2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

WHILE BACKING OUT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED TAILGATE DROPPED OPEN. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE LOADING AN ATV BIKE. AS RESULT, THE BIKE FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND INJURED CONSUMER'S HANDS. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUST DEVELOPING IN THE CABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS MET OTHER CONSUMER'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC

I JUST BOUGHT A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP WITH THE 5.3 LITER ENGINE. THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN YOU START OFF IN IT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE ACCELERATOR HAS A TIGHT SPOT IN IT WHEN YOU FIRST PRESS ON IT. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF IT STICKS TOO MUCH WHEN IT BREAKS LOOSE THE TRUCK WILL GO FORWARD REAL QUICK AND YOU COULD HIT SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE BUTTERFLY HAD CARBON BUILT UP ON IT AND IT NEEDED CLEANING. I CALLED A GM DEALER AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID IT WAS REPORTED BEFORE AND HE WOULD CLEAN THE THROTTLE VALVE FOR $90.00. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND BESIDES IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN CARBON BUILDS UP ON IT AGAIN. A PERMANENT FIX NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE AS A RECALL ITEM I THINK. *JB

I WENT INTO A SLIDE ON ICE ,SPINNING 180 DEGREES, I CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. AFTER I GOT CONTROL I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. I DROVE THE TRUCK HOME AND INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS AND A SPECIFIC REPAIR MANUAL. THE PROBLEM IS THE POWER STEERING SHAFT COMPLETELY SEVERED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

TRUCK WON'T START, IDLES ROUGH, BUCKING OR NO POWER, FUEL INJECTORS GUMMED UP, BACKFIRES SOMETIMES WON'T GO OVER 30 MPH*AK

CONTINUALLY RUSTING, CORRODED, PITTED BRAKE ROTORS REQUIRING FREQUENT REPLACEMENT. REAR ROTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, 9/21/01, ODOMETER=7,743. REAR ROTORS REPLACED AGAIN, 1/22/04, ODOMETER=24,612 AT MY EXPENSE. FRONT ROTORS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED (RUSTING HEAVILY) BEFORE NEXT STATE INSPECTION (MAY 04). *LA

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP BUT THEY FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *NLM THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CORROSION ON THE ELECTRONIC SENSOR. THIS GAVE A SIGNAL TO THE BRAKE CONTROL CIRCUIT, THAT THE WHEELS WERE STOPPED AT ZERO ROTATION AND THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THEN RELEASED THE BRAKE(S) ON THE VEHICLE . *SC *JB

DEAR SIRS, IN JANUARY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A NEW GMC SIERRA PICK-UP TRUCK FROM A GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP. IN APRIL OF 2003 THE GAS GAUGE BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER A FILL-UP. IT WOULD GO FROM FULL TO EMPTY, AND THEN ACT NORMAL UNTIL THE NEXT FILL-UP. THE ODOMETER READING WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES WHEN THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED. IN SEPTEMBER 2003 THE GAUGE WOULD ONLY REGISTER FULL. AT THIS TIME I HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED BY TWO INDEPENDENT GARAGES. THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD SEEN A NUMBER OF GMC'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMED THAT THE 1999-2001 MODELS HAD A DEFECTIVE PART. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SEPTEMBER 2003 I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PART. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WOULD BE $650.00, INCLUDING PARTS (THE PART COST WAS $395.83). I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000 MILES, THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. I STATED THAT THE MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR FOR A FUEL GAUGE. I DID NOT EXPECT GM TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY; HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT SOME CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TOWARD THE COST OF THIS PART. I HAVE CONTACTED THE GM CONSUMER DEPARTMENT HOWEVER NO RELIEF HAS BEEN OFFERED TOWARD THIS REPAIR/PART. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE HELD FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. *LA

THE TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK THE TAILGATE WAS BEING LOWERED WHEN THE CABLES UNEXPECTEDLY SNAPPED AND RESTED ON THE BUMPER. THIS HIT THE CONSUMER ON THE LEGS BUT CAUSED NO INJURY. *SCC *JB