2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

DT: THE CALLER SAID ABS KICKED IN AT LOW SPEEDS. SHE HAD TWO CLOSE CALLS. THE CALLER HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 ON ABS BRAKES IN OTHER STATES, BUT NOT IN CALLER'S STATE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAID HER STATE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE: 2000 GMC SIERRA ABS ACTIVATES EVERYDAY AT LEAST ONCE WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT LOW SPEED SUCH AS A STOP SIGN, PARKING SPACE ETC. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS. PAVEMENT IS DRY. I MUST QUICKLY RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUSH IT AGAIN FIRMLY TO STOP. I'VE BUMPED ANOTHER CAR AND MY GARAGE BECAUSE OF THIS. A RECALL IS OUT FOR THIS, GM RECALL # 05068, NHTSA # 05V37900 BUT MY STATE, WISCONSIN, IS NOT INCLUDED. WE USE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SALT HERE. DO I HAVE TO RUN SOMEONE OVER FIRST? I WANT THIS FIXED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES ON GMC PICKUP AT 21,000 MILES FAILED, AND HAD THE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED ON 7-30-04. THE BRAKES WERE NOT STOPPING VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS OF 10 MILES OR LESS. ON 8-26-05 HE HAD THE RUST CLEANED OFF BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES AGAIN AT 23,890 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD HIM THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM IN CANADA. *AK *JB

THE ABS SYSTEM IN MY 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP CAME ON SEVERAL TIMES WHILE BRAKING ON DRY PAVEMENT, CAUSING ME TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE. AFTER THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES I WAS MORE CAUTIOUS WHEN STOPPING, SO ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDED - HOWEVER, BEFORE I WAS ABLET TO GET MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS ONLY OCCURRED WHEN I WAS COMING TO A STOP, AND THE VEHICLE HAD SLOWED TO 5 MPH OR LESS. I WOULD NOT BE REPORTING THIS BUT FOR THE FACT THAT THE MECHANIC AT MY BRAKE SHOP SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL GM TRUCKS OF THIS AGE. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ABS SENSOR, BUILT INTO THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS, IS NOT DESIGNED WELL ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALT AND SAND COMMON TO THE NORTHEAST. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. BUT OTHERS MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE IN THE FUTURE. ALSO, DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE HUB/SENSOR, THIS REPAIR IS RATHER EXPENSIVE (ALMOST $400), SO I WAS ONLY ABLE TO AFFORD REPAIRS ON ONE SIDE. MY MECHANIC SAID THE OTHER SIDE WILL LIKELY FAIL SOON AS WELL. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE POWER STEERING ROD BROKE ON H 2000 GMC SIERRA. THE CONSUMER DID HAVE THIS REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONSUMER DID CONTACT GM. THE INFORMATION THEY GAVE HIM WAS THAT HE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ON THE SAME ISSUE. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 20 MPH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

PULLING 5TH WHEEL CAMPER ALONG INTERSTATE TRIED TO STOP AT TOLL BOOTH.BRAKES FINE UNTIL ABOUT 10MPH WHEN PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WASN,T STOPPING.TRAILER BRAKES STOPPED TRUCK.DEALER SAID RUST ON SENSORS.ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED AT 48,000 MILES DUE TO ROTORS ROTTING AWAY.PADS WERE DAMAGED BY ROTORS.

DT: THE ABS SENSOR IN BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BECAME A PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BUT NOW IT IS A PROBLEM AGAIN. UNDER 5 MPH THERE IS A TOTAL LOSS OF THE BRAKES. COSNUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT. HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR FOR THE FIRST INCIDEN.T WAS PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET BY CONSUMER, AND NOW CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR THIS 2ND REPAIR AGAIN. DID CONTACT GM MANUFACTURER AND SUGGESTED TO TAKE TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER NOTED THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND IT NEEDED REPLACED. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED WHEN TRYING TO STOP. I HIT A SMALL TREE AND ALMOST HIT A FIRE HYDRANT. *NM

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT MY SONS BASEBALL GAME WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES ,AND THE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STARTED BUZZING. LUCKILY I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH FOR THE PARK TO ENGAGE ON THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON DRY PAVEMENT GOING THIS SLOW. I HAD ZERO BRAKES AND I WAS BARELY MOVING WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKES STARTED WORKING WHEN I RETURNED TO THE TRUCK AFTER THE GAME. I CALLED A LOCAL SHOP, AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO IF THEY WERE WORKING PROPERLY NOW. I CALLED G.M. AND HAD THEM LOG MY COMPLAINT, THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COMPLAIN. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AFTER LEARNING OF MORE OF THE ODD BRAKE FAILURES FROM OTHER GMC TRUCK OWNERS. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED PARKING BRAKE NEVER WORKED SINCE HE BOUGHT THE TRUCK. HE HAD IT REPAIRED AT EWING BUICK GMC IN 2004. TRUCK HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARKING BRAKE IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. NO RECALL NUMBER WAS AVAILABLE. HE FELT THAT THE REPAIR WORK SHOULD BE DONE ON THE PARKING BRAKE OF UNDER THE RECALL ALTHOUGH THIS TRUCK DID HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE PARKING BRAKE IN HIS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEVER WORKED FROM THE TIME HE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2000. HE HAS SPOKEN TO GMC. THEY COULD NOT GIVE HIM A REASON AS TO WHY IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN BOTH THE AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. *AK