2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE I WENT TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR INDICATING A LOSS IN BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID EVERYWHERE AND A HIGHLY CORRODED BRAKE LINE JUST TO THE REAR OF THE ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT WAS THE SPOT OF THE LINE FAILURE DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID THAT HAD BEEN SHOT OUT OF THE LINE ABOVE IT. UPON INSPECTION I HAVE FOUND THAT THE OTHER BRAKE LINES ARE ALSO HIGHLY CORRODED. *TR

DRIVING TRUCK IN TOWN APPLIED BRAKES AT A STOPLIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKES AT ALL HAD TO GO THRU THE RED LIGHT AND AROUND 3 CARS IN FRONT OF ME, RUBBED THE CURB TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP. RUST AND CORROSION ON THE STEEL REAR BRAKE LINES CAUSED LINE FAILURE. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND NOTICED MY BRAKES WERE GONE. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED. HAD IT REPAIRED AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD 4 ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS. *TR

WHILE BACKING MY TRUCK UP TO ATTACH A TRAILER, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKING ABILITY. MY TRUCK RAN INTO THE TRAILER, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. UPON INSPECTION, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR CALIPER. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID CAN BE SEEN AND SMELLED IN THIS AREA. I AM NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK. IT WILL NEED TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR WHAT I ASSUME WILL BE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED THRU AND HAD COMPLETE BRAKE LOST. THE RUSTED LINES ARE AT THE ANTI-LOCK PART THAT CONTROLS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES NEXT TO THE FRAME. I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW AND KEEP IT IN GREAT SHAPE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED TO MAKE A TURN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL REPEATEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. ....UPDATED 08-24-12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AS WELL. ON 08/10/2012 THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LINES BROKE AGAIN. UPDATED 09/04/2012 *JS

I WAS GOING TO GO TO THE STORE WITH MY TRUCK AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I LOOKED UNDER THE DOOR AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING ONTO THE DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE LINE WAS ALL RUSTY AND FAILED. I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND CON ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THEY WERE TRAVELING 25 MPH AND THE FUEL TANK FAILED AND BEGAN TO LEAK GASOLINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME OUT TO DISPOSE OF THE GASOLINE. THE TANK WAS CUT OFF AND SECURED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE THE STRAPS HOLDING THE TANK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WERE SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND FELT A DRAGGING SENSATION AND SCRAPING NOISE. I PULLED THE TRUCK OVER, LOOKED UNDERNEATH EXPECTING TO SEE THE MUFFLER DRAGGING. I WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO SEE THE GAS TANK RESTING ON THE STREET. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE LEAKING ONTO THE STREET. I CALLED AAA TO COME TOW THE CAR. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT., WHICH I DID [XXX] SOON THERE WERE 2 FIRE TRUCKS AND A HAZMAT VEHICLE. THEY PROCEEDED TO CALL THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND 2 OF THEIR TRUCKS ARRIVED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CUT THE REMAINING STRAP AND REMOVED THE TANK. THE MDE PUMPED THE REMAINING FUEL INTO A METAL BARREL. IN LIGHT OF FORD'S RECALL ON 1.1 MILLION PICK-UP TRUCKS, I THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT TO REGISTER THIS REPORT AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GMC MIGHT BE USING THE SAME STRAPS TO SUPPORT THE GAS TANKS. I DO NOT HAVE VIN # AS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO S & L AUTO [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I GOT INTO MY GMC APPLIED THE BRAKES BEFORE STARTING THE TRUCK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT AND DISCOVERED FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, ABOUT IN LINE WITH THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. *TR