2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

NHTSA RECALL 04V129000. GMC ISSUED A TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HAS EXPERIENCED BROKEN CABLES, KEEPING IT FROM MAINTAINING UPWARD POSITION. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

THE REAR ROTORS PREMATURELY WORE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK GMC STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR. THE ROTORS HAD METAL FLAKING THAT WAS BELOW LEGAL TOLERANCE. *SC *JB

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IT RAN ROUGHLY, AND A SMELL OF FUEL WAS NOTICEABLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS THE PLENUM CHAMBER AND GASKET THAT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMELL LIKE FUEL WHEN STARTING UP. *AK

WHEN COMING TO A NORMAL STOP AND SPEED IS AROUND 5 MPH THE ABS SYSTEM MAKES A LOUD NOISE, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES STIFF AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. THIS HAPPENED 2 YEARS AGO (THE FIRST TIME - APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES) AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. I CONTACTED GM'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PARTS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY CANNOT HELP WITH THE REPAIR. MY POINT IS AFTER THE PARTS ARE REPLACED, THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN WITH NO WARNING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS TIME, I WAS EXITING MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND ROLLED INTO THE ROAD. GM CLAIMS THAT THIS IS NOT A "DOCUMENTED" ISSUE, EVEN AFTER ADMITTING THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS REPAIR. THE REPAIR IS INSUFFICIENT IN MY OPINION. I DOES NOT PREVENT BRAKE LOSS FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER CALLING GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE BACK AND COMPLAINING, THEY SAID TO WAIT 2 TO 3 DAYS TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER THE REPAIR COST (WHEEL SPEED SENSORS). THEY AVOID ANSWERING HOW THIS WILL BE RESOLVED SO THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.*AK

THROTTLE BECOMES STICKY WHEN CLOSED. AS A RESULT EXTRA FORCE IS REQUIRED ON THE ACCELERATOR WHEN INITIALY DEPRESSED. THIS IS AN EXTREMLY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALY IN PARKING LOTS OR OTHER TIGHT, HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS SINCE EXTRA FORCE IS REQUIRED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO "BREAK IT FREE" ONCE IT DOES "BREAK FREE" THE VEHICLE CAN LUNGE/LURCH FOREWARD UNCONTROLED. THIS SITUATION MAKES SMOOTH THROTTLE CONTROL UNOBTAINABLE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET WORSE WITH HIGHER AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AS I ASSUME THE THROTTLE PLATE EXPANDS WHEN HOT AND BINDS IN THE THROTTLE BODY. CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY PROVIDES RELIEF FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS AND BELIEVE THAT GM OFFERS AN UPDATED THROTTLE BODY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. DUE TO THE EXTREEM SAFETY HAZZARD I FEEL THAT GM IS NEGLEGENT IN NOT OFFERING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT THEIR COST, AS GM DOES SEEM TO BE AWARE OF THE DEFICIENCY.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS AT A STAND STILL WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE PEDAL DROPPED STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS, THE OWNER HIT THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT S OWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONSUMER CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE ABS TURNS ON IN MY TRUCK WHILE COMING TO A SLOW STOP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO NOT STOP. I TOOK UPART MY HUBS, THE FRONT ABS SENSOR HAS CORROSION IN IT THAT PUTS IT OUT BY A FEW THOUSANDTHS AND IT THINKS IT IS GOING -5 MPH AND TURNS THE ABS ON. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS FOR ME AS I HAVE ROLLED RIGHT INTO SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WHEN I EXPECTED MY BRAKES TO STOP MY TRUCK. LUCKILY I WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO USE THE EBRAKE EACH TIME UNTIL I COULD GET A TEMP FIX GOING. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SENSOR, NOT THE ABS ITSELF. I AM NOT SURE HOW TO CORRECT IT, OTHER THAN CLEANING IT REGULARLY, SO I DISBALED MY ABS (PULLING THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD) TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK IN THE MEAN TIME UNTIL A RESOLUTION CAN BE FOUND. *AK

THE SPARE TIRE CABLE UNDER THE VEHICLE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. *AK *SC

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB

FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T, LT245/75R16, LOAD RANGE C, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON 2000 GMC SIERRA 1/2 TON, 4WD, PICKUP, PURCHASED NEW BY ME, APRIL 2000. ON AUG 14, 2004, APPROX 12:00NOON, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH , PULLING A BOAT/TRAILER ON A STATE MAINTAINED GRAVEL ROAD IN LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, MT., WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT WITH NO SOUND OF BLOW-OUT. AFTER IMMEDIATELY STOPPING, I NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMLETELY SHREDDED. THE ENTIRE OUTER SIDEWALL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD AREA BY ABOUT 95%. THE WHEEL WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT AS YET.*AK