1999 GMC Sierra complaints

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AT IDLE TAKES GREAT PRESSURE TO MOVE. WHEN IT BREAKS FREE PEDAL GOES FULL TRAVEL (TO FLOOR) IDLE TO FULL THROTTLE IMMEADIATELY. VERY RARE OCCURANCE STARTING 2 YEARS AGO, BEGINNING TO BE VERY FREQUENT WHEN ENGINE IS COLD AND STARTING TO OCCUR EVEN WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. VERY DANGEROUS, AS PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE AT GREAT RISK OF COLLISION AS VEHICLE ACCELLERATES RAPIDLY. PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AS IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON OCCURANCE FROM THE AUTO FORUMS I HAVE LOOKED AT. VR/ LCDR ROBERT C BUZZELL, US NAVY. DT

WHEN VEHICLES ENGINE IS SHUT OFF THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN, UNTIL THE VEHICLE BATTERY GOES DEAD, CONSUMER HAS TO DISCONNECT. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THE NOISE CONTINUED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING MODULE FAILED. *TS *NLM

I THINK THE ABS SYSTEM SHOULD BE RECALLED I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL TRUCK OWNERS AND THE 1999 ALL ARE HAVING ABS FAILURE. THE PUMPS KEEP RUNNING EVEN AFTER THE TRUCKS ARE SHUT OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN HANOVER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE OVER $1000.00. THAT I WOULD BE BETTER OFF LEAVING THE FUSE OUT SO MUCH FOR ABS. DT

CONSUMER NOTICED A GAS LEAK. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AND WAS INFORMED THAT CARBON MONOXIDE CONSTANTLY BUILDS UP AND SEALS THE GAS TANK, CAUSING A LEAK AT THE SEAM OF THE TANK. TS *TT *JB. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE GOES INTO THE ABS MODE, WHEN THE ABS ARE NOT NEEDED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL WILL SUDDENDLY GET STUCK. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH THE CONSUMER TRIED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER AND RAN INTO A TREE AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE LOCKING UP. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

1999 GMC SIERRA. *JB *NLM ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****768093

CONSUMER STAES WHEN BRAKING ON ROUGH PAVEMENTS IT CAUSES EXTENED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A CLICKING SOUND CAN BE HEARD. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR LOCATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

MY 1999 GMC SIERRA DEVELOPED, OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE BRAKES PADS DID NOT FAIL BUT THEY CAUSED A GROOVE TO FORM IN ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS. THE ROTORS ARE PITTED, RUSTED AND WORN BELOW MINIMUN THICKNESSES ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE BRAKE ROTORS ARE FLAKING AND CHIPPING AROUND THE EDGES AND DISPLAY A GROOVE THAT IS MORE THAN 3/8" BELOW THE NORMAL THICKNESS OF THE ROTOR. THE ROTORS APPEAR ON FIRST GLANCE TO HAVE COME OFF OF A TRUCK THAT IS VERY MUCH OLDER THAN THREE YEARS. THE SIERRA TRUCK IS ALSO EXIBITING THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS THE TRUCKS MENTIONED IN NHTSA CAMPAIN ID NUMBER 00V232008. WHEN THE TRUCK IS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES AND THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS TO A STOP. THE DESCRIPTION IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED ID NUMBER IS THE EXACT BEHAIVIOR THAT PROMTED ME TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC, THIS TRUCK WAS CHECKED IN APRIL OF 2002 AND NO BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE SPOTTED. THE REPAIR JOB COST MORE THAN $700 TO REPAIR AND MY MECHANIC STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED IN THIS MANNER, THAT THE TYPE OF FAILURE THAT IS INDICATED USUALLY OCCURES WITH WORN BRAKE PADS, THE BRAKE PADS IN THIS CASE WERE NOT WORN TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND THEN BRAKES WOULD GO TO STANDARD BRAKES. ABS PUMP WOULD FAIL TO WORK. THIS DOES NOT PREVENT VEHICLE FROM SKIDDING. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECKED BRAKES OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ANTI-SKID CONTROL.*AK

ANTI- LOCK BRAKE MOTOR STAYS ON AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE CAUSING BRAKES TO BE INOPERATIVE.*AK *YH

EBCM PUMP MOTOR RELAY STUCK OPEN...CAUSED PUMP TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY. ABS LIGHT CAME ON. CAR BATTERY HAS TO BE DISCONNECTED TO STOP PUMP UNTIL PART CAN BE FIXED. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL ACELLERATE SUDDENLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CORRECT FORUM FOR VOICING THESE CONCERNS BUT I HOPE AND CAN BE ENLIGHTENED ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. I AM NOT SURE OF THE EXACT MILEAGE OR DATES OF ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS WITHOUT FURTHER STUDY. THE SEATBELTS ON THIS TRUCK WILL LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH NO BRAKING. THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS BROKEN FREE FROM THE MECHANISM TWICE. THE DAYTIME LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK THOUGH THE LAMPS AND FUSES ARE IN WORKING CONDTION. THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHEARED A SHAFT IN TWO AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE ENGINE CLATTERS AND WAS FIXED ONCE BY THE DEALER HOWEVER THE FIX HAS NEVER LASTED MORE THAN HALF OF AN OIL CHANGE(1,500 MILES.) THE HEADLIGHT AND ROTARY DIMMER SWITCHES AND SURROUNDING TRIM ON THE DASH GET EXTREEMELY HOT TO THE POINT OF BURNING. I KNOW I HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SO MANY THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER THE IGNITION IS SHUT OFF. DASH LIGHTS CONFIRM ABS FAILURE. REMOVED ABS FUSE TO STOP MOTOR. EBCM CONFIRMED BAD. @$800. JUST FOR PART. BELIVE THAT THIS FAILURE IS PREMATURE AND CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT I SEE POSTED AT JUST YOUR WEB SITE I THINK GM SHOULD FIX THIS PART UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER RETURNED HOME AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ABS MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WILL STILL PERFORM HOWEVER THE ABS PROBABLY WOULD NOT.*JB

WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN ABS SYTEM LOCKED UP. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

SEAT HAS FAILED TWICE IT HARD TO DRIVE WHEN THE SEAT MOVES ALL THE TIME, *AK

BOTH FRONT TIRES SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION, REPLACEMENTS DEVELOPED SIDE WALL SPLITS ALSO REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF HEARD A NOISE. HAD IT CHECK OUT. ANTI LOCK BRAKE SENSOR WENT OUT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT WILL STAY ON, AND ABS MOTOR WILL MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE.*AK

GMC SIERRA HAS BEEN IN SHOP TO MANY TIMES TO KEEP TRACK OF. TRUCK ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH STICKY THROTTLE BODY WHICH HAS BEEN DANGEROUS.GMC GAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY IN 2000 BACAUSE OF PROBLEMS ALSO ISSUED CUSTOMER APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE IF I WANTED TO BUY NEW GM PRODUCT.SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO CUT MY LOSSES AND BUT A NEW ONE.GMC WILL NOT DO A THING FOR ME. CONTACTED NYS ATTN. GENERAL ABOUT PROBLEMS.GMC NOW HAS THEIR LEGAL CORE CALLING ME AT HOME . I HAVE ASKED THEM TO BUY VEHICLE BACK RESEARCH THE PARTS AND ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT OTHER OWNERS. GMC SAYS SORRY . I ASKED THEM HOW THEY COULD WARRANTY RUST THRU FOR 100,000 BUT COULD NOT PROTECT ABS FROM CORROSION, GMC RESPONSE WAS HEY YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE. AND THEY ARE UNDER NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION WHAT SO EVER*AK

NUT THAT HOLDS WHEEL AND BEARING ONTO AXLE BECAME LOOSE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BEARING AND WHEEL ALMOST FELL OFF.*AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO OPERATE, CASUSING DRIVER TO HIT FRONT WINDSHIELD, AND PROPELLED DRIVER ONTO PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB

ABS MODULE STAYS ON WHETHER VEHICLE IS RUNNING OR NOT, ABS WILL STILL BE ACTIVE, AND CAUSES THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER UNPLUGGED THE MODULE WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. TO TURN THE BRAKE LIGHT OFF, CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE MODULE. *JG

THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP. THE FIRST WAS SLOW TO FAIL, THIS ONE WAS SUDDEN AND CAUSED TO VEHICLE TO SLOW ABRUPTLY. HAD WE NOT BEEN CLOSE TO THE OFFRAMP, WHO KNOWS THE DANGER. THE ANTILOCK BREAKS HAVE ALSO FAILED AS WELL AS ANOTHER ENGINE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING.*AK

WHILE PARKING ON A HILL AND WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. APPLIED PARKING BRAKE, AND IT DIDN'T HOLD. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD TICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKI

WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE DRIVER'S SEAT WILL FULLY RECLINE BACK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

TRUCK JAMMED ON BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH NO WARNING DUE TO THE ECM (BRAIN) MALFUNCTIONING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AFTER APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE WILL TURN OVER BUT NEVER START, SECURITY LAMP WILL COME ON-TAKEN TO DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS THE SECURITY SENSOR WAS GOING OUT AND THAT THE TRUCK THOUGHT I WAS STEALING IT, WAIT 10 MINUTES & TRUCK WILL START. THAT WORKS, BUT LEFT STRANDED FOR OVER 40 MINUTES WAITING FOR THE SENSOR TO LET ME START TRUCK. TOOK 4 TRIES AT 10 MINUTES EACH FOR THE TRUCK TO FINALLY START. DEALER KNEW RIGHT OFF WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH OUT HOOKING UP THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.*AK

ABS MOTOR WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED IN 1998 FOR THIS DEFECT. CONSUMER WAS PULLING A 1994 AIRSTREAM WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE CONTROL ON THE TRAILER TO QUIT OPERATING. WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, THE TRAILER PUSHED THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. IF THERE HAD BEEN AN AUTO IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *JG

WHILE IN MOTION, THE ACCELERATOR STARTS TO STICK. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS HARD ON THE GAS PEDAL TO RELEASE IT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. *JG

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH IN A HEAVY RAINSTORM THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM ONTO THE DRIVE SHAFT BACKED OFF AND THE WIPER ARM CONTACTED THE DRIVER SIDE WIPER ARM AND STOPPED BOTH WIPERS FROM OPPERATING.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED, TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 90'S TODAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS TIRE SIZE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRESTONE RECALL.*AK

WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK I HEARD A HUMMING NOISE AND MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND THE HUMMING NOISE CONTINUED. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND HEARD THE ABS MODULE WAS STILL ON. SO I PULLED THE FUSE TO THE ABS SYSTEM AND AND THE MODULE STOPPED RUNNING. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE WERE GOING TO ANY PROBLEMS AND FOUND THERE TO BE NONE OTHER THAN THE ABS NOT ENGAGING. SO I DROVE THE TRUCK HOME AND PARKED IT HOPING TO GET IT TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I CAN SEE IT IS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAD FOUND OUT IF THIS WAS A RECALL YET OR IF GM HAS DECIDED TO PICK UP THE CHARGE FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT SO CONSISTENT WITH THESE TRUCKS OR IF SOMEONE MAY HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN REPLACING THE PART BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE INVOLVED. IF SO PLEASE E-MAIL AT [email protected] .*AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT ON, PUMP MOTOR RUNS WITH KEY IN OFF POSITION. *AK

ABS MOTOR FAILED. CONTACTED DEALER AND HE SAID HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT AND HE WOULD LOOK IT UP. CALEED AND SAID NO, RECALL WAS NHTSA 00V055/GM RECALL # 00013, AND THIS WAS FOR THE 2000 SIERRAS. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS FOR A SPRING CLIP THAT MIGHT RENDER THE ABS MOTOR USELESS. I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE ABS MOTOR REPLACED FOR $1087.34. I WROTE TO GM AND ASKED FOR SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION DO TO THE LOW MILAGE AND THE FACT THAT THE LEASE WASN'T EVEN UP ON THE VEHICLE. THEY RESPONDED WITH A RESOUNDING "GET LOST". I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THROUGH A MECHANIC, I FOUND OUT THAT NUMEROUS OF THESE MOTORS HAVE FAILED. I CONTACTED A COMPETITOR DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE OF THE ABS MOTOR WAS "NOT UNCOMMON" BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE A FIGURE. MY QUESTION IS TO YOU, DO YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO INQUIRE HOW MANY OF THESE MOTORS HAVE FAILED? ALSO IF THE RECALL WAS FOR 2000 SIERRA'S, WITH ENOUGH COMPLAINTS, COULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE SOME OTHER YEAR MODELS? THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE AS TO MAKING ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION. I FEEL THE OBSOLESCENCE OF THIS PART IS MUCH TOO SOON, IN MY CASE 57,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU.*AK RECALL_ID = 10178

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION DRIVER'S SEAT, THE SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK IN ANY POSITION. AFTER EXAMING THE SEAT CONSUMER FOUND A SMALL WHITE PLASTIC RECTANGLE UNDER THE SEAT. THE SEAT WAS BROKEN AND CONSUMER DROVE WITH THE SEAT SLIDING BACK AND FORTH. *TT

ABS PUMPS RUN CONTINUOSLY EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, ALSO ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED WHILE PUMP IS RUNNING. CONSUMER UNPLUGGED WIRE TO STOP CONSTANT RUNNING, VEHICLE WILL STOP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BUT BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SOFTER THAN NORMAL, DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK PUMP FAILED AFTER ATTACHING A BOAT TRIALER. CONSUMER DISCONNECTED ABS PUMP AS INSTRUCTED BY DEALER, HOWEVER DOING SO ILLUMINATES THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT. *TT

ABS MODULE FAILURE. CHEVROLET REPLACED AT A COST OF $912.49 + TAX. SHOULDN'T FAIL AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. POSSIBLE PROBLEM FOR MANY PICK-UPS. SUBMITTED DUE TO SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT AND TO AID, OR ASSIST IN DETERMINING POSSIBLE RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK

SEAT TRACKS ANCHOR SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING DRIVER'S SEAT TO FULLY RECLINE BACK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FRONT COLLISION AT 40 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD AND KNEE INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *YH

FRONT COLLISION AT 40 MPH, SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER. CONSUMER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFERED HEAD AND KNEE INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *TT

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, ANOTHER TRUCK PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, CONSUMER T BONED AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK