1999 GMC Sierra complaints

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPHE ENTIRE VEHICLE SEVERLY VIBRATES. ALSO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL TIRES, STILL VIBRATES,. TWICE, DEALER SAID "OPERATING AS DESIGNED" *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SINCE DAY 1. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE. HAVE ALSO HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED BY FIRESTONE. DEALER SAID VEHICLE "OPERATING AS DESIGNED." *AK

NO SUMMARY IS LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY ENGINE CHECK AND OIL LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE IS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN AND ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX. *AK

THERE IS A POP/SQUEAK IN FRONT OVER BUMPS. REPLACED FRONT COIL SPRINGS.ALSO, DRIVER'S SEAT SITS TOO FAR/REPLACED RIGHT AIR DEFLECTOR. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE TURNS A CORNER OR A CURB ON WET PAVEMENT THE REAR TIRES SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD START TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR SOMETIMES TO THE RIGHT. WOULD HAPPEN ALL TIME WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WOULD NOT PULL EITHER WAY. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. THE GMC REPRESENTATIVE TOOK VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE & DECLARED IT WAS OKAY TO DRIVE. *AK

ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES/SHAKES EXCESSIVELLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60-75 MPH), ON CERTAIN STRECHES OF ROAD.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK AFTER TRAVELING 6 TO 10 MILES AT 70+ MILES PER HOUR WOULD START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL YOU CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT STARTED OUT DOING IT ONCE A WEEK BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL IT WAS DOING IT EVERY DAY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 8/5/99, THEN AGAIN THE WEEK OF 8/23 THROUGH 8/27/99, AND RETURNED AGAIN 9/14/99, THEY CALLED ME BACK THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 9/16/99 AND TOOK THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE AND JUST LIKE BEFORE AFTER TRAVELING 7 MILES AT 72 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WITH HIM BEING THE THIRD WITNESS BESIDES MYSELF. THE TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AS OF 10/27/99 AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FILED AS A LEMON UNDER THE NC GENERAL STATUTE 20-351, SO THAT NO ONE ELSE ENDS UP WITH IT OR GETS HURT OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT.

WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE PAVEMENT BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK AFTER TRAVELING 6 TO 10 MILES AT 70+ MILES PER HOUR WOULD START TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL YOU CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT STARTED OUT DOING IT ONCE A WEEK. BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL IT WAS DOING IT EVERY DAY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 8/5/99, THEN AGAIN THE WEEK OF 8/23 THROUGH 8/27/99, AND RETURNED AGAIN 9/14/99. THEY CALLED ME BACK, AND THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 9/16/99 AND TOOK THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE. JUST LIKE BEFORE AFTER TRAVELING 7 MILES AT 72 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WITH HIM BEING THE THIRD WITNESS BESIDES MYSELF. THE TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AS OF 10/19/99 AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FILED AS A LEMON UNDER THE NC GENERAL STATUTE 20-351, SO THAT NO ONE ELSE ENDS UP WITH IT OR GETS HURT OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHEN BRAKING IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION BRAKES WORK FINE AT FIRST, BUT WHEN IT HITTTING AN UNEVEN SURFACE, THE BRAKES WON'T WORK. ABS BRAKES COME ON AT ABOUT 7MPH ON EVEN SURFACE, AND THE TEND FAIL TO HOLD VEHICLE SPEEDING UP. *AK

TRUCK WAS DROVE ABOUT 300 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEED , SHUT OFF FOR 1 HOUR AND DROVE THRU TOWN , STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ,PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN, ENGINE REVED UP BUT THE TRUCK JUST SAT THERE AND DID NOT MOVE.,I VERIFIED TRUCK WAS IN DRIVE SND SHIFTED THRU THE GEARS D,3,2,1,2,3,D,N,R,P,R,N ,D ENGINE REVED BUT TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. I TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED ,PUT IT IN GEAR ENGINE REVED THEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO MOVE AS IF EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. TRUCK NOW HAS 13K MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REPEATED,BET I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER 1999 & 2000 CHEVY AND GMC TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.I BELEVE THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY TO OCCUPANTS OR OTHERS.

INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS TO FUNCTION UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMS UP AND VEHICLE STARTS TO MOVE. YH

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TRYING TO STOP, BRAKES LOCK UP. CONSUMER PRESSES THE PEDAL HARD, TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

PLASTIC HUB NUTS CONTINUALLY BECOME LOOSE AND HAVE TO BE RETIGHTNED. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR 0NE ACTUALLY CAME OFF.

HAS OCCURING EHAUST LEAK, SERVICE WONT FIX. USING BRAKES WHILE SLOWING AND HITTING BUMP IN ROAD, BRAKES WILL PULSEATE VERY HARD AND VECHILE WILL NOT STOP

WHILE DRIVING AT 80MPH THE VEHICLE WILL SPORADICALLY GO OUT WHILE SWITCHING LANES, THEN KICKS BACK IN AFTER A FEW SECONDS. DEALER CAN'T SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN MAKING A TURN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING CHANGED CAUSING OVER STEERING IN THE TURN WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING OFF OF THE ROAD. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE DTC SENSOR .MJS

SINCE PURCHASED VEHICLE EXPERIENCE VIBRATION AND RECOVERS VERY SLOW FROM A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH IS CAUSING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO FAIL DUE TO THE SUSPENSION BOUNCING WHILE BRAKING . *YC

LUGS: BOLTS: NUTS THAT HOLD THE HUBS ON THE CROME WHEELS ARE TOO SHORT, AND CANNOT BE TIGHTENED. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE NUTS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SEVERAL TIMES WHICH DOES NOT IF NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. CHECKED EVERY OTHER DAY THE HUB WOULD JUST FALL OFF. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE IS OCCURRING APPROXIMATLEY 7 - 10 TIMES PER WEEK UNDER MODERATE BRAKING.

TWO WHEEL COVERS FELL OFF. *YC

THE FRAME OFF THE BACK WINDOW CRACKED, ALLOWING THE REAR WINDOW TO FALL OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, AND IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AGAIN. *AK

TRANSMISSION DID NOT START IN 1ST GEAR AFTER COMPLETE, RESTING STOP. POTENTIAL ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO AVOID IMMINENT DANGER IN TRAFFIC DUE TO LACK OF POWER.

ALL HEADLIGHTS AN D INTERIOR LIGHTING WILL FLICKER WHEN THEY ARE ON, OR THEY WILL BECOME EXTREMELY BRIGHT AND THEN BECOME DIM. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE ,THERE IS NO SOLUTION. *AK

HAVE HAD A MODERATE TO SOMETIMES SEVERE STEERING VIBRATION FROM THE DAY I DROVE THE TRUCK OFF THE LOT....VIBRATION IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH.........GETS WORSE AS SPEEDS INCREASE.........HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TWICE IN THE FIRST 1000 MILES ....EACH TIME THE TIRES WERE SPIN BALANCED..NO SATISFACTION....DEALER IS NOW STATING THAT THEY TOOK OTHER TRUCKS FOR TEST RIDES AND THEY HAVE SAME VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS....IS THIS INHERENT IN THE DESIGN? ...I'VE CHECKED THE COMPLAINTS SECTION OF YOUR SITE AND NOTICED THAT NEARLY 1/2 OF THE COMPLAINTS FOR 1999 GMC/CHEVROLET PICKUPS INVOLVE SOME SORT OF STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION....

DRIVING UNDER 15 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF CHATTERING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. PEDAL RELEASED, AND WITHIN THREE TO FOUR SECONDS, AND IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. *AK *ML

BAD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BAD VIBRATION WHEN HITTING BUMPS. ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAD FRONT-END ALIGNMENT AND TIRES ROTATED, BALANCED SAME PROBLEM. *AK

TRUCK HAS BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS-PROBLEMS STILL EXITS. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WORKS PROPERLY AND RESTRAINS DRIVER DURING QUICK STOPS.THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CATCH MECHANISM HAS NEVER RESTRAINED THE PASSENGER DURING QUICK STOPS AND THE PASSENGER LUNGES FOREWARD EACH AND EVERY TIME.NOTICING THIS PROBLEM I INTENTIONALLY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE SEAT BELT CATCH BY MAKING NUMEROUS QUICK STOPS.THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE ALL THE GMC TRUCKS WERE LIKE THIS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ONLY RESTRAINED ON IMPACT.I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TO MAKE IT EASY TO INSTALL A CHILD CAR CARRIER.DOES THIS SOUND REASONABLE TO YOU.I THOUGHT SEAT BELTS SHOULD OPERATE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE AND HOP OFF THE ROAD WHEN IT IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS AND OVER BUMPS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM

HAVING THE WRONG TIRE PRESSURE DECAL IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SO FAR FOR OVER A MONTH GMC DOES NOT SEEM TO BE CONCERNED! AS RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER MY HALF-TON TRUCK HAS THE WRONG TIRE PRESSURE DECAL ON THE DS DOOR.IT IS AN SLE VIN [XXX] WITH P255/70R16 TIRES ON IT.. THE STICKER HAS A VIN OF [XXX] MODEL C25753 AND TELLING ME TO INFLATE MY FRONT TIRE TO 50PSI AND THE BACK 80PSI !. THE MAX. TIRE PRESSURE IS 50PSI. INFLATING MY TIRES TO THE DECAL PRESSURES COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSION. THE OWNERS MANUAL TELLS YOU TO USE THE STICKER TO INFLATE YOUR TIRES. AS A MEMBER OF SAE I SAW RIGHT OFF SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND SO FAR GMC DOES NOT THINK THIS IS A BIG DEAL. IF SOMEONE THAT KNOWS NO BETTER ON TIRE INFLATION WERE TO GET A BAD STICKER LIKE THIS IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL. THE STICKER ON THERE IS FOR A C3500 DUALLY PICK-UP. I WANTED YOU TO HELP ME AND MAKE GMC TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM TRUCK FOR TIRE INFLATION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TIE ROD ENDS LOCK NUT. THE LOCKING NUT IS .19 INCH FROM LOCKING POSITION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE LOCK NUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS .312 FROM LOCKING. DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION WILL IN TIME CAUSE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS FIRST,AND LEAD TO SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS ,CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. THIS VEHICLE CAME FROM THE FACTORY IN THIS CONDITION. MILEAGE WAS 40 WHEN LEFT THE DEALER. HAS 49 MILES ON IT NOW. IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE PICKED UP BY THE DEALER ON 4-JUNE-1999, AND REPAIRED. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

TRANSMISSION - HARSH UPSHIFT 2-3 & 3-4, BEEN AT DEALERS 3 TIMES TO NO AVAIL. *AK

DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT LOCKS UP AND DRIVER CANNOT MOVE, BELT TIGHTENS ALSO WHEN HITTING BUMPS ETC. *AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM ANCHOR AND GUIDE FAILED. MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THS VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

ONE OF THE DOORS HAS AN AIR NOISE. YH

CONSUMER EXPERIENCES VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. WHENEVER TURNING THERE'S ALWAYS SQUEAKING IN THE LEFT FRONT AND THE RIGHT REAR. WHENEVER STRAIGHTENING OUT, AT TIMES THERE IS A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER SAYS IT SOUNDS LIKE THE STABLIZER BAR IN THE FRONT FAILED. DEALER COUNLD NOT STOP THE VIBRATION WHEN TAKEN IN ON FEB. 5, 1999. SO THEY PUT NEW TIRES ON FEB, 26 1999, PROBLEM PRESISTS. *AK

BUCKET SEAT TRACKS PERTRUDE OUT FROM UNDER SEAT CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO DESIGN FLAW.

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHEN TIRE SPIN OR WHEN ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED. *AK

WHILE DRVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS & HIT A BUMP, THERE IS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. CONTROLING VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT WHEN THIS OCCURS. *AK