2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE BRAKING POWER WAS DIMINISHED AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE OR STRUCTURE BEEN IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK THERE WOULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND INJURIES. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM BY THIS WRITER REVEALED A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. THE AREA OF THE RUPTURE AS WELL AS THE BALANCE OF THE SUSPECT BRAKE LINE WAS IN POOR CONDITION DUE TO CORROSION. THE REMAINING BRAKE LINES WERE FOUND IN A SIMILAR CORRODED CONDITION. THE CORRODED CONDITION WAS FOUND ON THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BRAKE LINES UP TO WITHIN 6" OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CORROSION WAS ALSO IN AREAS INCLUDING WHAT THIS WRITER WOULD CONSIDER "PROTECTED AREAS".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT WAS BRAKING FROM APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT DOWNSHIFTED FROM SECOND GEAR INTO FIRST GEAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER INSURANCE COMPANYS REPAIR FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING FROM SPEEDS OF 10 MPH, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY DITCH. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000

2000 GMC SIERRA BRAKE LINE CORROSION ISSUE. RUPTURED STEEL LINE BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR. 1). AFTER A HARD STOP DUE TO OTHER MOTORIST PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME THE BRAKES WERE NOT AS FIRM AS BEFORE. 2). THE NEXT MORNING I FOUND AN OIL SPOT ON DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE RESERVOIR HALF EMPTY. INVESTIGATED AND FOUND HEAVILY CORRODED BRAKE LINES IN A GROUP OF FOUR BELOW DRIVERS DOOR AGAINST OUTSIDE OF FRAME. ONE LINE LEAKING FLUID BADLY. 3). I WENT TO GENERAL MOTORS TO PURCHASE NEW BRAKE LINES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COME IN BULK ROLLS ONLY. THEY HAVE TO BE BENT TO SHAPE AND FLARED TO BE INSTALLED. THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE REPAIR AND WOULD BE VERY COSTLY. I AM WEIGHING MY OPTIONS. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 GMC SIERRA PICKUP TRUCK. TODAY I EXPERIENCED A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM; WHILE COMING UP TO A LIGHT ON A STREET WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MPH, I LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY AND THE PARKING BRAKE WAS OF NO USE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT (THANK GOD) BUT AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, A WEB SEARCH SHOWED A RECENT ARTICLE DESCRIBING SIMILAR FAILURES. THOUGHT I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT BEFORE SPEAKING WITH GM TOMORROW MORNING. *TR

MY FRONT BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND RUPTURED AND STARTED LEAKING FLUID. I HAD NO BRAKES AND HAD TO TOWED FOR REPAIR. *TR

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON THE PICKUP HAS AND STILL DOES STICK WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY/SLOWLY FORWARD OR BACKWARD AS IN PARALLEL PARKING. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE IN HOT WEATHER. THE DEALER, DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, TOLD ME THEY FOUND NO DEFECT AND KNEW OF NO DEFECT. I LEFT IT GO. MY FRIEND WHO OWNS A SATURN SEDAN TOLD ME HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING DURING SMALL MANEUVERS. I HAVE JUST READ THAT THERE ARE TWELVE COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MY ISSUE THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO YOUR AGENCY. I AM REPORTING THE SAME AT PRESENT THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR TEN YEARS. IT MAKES CLOSE PARKING DIFFICULT AND I TRY TO AVOID THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF SUCH. I HAVE ALMOST CRASHED MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF OVERPRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR TO MAKE THE TRUCK MOVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 GMC SIERRA PICKUP WITH DISC BRAKES ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE PARKING BRAKE IS A HORSESHOE SHAPED BRAKE SHOE THAT IS TO GRAB A BRAKE DRUM DESIGNED INTO THE REAR WHEEL ROTOR. I HAVE USED THE PARKING BRAKE ABOUT FIVE TIMES( EXAGGERATED) IN THE LIFE OF MY TRUCK. WHEN THE BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT, AS I RARELY USED IT. RECENTLY ON AN UNRELATED REPAIR I HAD OCCASION TO REMOVE AND INSPECT MY REAR ROTORS. THE BRAKE SHOE FOR THE PARKING BRAKE REPOSITIONED ITSELF AND HAS BEEN RUBBING ON THE BRAKE DRUM PORTION OF THE ROTOR CAUSING IT TO WEAR THE LINING OF THE DRUM . VERY LITTLE WEAR OCCURRED TO THE PARKING BRAKE SHOE. THE DESIGN OF THE SHOE ITS POSITION ON THE DRUM CREATED A BASIN WEAR PARTICLES ACCUMULATED INSIDE THE WORN AREA OF THE DRUM CREATING EVEN FASTER WEAR TO THE SURFACE. AFTER 180000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE I HAVE THE ORIGINAL DISC BRAKE PADS IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE AND IF I HADN'T HAD THE OTHER REPAIR TO PERFORM I WOULD NOT HAVE REMOVED THE DIC BRAKE ROTOR ON THE REAR WHEELS TO LEARN THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE DRUM MATERIAL HAD BEEN WON THROUGH ON ONE SIDE AND LESS SO ON THE OTHER SIDE. I WAS NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL 05042B (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA04011) AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ISSUE WITH THE PARKING BRAKES. IF I CONTINUED TO USE THE VEHICLE IN UNADULTERATED MANNER MY WHEEL ROTOR WOULD WEAR THROUGH AND THE WHEEL FALL OFF AT A TIME OF ITS OWN CHOOSING.. I SPOKE WITH MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND ASKED ABOUT APPLICABLE RECALLS REGARDING THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE PICKUPS AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE KNEW OF NO SUCH ISSUES. *TR

ON OR ABOUT 18 OCT 2009 AS I WAS TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES ON MY 2000 GME 1/2 TON TRUCK IT FAILED TO STOP AS NORMAL. I ALMOST HIT MY TRAVEL TRAILER. THE BRAKES MADE AN UNUSUAL NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF IT CAME FROM AROUND THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I HAD IT REPLACED, THIS DID NOT ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN AGAIN UNTIL AROUND 15 JAN 2010 THIS BRAKING PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND TALKING WITH A SERVICE MGR. WITH SOME 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE,HE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS. HE REMOVED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND CLEANED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS MOUNTING SURFACE AND APPLIED A RUST INHIBITOR AND REINSTALLED THE WHEEL SENSORS AT A COST TO ME OF $252.00 I BELIEVE GMC SHOULD BEAR THIS COST AS THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. RECALL ID# 43621 DATED AUG.29. 2005 THIS RECALL DID NOT COVER VA.,BUT THE ABS BRAKE PROBLEM DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS IN VA..GMC SHOULD RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS ABS SYSTEM REGARDLESS WHICH STATE THE VEHICLE IS IN. *TR

WHY IS IT THAT FOUR PEOPLE I KNOW WHO OWN GMC VEHICLES ALL HAVE HAD TO DISCONNECT THEIR ABS SYSTEMS BY PULLING THE FUSE? THE WHEEL SENSORS HAVE BECOME DEFECTIVE AND ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE. ISN'T THE ABS SYSTEM SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFETY FEATURE? I THINK SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE SET-UP OR DESIGN. GM SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THEM. *TR