I NOTICE THE PARKING BRAKE LOSING IS CAPACITY TO BRAKE PROPERLY. I WAS MINOR AT FIRST THE ONE DAY IT JUST QUITE WORKING PROPERLY. I WASN'T AWARE OF A RECALL ON IT AT THE TIME. I TOOK IT INTO A DICK KEFFER IN CHARLOTTE. THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PARKING BREAK. I'VE ALSO TALKED TO GMC ABOUT THIS. GMC SAYS THERE IS A RECALL ON MY TRUCK BUT WOULDN'T FIX IT BECAUSE THE DEALER SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. I DO KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. MY TRUCK IS A 2004 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB LONG BOX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127059June 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: PURCHASED VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 2003, AND ON 12-22-03 HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW SPEED AT WHICH CONSUMER TAPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER. HE CHECKED THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICIANS VIA COMPUTER, BUT THE CODES CHECKED OUT AS WELL AS A TEST DRIVE AND INSPECTION FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THIS CHECKED OUT AS ADEQUATE, NO PROBLEMS FOUND. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR ACCIDENT. CONSUMER CALLED GM TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AGAIN TAKEN TO DEALER, AND NO PROBLEM FOUND. 5-7-05 EXPERIENCED ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN 3 INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AS CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION FROM ABOUT A DISTANCE OF 60 FEET AND TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN APPLIED BRAKE FAILURE AND SUFFERED A COMPLETE FAILURE WITH NO BRAKES AT ALL. "BRAKES WOULD NOT EVEN GRAB." GLIDED THROUGH INTERSECTION STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT RESULTED IN 3 INJURIES. TOOK TO DEALER WHO CHECKED VEHICLE AND AGAIN FOUND NOTHING WRONG YET CONSUMER FEELS AS THOUGH BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10123675May 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1ST BROKEN FLYWHEEL REPLACED; NOW 05/31/05 BACK IN FOR 2ND FLY WHEEL REPLACEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121075May 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER HIT THE BRAKES AND THE ABS ACTIVATED AS IF THERE WERE NO BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD TO LET OFF AGAIN AND PUSH BRAKES AGAIN TO STOP. BY THAT TIME VEHICLE HAD ROLLED OUT IN THE ROAD PAST THE STOP SIGN. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAD HAPPENED. NO REPAIR WORK PERFORMED. PROBABLY WAS UNDER 10 MPH WHEN ABS ACTIVATED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120593May 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ALSO, INTERMITTNET SLIPPING OF TRANSMISSION WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM A FULL STOP. VEHICLE HESITATES BEFORE IT BEGINS TO MOVE. THIS OCCURED WITHIN THE 1ST 500 MILES AND CONTINES TO OCCUR TODAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119541May 3, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
CONSUMER STATES: SET 2 YR OLD SON IN PASSENGER SEAT TOOK KEYS OUT OF SEAT LAID IN CONSOLE, CHILD STUCK KEY IN SWITCH TURNED ENOUGH TO TURN ON GEARS WITHOUT TOUCHING BRAKING. TALK TO GM SAID THEY WERE DESIGNED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119653May 3, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRUCK FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AND THERE HAVE BEEN 6 RECALLS AND HE HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY OF THESE RECALLS. THE CONSUMER IS STILL DRIVING VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115825April 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD INTERMITTENTLY HESITATE BEFORE CATCHING IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATED OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS VEHICLE MAYBE REAR ENDED. *AK THE TRUCK WAS ON AN INCLINE IN OVERDRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, LET OFF THE BRAKE AND GAVE IT GAS TO MERGE INTO TRAFFICS AND THE TRUCK WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. IT HESITATED UNTIL FELT LIKE A GEAR CAUGHT AND THEN INTO TRAFFIC INSTEAD OF GOING WHEN IT NEEDED TO GO. THE SECOND TIME WAS ALMOST THE SAME WAY. *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117257April 27, 2005
STEERING
POWER STEERING FADED AT HIGH SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING ROTATION SENSOR. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE POWER STEERING KICKED BACK IN VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY FROM TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK A NORMAL STEERING ROTATION SENOR WILL FADE OUT POWER STEERING AT HIGH SPEEDS SO YOU HAVE BETTER FEEL OF THE ROAD. AS SPEED DECREASES THE STEERING SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME EASY WHEN SPEED DECREASES. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, THE STEERING WOULD BE HARD AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHILE YOU ARE APPLYING A LOT OF PRESSURE TO MAKE A TURN THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY COME BACK ON CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD OR OVER THE YELLOW LINE. CONSUMER TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK. *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116994March 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE PEDAL WAS HARD, AND VEHICLE WOULD STOP ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT DISC BRAKES AND POWER BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113198March 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES HE STEPPED ONTO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY LOST BRAKES AND STEERING AND SMOKE ALSO POURED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ONCE HE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SAW FLUID POURING FROM THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND THE CONSUMER SAW THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALER BUT THE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HYDROBOOSTER ASSEMBLY ACCUMULATOR WHICH HAD COME APART. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115504March 21, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHEN EXAMINING THE TIRES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRES. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. GENERAL TIRES AMERICIAN TRAC P25570R16. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113686March 8, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH OR GREATER,AND WHEN TURNING LEFT, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT TORSION BAR, AND THE LEFT CONTROL ARM CAME OUT OF PLACE. ALSO, THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER BRACE CAME LOOSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109351March 2, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH A HEAD ON COLLISION OCCURRED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE SOME INJURIES. *AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10112378March 1, 2005
STEERING
WHEN TURNING LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL SQUEAKS. WHEN TAKING MINOR BUMPS ON THE ROAD THERE'S A RATTLING OR A PULSING FEELING COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN. DRIVER DOOR MADE A RATTLING NOISE (WHICH WAS FIXED) AND THERE WAS A PUMPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD BY THE FLOOR (WHICH WAS FIXED).*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112882February 22, 2005
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
WHILE DRIVING THE SIDEVIEW MIRROR FOLDS INWARD . THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL PROCEDURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111822February 19, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
2004 GMC SIERRA PICKUP TRUCK, NOTICE BRAKE PROBLEMS AT ABOUT 12,000 MILES TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER TO SEE WHAT PROBLEM WAS, CONCERNED WAS WEARING BRAKE ROTORS IN FRONT END, WAS TOLD THAT ROTORS WERE DEFECTED FROM MANUFACTURER THY WERE TURNED WRONG AT FACTORY, THEY TRIED TO CORRECT PROBLEM BY TURNING THEM AT DEALER PROBLEM RETURNED AT 30,000 MILES, WENT BACK TO DEALER TO CORRECT PROBLEM THEN FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND REAR ROTORS WERE TURNED ALSO, AGAIN AT ABOUT 34,000 MILES PROBLEMS WITH REAR ROTORS OCCURRED THEY REFUSED TO WARRANTY THEM I FEEL THAT THERE'S A WIDER PROBLEM THEN JUST A FEW TRUCK AND S.U.V. AND A RECALL AND A INSPECTION SHOULD BE DONE ON ALL ROTORS FROM THIS YEAR OF MANUFACTURING SHOULD BE DONE FOR SAFETY REASONS I DID SAVE THE REAR ROTORS FOR MEASUREMENT IN THE FUTURE IF NEEDED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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