2001 GMC Sierra complaints

WHEN COASTING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, MPH DECREASED TO ABOUT 25 MPH, AND THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGED INTO A FAST JUMP AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS TOUCHED, BUT IT WASN'T. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. PLEASE FILL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION SURGES AT ALL SPEEDS. INTERMITTENT. DEAL STATES COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED INTO GEAR WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT. RPM'S WENT UP TO 2000 BEFORE ENGAGING GEAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A VIBRATION AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THEN ONTO THE SHOULDER, WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT BOTH TIRES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAD SUFFERED BEAD SEPARATION, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND AFTER EXAMINGING BOTH TIRES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRES WERE ONLY INFLATED TO 40LBS PRESSURE EACH, THE FIRESTONE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT PROPERLY INFLATED TO MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS AS PER THE DOOR STICKER, THE UNDER INFLATION CAUSED THE BEAD SEPARATION, THERE WAS DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE VEHICLE. (FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT245/75R16/E. *JB

ANTI-FREEZE INSIDE RADIATOR TURNS TO A GEL LIKE SUBSTANCE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. A TECHNICIAL SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAKES GEAR NOISE IN 1ST AND 4TH GEARS. AT PURCHASE, VEHICLE HAD BAD VIBRATION PROBLEM. DEALER BALANCED WHEELS, WHICH DID NOT ELIMINATE PROBLEM. DEALER TESTED TIRES AND FOUND ONE DEFECTIVE TIRE...THE OTHER THREE HAD TO BE "INDEXED" ON THE WHEELS. DRIVESHAFT, SUSPENSION COMPONENTS/HARDWARE AND PARTS OF THE CHASSIS HAVE SIGNIFICANT RUST. (TIRESIZE: P235/75R16)

BACKING UP AT ABOUT 2MPH HIT A PIPE STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND. THE PIPE WAS ABOUT 3 FT. HIGH. IT HIT THE REAR BUMPER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE BUMPER WAS BENT SO BADLY THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF ALMOST $600.00. I THINK THIS BUMPER SHOULD HAVE WITHSTOOD THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT.*AK

SIDE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT FOR NO APPARENTLY REASON, FIRESTONE RHS 245/75R16 LDE

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 50-55 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL FELT SPONGY AND WENT ALMOST TO FLOOR. NO BRAKING ACTION, BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE SKIDDED TO RIGHT. NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. PEDAL HAS FELT THIS WAY SINCE PURCHASE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DISSATIFIED WITH RECALL AND CALLED IT FRAUD IF TIRES ARE OVER INFLATED/ UNDER INFLATED, OR COLD PRESSURE . *AK

THE SAFTY DEFECT IS THAT THE ENGINE JUST QUITS AT ANY SPEED. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED TWO TIMES. ONCE AT 3793 MILES ON APRIL 5, 2001 AND THEN AGAIN AT 6340 MILES ON MAY 15, 2001. BOTH TIMES THE ENGINE BEGAN TO PING AND THEN JUST STOPPED RUNNING. BOTH SITUATIONS HAPPENED WHILE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A SHOULDER LANE ON THE HIGHWAYS. THE SAFETY PROBLEM IS IF THE TRUCK SHOULD STOP AT A LOCATION WHERE ROAD REPAIRS ARE IN PROGRESS AND THE SHOULDER LANES ARE BLOCKED BY CEMENT BARRIERS TO NOT ALLOW ME TO GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY LANES WITH HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL, I DRIVE HWY 35 BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS AND THE HIGHWAY IS ALLWAYS UNDER REPAIR, THE CEMENT BARRIERS ARE UP AND THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC IS THERE. THE DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN IS THE TRUCK STALLING AT THESE LOCATIONS.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD LEAN TO LEFT, AND ALSO PULLED LEFT WHILE DRIVING. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP , AND HAD 2 STEP COIL SPRINGS/ INSULATOR , AND BODY SHIMS REPLACED ON LEFT SIDE. BROUGHT VEHICLE 1/8 INCH ON ALL FOUR CORNERS. LATER VEHICLE WAS HIGH LEFT AND LOW REAR LEFT. *AK

THERE WAS A LARGE "BOOMING" NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE EVERYTIME CONSUMER DROVE IT. THIS NOISE OCCURRED WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPPED POSITION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY GREASED DIFFERENTIAL. HE WAS TOLD THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STILL EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

JACK THAT COMES WITH VEHICLE HAS A HEAD THAT IS ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT JACK CANNOT PROPERLY LIFT VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAFELY USE AND REMOVE THIS JACK. *YH

NEW VEHICLE ONLY 6 DAYS OLD, DRIVEN ONLY 350 SOME MILES, WHILE ON LOCAL ROAD AT SPEED LIMIT (30) BEGAN TO VIBRATE, UNABLE TO CONTROL CAUSING ME TO SWERVE INTO ONCOMING LANE THEN ONTO SHOULDER. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED IT WAS FOUND BOTH FRONT AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE HAD BEADS HAD SEPARATED. TOWED TO FIRESTONE DEALER WHO UPON CHECKING FOUND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES ONLY AT 40LBS, GMC DOOR STICKER STATES 55LB FRONT, 80LB REAR. DEALER ADMITS TO INFLATING ONLY TO 40-45LBS.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )