2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

BRAKE LINE THAT CONNECTS TO REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE IS CUTTING THROUGH/ TOWARDS THE BED AREA, AND IT IS RUBBING AGAINST THE FRAME DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF VEHICLE. *AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH FIRESTONE, WILDERESS AT, P26575R16. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT STOP VEHICLE, MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO TIRES. TREAD DESIGN DID NOT GIVE OFF TRACTION WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE WHILE BACKING, LEAVING THE TRUCK DISABLED IN DRIVEWAY. NLM

WHEN HITTING A BUMP THERE WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP.DEALERSHIP'S OPINION WAS THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM A DFECTIVE RING AND PINION IN THE REAR AXLE. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT GMC WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. GMC DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM, AND WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK THE FRONT SEAT BELT SQUEAK AND HAS EXCESSIVE TENSION. REAR SEAT LATCH MALFUNCTIONS. UNDER HOOD LIGHT MALFUNCTIONS. *YH

PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 GMC, SIERRA, TIRE SIZE P26575R16, DOT # VN73WMA489. TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. SECOND INCIDENT, WHILE DRIVING REPLACEMENT TIRE TREAD CAME OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. TIRES HAD AROUND 16 THOUSANDS MILES OF WEAR ON THEM. *AK

DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON TX SH 123 IN OUTSIDE LANE. SUDDENLY, MY TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS NUDGED FROM BEHIND, LIFTED UP AND WENT INTO A BACKWARDS SLIDE ACROSS 3 LANES INTO THE OUTSIDE NORTHBOUND LANE. I WAS STRUCK THERE BY A CHEVY ASTRO VAN, AND PUSHED OFF THE ROAD INTO THE BARDITCH. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTATALED, BUT NO INJURIES. ONE DRIVER IN EACH VEHICLE, NO PASSENGERS IN EITHER. BOTH DRIVERS WORE SEAT BELTS. HER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT MINE DID NOT, SINCE I WAS HEADED BACKWARDS. UPON INSPECTION, BOTH REAR TIRES WERE BLOWN OUT ON MY TRUCK.( DOT NUMBER: JROM184303 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

THE RACK AND PINION STEERING UNIT ON THE VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE UPON DELIVERY WHICH CAUSES A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE, DEALERSHIP ORDERED PART HOWEVER HAS NOT RECEIVED THE UPGRADED REPLACEMENT UNIT AT THIS TIME. *MJS

CANCELLATION WARNING DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY FOR TURN SIGNAL, AFTER MAKING A TURN, THE TURN SIGNAL REAMAINS BLINKING. *AK

I HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 265/75 R16 TIRES ON MY PICK-UP. I AM A DISABLED PERSON AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAME ON MY GMC TRUCK. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE 16" TIRES ALONG WITH THE 15" TIRES WICH FIRESTONE HAS BEEN RECALLING. I URGE YOU TO MAKE FIRESTONE TIRE CO. RECALL THE 16" TIRES ALSO. BECAUSE OF THESE TIRE PROBLEMS I DO NOT FEEL SECURE IN DRIVING ON THESE EXISTING FIRESTONE TIRES. THANK YOU

TIE ROD CAME UNBOLTED WHILE DRIVING SLOW SPEED IN LINE TO BOARD A STATE FERRY. LOST STEERING. VERY LUCKY WE WERE NOT TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED. *AK