2002 GMC SIERRA Complaints

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 265 75 R16 TREADBELT CAME COMPLETELY OFF WHILE DRIVING. TIES ONLY HAVE 31XXX ON THEM. TIRE HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES AND INFALTED TO MANUFACTURES SPECS. I WILL TAKE PICTURES TONIGHT OF THE DAMAGE AND TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS VIOLENTLY THROWN ABOUT AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.*MR UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FRONT AXLE VENT PLUG BROKE AND ALL THE OIL LEAKED OUT AND CAUSED THE DIFFERENTIAL TO SEIZE. FROM WHAT THE CONSUMER UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO PROTECTION, SUCH A SHIELD OR GUARD, TO DEFLECT OBJECTS FROM STRIKING THE ASSEMBLY. *NLM *SC *JB

FRONT STEERING TIE RODS FOLDED IN HALF ON TWO OCCASSIONS WHILE CLIMBING A HILL OFF ROAD. ALL STEERING WAS LOST MID WAY UP THE HILL, WITH NO WAY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. I AM AFFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IT IS IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK FOR THE SECOND TIME.

THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD, THEY SAY THAT THE KNOCKING AT TICKING IS OK, GM HAS PUT OUT A NOTICE INDICATING THAT THIS IS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. IF YOU HEARD MY TRUCK RUN YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS ABOUT TO FAIL!

I STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER VEHICLE WAS SITTING FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT YET PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. EVEN WITH MY FOOT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD, THE VEHICLE STOPPED BRIEFLY, BUT THEN THE REAR TIRES BRIEFLY SPUN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE AGAIN, DRAGGING THE LOCKED FRONT TIRES. AFTER 25 FEET, VEHICLE HIT PARKED VEHICLE ON OTHER SIDE OF STREET. VEHICLE STOPPED, BUT REAR WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN UNTIL I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. IT SEEMED LIKE THROTTLE WAS STUCK OPEN, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT ONCE HIT THE ACCELERATOR.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WITH JERK FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WITH A CLUNK NOISE. ALL OTHER SHIFTING APPEAR TO BE SMOOTH WITHOUT THE JERK OR CLUNK. *LA

WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED A TECHNICIAN NOTICED A GROOVE CUT FROM A ROCK BETWEEN THE BRAKE CALIPER AND THE RIM. *AK

THE TAIL GATE CABLE SNAPPED IN HALF WHEN THE PASSENGER WAS EXITING THE BACK OF THE PICK UP. THE PASSENGER HIT HIS/HER HEAD ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE CABLE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *JB CONSUMER NOTED BOTH CABLES SNAPPED SENDING HIS ASSISTANT FACE FIRST TO THE GROUND. HIS KNEES WERE FIRST TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CONCRETE AND HE LAID THERE SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO MOVE. *PH *JB

PROBLEMS WITH 2002 GMC SIERRA TRUCK HESITATING.*MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT GMS ASSIST IN GETTING THE PROBLEM RESOLVED BEFORE IT CAUSES A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. *CB *JB

I HAD TO PURCHASE FOUR NEW TIRES FOR MY 2002 GMC SIERRA ON 10/2/03. FIRESTONE IN MARTINSBURG, WV ADVISED ME THAT MY TRUCK TIRES THAT GM PLACED ON THE TRUCK THAT WAS ORDERED NEW WERE NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK. THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES WERE VERY WEAK. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE OTHER TRUCKS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I WENT TO THE DEALER WHO WILL NOT ASSIST ME WITH THIS ISSUE. I SINCERELY HOPE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. CAN YOU INVESTIGATE AND MAKE SURE THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED IF THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. *LA *TR