1994 GMC Sierra complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME ON AND THEN STOP FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T COME ON AT ALL. I AM HAVING SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 98V150001 BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ALSO CALLED GMC AND WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER IS PREMIER GMC, 22211 EASTTEX FREEWAY, KINGWOOD, TX 77339. PHONE # 281-359-3600. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AS IT IS HARD DRIVING IN THE RAIN WHEN YOUR WIPERS QUIT WORKING. IF IT QUITS WORKING I CAN RAISE THE HOOD AND BANG ON THE WIPER CONTROL BOX AND IT SOMETIMES STARTS WORKING AGAIN. *AK

I PURCHASED 4 BRAND NEW PIRELLI DESERT DOG TIRES FROM SAM'S ABOUT 9/17/98. ONE OF THE TIRES WAS ACTING ODD WITH A BUMPING SOUND CAUSED BY AN EGG IN THE TIRE OR THE TREAD BEING PARTIALLY SEPARATED. THE DEFECTIVE PIRELLI DESERT DOG TIRE WAS EXCHANGED AT SAM'S ABOUT 9/18 OR 19/98 BY SAM'S WITHOUT QUESTIONS AND IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE PIRELLI DESERT DOG TIRE ON MY PASSENGER REAR SIDE OF MY GMC PICKUP THAT HAD THE TREAD SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE ON HWY 90 AT 70 MPH MADE NOISE JUST LIKE THE OTHER DEFECTIVE TIRE JUST BEFORE IT SEPARATED. THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM ABOUT HALF OF THE TIRE AND THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED IT BEAT UP AND DAMAGED MY PASSENGER REAR FENDER, UNDER SIDE OF MY BED, MY BUMPER AND MY EXHAUST TAIL PIPE. WHEN THE TIRE SEPARATED IT CAUSED MY TRUCK TO SWERVE RIGHT AND LEFT VIOLENTLY AND ALMOST CAUSED MY PICKUP TO FLIP OVER. MY WIFE AND I WERE SERIOUSLY SHAKEN, STOPPED THE VEHICLE, CHECKED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THANKED GOD WE WERE NOT INJURED OR KILLED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE AND WE CONTINUED TO NEW ORLEANS, LA. THE TRUCK HAD NOTHING IN THE BED BUT WE WERE TOWING A TRAILER WITH NOTHING IN OR ON IT. I BELIEVE THAT THE TRAILER HELPED IN PREVENTING THE OVERTURNING OF MY PICKUP BY KEEPING THE REAR END OF MY PICKUP FROM SWERVING MORE VIOLENTLY THAN IT DID. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO SAM'S AND THEY INDICATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, I CONTACTED PIRELLI, SENT THE TIRE WITH ESTIMATED DAMAGES BUT PIRELLI REPORTED THAT

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD AND MOTOR. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND THEVEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD SAME DEFECT.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. SAME DEFECT AS RECALL 98V150001; BUT, MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPORADICALLY MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING CORRECTLY. THEY EITHER STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLEANING/WIPING PHASE OR THEY DONT COME ON AT ALL.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE IN RAIN WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOR NO REASON. STOPPED VEHICLE & JIGGLED WIRES & WIPERS STARTED UP AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM TO BE REPAIRED. VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WON'T WORK SOMETIMES

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK *ML

THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE CUSHION TO THE FRAME SHEARED IN TWO AND CAUSED THE DRIVERS SEAT TO FALL BACK WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, OPERATION WOULD CONTINUE. BUT, MOST OFTEN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. BUT, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK DURING SUMMER MONTHS OR DURING WINTER MONTHS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PLEASE FILL THE BLANK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE RAIN. RECALL 98V150000 DEALS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING. CONSUMER CAN TOUCH WIRE AND IT WILL START WORKING AGAIN. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBEDIN RECALL 98V150.001. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

RECALL 98V150.001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD GO ON & OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER WOULD TURN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON & THEY FAILED TO WORK. THEN WOULD COME ON LATER & THEN QUIT WORKING AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED HAVOC WITH DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, THEY BECOME INOPERATIVE, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY AND INCREASING RISK FOR A CRASH. ALSO, RECALL 98V150001 WAS ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBELM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

COMPLETE HISTORY OF BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE: AT 68702 MILES. A POLICE OFFICER ADVISED ME THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH (P/N 15686968 4047) WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW SWITCH (P/N 12450076 7507 - DEALER SAID THAT THIS PART NUMBER REPLACE THE ORIGINAL PART). I DISASSEMBLE THE FAILED PART AND FOUND HEAVY ARC-DEPOSITS ON THE CONTACTS. LATER I WAS NOTIFIED BY GMC OF A RECALL CAMPAIGN ON THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THE NOTIFICATION STATED THAT UNDER THIS RECALL THE DEALER WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING SWITCH AND CHANGE THE POLARITY. AT 109536 MILES THE SWITCH WAS AGAIN REPLACED VIA THE RECALL (P/N 1250076 7164) AND I WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE EARLIER PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT SWITCH. AT 131925 MILES ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I CONTACTED GMC (A LOCAL DEALER AND CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE) TO INFORM THEM THAT THE "CORRECTIVE ACTION" MADE DURING THEIR RECALL HAD NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE ONLY REQUIRED TO FIX IT ONCE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SWITCH AGAIN AT NO COST TO ME. I PURCHASED A NEW SWITCH (P/N 1250076 9074 XY), AND REPLACED THE FAILED SWITCH AT 132069 MILES. SINCE I ANTICIPATE THAT THE NEW SWITCH WILL EVENTUALLY CEASE TO FUNCTION TOO, I HAVE INSTALLED AN INTERIOR INDICATOR SO THAT I WILL KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN (WITHOUT THE RISK OF A COLLISION). DISASSEMBLE OF THE RECENTLY FAILED SWITCH REVEALED THAT THE CONTACTS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH ARC-DEPOSIT

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS . HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

POSSIBLE FUEL PUMP FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING DURING OPERATION OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, AND CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLISION IF NOT CORRECTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WIND SHIELD WIPERS FAIL AT TIMES,NO RECALL ON CANADA BUILT TRUCKS PER GMC COMPLAINT # 99113234 NO GMC FOLLOW-UP. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS THE THROTTLE STICKS IN THE OPEN POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE TO RACE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. DRIVER HAS TO WIGGLE THE WIRING HARNESS BEFORE OPERATION BEGINS AGAIN. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER TOLD THAT TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 GM/WINDSHEILD WIRING DUE TO VIN. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER NFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL PULSATES AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. OWNER HAS TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PREASURE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

FUEL PUMP SOLENOID FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE IDLING. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPER'S ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN RAINY CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH WIPER MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WIPER STOPPED. PUSHING WIPER ARM CAUSED IT TO START WORKING AGAIN. HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING VACATION. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I HAD WIPER MOTOR REPLACED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INADVERTENTLY. DEALER HAS TRIED TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM VARIOUS TIMES.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS/ CUTS OFF AND THEN ACCELERATES DUE TO A DEFECT WITHIN THE EGR VALVE SENDING UNIT. ALSO, THE FUEL FILTER AND FUEL PUMP WERE REPLACED DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AS IF IT NEEDS POWER STEERING FLUID. *AK

WINDSHIELD TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY, IT IS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE VIN IS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT.*AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON WHEN FISRT APPLIED. DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE IS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

THE COOLING COILS FOR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT LOACATED IN FRONT OF RADIATOR, THE FINS ARE CLOSING UP. THE WEEK OF 6/21/99 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A BRAKE SWITCH RECALL AND SHOWED THEM THIS CONDITION. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, AND HAD NO RESOLVE. ROBERT JACOBS, WORKS WITH ME AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT HAS THE SAME YEAR TRUCK I HAVE AND HIS IS THE SAME WAY, 7/1/99 I WALKED THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT AND FOUND 3 MORE GMC TRUCKS AND 1 CHEVROLET TRUCK WITH SAME CONDITION. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY DEALERSHIP IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM, UNLESS IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPORTED, I AM NOT COMPLAINING I LIKE MY TRUCK WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHATS GOING ON.

CONSUMER'S SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM MOUNTING AND FELL BACK LIKE RECLINING. FRONT BOLTS RIPPED FROM THE METAL, THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, AND THE DEALERSHIIP REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. NOW THE SEAT FRAME HAS SEPARATED AGAIN, AND DEALERSHIP SAYS THE CAMPAIGN HAS EXPIRED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING A LOSS OF VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL DUE TO VIN, ALTHOUGH IT EXPERIENCES THE SAME DEFECT. *AK

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. NLM

THE SEAT FRAME THAT BOLTS TO THE ELECTRIC CARRIER FATIGUED AND CRACKED, ALLOWING THE SEAT TO TIP BACKWARDS ON ACCELERATION. *AK

SEAT FRAME DEFECTIVE CAUSING MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT. MJS

WINDSHIELD WIPER'S ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE EXCEEDS OVER 30 MPH IT JERKS BACKWARDS AND ENGAGES IN NEXT SPEED. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICAT PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL, BUT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT. 98V150001. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCDENT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL, BUT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT. RECALL 98V150.001. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARD AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK *ML