2000 GMC SIERRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE ABS ACTIVATES AND REDUCES THE VEHICLE'S STOPPING DISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE HER VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 00V055000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA SLE. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ,AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY , CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MASH IN HER FACE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED TWO HEAD INJURIES, AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 4, 2007. THE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED LISA LOVERIDGE WAS THE DRIVER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE HIT CULVERT HEAD ON AND IMPACT WAS AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. NEVADA TRAFFIC REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE WERE PROVIDED. UPDATED 09/04/07 *TR

IN REGARDS TO NHTSA RECALL ID 05V379000. MAILED A RECALL NOTICE FROM GMC ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. TRUCK EXHIBITING ISSUE NOTED IN RECALL. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR VEHICLE UNDER RECALL AND CHARGE US $42 FOR DIAGNOSTICS FEE. THEY EVEN NOTED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS NEEDED REPLACED BUT WOULD NOT DO IT. TRUCK DOES NOT STOP CORRECTLY UNDER 10 MPH DUE TO ANTI -LOCK MOTOR RUNNING. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WHICH MALFUNCTIONED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. *TS THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE BUT THE SAME DAY THE ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER . THE DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. *NM

MY GAS GUAGE ON MY 2000 GMC SIERRA PICKUP IS ACTING ERATIC. IT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I DID A SEARCH ON GOOGLE AND FOUND THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS BEING REPORTED TO AUTOMOTIVE HELP SITES BY A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. SOME SAY IT IS THE SENDING UNIT IN THE GAS TANK - SOME DEALERSHIPS TOLD THEM THIS. THE COST TO DROP THE TANK AND FIX THE PROBLEM IS AROUND $800. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO FORCE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, YOU CAN EASILY SEE BY SEARCHING GOOGLE THAT THIS IS INDEED A MAJOR PROBLEM. I SUSPECT THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN FILL A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. THANK YOU...*NM

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE USED. THE USED CAR LOT SAID ALL THE CLUNKING IN THE REAR AND VIBRATION IN THE FRONT WAS DUE TO AN ALUMINUM DRIVE SHAFT. I HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS NEW AUTO DEALERS AND NO ONE CAN FIND THE SOURCE. I HAVE PHONED GM AND THEY SAY IT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY EVER HEARD OF CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE REAR. YET THIS PROBLEM IS POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET. IT MAY NOT CAUSE A CRASH BUT IT SURE IS IRRITATING TO HEAR OVER EVERY LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR AND A NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND REPLACED THE CALIPER, ROTOR, AND SHOES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP.

THE SPARE TIRE HOIST CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE ON MY VEHICLE FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING MY SPARE TIRE TO DROP ONTO THE ROAD AND FORCING VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL TOUCHED THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A RUSTED BRAKE LINE . UPDATED 8/30/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METAL PIECE ON THE BACK OF THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WHERE THE SEAT BELT LOOPS THROUGH HAD BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 05C003000; CHILD SEAT: HARNESS , BUT THE FREE IN-HOME REMEDY KIT OFFERED WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE BROKEN METAL PIECE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE METAL PIECE BROKE DUE TO THE POOR INTEGRITY OF THE FAILED PART NOTED IN THE RECALL. *AK