1998 GMC Sierra 1500 complaints

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, INSTEAD, IT RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, FRONT BRAKES PREMATURELY WORE OUT, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 18000 MILES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

GAS GAUGE ACTED ERRATICALLY. WARMING UP VEHICLE WHILE SITTING IN IDLING POSITION FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING, SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM AROUND THE FUEL TANK. CONTACTED DEALER. STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRING HARNESS THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE FUEL TANK HAD A SHORT, IT WAS MELTED. *AK *ML

INTERMITTENTLY STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE, AND IT WILL STEER EITHER TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WHERE THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE APPLIED QUICK AND HARD IN TRAFFIC OR ON TURNS WHERE THE ROAD IS SOMEWHAT SLIGHTLY BUMPY OR ROUGH AND THE BRAKES WILL CHATTER AND BUZZ, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. ON THE APRIL 1999 INCIDENT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED IN A TURN LANE TO ENTER A FREEWAY AND I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES QUICK AND HARD. WELL THEY AGAIN RATTLED AND BUZZED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. I IN TURN BUMPED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE CAR. MY TRUCK INSTEAD SUFFERED TO AN OVERINFLATED BODY SHOP BILL TO THE TUNE OF #3,000.00. THE SELLING DEALER DID THE BODY REPAIRS AND CHECKED THE BRAKES. MR. RON BYARS SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THE BRAKES, AFTER WE BOTH TEST DROVE THE TRUCK AND DUPLICATED THE NO STOP CONDITION ON HARD BRAKE APPLICATION AT SLOW SPEEDS, THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION WITH ABS BRAKES ON THESE PICK UPS. MR. BYARS ALSO SAID HIS DEMO WAS WORSE THAN MY TRUCK. HE ALSO STATED THERE WAS A CHECK OUT DONE WHERE HE FOUND NO CODES OR PROBLEMS. I HAD ALSO EXPLAINED TO MR. BYARS THAT ON MOST OCCASIONS WHERE I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD DRAG. TO RELEASE THEM I HAD TO STOP, BACK UP HITTING THE BRAKES AND THEY WOULD RELEASE. THIS CONDITION HAS DAMAGED MY BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. HE IS TELLING ME GM CAN DO NOTHING TO FIX MY TRUCK. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, SOMEONE KILLED OR BADLY INJURED BEFORE GM OPENS THEIR EYES. I NEED HE

WITNESSED CARL BLACK DEALERSHIP COVER-UP SAFETY PROBLEMS TOO MYSELF AND MANY CUSTOMERS IN MY MANY HOURS IN THIER DEALERSHIP (THEY ROUTINELY CALL SAFETY PROBLEMS AS "NORMAL "TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THIS INCLUDES PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AND STEERING. THEIR CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED THAT THEIR PROBLEMS WHERE NOT "NORMAL" *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN EMERGENCY STOPPING IT APPEARS AS IF THE PRESSURE APPLIED IS INSUFFICIENT AND THE PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TRACKS WEAR OUT EVERY 3-4 MONTHS - CAUSES LOOSE SEAT - WHEN STOPPING CAUSES DRIVER TO SLIDE FORWARD MAKIING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THE RELEASE LEVERS ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT SEAT HAVE TORN HOLES IN SIDES OF THE SEAT. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN UP WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS... SO PERSON RELEASED BELT TO PUT BACK ON WHICH CAN CAUSE INJURY IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT THIS TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT TOO BAD THIS IS A SAFETY FEATURE SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN A BABY SEAT. UNLESS THE BELT IS PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT IT IS NOT SUPPOSE TO TIGHTEN UP ON ITS OWN.,BUT ROUGH ROADS WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN. *AK

VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. WHILE PULLING VEHICLE INTO GARAGE WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. *AK