1999 GMC C/K 1500

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, air › antilock › control unit/module. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields	1		0	0	0
Structure › Body › Tailgate › Hinge and Attachments	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed Sensor	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Control Unit/Module	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes	1		0	0	0
Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields

Filed Apr 9, 2014114,000 milesAR

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 3 DOOR TRUCK ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THE BODY HAS NO SIGN OF RUST.BUT UNDERNEATH IS LIFE THREATENING I WAS DRIVING NORMAL SPEED MAYBE 55MPH AND I HEARD A POP AND MY FRAME BROKE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE OF RUST. NOW I WELDED IT UP JUST TO GET ME BACK N FORTH TO WORK. WITCH IS STILL LIFE THREATENING BUT I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. I CAN NOT AFFORD A NEW TRUCK ESPECIALLY WHEN I STILL GOT 3000 TO PAY ON THIS ONE. THE FRAME LITERALLY BROKE IN HALF, UNDER THE CAB ON DRIVER SIDE, AND BY THE BACK WHEEL ON PASSENGER SIDE. IT CAUSE THE BED TO HIT THE CAB AND KNOCK A DENT IN IT. NOT SAFE AT ALL. *TR

Service Brakes

Filed Oct 26, 2012103,000 milesCT

BRAKE LINE CORRODED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE. WAS LUCKY ANOTHER BAKE LINE JUST WENT. (10/25/2012) AND THEY ARE REPLACING 2 MORE THIS TIME. OTHERS HAVE SUGGESTED REPLACING ALL. TOTAL OF 3 BRAKE LINES GONE BAD IN THIS GMC. *TR

Structure › Body › Tailgate › Hinge and Attachments

Filed Dec 26, 2005MD

TAILGATE STRAPS BREAKING. *NM

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System

Filed Aug 23, 200564,000 milesOH

FUEL GUAGE INOPERATIVE ON 1999 1500 GMC SIERRA. PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER WARRANTY EXPERED AND HAS CONTINUED TO DATE.

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed Sensor

Filed Jun 2, 200545,000 milesMI

BRAKES FAIL AT SPEEDS BELOW 10 MPH.

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Control Unit/Module

Filed Nov 12, 200381,000 milesMI

LIKE MANY OTHERS THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS MY ABS ON 1999 GMC 1500 WENT BAD AT 81000 MILES. THE DEALER REAIR COSTS $1020. FROM READING THESE MESSAGE BOARDS IT APPEARS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE UNITS THAT GM WILL NOT RECOGNIZE.THIS IS MY 4TH GM TRUCK AND THE ONLY ONE TO EVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.