2000 GMC Gmc Truck

Routine

Owners filed 13 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal1
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires › Sidewall1
000
Steering › Rack and Pinion1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages1
000
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
101
Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System1
000
Fuel System, Other1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Other
Filed Dec 31, 2008TN

THE FUEL GAUGE STOP WORKING ON A 2000 SONOMA ARE THEY A RECALL ON IT. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Oct 17, 200513,500 milesPA

AT 14000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 BRAKES AND ROTORS ON MY 2000 GMC SIERRA. *JB

Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System
Filed Mar 15, 2005MI

I AM PART-OWNER OF AN EXCAVATION COMPANY. WE CURRENTLY OWN (6) GMC 3/4 TON PICK-UPS ALL RANGING FROM 1999 - 2004. (3) OF THESE VEHICLES {(2) ARE YEAR 2000 AND (1) IS YEAR 1999} HAVE FAULTY GAS GAUGES. THE NEEDLE ON THE DASH BOUNCES FROM FULL TO EMPTY CONSTANTLY. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I ALSO FEEL THAT GM SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND OFFER REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY SENSOR.*AK

Power Train › Driveline › DriveshaftCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 20, 200446,832 milesIN

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND PRESSING ON THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT TO STOP BEFORE HITTING A CURB. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE ROTORS WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM REPAIRS, CLICKING NOISES IN THE REAR WERE HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE U-JOINTS ON THE DRIVESHAFT WERE REPLACED. *SC *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Nov 12, 200320,700 milesMA

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND BRAKING IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DELAYED. THIS CAUSES THE TRUCK TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *PH 2000 GMC TRUCK EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATING INADVERTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A DELAY IN STOPPING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER.*MR

Tires
Filed Mar 5, 20032,400 milesDC

FROM TIME OF PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION. TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES DUE TO SPLITTING AND SEPARATING. ON FOURTH SET OF TIRES. CONSUMER FELT DESIGN OF SUSPENSION CAUSED TIRES TO FAIL. *TT *JB *TS

Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed Feb 21, 2003NC

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE RACK AND PINION.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jan 6, 2003NY

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 40MPH THE BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

Tires › Sidewall
Filed May 30, 2002CA

TIRES WERE CHECKED APPROXIMATELY 8MOS AGO AND NO SIGN OF PROBLEM. WE HAD BEEN HEARING A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE OUT OF BALANCE AND HAD THEM CHECKED. THE NOISE KEPT GETTING WORSE UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WE SAW A BUBBLE FORMING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD THAT MAY NOT ONLY AFFECT MY TIRES BUT OTHERS AS WELL. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY RECALL OR SAFTEY NOTIFICATION FOR THESE PARTICULAR TIRES. PLEASE RESPOND. I WILL BE REPLACING THEM TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF MYSELF, FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Mar 20, 2002CA

UPON PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT STICKS. HAS TO PRESS DOWN VERY HARD TO RELEASE IT FROM STICKING. *AK THE STICKING ALSO TRANSPIRES UPON THE START OF VEHICLE. *JG

Tires
Filed Jul 26, 2001MO

TIRE BLOW-OUT,NO ROAD HAZARD,STRAIGHT , LEVEL HIGHWAY,LESS THAN 100 LBS. IN BED OF TRUCK. ON INSPECTION, ALL 4 REMAINING TIRES SHOWED TO HAVE SPLITS IN SIDEWALLS.ED OF TRUCK.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245-75-16)

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Jul 13, 2001NJ

THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON ALL GM MODELS ARE TOO BRIGHT AND MISADJUSTED TOO HIGH, CAUSING EXCESSIVE GLARE, BLINDING OTHER DRIVERS AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ANNOYANCE. MODELS THAT ARE WORST ARE ALL SATURNS, BLAZERS, FULL SIZE SEDANS, ALL LIGHT PICKUP TRUCKS, ALL GRAND AMS, ALL IMPALA, ALL MONTE CARLO, (THE TRANS AM, CORVETTE AND CAMARO DO NOT SEEM TO EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM)

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 16, 2000NV

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX A/T LT245/75R16 SIZE ORIGINAL EQUPMENT ON A GMC 2500. ARE WEATHERING ALONG THE SIDEWALL.*AK GENERAL MOTORS REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES BEFIRE FAILURE OCCURED. *YH

13 of 13 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200318000Routine
20029000Routine
20012000Routine
2000 — this page13000Routine
199913000Routine
199810010Routine
19978000Routine
19967000Routine
19949000Routine
19912000Routine
19901010Routine

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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.