2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

MY 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICK UP HAS HAD POOR BRAKING FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING TO WISCONSIN FROM OUR OHIO HOME ON JULY 1, 2004, I HAD TO BRAKE QUICKLY DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. THE BRAKES DID NOT TOTALLY FAIL, BUT WERE POOR ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER RETURNING FROM VACATION, I DID SOME INVESTIGATION ONLINE AND FOUND THROUGH A FRIEND OF A FRIEND THAT GM ENGINEERS WERE AWARE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND SUBSEQUENT MODELS AND INSTITUTED A FIX WITH THE 2003 MODEL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I THEN CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER, WHO SAID GM HAD NO RECALL NOR WOULD THEY COVER ANY REPAIR COSTS INCURRED, SINCE I WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH WITHIN THE MILEAGE. I HAD THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, NORRIS GMC IN MEDINA, OHIO, AND IT TOTALED $1,587, OR CLOSE TO THAT. I FOUND THAT TO BE PREPOSTEROUS AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. TO DATE, THEY HAVE OFFERED NO RETRIBUTION FOR THIS CLAIM. KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FIXED ON LATER MODELS IS REPREHENSIBLE TO ME AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST NOTIFIED OWNERS TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES INSPECTED WHEN THEY LEARNED OF THE DEFECT. I DOUBT THAT I AM ALONE IN THIS ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING GM TO OFFER SOME RETRIBUTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

PLEASE ADD TIRE MODEL AND DOT CODE, P235/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 GMC SIERRA WITH 25000 MILES. FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 75 MPH.*JB THE CONSUMER AND HIS LAWYER SENT TWO PETITIONS REQUESTING THAT NHTSA REOPEN ITS PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO FIRESTONE STEEL TEX LIGHT TRUCK RADIAL TIRES DUE TO AN ALLEGED DEFECT IN THEIR DESIGN AND PERFOMANCE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE TIRES INSTALLED ON AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES INCLUDING THE SPARE TIRE THAT ONLY HAD 300 MILES ON IT. *TC

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AT 10 MPH , THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND RUST COVERING THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. FOUR MONTHS PRIOR, THE ROTORS DETERIORATED BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF FACTORY METAL USED. THE DEALERSHIP CLEANED THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR, WHICH CORRECTED THE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD BECOME HARD AND PUSHED BACK. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT LOW SPEEDS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING A 5 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. AND A TECHNICIAN UNPLUGED THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FUSE. *AK

POWER STEERING PUMP SPLINE SHEARED.*MR AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN THE DRIVER MADE A U-TURN. *NM

SEATBELT UNLATCHES WITHOUT DRIVER EFFORT- SEVERAL INSTANCES GM STATES THIS IS AN "OUT-OF POCKET" REPAIR. *AK

ABS LIGHT WENT ON DURING NORMAL OPERATION. ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WITHIN 3 MONTHS, ABS WERE ENGAGING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS DURING STOPPING, CAUSING MANY NEAR-ACCIDENTS. ABS MODULE REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM PERSISTED, DEALER REPLACED WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ABS BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK