2002 GMC S SERIES Complaints

NO WARNING. HEARD A LOUD SOUND LIKE A FIRECRACKER. VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN. TRAVELLED 1/2 MILE TO HOME AT LESS THAN 30 MPH. VEHICLE HAD A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FLOORBOARDS. RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT STUDS SHEARED BETWEEN THE ENGINE MOUNT FLANGE AND THEIR ATTACHMENT POINT ON THE ENGINE. PARTS REPLACED AND YES, I HAVE THE BAD PARTS.

I JUST GOT MY CAR IN DECEMBER OF 2004.I WENT TO GET MY STATE INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY BRAKE LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE LIGHT.I GO BACK A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AFTER DUMPING THE WATER OUT OF MY LIGHTS AND MY CAR PASSES THE STATE INSPECTION BUT MY RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE OF A WIRE SHORTAGE.

HAD MY LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE REAR BRAKES. STILL GETTING NOISE FROM REAR WHEELS, TOOK IT TO BUICK DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE. THEY ADJUSTED BRAKES AND THEY FAILED WITHIN A WEEK. I WAS THEN CHARGED $1000 PLUS A $400 RENTAL CAR BILL WHILE THEY "FIXED THE BRAKES." AFTER GETTING MY CAR BACK IT WAS STILL "WHIRRING", TURNS OUT THE PROBLEM WAS A HUB BEARING FAILURE ON ALL FOUR TIRES.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE DURING NORMAL STOP AND GO DRIVING. THIS HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS NEAR COLLISIONS. DEFECT REPORTED TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ON 5-24-05.

HAD FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HUB (WHEEL BEARING) ASSEMBLY REPLACED IN OCTOBER 2004. IN MARCH 2005 SAME WHEEL BEARING FAILED WHICH NEEDED REPLACED AGAIN. NOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE THE WHEEL BEARING IS MAKING NOISE. I LOOKED INTO THIS AND ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND WHEEL BEARINGS. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AS THE WHEEL BEARING HOLDS ON THE FRONT WHEEL THUS COULD CAUSE WHEEL TO FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING.

I HAVE A 1997 PONTAIC GRAND PRIX. THE HEADLIGHT LENS (GLASS) COMES OFF WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION BEING THAT THERE IS A PROJECTILE THAT COULD HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. IN CALLING AROUND TO FIND A REPLACEMENT LENS, I FOUND THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT AND THE SALAVAGE YARDS SELL THEM AS FAST AS THEY GET THEM IN. THAT IS A LOT OF LENS COVERS FLYING AROUND ON THE HIGHWAYS. IT IS EVEN TAKING A DEALERSHIP A WHILE TO ORDER ONE, SINCE THEY ALSO CAN NOT KEEP THEM IN STOCK. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IT MINE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AS IT WAS THERE WHEN I LEFT AND GONE WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION. I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A STONE OR SOMETHING HITTING THE CAR, BUT WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT IT REALLY WAS. IF PONTAIC KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

WITHIN 12 MONTHS GM GENUINE BALLJOINTS (LOWER) ON OUR 2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP TRUCK FAILED WITHIN 12 MONTHS, POSSIBLY SOONER IF IT WERE'NT FOR THE STATE REQUIRED MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS POINTING IT OUT AGAIN. IMAGINE THAT THEY PROBABLY FAILED WAY BEFORE THE INSPECTION. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPIERENCED THIS PART FAILURE WITH THE CHEVROLET, S10.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 NORTH COMMING FROM FLORIDA AFTER CROSSING THE GEORGIA STATE LINE DRIVER MADE STOP AT THE REST AREA,WHEN I RESUMED TRIP THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE,A FEW MILES LATER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ON IT'S OWN. *AK ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT,THIS TRUCK HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE THE DAY IT WAS BOUGHT,ANYMORE PROBLEMS THIS TRUCK WILL BE PARKED AND TILTLED ONLY FOR MY SAFTY AND THE SAFTY OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD.SEEMS TO ME AFTER 100 YEARS OF AUTO BUILDING GENERAL MOTORS COULD GET IT RIGHT,OH BY THE WAY THE LOCAL DEALER SAID HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL,I HAVE NO DOUBT IF THIS HAD BEEN A CASH FEX INSTEAD OF A WARRENTY PROBLEM THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM.

WE PARKED AT A CONVENIENCE STORE AND UPON STOPPING TO PARK THE ABS PUMP STARTED WHINING AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. SERVICE MANAGER AT JIM FUOCO MOTORS IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO DISCONNECTED THE WIRES TO THE ABS RELAY SYSTEM UNDER THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. HE SAID THE ABS RELAY MODULE UNDER THE FRAME IS FAULTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1000.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE DUE TO FAULTY DIODES ON THE SYSTEM. HE ADVISED THAT THE TRUCK CAN BE OPERATED WITHOUT ABS SYSTEM CONNECTED AND THE BRAKES WILL OPERATE AS THE OLDER PRE-ABS BRAKES SYSTEMS DID BUT ON ICY ROADS OR HARD STOPS THE TRUCK MAY SKID AND LOSE TRACTION. THE TRUCK HAD 47,000 MILE ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR AND GM STILL REFUSES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM OR RECALL THE ABS SYSTEM. I NOTED ON THIS SITE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT ABS FAILURES INCLUDING MANY SIMILAR TO MINE. WHY HAS THIS PROBLEM NOT BEEN RECALLED AS A SAFETY ISSUE? THE ABS SYSTEMS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE FAULTY FROM MANUFACTURE, NOT FROM USE. ARE THEY WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIES?

I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING RACK IN MY 99 GRAND AM REPLACED TWICE. THE LAST TIME WAS IN APRIL 2004. IT IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK