1995 GMC Sierra complaints

INVOLVED WITH RECALL GMC SAYS NOT MY VEHICLE, PURCHASE NEW CIRCUIT BOARD AT A COST OF $51.00 AND INSA. *AK

CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL 98V150001 AND PAID TO HAVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FIXED, DEALER IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR RECALL REPAIR, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

MY ISSUE IS THAT MY VIN IS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL...NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V150001. MY TRUCK IS THE EXACT SAME YEAR AND MODEL AND IS EXPERIENCING THE IDENTICAL ISSUE AS THE STATED RECALL OF MFG. CAMPAIGN # OF 98043 OR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID OF 98V150001. CAN I GET MY VIN ADDED TO THE LIST SO I CAN GET THIS CORRECTED. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY TRUCK WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WHEN IT IS THE SAME YEAR,MODEL, AND PROBLEM AS THE RECALL. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WINDSHILED WIPERS WILL QUIT WORKING WHEN IT'S RAINING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO DEFECTIVE SOLDER JOINT OF MOTOR . CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND CLAIMED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT.*AK (RECALL # 98V-15)

WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE WHICH CAUSES POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS NOTED RECALL NUMBER 98V150000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE LT245 75 R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE , OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE/ MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY DURING RAIN OR FOG. HAD CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED ONCE SECOND CIRCUIT BOARD DOING SAME. MECHANIC SAID GM WAS REPLACING SOME ACCORDING TO VIN NUMBERS CANNOT GET DEALERS TO CHECK BOTH DEALERS SAY THEIR COMPUTER FOR VINS ARE NOT WORKING VERY DANGEROUS QUIT WHILE PASSING A SEMI IN HEAVY RAIN ON A CURVE. VERY LUCKY I DID NOT WRECK TRUCK.

TIRE FAILURE WITH A WILDERNESS TIRE THAT WAS ISSUED TO OWNER 3 MONTHS AGO TO REPLACE ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE THAT WAS RECALLED. (CLAIM# 53-C601-228) *MW

RECALL 98V0150001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT THIS VEHICLE NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

DEAR SIRS, MY PROBLEM ACTUALLY BEGAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ALTHOUGH IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE WHILE WE WERE ON A TRIP, IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER, LATELY THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, AS THIS ONLY HAPPENS DURING A RAIN, IT MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS AND SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE, MY WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED BY MY DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CIRCUIT BOARD, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VERY PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED IN A RECALL ( #98043), BUT AFTER CHECKING MY SERIAL #, I WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WASN'T COVERED, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, HOW CAN A RECALL BE ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC PROBLEM TO A VEHICLE AND BE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE SERIES OF SERIAL #, AND YET THE SAME PROBLEM SHOWS UP ON OTHER SERIAL # OF THE SAME MAKE & MODEL, SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE NEEDS TO WIDEN THE SCOPE AS TO THE COVERAGE ON THIS ONE? NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001 THANKS, RESPECTFULLY YOURS, DANNY A. DEVORE. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL WINDSHIELD WIPER PULSE MODULE FAILED (98V-150). YH

RECAL 98V150000, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MOTOR HAS SOUND, BUT NO MOTION. CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 8990. MANUFACTURER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD SHUTDOWN AUTOMATICALLY WHILE IN MOTION. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS PUTTING A WALLET IN HIS BACK POCKET WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE HIGH SEATBACK BROKE OFF INTO THE REAR. TODAY WHILE HIS WIFE WAS LEANING IN THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND IT BROKE OFF INTO A RECLINING POSITION. CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND CONSUMER HAS TO SHAKE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO GET THEM TO MOVE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AFTER 5 OR 10 SECONDS. MOST OF TIME, IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR BEFORE OPERATION CONTINUES. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP/ MANUFACTURER, AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL FAIL INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS RARELY WORK WHEN ACTIVATED AND THEN ONLY BRIEFLY. IF WIRES ARE "JIGGLED" AT CIRCUIT BOX, WIPERS WILL WORK BRIEFLY. EXISTING RECALL 98V150, BUT THIS VIN NOT COVERED ALTHOUGH SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SHIP. STEERING BOLT CAME APART, AND SHAFT LINK WAS STRIPPED FROM THE STEERING

WHEN I FIRST TOOK TRUCK TO GMC SERVICE DEPT. I WAS TOLD A BOLT FELL OUT OF STEERING (SOMEWHERE IN SHAFT). THE SERVICE STAFF ATTEMPTED TO PLACE A TEMPORARY BOLT IN UNTIL THE ORDERED BOLT CAME IN. THIS FAILED; THE TEMP BOLT WOULDN'T GO IN. I WAS TOLD TO BE VERY CAREFUL DRIVING UNTIL FIXED. THE NEXT DAY THE BOLT CAME IN; THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT IN. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULDN'T GO IN; IT WAS STIPPED. A NEW "SHAFT LINK" HAD TO BE ORDERED. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN DRIVING. NEXT DAY I WAS CALLED IN. THEY REPLACED PART. THIS COST ME $335.87 WHICH I FELT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY. WHEN I QUESTIONED IT I WAS TOLD IT'S NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IS MY COST. I WROTE THEM A CHECK FOR THE TOTAL ! *AK

BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS DUE TO OVERHEATING; DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED COMSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS SHELLED OUT TWICE WITHIN ONE YEAR, THIS IS UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT USED FOR TOWING OR HAULING HEAVEY EQUIPMENT, NORMAL FAMILY USAGE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES. VEHICLE BEGINS TO JUMP, AND BRAKES LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES FAILED CAUSING TRANSMISSION OIL TO SPRAY ON THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE THAT RUNS DIRECTLY UNDER IT. GMC CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A DEFECT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT A FIRE COULD EASILY RESULT AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. TRANSMISSION IS 4L80E MODEL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD WAS CRACKED. *AK

AT VARIOUS TIMES WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE OPERATING, THEY QUIT WORKING, AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THEY RESTART WORKING. THEN THEY QUIT AGAIN. IS THERE SOMETHING ON THIS PROBLEM. DEALER SAYS ITS A WIPER MODULE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED LOTS OF THEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR AND TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT WONT STOP . HAVE ALMOST HAD ACCIDENTS A FEW TIMES WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A GROWLING NOIS FROM UNDER THE CAR. FRONT BRAKES WEAR OUT REAR BRAKES HARDLY WORN AFTER 85000 MILES AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT BEING USED. WIPER MOTER STOPES INTERMITTANTLY IN RAIN . HIGH SPEED DOES NOT WORK. WHEN NOT WORKING CANNOT DRIVE CAR IN RAIN . HAVE HAD STOP WHILE DRIVING WHICH IS DANGEROUS. FOUND THAT YOU HAVE LISTED A RECALL . HOWEVER THE GMC WEB SITE DID NOT OFFER THIS INFORMATION. AS SECOND OWNER OF RECORD I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED . MY DAUGHTER WAS FIRST OWNER AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS.

WHEN USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN A RAIN STORM THEY INTERMITTENTLY WILL STOP WORKING. VEHICLE HAS TO BE RESTARTED TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AT ANY TIME WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DETERIORATION OF THE INNER LINNING OF THE FRONT BRAKE LINES CAUSED THE BRAKES TO LOCKUP AFTER APPLYING. THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM AND WHEN IT WOULD LOCKUP IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL SEVERLY TO THE LEFT. THE FIRST TIME THE BRAKE LOCKED UP IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE INTO THE ON COMING TRAFFIC. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO TRACK, ALLOWING IT TO SLIDE FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY, THEN REGULARLY UPON BRAKING. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER DISCOMFORT FROM THE FORCE OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THE SEAT PULLING AGAINST THE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED A LAGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS. SAID SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY COULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. COST: $238.78 . *AK

(1) MIRROR: PLASTIC FRAME CRACKED AND BROKE, HANGS DOWN LOOSE & RATTLES. (2) WIPER PULSE MODULE FAILED DURING RAIN STORM-OWNER REPLACED MODULE-WHY ISN'T THIS VEHICLE COVERED ALONG WITH THE OTHER 1,557,585 FAILED UNITS FOR THIS MODEL?

CABLE THAT SUSPENDS SPARE TIRE UNDER REAR OF TRUCK RUSTED OUT ALLOWING TIRE TO LEAVE VEHICLE. EXACT TIME TIRE LEFT VEHICLE UNKNOWN. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE THRUWAY THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO GMC-HONDA -CARBONE IN YORKVILLE WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST ON THEIR PART. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF DURING OPERATION , CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

ABS LIGHT CAME ON/ABS FAILED TO OPERATE. *AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON AND SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL NOT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. OWNER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V150000 GM/WINDSHEILD WIPER MOTOR DUE TO VIN.PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPORADICALLY WORK. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID RESERVOIR MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAIN STORM, CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT BEFORE DRIVING IN THE STORM. WINDSHIELD WIPER BEGAN WORKING AGAIN, AND THE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHEN TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT TOO QUICKLY. I ONLY HAVE 17,000 MILES ON THE CURRENT PADS AND THEY ARE WORN OUT. I CONTACTED GMC. THEY SAY THEY ARE SORRY BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE BRAKES ARE ON THAT YEAR OF TRUCK. THEY SAY THERE IS NO AFTER MARKET FIX FOR THIS. GMC LITERATURE ON THEIR NEW 2000 SIERRA TRUCKS SAY THE PADS ARE "4 TIMES" LARGER THAN ON PREVIOUS TRUCKS. THIS TELLS ME GM WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT ON THEIR NEW TRUCKS BUT HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO ASSIST OWNERS OF OLDER TRUCKS. I FEEL GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MANUFACTURE AN AFTER MARKET CALIPER WITH LARGER PADS FOR INSTALLATION ON OLDER TRUCKS IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR UNDERSIZED BRAKES. I TOW A TRAILER AND THIS HAS ESPECIALLY BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE DUE TO THE ADDED WEIGHT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A FRIEND AT WORK THAT HAS THE SAME TRUCK BUT HIS IS A 1994 MODEL. HE SAYS HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS TRUCK AND HE IS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION EITHER. AS A SIDE NOTE, I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM ALFRED MATTHEWS IN MODESTO, CA., HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL OF MY MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED BY GEWEKE GMC IN MANTECA, CA. BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH CLOSER TO WHERE I LIVE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED ALFRED MATTHEWS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE ONLY DISCUSSED THESE PROBLEMS WITH GEWEKE PERSONNEL. THANK YOU.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT FRAME BROKE WHILE IN USE. THE SEAT WOULD ROCK BACKWARDS & FORWARDS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS CAUSES PROBLEM FOR THE DRIVER. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT SEAT ANCHOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT GAVE AWAY THE SEAT LEANED BACK MORE THATN USUAL. IF BOTH ANCHOR IN THE FRONT HAD BROKE AT THE SAME TIME THE SEAT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE FELL BACKWARDS DUE TO MY WEIGHT IN THE SEAT. DURING A DISCUSSION WITH A LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE REP MY WIFE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT FRAMES IN THIS VEHICLE. IF THERE TRUELY IS A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING INTO IT. *AK

MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER LEAKING. NLM