2002 GMC SIERRA Complaints

DURING PERIODIC SAFETY INSPECTION THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE REAR DISC BRAKE ROTORS WERE BADLY RUSTED AND PROVIDING LITTLE BRAKING ACTION. VEHICLE IS FOUR YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT. REPLACED AT A COST OF $850. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

2002 SIERRA REAR BRAKES RUSTED. FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS RESURFACED DUE TO RUST AND THE SPEED SENSORS WERE CORRODED, CALIPERS ALSO RUSTED. *TS *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS PULSATES. THE VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE IS CORROSION ON THE LEFT ABS SENSOR. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 GMC SIERRA K3500. UPDATED 04/17/06. *JB

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY PARKING BRAKE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY AGAIN AND POSSIBLY ROLLING AND COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER OBJECT. THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE WORE DOWN TO METAL AND THAT IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT HAVING THE BRAKES TOTALLY DISASSEMBLED AND THEN ADJUSTED. *JB

2002 GMC SIERRA 1500 LOW SPEED ABS FAILURE. CURRENTLY UNDER RECALL # 05V37900 AND GM RECALL 05-068. AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORMED THE ABS IS STILL FAILING AND THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN UNDER 5 MPH. THE TRUE FAILURE MODE IS NOT THE ABS SENSOR CORRODING, IT IS THE WHEEL BEARING HAVING EXTREME WEAR AND IT RENDERS THE HALL EFFECT SIGNAL THAT THE SENSOR READS BAD. DETAILS: AT 50K MILES I HAD THE SAME LOW SPEED ABS FAILURE. THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT THIS TIME AND I HAD TO PURCHASE GENUINE GM REPLACEMENT PARTS AND REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND SENSORS ON MY OWN DIME. THIS FIXED THE FIRST ABS FAILURE. THEN THE RECALL CAME OUT FOR JUST THE WHEEL SENSOR, NOT THE BEARING. NOW 12K MILES LATER (TRUCK HAS 66K MILES) THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING IS NOW SO SLOPPY THAT THE ABS SENSOR WILL NOT READ THE HALL EFFECT. THIS CAUSES THE LOW SPEED ABS FAILURE MODE AGAIN. I HAVE PULLED THE ABS FUSE UNDER THE HOOD SO THAT THE LOW SPEED FAILURES STOP, BUT NOW THE TRUCK HAS NON FUNCTIONING ABS. LASTLY, AFTER 12K MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT GM BEARINGS THERE IS SO MUCH SLOP IN THE BEARING THAT THE DEALER HAS SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL IS CLOSE TO FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800 GMC TRUCK BY THE RECOMMENDATION OF MY DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER FOR RESOLUTION IN THIS MATTER. MY ONLY CHOICE IT TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARING AT MY OWN COST AND I HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT ONCE 12K MILES AGO ONLY TO HAVE THE FAILURE OCCUR AGAIN. I WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE REPLACING THE WHEEL BEARINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS VEHICLES SERVICE LIFE TO MAINTAIN A VEHICLE THAT CAN SAFELY TRANSPORT MY FAMILY. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IS THIS VEHICLE REMAINING SAFE FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *JB WHAT CAN NHSTA DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM?

FACTORY INSTALLED DELCO BATTERY STARTED TO LEAK BATTERY ACID FROM POSITIVE TERMINAL. *NM

THERE IS RATTLE/VIBRATION IN MY TRUCK'S STEERING COLUMN. ANY TIME I GO OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE I HEAR AN ANNOYING RATTLE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD IN FRONT THE STEERING WHEEL, AND I FEEL A CONSISTENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS RATTLE STARTED WITH ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, JUST IN TIME FOR THE WARRANTY TO EXPIRE. MY TRUCK NOW HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT WITH THE SAME ANNOYING PROBLEM. MY DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THERE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A RECALL ON IT, SO I DON'T WANT TO PAY TO REPAIR IT (WHATEVER MAY BE WRONG WITH IT). *NM

THE BRAKES ON MY GMC SIERRA WERE RECALLED BECAUSE THEY CAN FAIL BETWEEN 3 AND 10 MILES AN HOUR. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO BE FIX, HOWEVER, I AM STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES- (I BELIEVE IT IS WITH THE FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR -THIS IS HOW IT WAS LISTED ON THE RECALL PAPER). THEY SEEM TO FAIL MORE UNDER DAMP/MOIST/SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM THAT THE TRUCK WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER THEY HAD WORKED ON THE BRAKES THEIR RESPONSE WAS "DEAL WITH IT". I AM SORRY BUT I CANNOT JUST DEAL WITH BRAKES THAT YOU CANNOT TRUST. WHAT KIND OF HELP CAN I GET WITH THIS. THEY HAVE WORKED ON THE BRAKES FOUR TIMES....AND THEY ARE STILL NOT GOOD. YESTERDAY THEY TOOK IT AND DROVE IT....IT WAS A NICE AND NOT BAD CONDITIONS AND THEY BROUGHT IT BACK AND SAID THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I AM SORRY BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM! THEY ARE VERY TEMPERAMENTAL BRAKES! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD PROPERLY. THE FAILURE GRADUALLY BECAME MORE SEVERE, NOW THE PARKING BRAKE ONLY HOLDS ON SMALL INCLINES. UPON INSPECTION AT AN INSPECTION STATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CLIP IN THE PARKING BRAKE. THE DEALER FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN # 02-05-26-001 FOR THE PARKING BRAKE. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THE CONTACT ELECTED NOT TO HAVE THE REPAIRS COMPLETED. UPDATED 3/3/2006 - *NM