GMC Sierra Complaints (1999)

813 consumer complaints on file.

#10512624May 18, 2013
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND HEARD A LOAD CLUNK. WHEN I GOT HOME I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE BANGING AND FOUND THAT THE REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLE HAD RUSTED SO BAD IT BROKE IN HALF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512652May 18, 2013
STEERING
TRUCK WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER THE EVENING OF 12/03/2012. THERE WAS A GRINDING TYPE NOISE WHEN TURNS WERE ATTEMPTED. TOOK VEHICLE TO A SHOP FOR A POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACEMENT. THE SHOP CHANGE THE PUMP AND THE SOLID METAL POWER STEERING HOSE. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE HOSE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE REPAIR WENT FINE AND I PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS. IT SEEMS THE REPLACEMENT SOLID METAL POWER STEERING HOSE BROKE IN THE SAME PLACE, WHERE IT SCREWS INTO THE PUMP. IT IS NOW MAY 2013, AND THE SECOND REPLACEMENT POWER STEERING HOSE HAS BROKEN AGAIN. I WILLTAKE IT TO THE SHOP MONDAY, MAY 21, 2013. I AM HOPING THIS HOSE WILL LAST. WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509368April 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS PULLING MY HORSE TRAILER AND WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND MY TRUCK BRAKES WENT OUT AND I COULD NOT STOP. I ENDED UP BEING PUSHED INTO TRAFFIC AND ALMOST WENT OFF A CLIFF. MY STEP DAD CAME AND GOT MY TRAILER AND WE HAULED MY TRUCK BACK TO HIS PLACE. MY DAD AND STEP DAD STARTED LOOKING AT IT AND MY ENTIRE BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED OUT? I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL WEBSITES STATING NUMEROUS INCIDENTS AND RECALLS? I NEED HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509419April 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC C2500 PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING DOWNHILL, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BREAK IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES: HYDRAULIC), BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509347April 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I JUST TOOK MY 99 GMC SIERRA 1500 TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR AFTER DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND FELT THE SOFTNESS IN THE BRAKE PEDAL ATTEMPTING TO STOP BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR THE SERVICE TECH FOUND THE BRAKE LINE LEAKING DUE CORROSION, THE TECH GAVE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WHICH WOULD BE REPLACING ALL 4 CALIPERS, BRAKE HOSES, AND BRAKE LINES FOR OVER $3000.00. GM OR NHTSA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL OR SOMETHING BUT SOMEONE GETS KILL. LUCKY THERE HAS BEEN NO DEATHS BECAUSE OF SUB QUALITY PARTS USED BY GM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504002March 21, 2013
SUSPENSION
ODD NOISE FROM VEHICLE. STOPPED AND NOTICED THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOW (BOX AND BACK OF CAB WERE IN CONTACT AT THE TOP AND SEPARATED BY SEVERAL INCHES AT THE BOTTOM. LOOKED AT FRAME AND SAW THAT RIGHT SIDE OF FRAME WAS RUSTED AND IS CRACKED ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH, ALLOWING FRAME TO SAG AND PRESENTING THE DANGER OF FRAME SEPARATION WHICH WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502306March 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. SOMETIME THE NEXT DAY I STARTED UP MY TRUCK AND RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, ALL SEEMED FINE. I THEN RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PROCEED TO BACK UP. GAVE THE VEHICLE A LITTLE GAS TO DO SO, WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AGAIN AND HAD THEM GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARDS. IN ORDER TO STOP I HAD TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO HIT INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. NO DAMAGE TO EITHER OTHER THAN A SCUFF. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND MECHANIC SAYS ALL LINES NEED REPLACING. GOING TO COST UPWARDS OF A $1000. THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE! *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501442March 5, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR DUE TO PREMATURE BRAKE LINE FAILURE. WAS ABLE TO DOWN SHIFT AND CURB THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500500February 26, 2013
SEATS
AFTER LETTING MY SON EXIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, TRIED TO RETURN SEAT TO NORMAL POSITION AND COULD NOT. AFTER STRUGGLING WITH IT, A PLASTIC PART IN THE SEAT TRACK BROKE AND THEN SEAT WOULD NOT STAY IN PLACE AT ALL. CAREFULLY DROVE TO NEAREST GM DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD PART WAS NOT IN STOCK, WOULD TAKE UP TO A WEEK AND WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. I WAS ON VACATION, SO COULD NOT WAIT, TRIED SALVAGE YARDS, NO LUCK. HAD UPHOLSTERY SHOP DRIVE LARGE SCREW INTO TRACK TO LOCK IT IN PLACE AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE A PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490596December 31, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS IN A DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP TO TURN ONTO THE MAIN ROAD, WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I USED THE PARK BRAKE TO STOP AND RETURNED HOME. I FOUND THE LEAK, IT IS ON THE BRAKE LINE WHERE A GROUP OF FOUR LINES RUN ALONG THE FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10487827December 10, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE IN THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FRACTURED. BOTH STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 1/17/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR FUEL STRAP HAD BROKEN AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE FRONT STRAP WAS RUSTED, BUT NOT BROKEN. BOTH WERE REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE. UPDATED 01/24/13
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482525October 29, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING AT 50 MPH WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER THE DRIVERS SIDE METAL BRAKE LINE BURST PREVENTING US FROM STOPPING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LINE IT WAS HEAVILY CORRODED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482304October 26, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING AND SLOW SPEED CRAWL INTO GARAGE DOOR. ON INSPECTION, HEAVILY CORRODED SECTION OF REAR BRAKE LINE UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS DOOR ON THE INSIDE OF FRAME RAIL WAS SPLIT LENGTHWISE AND LEAKING LARGE VOLUME OF BRAKE FLUID. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10481287October 21, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EXCESSIVE RUST BUILD UP ON BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. ROTORS & PADS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IN MAR., 2007 AFTER DRIVING 40,000 MILES. NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN IN OCT., 2009 AFTER ONLY DRIVING 14,000 ADDITIONAL MILES. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED IN JUNE, 2011 AT 58,000 MILES. DEALER ADVISED NO RECALL ON THIS MODEL, ALTHOUGH IDENTICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FOR NEWER VEHICLES HAD BEEN RECALLED AND WERE BEING REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10480992October 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FRONT BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH STAINLESS STEEL AS OPPOSED TO MILD STEEL. THE VIN, FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10479667October 10, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS LIMITED BRAKING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SLOWED BY DOWN SHIFTING. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANICS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND RUPTURED CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK AND THE REDUCTION IN BRAKING ABILITY. ALL OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CONCERNS OF ADDITIONAL FAILURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10479345October 9, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL SLIGHTLY WHEN HE NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,785. ..UPDATED 11/14/12 *BF UPDATED 11/15/2012 *JS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478363October 2, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR , NO BRAKE PEDAL .... BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND FAILED......... HAD ALL 5 LINES REPLACED......... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475904September 19, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
FRONT BRAKE HOSE FROM FRAME TO CALIPER RUSTED OUT AND CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN THE ISSUE WAS BEING LOOKED AT, NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME AND ALL PARTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED LIKE THEY WERE 100 YEARS OLD. APPEARS THERE WAS NO RUST INHIBITOR INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE METAL. ALL BRAKE LINES UNDER BODY OF THE TRUCK ARE SO RUSTED THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. FUEL LINE IS ALSO RUSTED. I FEEL THAT ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE DUE TO POOR RUST INHIBITOR USED DURING MANUFACTURING OF THE TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475848September 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS COMING UPON A RED LIGHT BEHIND OTHER TRAFFIC. I STEPPED DOWN ON THE BRAKES TO STOP, AND THE PEDDLE FELT SPONGY. I TRIED PUMPING THEM, THEN NOTHING. I AVOIDED HITTING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME BY SWERVING ACROSS INTO THE OTHER LANE AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, WERE I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHILE IT WAS A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY THERE IS A DUAL RESERVOIR, AND THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF FLUID IN BOTH. UPON INSPECTION, I SAW THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL SEVERELY CORRODED, AND THE ONE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WAS SPLIT. I KNOW I LIVE IN MICHIGAN, AND THE TRUCK IS RUSTY(THANKS AGAIN GM) BUT I HAVE CARS OVER 40 YEARS OLD WITH ORIGINAL LINES ON THEM WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CORROSION ON THEM. THIS IS A SUBSTANDARD PART, THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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