2006 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

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  • 2006 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - NEWPORT, NC

    SEATS POPPING NOISE WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTS (START,STOP,ETC.)FIRST ATTEMPT WAS TO REPLACE THE SEAT BACK. SECOND WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEAT MINUS THE COVER. THIRD TIME IN THE SERVICE MANAGER WANTED TO CONTACT THE AREA GM MANAGER FOR DIRECTION. THE GM AREA MANAGER TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO MAKE NO REPAIR AND DIRECT ME TO CALL GM. THIS TRUCK ALSO HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TO THE BRAKE ROTORS TO BE RE SURFACED WITH ONLY 4,600 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE TRANSMISSION HAS RE CALIBRATED TWO TIMES ONE FOR THE LOCK-UP TORQUE CONVERTER,AND ONCE FOR A HARD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE TRUCK HAS A HARDER SHIFT NOW THAN BEFORE. *JB

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2006 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - LEXINGTON, SC

    DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING UP TO 10 MPH MORE THAN THE DRIVEN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THIS WAS DUE TO THE OVERSIZED TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WHICH AFFECTED THE OVERALL TELEMETRY. THE VEHICLE WAS SENT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND AN AFTER MARKET HYPER-TECH COMPUTER CHIP WAS INSTALLED TO OVERRIDE THE COMPUTERIZED TELEMETRY OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 05/30/06. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE