GMC Complaints

IN THE SUMMER OF 2002 MY GMC SIERRAS PU TRUCK VIN [XXX] BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BRAKE CHATTER AT VERY LOW SPEED. IT THEN BEGAN TO CONTINUE TO ROLL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS PROBLEM BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED AND MORE PRONOUNCED AS TIME WENT ON. I HAD NUMEROUS VERY CLOSE CALLS WITH THIS TRUCK INVOLVING BUILDINGS, TREES AND OTHER VEHICLES. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO BOWSER GMC IN PLEASANT HILLS PA. THEY REPAIRED THE TRUCK BY REPLACING THE FRONT HUBS AND SENSORS. WITH THIS REPAIR AND THE PREVIOUS COMPLETE BRAKE JOB INCLUDING BRAKES AND ROTORS THIS EPISODE COST MORE THAN $1400. AT THE TIME THE TRUCK HAD 36,000 MILES ON IT. ON 7/20/05 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THE BRAKE CHATTER RETURNING. JUST A SLIGHT CHATTER COMING TO A STOP AT RED LIGHTS ON INCLINES, THEN ON THE LEVEL AND FINALLY ON 7/23/05 I ALMOST CRASHED INTO MY HOUSE AS I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE SAME PROBLEM HAD RETURNED, THE TRUCK NOW HAS 47,000 MILES. IT APPEARS THAT MY $800 HUB REPLACEMENT WAS DONE WITH THE SAME FAULTY HUB ASSEMBLY. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS RETURNED ONLY IN LESS TIME. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK, I JUST RECENTLY AT 46,000 MILES HAD TO HAVE THE REAR ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE PARTS. SO OVER THE COURSE OF 5 YEARS I HAVE REPLACED 6 BRAKE ROTORS, 6 SETS OF PADS, TWO HUBS AND TWO SENSOR ASSEMBLIES. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS WITH THIS TRUCK COMING WITHIN INCHES OF CRASHING INTO BUILDINGS AND OTHER CARS. AT TIMES I HAVE HAD TO THROW THE VEHICLE INTO PARK TO STOP FROM HITTING SOMETHING. I HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I AM DISGUSTED THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM SINCE I FIRST REPORTED IT IN 2002. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER FOR THIS TRUCK IS PE05020. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I WAS DRIVING ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH WHEN ON AN INCLINE, MY MOTOR ON MY SATURN 2000 L SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD IT HAULED TO MY SATURN DEALER, AND WAS TOLD SEVERAL DAYS LATER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE ENTIRE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE CABLES THAT HOLD MY 1997 CHEVY TAILGATE UP CONTINUES TO BREAK BECAUSE OF POOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL. I WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE WHEN BOTH CABLES GAVE WAY BECAUSE OF CORRISION, THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE TAILGATE MADE ME FALL ON THE GROUND.THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH SET OF CABLES THAT I HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE FOR THIS TRUCK.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WONT START, CANT ROLL WINDOWS WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN THE INGNITON SAID DRIVER UNKOWN, LIGHTS COME ON, BUT RADIO WONT, PLAY , GOOD BATTERY HAD IT TESTED. WONT JUMP START NOR CAN YOU LOCK CAR WITH KEY BUT SYTEM SECURITY LIGHT IS ON WHEN DOORS ARE SHUT NO INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON . SIDE DOOR MAY HAVE GOTTEN WET WHEN WINDOW WAS DOWN, ALREADY HAD A SIDE DOOR MODULE PUT IN. HAD OWN STAR IN THE CAR BUT HAVENT HAD IT REACTIVATE, DONT KNOW IF IT COULD CAUSE SYSTEM FAILURE . DRIVING A RENTING CAR NOW , WHEN LEFT FOR A LONG PERIODS OF TIME CAR WILL RESET ITSELF AND SART. TOOK TO CAR DEALER AND WAS INFORM THAT CAR HAD TO NOT BE WORKING TO TEST. TRIED TO SART THIS MORING AFTER NOT STARTING FOR 24HOURS AND TOWED TO THE DEALER THIS MORING THEYARE STILL WORKING ON CAR AND ITS BEEN THREE DAYS NOW CANT FIND ANYTING WORNG WITH IT.

SEAT BACK RECLINE HANDLE BREAKS OFF CAUSING SEAT BACK NOT TO STAY IN PLACE, OR NOT ABLE TO ADJUST

MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER OF WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. SINCE DAY ONE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS. IT HAS HAD AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT, CLUTCH FAN ($620.00), TAIL LIGHTS, HVAC CONTROLS $(200), EXHAUST MANIFOLD, RECALL ITEMS AND NOW FINALLY A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THE SUN SHELL/GEAR LET GO COSTING ME ($1858.03). FAST FORWARD TO TODAY JUST 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS "COMPLETELY OVERHAULED), THE VALVE BODY ID FAILING WHERE THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT "IS NOT PART OF THE 12 MONTH, 12,000 WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION."

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.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT APPROX. 35 MPH. I OWN A SATURN 2000 LS WITH A 3.0 V6 WITH 56,413 MI. MY SES LIGHT & BATTERY LGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING - ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME MY CAR DIED.MY CAR WOULD NOT START.ALL MY GAGES WERE NORMAL PRIOR TO THE CAR DYING. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED.IT WAS TOWED TO PEP BOYS THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING SLIPPED AND THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS MELTED. THEY TOLD ME TAKE IT TO A SATURN DEALERSHIP IN ORDER TO FIX IT.THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS THE 3RD SATURN LS2 IN THE SHOP THIS WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.THE CAR WAS TOWED TO SATURN OF ORCHARD PARK.SATURN HAD THE CAR FROM 06/28/05 UNTIL I PICKED IT UP ON 7/06/05.THE TECH TOLD ME THAT HE FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP HAD LEAKED ONTO THE TIMING BELT - THE TIMING BELT SLIPPED CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP TIMING - THIS CAUSED THE SEPENTINE BELT TO SNAP AND IT MELTED INTO THE PULLEYS. I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION TO ME THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE WATER PUMP. THERE WAS NO LEAKING OF FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME.THE ENGINE TEMP.GAUGE WAS NORMAL.I JUST HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED. IN THE END THE TECH REPLACED THE WATER PUMP (THIS IS THE SECOND WATER PUMP FOR THIS VEHICLE - THE FIRST ONE WAS REPLACED WHEN THE CAR HAD 19,958 MILES IN 2001). ALL PULLEY GROOVES WERE GROUND OUT. THE TENSIONER PULLEY AND BELTS WERE REPLACED. ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT START. ALL THE INTAKE AND SOME EXHAUST VALVES WERE DAMAGED. BOTH HEAD CYLINDER BANKS WERE REPLACED THE CAM AND TIMING WERE SET. THE CAR WAS ROAD TESTED. $ 4,313.05 LATER - I HAVE MY CAR BACK. I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS REAR END COLLISION. SATURN IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SAME THING WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED SATURN CUSTOMER SERVICE - THEY OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS ENGINE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INVESTIGATED.

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS RUSTING ON 2000 CHEVY SILERADO 4X4. DEALER REPLACE REAR ONLY LAST YEAR. I WANTED ALL 4 REPLACED THEN. JUST HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH STOPPING DISTANCE. INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND REAR ROTOR RUSTED COMPLETELY AND FRONT INSIDE OF ROTORS RUST.