GMC Complaints

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM THAT HAS PROBLEMS STARTING. EVERY TIME I TRY TO START MY CAR THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE TO SIT THEIR FOR TEN MINUTES WHILE IT RESETS ITSELF. I WOULDN'T HAVE MIND IF IT WAS ONLY ONCE, BUT IT'S NOT. IT CONTINUALLY DOES IT. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE WHO I HAVE SPOKEN TO WITH A PONTIAC GRAND AM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. VERY TRULY YOURS, KAREN. *NM

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WAS TOLD AIR INJECTOR VALVE OPER/SOLENOID REPLACE. DROVE 800 MILES, TOOK EMISSIONS TEST FAILED. SHOWED NO CODES. WAS TOLD BY TECH TO TRY DRIVING 100 MILES. OR TAKE TO DEALER, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP CHARGED DIAGNOSTIC FEE. WAS TOLD BY THEM TO DRIVE 100 MILES. DROVE 150 RETURNED NEXT DAY. STILL THE CODES ARE NOT SHOWING. WANT ME TO DRIVE ANOTHER 150 MILES. TWO CODES ARE NOT SHOWING. TOOK BACK TO EMISSIONS PROVIDER, THEY SHOWED ME IT WAS THE 02 SENSOR AND LAST TEST ON THE OBD COMPUTER. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME. ALSO PLEASE NOTE MY RADIO FROZE AGAIN PLAYING ON 1 STATION AND SHOWING ANOTHER. SHOWED IT TO TECH TODAY. AND ALSO MY BRAKES STILL GIVING SAME PROBLEM. ABS BRAKES STILL PULLING VEHICLE. BOUGHT NEW TIRES TO HELP WITH THE TRACTION. BUT PROBLEM STILL SAME. FUEL WAS ABOUT 12 MILES PER GAL. HOW MANY MILES DO I HAVE TO DRIVE IN ORDER FOR THE COMPUTER ON THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. I'VE DRIVEN OVER 1000 (ONE THOUSAND) SINCE FRIDAY 10-21-05. WHAT A LEMON! I WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP (CHEV) TOMORROW AFTER DRIVING 150 MILES. MY DAYTIME LIGHT STILL GOES OUT WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS. *NM

FRONT BRAKING PROBLEM WITH 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AFTER EACH TIME A REPAIR ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE BY GMC PROBLEM IS FRONT SQUEALING OF BRAKE SYSTEMS. *JB

2 YEARS AGO, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A USED 02 ENVOY SLT. IT HAD LOW MILAGE AND WE LOVED IT. SINCE THEN WE HAVE DONE ALL THE FACTORY SUGGESTED MANTAINANCE ON IT AND OVER ALL HAVE BEEN GOOD TO IT. ON OCTOBER 4, 2005. OUR TRANSMISSION WENT LEAVING US STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A SEVERAL HOURS TILL A TOW TRUCK COULD COME. THE PROBLEM WAS OUR TRANSMISSION. WE NEEDED A WHOLE NEW ONE. GM KNOWS THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE BUT INSTEAD OF CORRECTING THE PROBLEM AND CUTTING INTO PROFITS IN CONTINUES TO RIP OF ITS CONSUMERS. I AM OUTRAGED THAT THIS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. GM NEED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM OR MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALISE THERE PRODUCTS ARE CRAP AND START BUYING FOREIGN CAR.

PURCHASED NEW 2000 PONTIAC SUNFIRE IN 2000. IN 2001 HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED AT WARRANTY. HAVE COMPLAINED OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS THAT STEERING STILL MAKES CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. TODAY TOOK BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE STEERING SHAFT AGAIN HAS TO BE REPLACED. I'M A 63 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND DO NOT RACE OR ABUSE MY CAR. NOW I WAS ALSO TOLD THE HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME...COSTS APPROX 900.00. WHY WOULD THESE CONTINUE TO BREAK? *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY L.A. FREEWAY ON A SATURDAY EVENING MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITH NO WARNING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST STALLING. LUCKY FOR ME I SAY MY PRAYERS AND WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO THE OFF RAMP AND COAST ON TO THE STREET WHERE I WAS PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC BY A GOOD SAMARITAN (I'M A SINGLE FEMALE DRIVER). I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN AFTER AWHILE AND CHUGGED HOME 30 SLOW MILES TO MY HOUSE ( I WAS ALL OUT OF TOWS ON AAA AND NO MECHANICS OPEN AT THAT TIME).NEXT WEEK MY SAAB MECHANIC INDICATES THAT IT IS THE DI FAILING. ESTIMATED COST PART/LABOR IS $550.00. I JUST REPLACED THE DI 9/15/2003 AFTER A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED AND ALL POWER WAS LOST WHILE DRIVING, I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO SAAB. COST TO ME THE FIRST TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY $450.00 NOT INCLUDING CAR RENTAL. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD ON THE '99S AS ALL THESE POSTED COMPLAINTS INDICATE AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE CURRENT RECALL IS NOT INCLUDING '99S. I'VE HELD OFF REPLACING THE REPLACEMENT THAT LASTED ONLY 20,000 MI/2 YEARS HOPING TO GET SOME RECOGNITION/HELP FROM SAAB WITH THIS. PART IS AVAILABLE. OBVIOUSLY THE CURRENT (FAILED) DI IN MY CAR IS A 2000 - 2002 SAAB DI - SO WILL THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS REPAIR? THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I ADAMANTLY BELIEVE SAAB SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE 99S AS (I HAVE FOUND OUT) IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS. *NM

WINDOW SWITCHES AND MOTORS HAVE FAILED 4 TIMES THEREFORE NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*JB

GMC 3500 CREW CAB DUALLY WITH THE 6.6 DURAMAX DIESEL AND ALLISON AUTOMATIC CAN TO PERFORM ITS DESIGNED JOB WITH OUT OVER HEATING. TRUCK IS RATED FOR 23,500 GCWR AND A 16000 TOWING CAPACITY. HOWEVER IT STRUGGLES TO PULL 7000 POUNDS AND ENGINE TEMPERATURE GOT OVER 230, AND TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE OVER 210. THE COOLING FAN STRUGGLES TO CONTROL THE HEAT AND RUNS CONSTANTLY, THE NOISE IS UNBEARABLE. IF ONE WERE TO ATTEMPT TO PULL MY RV UP A MOUNTAIN GRADE IN THE SUMMER I WOULD BE LEFT STRANDED ON THE ROAD OR IN TRAFFIC. *NM

ON SEPT 10 2005 I TOOK MY CAR TO HAVE A TUNE UP DONE ON IT AND THE MECHANIC TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THE REAR END OF MY VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO GO. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ABOUT 7 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ON A 2000 CHEV BLAZER, WITH THAT LOW OF MILEAGE. I HAD NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY IN TURN WANTED TO PUT ME INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANTED I HAD WANTED THEM TO FIX MY CAR THE ONE THAT THEY HAD SOLD TO ME. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO GET MY CAR TO RUN RIGHT, SO THAT I MAY USE IT AND NOT PAY FOR ONE TO SIT IN MY DRIVE WAY. AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THIS HAPPENED TO ANY OTHER 2000 CHEV BLAZERS? SINCERELY YOURS SUSAN BURGOS. *JB

MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN THE CRAIN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO CRAIN ON SEPTEMBER 26, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY GONE. OF COURSE, THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $2,000.00 WHICH I FEEL THAT I SHOULDN'T BE OUT OF POCKET FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE I REPEATEDLY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T SHIFTING PROPER. OF COURSE, THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY AND STATED THAT THERE WASN'T A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE SERVICE ADVISOR PULLED ALL OF MY SERVICE TICKETS THAT SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION....THEY THEN AGREED TO SPLIT THE AMOUNT WITH ME; HOWEVER, I FEEL AS THOUGH I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPLIT THE COST BECAUSE I MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO CRAIN'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THIS LAST VISIT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *NM