2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

FAILURE OF THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR DUE TO CORROSION CAUSING UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATION. NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000 DESCRIBES THIS VERY CONDITION, BUT I WAS TOLD MY TRUCK DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS RECALL AFTER A DEALER SEARCH OF MY VIN NUMBER. MY TRUCK HOWEVER FALLS WITHIN THE YEAR, MODEL AND LOCATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND IS CURRENTLY AT THE BODY SHOP. HE STATED THAT GM IS GIVING HIM THE RUN AROUND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000. THE CONSUMER STATED SPOKE WITH DEALER, THERE HAVE BEEN 4 RECALLS THAT WERE ISSUED AND HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED SUCH AS TAILGATE, AIRBAG, FRONT BRAKE PIPE WITH BODY CROSS SEALS, AND FRONT BRAKE HOSE ABRASION. UPDATED 09/10/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. ON AUGUST 15, 2007, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO THE PARKING BRAKE NOT ENGAGING. HE STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, WHICH INDICATED THAT IT WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 110,000.

THE FUEL GAUGE IS SENDING INCORRECT READING AFTER FILL UP, THE LOW FUEL WARNING LAMP IS COMING ON AFTER FILL UP. DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON FOR THIS TRUCK AND THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER IT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT FOR ONLY 70000 MILES. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PAID FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND EXPECTED TO BE REIMBURSED. THE DEALER REIMBURSED HIM $148, BUT DID NOT REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE RECEIPT WAS NOT IN HIS NAME. THE SALESMAN WHO SOLD HIM THE VEHICLE PURCHASED THE PART. *AK

MY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS FAILED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AROUND 79000 MILES AND AGAIN AROUND 110000. I PAID FOR THE SECOND. I AM HAVING TROUBLE AGAIN AT 117000 MILES AND COME TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THIS IS ALLOWING COOLANT TO FIND ITS WAY INTO THE EXHAUST DESTROYING THE QUITE EXPENSIVE PARTS. *JB

THE FRICTION LININGS ON MY TRUCKS EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE TO THE POINT THAT ONE OF THEM SEIZED UP. I REMOVED THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. I WENT TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AND THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A NORMAL PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND WITHIN 18000 MILES THE SAME WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE GM HAS NOT COME OUT WITH A FIX. *JB

WHEN I APPLY BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENTS THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING PREVENTS ME FROM STOPPING. THE BRAKE PEDAL IS FORCED UP WHEN I APPLY PRESSURE CAUSING ME TO PUSH REAL HARD FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THIS OCCURS VERY OFTEN WHEN THERE IS BUMPS IN THE ROAD THAT MY TIRES ARE ROLLING OVER AS I APPLY MY BRAKES CAUSING FOR INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. *NM

MY GAS GAUGE ON MY 2000 GMC SIERRA PICKUP IS ACTING ERRATIC. IT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE SENDING UNIT IN THE TANK AND WOULD COST APPROX $800 THANK YOU...*AB *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON DRY NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND PUMPED CONTINUOUSLY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. SHORTLY AFTER, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE CRUISING. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. A NHTSA RECALL REGARDING THE SPEED SENSORS, WAS PERFORMED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT BOTH PROBLEMS WERE NOT RELATED, AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DISPLAYED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FUSE THAT SUPPLIED POWER TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE IN THE MEAN TIME, WHICH DEACTIVATED THE ABS SYSTEM. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. UPDATED 1/19/2007 -*NM