1995 GMC SIERRA Complaints

FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT TOO QUICKLY. I ONLY HAVE 17,000 MILES ON THE CURRENT PADS AND THEY ARE WORN OUT. I CONTACTED GMC. THEY SAY THEY ARE SORRY BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE BRAKES ARE ON THAT YEAR OF TRUCK. THEY SAY THERE IS NO AFTER MARKET FIX FOR THIS. GMC LITERATURE ON THEIR NEW 2000 SIERRA TRUCKS SAY THE PADS ARE "4 TIMES" LARGER THAN ON PREVIOUS TRUCKS. THIS TELLS ME GM WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT ON THEIR NEW TRUCKS BUT HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO ASSIST OWNERS OF OLDER TRUCKS. I FEEL GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MANUFACTURE AN AFTER MARKET CALIPER WITH LARGER PADS FOR INSTALLATION ON OLDER TRUCKS IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR UNDERSIZED BRAKES. I TOW A TRAILER AND THIS HAS ESPECIALLY BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE DUE TO THE ADDED WEIGHT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A FRIEND AT WORK THAT HAS THE SAME TRUCK BUT HIS IS A 1994 MODEL. HE SAYS HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS TRUCK AND HE IS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION EITHER. AS A SIDE NOTE, I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM ALFRED MATTHEWS IN MODESTO, CA., HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL OF MY MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED BY GEWEKE GMC IN MANTECA, CA. BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH CLOSER TO WHERE I LIVE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED ALFRED MATTHEWS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE ONLY DISCUSSED THESE PROBLEMS WITH GEWEKE PERSONNEL. THANK YOU.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT FRAME BROKE WHILE IN USE. THE SEAT WOULD ROCK BACKWARDS & FORWARDS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS CAUSES PROBLEM FOR THE DRIVER. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT SEAT ANCHOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT GAVE AWAY THE SEAT LEANED BACK MORE THATN USUAL. IF BOTH ANCHOR IN THE FRONT HAD BROKE AT THE SAME TIME THE SEAT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE FELL BACKWARDS DUE TO MY WEIGHT IN THE SEAT. DURING A DISCUSSION WITH A LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE REP MY WIFE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT FRAMES IN THIS VEHICLE. IF THERE TRUELY IS A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING INTO IT. *AK

SHEET METAL ON BOTTOM OF SEAT IS EXTREMELY THIN AND BROKEWHERE IT IS BOLTED TO THE TRACK.IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED REBOLTED SEAT TO TRACK. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHEILD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. OPERATION DOES NOT CONTINUE UNLESS DRIVER PUSHES THE WIPER BLADES. SOMETIMES THE DRIVER HAS TO WAIT 15-20 SECONDS BEFORE OPERATION CONTINUES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V150001 GM/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING. DUE TO VIN. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, THAT GMC ALREADY HAS A RECALL . BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, THEY WILL CUT OFF, THEN STOP OPERATING. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *YC

WINDHSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTEMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK *YC

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS IN THE RAIN.THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALLS 98V150001;98V150000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK