2000 GMC Sierra complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 45MPH HIT A UTILITY POLE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 45MPH, WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING BRAKES WENT OUT, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING REAR BRAKE LINE SNAPPED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT, AND RESULTING IN HEAVY VIBRATION. WILL BE HARD TO STOP. *AK

AT LOW SPEEDS ABS BRAKES GRAB AND DON'T STOP VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CONTACTED DEALER. ALL FOUR DISC BRAKES ARE FLAKING APART.*AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WILL LOSE POWER MOMENTARILY WHEN STRIKING POTHOLES IN THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT'S NORMAL OPERATION. OWNER HAD TO LET HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND DEPRESS PEDAL AGAIN, IMMEDIATELY, TO STOP TRUCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE OR GO INTO REVERSE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE AT 20 MPH, FIRST TIME DEALER FOUND LOOSE TERMINAL AT ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WERE MAKING A LOUD NOISE . CONTACTED DEALER , BRAKES LOCKED UP. HAD PART REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR IS UNSAFE, COULD BACK INTO SOMEONE. CONSUMER THINKS HE IS FURTHER AWAY FROM OBJECTS THAN HE REALLY IS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IT WAS VERY SUBTLE AT FIRST AND I DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT. I HAD INTENDED TO MENTION IT TO MY DEALER BUT DIDN'T BECAUSE I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO START MY TRUCK. AFTER ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TRIPS TO THE DEALER THEY FINALLY INSTALLED A NEW COMPUTER COMPONENT THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW MY WARRANTY IS UP AND THE GAS PEDAL SEEMS TO STICK MORE OFTEN. I CAN LIVE WITH IT WHILE TRAVELING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STICK AT A CURRENT SPEED THAT I AM DRIVING AT; IT STICKS WHEN I WANT TO START OUT OR ACCELERATE. MY CONCERN IS THAT RECENTLY WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK IT STUCK TO THE POINT THAT WHEN I TRIED TO DEPRESS IT STUCK AND THEN FREED TO WHERE I DARTED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT. THIS WAS SCARY AND I DECIDED I HAD BETTER REPORT IT TO THE DEALER. I HAD A SERVICE COMPLETED ON MAY 23, 02 AND RAISED MY CONCERNS WITH SHAWN D. IN THE SERVICE DEPT. AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN (NAME UNKNOWN). THE UNKNOWN PARTY ASKED ME IF MY TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I TOLD HIM NO. I ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM AS IT COULD BE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. HE SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WAS A CARBON BUILDUP THAT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO REPAIR. HE SAID GM HASN'T DECIDED TO RECALL IT AT THIS POINT. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD THAT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S BOO BOO. I AM SURPRISED THAT A COMPANY THAT HAS SUCH WONDERFUL MARKETING ADS STRE

CONSUMER STATES BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, EVEN IF PROPERLY ARMED BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE CONTENT THEFT - DETERRENT ALARM SYSTEM WILL ONLY SOUND IF THE VEHICLE DOOR IS OPENED FROM WITHIN THE VEHICLE AFTER THE MANUAL LOCK HAS BEEN UTILIZED FROM THE INSIDE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT ACCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN GAINED TO THE INTERIOR AND THEREFORE IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO UNLOCK THE MANUAL LOCK, OR OPEN THE DOOR TO STEAL THE CONTENTS, THEREBY BYPASSING THE ALARM SYSTEM ALTOGETHER. *TT

INITIALLY PATCHED THE TIRE IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD, THE NEXT PROBLEM WAS AT LEAST TWO TO THREE INCHES AWAY AND WAS BURSTING ON THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE TIRE.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE AT LOW SPEED IN WET WEATHER THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. *AK

REAR DISC BRAKES ARE OF SUCH DESIGN THAT THEY GET WET AND RUST, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO DRAG. ROTORS WEAR OUT PREMATURELY DUE TO THIS, CAUSING EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. *AK *JG

BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE HAVE HAD VERY NOTICEABLE WEAR ON PADS, BUT BRAKES STILL HAVE GONE OUT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP ABOUT 5 TIMES FOR BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

SPARE TIRE CANNOT BE REMOVED DUE TO THE TIRE PUSHING UP ON THE TUBE THAT THE TOOL GOES INTO FROM THE REAR BUMPER, CAUSING THE TOOL TO BE MISALIGNED WITH THE SPARE TIRE WINCH. THIS SITUATION COULD BE HAZARDOUS ON THE HIGHWAYS DUE TO THE FRUSTRATION OF TRYING FOR HOURS TO GET THE TIRE DOWN. ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS ****760787. *AK *JB

I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT FROM A SMALL, SHARP PIECE OF GRAVEL. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND DROVE HOME. AT HOME I INFLATED THE TIRE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. ALONG WITH DISCOVERING THE GRAVEL PUNCTURE, I OBSERVED 3-4 SPOTS AROUND THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE THAT WERE RAISED ABOVE THE REST OF THE SIDEWALL. THE RAISED PLACES CAN BE DESCRIBED AS LARGE BLISTERS OF 6-8 SQUARE INCHES IN SIZE. THE "BUBBLE" SPOTS WERE FOUND ONLY ON THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL. NONE WERE OBSERVED ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. I THEN OBSERVED THE OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND FOUND DEPRESSIONS OR UNEVENNESS IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE OTHER TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W273 WMA TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE STICKS IN CLOSE POSITION. WHEN APPLYING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ABS HAS GONE OUT, CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK *YD

DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT ADJUST SUFFICENTLY TO ELIMINATE BLIND SPOT, MIRROR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NEW MIRROR WORKED THE SAME. DEALER SAYS THAT IS THE WAY THEY ALL ARE. I AM AVERAGE SIZE. THIS WOULD BE WORSE WITH TALL DRIVERS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 35 MPH NGINE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITH NO WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. ALSO PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

UNDER TIRE INSPECTION NOTICED THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON ALL TIRES., *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273WMA369 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MAKES NOISE WHEN ROLLING DOWN DUE TO REGULATOR ASSEMBLY FAILURE, ALSO THE CENTER CONSOLE WOULD NOT OPEN. *YH

TIRE BLEW OUT, EXPLODING SIDEWALL, COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCUIRD019 TIRESIZE: P255/70R/1)

BRAKE LINE ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR RUBBED A HOLE IN THE BLACK HOSE AGAINST STEEL LINE. TRIED TO TIE UP AN SEPERATE BUT ITS TO CLOSE TO T CONNECTION. BOTH REAR FENDERS CRACKED AND BROKE. REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKING OIL.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND PRESSING DOWN ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT WOULD BECOME STUCK. SOMETIMES DRIVER WOULD HAVE TO HIT/KICK PEDAL TO HAVE IT RELEASED. VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHILE THIS HAPPENS. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED ITS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE VEHICLE.*AK

THERE IS NO INDICATION ON THE PANEL THAT THERE IS PULSATION. ALSO THERE IS NO ABS NOISE AND LIGHT BRAKING POWER. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT HEAT VENT CAP KEEPS POPPING OFF AND REPLACED. TAIL GATE BED LINER NOT FLAT, PANEL RIPPLED AND RESCUER REAR PANEL, INSTALL ADDITIONAL FASTENER. HORN PAD FAILED, BRAKES ARE SQUEAKY,, ABS SYSTEM CHECKED COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY PROBLEM, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AT TIMES AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP, MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING INTERNALLY.*YD

BRAKES WILL WORK SOMETIMES AND BACK WILL NOT, AT TIMES PEDAL IS HARD TO PRESS AND VEHICLE BARELY SLOWS DOWN, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

REAR GLASS FRAME CRACKED FROM FACTORY AND REPLACEMENT FAILED TWICE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH FLAT GLASS NOT THE SLIDING GLASS I ORDERED FROM THE FACTORY .BOTH SIDE QUARTER WINDOWS HAD WIND NOISE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.S

TIRE EXPERIENCED BELT TO BELT SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273 TIRESIZE: P26575R16)

WHILE DRIVING, LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, SPIN COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AND HIT THE MEDIAN BARRIER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, ALSO THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC

THERE IS AND HAS BEEN AN ENGINE KNOCK SINCE 7/2000, HAS BEEN IN SHOP 6 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM, GMC CONTENDS CARBON KNOCK, GETTING WORSE. IDLES ROUGH, TOLD BY DEALER AND GMC IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. GMC SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HORNOR WARRANTY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WARRANTY EXPRIRES, AND THE PISTON COMES THROUGH THE BLOCK. DRIVETRAIN HESTIATES WHEN IN GEAR.

TIRE SPLIT ON THE INSIDE & OUTSIDE SURFACES. GENERAL TIRE-AMER1550, LT245/75R16M+R DOT ADTTDOA030

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45-50 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WITH FORCE PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOORBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENCOUNTERED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE BRAKING ON AN OFF RAMP. APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 25 MPH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, ABS MODULE EMITTED A LOUD NOISE, BRAKE PEDAL REMAINED FIRM BUT TOTAL BRAKE LOSS ON ALL 4 WHEELS ENCOUNTERED. EVASIVE STEERING AND RELEASE OF BRAKE PEDAL RESTORED VEHICLE BRAKING AND AVOIDED CONTACT WITH OTHER VEHICLES.

WHILE MAKING A RELATIVELY FAST STOP ON A FAIRLY BUMPY ROAD, BUT WITHOUT SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES, THE TRUCK HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 OR 35MPH FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE BRAKES FAILED MOMENTARILY, AND THEN CAUGHT AGAIN. WHEN WE FINALLY STOPPED, I ENDED UP HALF WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS A RURAL ROAD AND THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. IT SIMPLY SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME AND MY WIFE. MY DEALER INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, HOWEVER HE STATED THAT THEIR BRAKE TECHNICIAN FIXED A SIMILAR PROBLEM OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY FAILING WHEN ANOTHER OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WAS STOPPING HIS PICKUP TRUCK WHILE DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. ADDITIONALLY, MY NEIGHBOR WHO DRIVES A 2000 YUKON XL, STATED THAT HE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE OF HIS BRAKES SUDDENLY AND ONLY MOMENTARILY FAILING WHILE STOPPING FROM ABOUT 35MPH WITH SIMILAR RESULTS TO MY EXPERIENCE OF HIM ENDING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY, HE TOO HAD NO TRAFFIC AND CONSEQUENTLY NO ACCIDENT. I KNOW THAT HE ALSO REPORTED THIS TO HIS DEALER WHICH COINCIDENTLY IS BAIRD GM OF RIPON, WISCONSIN.*AK

2000 GMC SIERRA INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT - TRUCK EXPLODED AND BURNED. *AK

REAR LEAF SPRINGS MAKES NOISE WHEN VEHICLE GOES OVER BUMPS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES. CONTACTED GMC, AND GMC STATED THAT WAS THE WAY VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.*AK THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKIN WHEN TRYING TO STOP ON BUMPY ROAD AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *YH

WHEN BRAKES WERE USED IN PANIC STOP PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES, CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED ABS MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE REACHES 40 MPH VEHICLE HOPS/VIBRATION IS FELT IN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS, VEHICLE VIBRATES AND HOPS. *AK

THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE GMC SIERRA PICK-UP TO EXPLODE AND BURN. *AK

WHEN PULLING OFF ROAD ONTO DIRT, GRAVEL, OR GRASS AT ANY SPEED ABOVE ABOUT 10MPH, THE BRAKES BECOME UNRESPONSIVE, VIBRATE, FADE, FAIL TO SLOW VEHICLE, AND PEDAL PRESSURE BECOMES EXCESSIVE AND SEEMS TO LOCK UP. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. VERY SCARY! SHOULD THIS SYSTEM ENGAGE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT, A PANIC STOP SITUATION, JUST NORMAL "PULLING OFF THE ROAD TO STOP" SITUATIONS.*AK

IT GREATLY CONCERNS ME THAT A FAILURE IN THE POWER STEERING SHAFT OCCURS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TRUCK. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED 3 TIMES. ARE THEY JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED?*AK

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE UP AND TURNED WHEELS TO GO, AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. ALSO, BRAKES WENT OUT. BRAKE WAS PRESSED DOWN, AND STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. POWER STEERING PUMP AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE REPLACED. SHAFT BROKE INTERNALLY.*AK *SLC

I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH WITH ALL WINDOWS SHUT AND MY AIR CONDITION ON WHEN MY DRIVERS SIDE EXT-CAB WINDOW JUST BLEW RIGHT OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE WINDOW SHUT HIT ONE OF THE KIDS IN THE HAND AND ENDED UP IN THE PASSENGER SIDE POCKET. THE WINDOW HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK THEN ENDED UP SHATTERING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC TRYING TO AVOID THE BROKEN GLASS AND ME PULLING OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WONDERING WHAT HAPPEND. THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, AND THE LATCH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO A CHILD IF HIT IN THE FACE. THANKS JEFF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CHANGED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION WHEN SHE TURNED LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK