2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TRUCK DRIVE TRAIN INTERMITTENTLY MAKES CLUNK NOISE WHEN I FIRST START OFF FROM A STOP. WHEN I STOP AT A RED LIGHT IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE JUST HIT ME FROM BEHIND GOING FROM FIRST INTO SECOND GEAR. IT STARTED AT ABOUT 88000 MILES / 4 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL OF SORTS. WHEN THE TRUCK STARTS ACTING UP WITH THIS PROBLEM I USUALLY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD & TURN OFF THE IGNITION...WAIT 20-30 SECONDS & RESTART THE IGNITION...98% OF THE TIME THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM & THE DEALERSHIPS GIVE ME NOTHING BUT THE RUNAROUND. THE TRUCK SERVES ME WELL WITH 238000 MILES ON HER BUT I MOST DEFIANTLY WOULD LIKE TO FIND THE CURE & FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE BRAKES ON HIS VEHICLE. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE DRIVING 8 MPH, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. PRIOR TO THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT AND HAD THE ISSUE ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED FOR FREE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,563.

THE PARKING BRAKE ON MY 2000 GMC SIERRA WILL NOT HOLD. I HAVE ADJUSTED BOTH THE PARK BRAKE SHOES AND CABLE, BUT IT WILL STILL NOT HOLD THE TRUCK. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT LED TO A RECALL ON GMC AND CHEVROLET PICK-UPS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT INCLUDED. HOWEVER, THE PARK BRAKE MUST BE IN WORKING ORDER TO PASS THE NC SAFETY INSPECTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC K1500. THE CONTACT WAS PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOUNTED ON THE LIFT. SUDDENLY, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE PLUNGED TO THE GROUND WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE CAB STILL MOUNTED ON THE LIFT. THE VEHICLE'S FRAME FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,556. UPDATED 03-27-09 *BF UPDATED 03/31/09. *JB

PURCHASED 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 NEW. HAVE DURING TIME OF OWNERSHIP HAD BOTH FRONT AND REAR DISC BRAKES/ROTORS REPAIRED/REPLACED TWICE. ONCE WITH 20,151 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. THE LAST SET OF FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED WITH 74,299 MILES DURING THE RECALL 05068 FOR ABS SPEED SENSOR CORROSION. I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS SET OF ROTORS AND PADS AT A COST OF $406.03. SINCE TIME OF "SAFETY RECALL" TRUCK HAS INTERMITTENTLY NOT STOPPED PROPERLY AT LOW SPEED. WHILE DRIVING I ATTEMPTED TO STOP HEARD A SLIGHT POP AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE. HAD TRUCK TAKEN TO DEALER SHIP WHERE LAST BRAKE REPAIR AND SAFETY RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THEY DISCOVERED THAT MY MAIN BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD FAILED. AT THAT TIME THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTY AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. I HAD AT THE TIME OF DROPPING THE VEHICLE OFF INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM WITH LOW SPEED BRAKING AND THE FEELING THAT THE ABS WAS ACTIVATING. UPON REPAIR OF THE MAIN BRAKE LINE AT $244.32 (I DECLINED TO HAVE ALL BRAKE LINES REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE) THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE LOW SPEED BRAKE FAILURE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 90,000 MILES SHOULD HAVE BRAKE LINES RUST THROUGH, THAT TWO SETS OF ROTORS RUST TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. THIS DEGREE OF RUST TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARS EXCESSIVE AND UNWARRANTED. IN LOOKING AT INTERNET APPEARS TO BE SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH 2000 GMC AND CHEVY PICKUPS. WIFE WILL NOT RIDE IN THE TRUCK AS SHE FEELS IT IS UNSAFE SINCE CAN'T ALWAYS STOP TRUCK! *TR

BRAKES FAIL TO ENGAGE WHEN BRAKING. THANK GOD I DO NOT FOLLOW CLOSELY TO VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES AND THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I WILL REPORT THE LAST DATE THIS HAPPENED. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE IS BOUNCING ERRATICALLY EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL BUT IN NO OTHER GEAR. IT HAS BEEN FINE FOR YEARS BUT SUDDENLY STARTED ACTING UP. THE TRUCK RECEIVES REGULAR MAINTENANCE, BUT THE START OF THE PROBLEM DID NOT COINCIDE WITH ANY MAINTENANCE OR ANY EVENT. IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING. *TR

FUEL GAUGE ACTING VERY ERRATIC AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START HAVE NOTICED ONLINE THAT MANY GMC SIERRA OWNERS OF SIMILAR YEARS HAVE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEMS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. *TR

EVERY SO OFTEN THE FOR ABOUT A MONTH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD KICK BACK SLIGHTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP. ONE SUNDAY MORNING WHILE COMING TO STOP THE ANTI- LOCK SYSTEM KICKED BACK VERY HARD AND I RAN INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. NOW THE SYSTEM IS KICKING BACK AT ALMOST EVERY STOP! *TR

PARKING BRAKE WORE OUT BY ITSELF AND FAILED TO WORK. WILL NOT FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. HAD $400 REPAIRS MADE TO BRAKE. *TR