2000 GMC Sierra complaints

WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY, I HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED FAILURES OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS HAS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND, ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS, NEAR COLLISIONS. DEALER QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THE RECOMMENDED REPAIR AS REPLACEMENT OF THE RF WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY, WHICH INCLUDES THE ABS SPEED SENSOR. DISTURBINGLY, THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON, AND THAT NO RECALL CURRENTLY EXISTS. DEALER FURTHER INDICATED THAT FUTURE FAILURES (EITHER OF THE SAME BEARING ASSEMBLY OR THE OTHER BEARING ASSEMBLY) ARE POSSIBLE.*AK

WHILE COMING TO A SLOW STOP(-10MPH AND DRY) THE ANTILOCK BRAKES STARTED TO OPERATE CAUSING A FAILURE FOR AN ASSURED DISTANCE .WHEEL SPEED SENSORS TO BE CAUSE ,REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP. HAPPENED AGAIN 8 MONTHS LATER WHEEL SPEED SENSORS REPLCED AGAIN. SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO FAILURE TO STOP CAUSES ACCIDENTS NOT TAILGATE CABLES. *AK

MY BRAKES STARTED TO FAIL--STOPPING BEFORE ENTERING TRAFFIC, STOPPING AT RED LIGHTS, PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES. AT FIRST IT SEEMED THAT MAYBE IT WAS SLIPPERY AND THE BRAKES WERE PULSING OR SOMETHING. THE LAST TIME WHEN I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE WAS WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT ALL.*AK

WHILE FILLING UP FOR GASOLINE THE GAS GAUGE WOULD REGISTER A HALF OF TANK. BUT THE DRIVER FILLED A FULL TANK AT THE GASOLINE PUMP. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPEN TWICE. THE DRIVER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT TO BRING IT IN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

VEHICLE TENDS TO SLOW DOWN SLOWLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMING TO AN INTERSECTION, ALMOST CAUSING IT TO HIT PEDESTRIANS. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER FOR CHECK UP.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V129000. GMC ISSUED A TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HAS EXPERIENCED BROKEN CABLES, KEEPING IT FROM MAINTAINING UPWARD POSITION. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

THE REAR ROTORS PREMATURELY WORE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK GMC STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR. THE ROTORS HAD METAL FLAKING THAT WAS BELOW LEGAL TOLERANCE. *SC *JB

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IT RAN ROUGHLY, AND A SMELL OF FUEL WAS NOTICEABLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS THE PLENUM CHAMBER AND GASKET THAT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMELL LIKE FUEL WHEN STARTING UP. *AK

WHEN COMING TO A NORMAL STOP AND SPEED IS AROUND 5 MPH THE ABS SYSTEM MAKES A LOUD NOISE, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES STIFF AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. THIS HAPPENED 2 YEARS AGO (THE FIRST TIME - APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES) AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. I CONTACTED GM'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PARTS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY CANNOT HELP WITH THE REPAIR. MY POINT IS AFTER THE PARTS ARE REPLACED, THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN WITH NO WARNING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS TIME, I WAS EXITING MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND ROLLED INTO THE ROAD. GM CLAIMS THAT THIS IS NOT A "DOCUMENTED" ISSUE, EVEN AFTER ADMITTING THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS REPAIR. THE REPAIR IS INSUFFICIENT IN MY OPINION. I DOES NOT PREVENT BRAKE LOSS FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER CALLING GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE BACK AND COMPLAINING, THEY SAID TO WAIT 2 TO 3 DAYS TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER THE REPAIR COST (WHEEL SPEED SENSORS). THEY AVOID ANSWERING HOW THIS WILL BE RESOLVED SO THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.*AK

THROTTLE BECOMES STICKY WHEN CLOSED. AS A RESULT EXTRA FORCE IS REQUIRED ON THE ACCELERATOR WHEN INITIALY DEPRESSED. THIS IS AN EXTREMLY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALY IN PARKING LOTS OR OTHER TIGHT, HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS SINCE EXTRA FORCE IS REQUIRED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO "BREAK IT FREE" ONCE IT DOES "BREAK FREE" THE VEHICLE CAN LUNGE/LURCH FOREWARD UNCONTROLED. THIS SITUATION MAKES SMOOTH THROTTLE CONTROL UNOBTAINABLE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET WORSE WITH HIGHER AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AS I ASSUME THE THROTTLE PLATE EXPANDS WHEN HOT AND BINDS IN THE THROTTLE BODY. CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY PROVIDES RELIEF FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS AND BELIEVE THAT GM OFFERS AN UPDATED THROTTLE BODY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. DUE TO THE EXTREEM SAFETY HAZZARD I FEEL THAT GM IS NEGLEGENT IN NOT OFFERING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR COST, AS GM DOES SEEM TO BE AWARE OF THE DEFICIENCY.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS AT A STAND STILL WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE PEDAL DROPPED STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS, THE OWNER HIT THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT S OWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONSUMER CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE ABS TURNS ON IN MY TRUCK WHILE COMING TO A SLOW STOP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO NOT STOP. I TOOK UPART MY HUBS, THE FRONT ABS SENSOR HAS CORROSION IN IT THAT PUTS IT OUT BY A FEW THOUSANDTHS AND IT THINKS IT IS GOING -5 MPH AND TURNS THE ABS ON. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS FOR ME AS I HAVE ROLLED RIGHT INTO SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WHEN I EXPECTED MY BRAKES TO STOP MY TRUCK. LUCKILY I WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO USE THE EBRAKE EACH TIME UNTIL I COULD GET A TEMP FIX GOING. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SENSOR, NOT THE ABS ITSELF. I AM NOT SURE HOW TO CORRECT IT, OTHER THAN CLEANING IT REGULARLY, SO I DISBALED MY ABS (PULLING THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD) TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK IN THE MEAN TIME UNTIL A RESOLUTION CAN BE FOUND. *AK

THE SPARE TIRE CABLE UNDER THE VEHICLE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. *AK *SC

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB

DRL LIGHT FAILURE GIVES FALSE TURN SIGNAL.*AK

FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T, LT245/75R16, LOAD RANGE C, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON 2000 GMC SIERRA 1/2 TON, 4WD, PICKUP, PURCHASED NEW BY ME, APRIL 2000. ON AUG 14, 2004, APPROX 12:00NOON, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH , PULLING A BOAT/TRAILER ON A STATE MAINTAINED GRAVEL ROAD IN LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, MT., WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT WITH NO SOUND OF BLOW-OUT. AFTER IMMEDIATELY STOPPING, I NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMLETELY SHREDDED. THE ENTIRE OUTER SIDEWALL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD AREA BY ABOUT 95%. THE WHEEL WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT AS YET.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

MY 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICK UP HAS HAD POOR BRAKING FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING TO WISCONSIN FROM OUR OHIO HOME ON JULY 1, 2004, I HAD TO BRAKE QUICKLY DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. THE BRAKES DID NOT TOTALLY FAIL, BUT WERE POOR ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER RETURNING FROM VACATION, I DID SOME INVESTIGATION ONLINE AND FOUND THROUGH A FRIEND OF A FRIEND THAT GM ENGINEERS WERE AWARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND SUBSEQUENT MODELS AND INSTITUTED A FIX WITH THE 2003 MODEL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I THEN CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER, WHO SAID GM HAD NO RECALL NOR WOULD THEY COVER ANY REPAIR COSTS INCURRED, SINCE I WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH WITHIN THE MILEAGE. I HAD THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, NORRIS GMC IN MEDINA, OHIO, AND IT TOTALED $1,587, OR CLOSE TO THAT. I FOUND THAT TO BE PREPOSTEROUS AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. TO DATE, THEY HAVE OFFERED NO RETRIBUTION FOR THIS CLAIM. KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FIXED ON LATER MODELS IS REPREHENSIBLE TO ME AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST NOTIFIED OWNERS TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES INSPECTED WHEN THEY LEARNED OF THE DEFECT. I DOUBT THAT I AM ALONE IN THIS ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING GM TO OFFER SOME RETRIBUTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.

PLEASE ADD TIRE MODEL AND DOT CODE, P235/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 GMC SIERRA WITH 25000 MILES. FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 75 MPH.*JB THE CONSUMER AND HIS LAWYER SENT TWO PETITIONS REQUESTING THAT NHTSA REOPEN ITS PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO FIRESTONE STEEL TEX LIGHT TRUCK RADIAL TIRES DUE TO AN ALLEGED DEFECT IN THEIR DESIGN AND PERFOMANCE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE TIRES INSTALLED ON AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES INCLUDING THE SPARE TIRE THAT ONLY HAD 300 MILES ON IT. *TC

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AT 10 MPH , THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND RUST COVERING THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. FOUR MONTHS PRIOR, THE ROTORS DETERIORATED BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF FACTORY METAL USED. THE DEALERSHIP CLEANED THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR, WHICH CORRECTED THE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD BECOME HARD AND PUSHED BACK. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT LOW SPEEDS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING A 5 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. AND A TECHNICIAN UNPLUGED THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FUSE. *AK

POWER STEERING PUMP SPLINE SHEARED.*MR AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN THE DRIVER MADE A U-TURN. *NM

ABS BRAKES GOTO FULL RELEASE BELOW 10 MPH UNABLE TO STOP. *AK

SEATBELT UNLATCHES WITHOUT DRIVER EFFORT- SEVERAL INSTANCES GM STATES THIS IS AN "OUT-OF POCKET" REPAIR. *AK

ABS LIGHT WENT ON DURING NORMAL OPERATION. ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WITHIN 3 MONTHS, ABS WERE ENGAGING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS DURING STOPPING, CAUSING MANY NEAR-ACCIDENTS. ABS MODULE REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM PERSISTED, DEALER REPLACED WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ABS BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ANTILOCK SYSTEM ENGAGES WHILE COMING TO A SLOW STOP HAPPENS ALMOST CONSTANTLY. THROTTLE STICKS ON INITIAL CONTACT. *AK

WHEN I WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AT 66,000 MILES I WAS TOLD THE PARKING BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. SINCE I DO NOT USE THES THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE.WILL REPLACE WHEN CAN MAKE THE 100 MILE TRIP TO DEALER THAT FOUND PROBLEM. DEALER WHERE PURCHASED WOULD NOT OTHER FIX PROBLEMS WHEN VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY.SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN MARCH OF 2000 THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD SLIP AT START ALMOST HIT THREE TIMES BEFORE FIXED, THE DRIVESHAFT WAS BAD THE DIFFERIENTIAL WAS PUT IN AT WRONG ANGLE THE BACK WINDOWS LEAKED AIR AND WATER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWICE IS STARTING TO STICK AGAIN REPORTED THIS TOYOU IN AUG 2002 STILL NO RECALL. FOUR PICES OF TRIM FELL OFF AIR CONDITIONER SWITCH WAS REPLCED TWICE HEAT SHEILD WAS INSTALLED WRONG CAUSING DASH TO VIBRATE.CLEARLY GM IS MAKING SOME VERY DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS.WHEN THE ORIGINAL DEALER WOULD NOT GET PROBLEMS REPAIRED I ASKED GM FOR HELP I HAD TO FIND A DEALER TO HELP ME ON MY OWN.MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE FIXED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THREE OF THEM ARE SATY PROBLEMS THE TRNSMISSION TOOK OVER A YEAR TO GET RESULTS AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT ANY TIME GM KNEW OF THIS.I NOW AM GETTING A KNOCK OUT OF SECOND ENGINE. I WILL PUT DOWN TODAYS DATE BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS OCCURED OVER SUCH A LONG TIME.

WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AT 5 MPH ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK *NM

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS A 2 SECOND DELAY REACTION BEFORE THE ABS ENGAGED. VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES FOR 2 SECONDS. *AK WITHOUT WARNING BETWEEN 4 TO 7 MPH, ABS SYSTEM BLOCKS THE BRAKING ACTION WHICH CAUSED AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *LA

2000 GMC 1500-HAS BROKEN FRAME ABOVE REAR AXLE. TRUCK HAS BEEN USED TO TOW TRAILER WITH TONGUE WEIGHT NEVER OVER 700#,USING HITCH WITH 1000# RATING.ALSO INSTALLED IS AIR BAGS BETWEEN REAR AXLE AND FRAME, TO ALLOW LEVELING WHEN TRAILER ATTACHED ON HITCH. NO EXPLANATION RECIEVED FROM DEALER OTHER THAN HAVE NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN.DID SAY HAVE SEEN IT ON DODGE TRUCKS. THE DEALER REP DID NOT SUGGEST HOW TO REPAIR OR AT WHAT COST, THEY DIDN'T SEEM INTERESTED IN CORRECTING THE PROBLEM SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS OVER BY 2500 MILES. SO I TOOK IT TO A GENERAL WELDER WHO QUOTED ME $200 TO $400 DOLLARS TO WELD THE FRAME AND ADD A PIECE OF STEEL TO THE FRAME TO RE-INFORCE THIS OBVIOUS PLACE OF STRESS. THE WELDER ALSO SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND DONE THESE KIND OF REPAIRS BECAUSE NONE OF THE MANUFACTURED FRAMES ARE RE-INFORCED AT THE POINT OF STRESS THAT WOULD BE PUT ON A FRAME WHEN WEIGHT IS ADDED AS FAR BACK AS A HITCH. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THESE REPAIRS DONE A THOUGHT OTHER TRAILER HAULING PICK-UP OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS FAULT. THIS TRUCK IS RATED FOR #8800 TOWING,WITH A #1000 RATED TONGUE WEIGHT HITCH. NEVER HAVE I HAD MORE THAN#5000 TRAILER WEIGHT WITH NO MORE THAN &700 TONGUE WEIGHT, BUT THE FRAME STILL CRACKED MAKING THIS AN UN-KNOWN SAFETY HAZARD. I COULD HAVE BEEN TOWING THE TRAILER AND THE FRAME COULD HAVE BROKEN COMPLETLEY, DROPPED THE TRAILER TO GROUNG CAUSING SEPERATION FROM THE TRUCK AND THAN [WHAT]?. YOUR GUESS IS GOOD AS MINE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH CONSUMER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND IT LOCKED UP. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE. THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WERE METAL PIECES IN THE ABS FLUID WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO FAIL. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 2WD EXT CAB PICKUP AND TOOK DELIVERY ABOUT 12-23-1999. I REQUESTED CAMPER MIRRORS AND THE PASENGER SIDE CAME WITH REGULAR GLASS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IN THE BLIND SPOTS . GM WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH LATER THE NEWER MODELS CAME WITH A SMALL CONVEX MIRROR IN THE UNIT. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE TRUCK NOW CALLS FOR THE CONVEX MIRROR BUT GM INSISTS THAT THE ONE I GOT WAS OK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET GM TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM? *AK

I PURCHASED A 2000 GMC SIERRA 9 MONTHS AGO AS A "GMC CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE" FROM A DEALER WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT.NOW, AT ONLY 10,000(NOT HARD) MILES LATER,THE FRONT BRAKE PADS CAME APART & TOOK CHUNKS OF METAL OUT OF BOTH ROTORS,RESULTING IN A $500.00 FRONT BRAKE JOB(NEW ROTORS & PADS).I DON'T THINK 10,000 MILES IS LOT TO ASK FROM A SET OF PADS & ROTORS,THAT THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT SAID HAD 40% LIFE LEFT @ DELIVERY. *LA

VALVE TAP ON COLD START LASTS APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. GMC CLAIMS IT IS CARBON BUILD UP IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND WILL NOT DAMAGE THE ENGINE. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY. ANY TAPPING SOUND IS INDICATIVE OF LACK OF LUBRICATION AND WILL PREMATURELY WEAR THE ENGINE OR ITS COMPONENTS PARTICULARLY AFTER WARRANTY RUNS OUT. SEE SERVICE BULLETIN #01-06-01-028A. OR DOCUMENT #1271016 "ENGINE KNOCK ON COLD START". *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED. HOWEVER, WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT AN ACCELERATED SPEED BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY. *AK *MR

CONSUMER OPENED THE TAILGATE AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE TAILGATE STRAP BROKE. *AK *LA

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V129000 CONCERNING TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BREAKING. THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER LET THE TAILGATE DOWN. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TAILGATE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS PUTTING A 4 WHEEL VEHICLE ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK, AND WHILE DOING SO, TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED. THE TAILGATE CABLES WERE RUSTED. IT SMASHED THE BUMPER. *AK

AT 60,000 MILES ROTORS RUSTED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . *AK

HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND WOULDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. IT WOULD ONLY MOVE VERY SLOWLY FORWARD AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. *JB

TAILGATE STRAP ON PASS SIDE OF TRUCK BROKE WHILE TAILGATE WAS DOWN AND TAILGATE ACTUALLY CAME OFF AND DAMAGED TAILGATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AFTER THIS. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON DRIVES THIS TRUCK AND 1 TIMES THIS HAPPENED HE WAS ON A BUSY STREET AND COULD NOT GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRUG THE TAILGATE ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE BEFORE HE COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC TO REATTACH THE TAILGATE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE TAILGATE REPAIRED, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND CAUSING EVEN MORE DAMAGE. I HAVE AT THIS POINT REMOVED THE TAILGATE FROM THE TRUCK UNTIL I CAN FIND A RESOUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED A LIGHT WEIGHT BOX OF CLOTHES ON THE TAILGATE AND BOTH CABLES SNAPPED, DROPPING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE ON HIS LEFT KNEE. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE TWO CABLES HAD PLASTIC SHEATHS OVER THEM TO PROTECT THE METAL CABLES FROM THE WEATHER, HOWEVER WHEN THE TAIL GATES WERE CLOSED, THE PLASTIC SHEATHS CRACKED, WHICH ALLOWED WATER INSIDE AND CAUSED THE CABLES TO RUST THROUGH. *JB

MY 2000 GMC SIERRA TRUCK TAILGATE WILL NOT LATCH. IT FALLS DOWN WHILE TRUCK IS MOVING. *JB

BOTH TAILGATE CABLES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, DUMPING MYSELF AND THE DESK THAT I WAS LOADING ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH TAILGATE DOWN IT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. TAILGATE ASSEMBLY WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE LOADING AN ATV BIKE. AS RESULT, THE BIKE FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND INJURED CONSUMER'S HANDS. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUST DEVELOPING IN THE CABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS MET OTHER CONSUMER'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC

WHILE BACKING OUT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED TAILGATE DROPPED OPEN. *AK

I JUST BOUGHT A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP WITH THE 5.3 LITER ENGINE. THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN YOU START OFF IN IT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE ACCELERATOR HAS A TIGHT SPOT IN IT WHEN YOU FIRST PRESS ON IT. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF IT STICKS TOO MUCH WHEN IT BREAKS LOOSE THE TRUCK WILL GO FORWARD REAL QUICK AND YOU COULD HIT SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE BUTTERFLY HAD CARBON BUILT UP ON IT AND IT NEEDED CLEANING. I CALLED A GM DEALER AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID IT WAS REPORTED BEFORE AND HE WOULD CLEAN THE THROTTLE VALVE FOR $90.00. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND BESIDES IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN CARBON BUILDS UP ON IT AGAIN. A PERMANENT FIX NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE AS A RECALL ITEM I THINK. *JB