2000 GMC C/K Pickup

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip2
000
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Apr 12, 201056,000 milesMI

AT 50,547 MILES ON 6/23/2008, MY 2000 SIERRA DEVELOPED A BRAKE LINE RUPTURE IN A REAR BRAKE LINE AND I EXPERIENCED SUDDEN DECREASED BRAKING. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURY OCCURRED. AT ABOUT 56,000 MILES ON 4/5/2010 AT LEAST ONE LINE TO THE FRONT BRAKES BLEW OUT AND WE STOPPED 3 FEET FROM A BUSINESS FRONT WINDOW. NO CONTACT OR INJURIES OCCURRED. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT DON'S AUTO ALIGNMENT, INC., 2611 EATON RAPIDS RD., LANSING MI, 48911. PHONE NUMBER 517-393-0372. FIRST INVOICE 21200 FOR $215.19. NEXT INVOICE WILL BE ABOUT $800 SINCE HAVE CHOSEN TO REPLACE ALL LINES OUT OF FEAR FOR OTHERS FAILING. MY MECHANIC CLAIMS HE IS USING HIGHER RATED REPLACEMENT PART THAN ORIGINAL PARTS. *TR

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 3, 200554,100 milesMI

GMC PICK UP TRUCK WINDOW LIFT SYSTEM FAILURE. THE CABLES ON BOTH WINDOW HAVE BROKEN ON MY TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS A 2000 WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT SOON. THE COST TO FIX THIS IS JUST UNDER $300.00 PER DOOR. I HAVE A GM CAR WITH 231000 MILES ON IT AND THE POWER WINDOWS STILL WORK IT IS A 1994. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 14, 200578,000 milesFL

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC 1500 SUPER CAB. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEM PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. ON 10-13-05 IT STARTED GETTING REAL BAD. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE PEDAL PULSATED, AND THEN GOT VERY HARD, AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS HAPPENS ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ON 10-13-05 GOODYEAR REPLACED BOTH REAR ROTORS AND PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE REAR. THE DEALER PULLED UP RECALL 00V0550000 AND TOLD THE CONTACT THAT IF THE RECALL HAD NHTSA ON IT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, TOLD HIM THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN, AND THAT IF THE RECALL DID NOT HAVE GM ON IT HE COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET SPOKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 12, 200565,000 milesWI

GM RECALL NO. 05068 IS LIMITED TO CERTAIN STATES. MY VEHICLE IS ONE OF THOSE LISTED IN THE VIN RANGE, BUT I NOW LIVE IN WISCONSIN, I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE TRUCK HAS THE PROBLEM AND UP UNTIL JULY OF THIS YEAR HAD A MICHIGAN TITLE. BY ALLOWING GM TO LIMIT THE RECALL TO CERTAIN STATES PEOPLE LIKE ME FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND MIGHT BE HARMED. I AM UNEMPLOYED AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE FIX OUTRIGHT. *JB

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System
Filed Jun 24, 200447,100 milesNY

FUEL GAUGE OFTEN READS "EMPTY" WHEN TANK IS COMPLETELY FULL OR AT SOME POSITION MIDWAY BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE WHAT THE ACTUAL LEVEL OF FUEL IS BECAUSE THE GAGE JUMPS OVER THE FULL RANGE OF POSITIONS WHILE DRIVING. OTHER FRIENDS TELL ME THEY EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGE.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jan 25, 200327,665 milesOH

COLD WEATHER STALLING WHILE TURNING. WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP. IS BELOW TEN DEGREES, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPS WHILE EXECUTING A LOW SPEED HARD RIGHT OR LEFT TURN (SUCH AS ENTERING A DRIVEWAY FROM THE ROADWAY). THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE-ONCE IN DEC, 2000 AND MOST RECENTLY IN JAN, 2003 (THE ONLY TIMES THE TEMP HAS BEEN BELOW TEN DEGREES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AS NEW). NO MIL LAMPS ILLUMINATE NOR DO THE GAUGES INDICATE A PROBLEM BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT. FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL DURING THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT.

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20025000Routine
20014000Routine
2000 — this page6000Routine
19998000Routine
199811100Routine
199725010Routine

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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.